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The next time Romney says Obama did nothing to create jobs, introduce him to...
Thanks To Connecticut Against Linda McMahon The President’s Veterans Job Corps Act of 2012 would have spent $1 billion over five years to put veterans to work tending to federal lands, and in the...
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – Romney had a bad week…
Tom Toles in the Washington Post: Elegance does not equal mistaken idea… - and - Adam Zyglis in The Buffalo News: The major element of this one speech brought Romney’s campaign to a halt… - and...
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – As Romney gets closer to the debates…
Tony Auth of Newsworks.org: Romney plans health care for the 47%… - and - Rob Rogers in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette: Is Romney sure he wants to cut off about half the contributors? - and - Kevin Siers...
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We don’t have Frank Zappa to advise us anymore… but we do have Gail
This is for all folks getting involved in politics and for women in particular. Gail Zappa calls up the spirit of her late husband, Frank Zappa: Many of us have missed Frank for years and...
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – Does Big Bird sum up the Debate?
Jeff Danziger in the L. A. Times: So what is memorable from the debate? - and - Robert McKee in the Augusta Chronicle: Are the issues food or labor? - and - Nick Anderson in the Houston Chronicle:...
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Why Obama Now…
An animation by Simpsons/Family Guy animator Lucas Gray: Pass it around. It sums up the issues very well…very understandably. Entertaining, too. Related articles Why Obama Now – Animated short by...
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When Romney questions Obama’s achievements, remember what the Congress did to...
No Congress has ever done to a President what the Republicans in the Senate and the House have. Given the House’s Republican majority and the Senate’s need for 60% of votes to avoid filibuster, the...
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – What do the Republican Candidates do to communicate...
David Horsey in the L.A. Times: So Biden kept his presence and Ryan kept up his lies… - and - Adam Zyglis in The Buffalo News: It is clear Biden chewed him up… Joe Heller in the Green Bay Press...
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Romney elected would mean the end of Roe v. Wade and the criminalization of...
From this morning’s editorial in the NY Times: Mr. Romney has called for overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that recognized a woman’s constitutional right to make her own...
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Wow! The Salt Lake Tribune has endorsed Obama over Romney!
Here’s a surprise… the biggest Mormon area newspaper is endorsing Obama… here’s part of their editorial: Obama has earned another term Nowhere has Mitt Romney’s pursuit of the presidency been more...
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – OK, the campaign is almost over but Romney has made...
Adam Zyglis in The Buffalo News: And Monday night we’ll hear his foreign policy ideas… - and - David Fitzsimmons in the Arizona Daily Star: Then again, Romney seems to present the Voter’s Right To...
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A quote for the day… from 68 Nobel Prize Winners
68 former Nobel Prize winning scientists have endorsed Barack Obama for the Presidency. Their feelings were published in “An Open Letter to the American People.” Here is a quote from that letter:...
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A Quote for the Day – On the success of Obama
This was released in the new issue of The New Yorker as its Editors announced their endorsement for Barack Obama: “The President has achieved a run of ambitious legislative, social, and foreign-policy...
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Some words about this blog and me…
I often get e-mail from folks out there in the web world who want to know about Under The LobsterScope and why I keep it going and put a major part of each day into it. It is for that reason that I’ve...
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So what does the world think of the USA?
Remember what Romney said during the foreign policy debate? Think about this: “I look around the world, I don’t see our influence growing around the world. I see our influence receding. [...] But...
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This was in the NY Times this morning and it left me horrified…
This morning’s NY Times had this article which I found both disgusting and horrifying. After talking about the anti-woman proclivities of Republican candidates today, seeing what attitudes against...
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Friday Morning Humor – What if Men were treated like Women?
I found this yesterday and, believe me, this is a clear statement: There you go, Ladies… pass it around. Filed under: Art, Congress, creativity, editorial, Family, funny, humor, Internet, Legal,...
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Educator and Cultural Critic Jacques Barzun Dies at 104;
Historian, essayist, cultural gadfly and educator Jacques Barzun, who helped establish the modern discipline of cultural history, was probably best known for viewing the West as sliding toward...
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – Election is crawling toward it’s end. I am sooo...
I’ll be so glad when all this election brouhaha is over. I’ll be so depressed if Romney captures a majority of American votes… in other words, I will think so much is wrong with this country’s...
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The Economist endorses Obama…
This is a surprise, but The Economist, primarily a business publication, has endorsed Obama over businessman Romney. Here’s the statement: “As a result, this election offers American voters an...
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Tell Mitt Romney: Climate Change Isn’t A Joke
Much of the nation is reeling from Superstorm Sandy. As families rebuild from Sandy’s destruction, our thoughts are with the victims of this horrific, fossil-fueled storm. When Gov. Mitt Romney made...
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Here’s a video treat from ALL HAT NO CATTLE…
…the one blog I try to view every day. This is a video that Lisa put together Called “Back in the Good Old Days” which is a good indicator that Romney will bring Bushiness back to us. Hope you enjoy...
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Live Election Returns Map
The LA Times is running a live Election Returns Map which will be ongoing until the voting is over nationwide. To keep track of it, Bookmark this page:...
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – It’s all over. Where are we?
Kevin Siers in The Charlotte Observer: Perhaps we can start on getting religion out of politics. What are we, the Taliban? - and - Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press: At least we know now...
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So where are we with General Petraeus?
What on earth is happening when an American who has been trusted as much as General Petraeus has his little love affair exposed (which doesn’t seem to have effected his CIA leadership at all) and feels...
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