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bondcliff commented on the blog post Largely Isolated Commentary Raging About Executive Assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki
There is no serious debate or reporting on 24 hour newsertaintment. I now get 99% of my news on line and have the bonus of reading and giving opinions by a very active on line population. The bonus also being that there is always someone to fact check instantaneously any talking points put on by paid trolls. Real television news is dead. Talking head partisan newsertainment is alive and not so well.
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bondcliff commented on the blog post Woman Who Watched Her Brother Die From Lack of Insurance Delivers Powerful Rebuttal to GOP
This video addresses two of the issues that are being vilified by the GOP and ignored by the Democrats. The first is getting a job after turning the magical age of 50. If you are unfortunate to lose your job and you are over 50, there is a slim hope of getting employment even at a third of your old pay scale. And forget about insurance. Most companies are keeping new hires at part time to avoid paying any benefits. The GOP calls these unemployed parasites trying to live on the hard work of the wealthy and the Democrats buckle under to their browbeating and agree that people live longer so they should raise retirement and medicare to compensate. This all comes from a group that will receive benefits for life and full pay and healthcare after 10 years. This good man who worked till he was replaced by a younger cheaper worker and then allowed to die for lack of insurance that may have detected his cancer early is a sin on American society. A sin for all of us for allowing this to happen. A sin for all of us for not shaming those who are heartless towards the elderly, the sick and the poor. A sin!!!
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bondcliff commented on the blog post Postscript in Wisconsin: Coming Up Short, But Not Giving Up the Fight
The sad fact is, that with the redrawing of the districts to favor Republicans in the next election along with new voting regulations, it will be extremely difficult to hold on to these close race seats and ever get a majority for the Democrats. The Democrats have been outplayed and marginalized in Wisconsin. The GOP does though know one thing as fact, power is fleeting and when you have it go for the gold. The National Democrats when they had all three houses did not and a allowed the minority party to control the message. This will not be the same if the Republicans winn Nationally. They will change the rules and they will do it without conscience or regard for the middle class and poor.
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bondcliff commented on the blog post FAA Deadlock Continues; Reid Offers Boehner a Deal
“Just as we found compromise in recent days, we both know there is a path forward to end this impasse.” Are you kidding me? Why not just send a letter of capitulation and be done with it. I can see labor being sold down the road as i write this. What a weak democratic party this decade has produced, from the top down.
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bondcliff commented on the blog post Democrats Step Up in FAA Authorization Fight
Third Party now. The time is perfect. If the Republicans win both houses and the White House it won’t really change anything except the middle class and poor will get screwed only a little faster than they are now. If a third party gains enough seats to take away any majority from any party, then real governance can happen. And maybe the Democrats will start to act the part they extoll.
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bondcliff commented on the blog post Democrats Step Up in FAA Authorization Fight
More empty threats of action from the new transparent, empty vessel Democrat Party. The GOP lives by the children’s retort ‘Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me” If anyone here believes for one second the GOP will react positively to this tactic, then I have an outsourced Chinese bridge to sell you.
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bondcliff commented on the blog post And Also, the FAA Could Shut Down Friday
Having your vote count only if you actually vote is just common sense. I am imagining the mindset of the GOP to extrapolate counting votes of non voters to general elections. Think of all the future lawsuits on lost elections.
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