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On the subject of congresspersons for sale to the highest bidder, here's one more to add to the list--Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL). From AP this morning:"Moderate House Democrats are drafting a proposal that would continue to shield big banks from potentially tougher state regulations when it comes to selling products such as credit cards, mortgages and savings accounts.The lawmakers say it's a practical approach to regulating large financial institutions that have customers in multiple states...

Three Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee--Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, and Blanche Lincoln--voted against both public option amendments yesterday. Here is the contact information for all three, along with the bribes, excuse me, campaign contributions each has taken from the insurance industry they voted to protect:Max Baucus ($1,196,463)202-224-2651E-mailKent Conrad ($838,787)202-224-2043E-mailBlanche Lincoln ($504,383)202-224-2843E-mailWhile we're at it, and since it does those of us in Texas absolutely no good to contact our Senators on this matter, let's...

This is getting further and further out of hand every day. The fact that anyone is even suggesting a military coup in the United States is frightening. John L. Perry today at Newsmax.com:"There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America's military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the "Obama problem." Don't dismiss it as unrealistic.America isn't the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. That it has...

Over the weekend the Hilton Hotel in St. Louis was the site of what Firedoglake appropriately named "a pulsating black hole of stupidity" also known as the How to Take Back America conference, and the gang (pictured at left) was all there. "[Phyllis] Schlafly opened the event by saying she believes President Obama is "taking us into socialism."... She said of her organization, Eagle Forum, "fighting feminists is still our main object," arguing that feminism...

This is what now passes for a topic worthy of serious discussion on Fox News. Judge Andrew Napolitano and his guest Lew Rockwell on a program called, of all things, Freedom Watch, talking about secession and nullification. Watch:<br />What Judge Napolitano and Mr. Rockwell are talking about used to be called treason, and was punishable by execution. Now it's called "Fair and Balanced."Sad but true. ...

I know I said no politics today, but forgive me, this is too good to pass up.Last night Sean Hannity and his two guests were discussing the video that has Fox News, talk radio, and the right-wing blogosphere about to soil themselves-the one of the elementary school children in New Jersey singing about President Obama. They start off with the usual "programming the youth" nonsense, then Hannity says this:"I have no patience for indoctrinating or...

  During the mark-up session today of the health care reform bill before the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) proposed an amendment which would delay a vote for 72 hours. Undoubtedly just another Republican stall tactic, but done under the guise of allowing time for the contents of the bill to be posted on the Finance Committee's website. The amendment was defeated, but before the vote Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) had a...

The neo-conservative, interventionist wing of the Republican Party, who never saw a war they didn't like and couldn't wait to escalate, are all up in arms (so to speak) over this:"President Obama is exploring alternatives to a major troop increase in Afghanistan, including a plan advocated by Vice President Joe Biden to scale back American forces and focus more on rooting out Al Qaeda there and in Pakistan, officials said Tuesday.The options under review are...

The best laid plans of mice and Republicans oft go awry. "The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written so broadly that it applies to "any organization" that has been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws, campaign finance laws or filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. It also applies to any of the employees, contractors or other folks affiliated with a...

From Breitbart: "Former US vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is expected to speak about US foreign policy and China in her first keynote speech outside North America, Hong Kong organisers said on Monday.  "We have asked her to address US foreign policy, to discuss her views on governance, healthcare, and of course, China," Jonathan Slone, chief executive officer of the Asia-focused brokerage, said in an interview with AFP." Let's hope somebody told the former governor that this is not...