The Four Stooges of the Apocolypse.

"I pledge allegiance to Grover Norquist, to eliminate taxes for the rich and corporations.

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And to the Republic, for which it will no longer stand, under our Autocracy, in the name of the Republican Tea Party.

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One nation, under Ronald Reagan, divisible, with limited liberty, and justice for some."

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The perception of what the Republican party now stands for seems to reflect the fictitious pledge written. Their actions and speeches reflect the very notion that they do not represent all Americans as they vowed to do so in their actual oath of office.

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The Republicans have charged that class warfare was waged when Democrats, Independents, and few true conservative Republicans suggested that the very wealthy, and corporations pay their fair share of taxes to stimulate the economy and to help generate jobs. Under the existing Bush Tax cuts, most (if not all) economists and universities noted that the rich, corporations, and energy companies were the only entities that benefited from said tax cuts, loopholes, and deregulation of most industries. What little money that was returned to the middle-class, poor and working poor was merely a pittance afforded by the Bush tax code as a guise to get votes.

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Now, the onslaught is apparent based on what the four remaining Republican candidates now promise to their selected audience and donor(s). It is expected for each Republican candidate to demonize President Barack Obama, his policies, and his administration, but is it really necessary to call the president "a snob", as blurted by Rick Santorum? Where is his proof? How is it possible for "a snob" to help all Americans and actually work with Republicans through sharing and compromise? If anyone should be labeled "a snob", it should be directed at Santorum himself. Recently, Rick Santorum held a very private fundraiser in Texas at a very exclusive gated community, and only invited prescreened wealthy donors. Talk about being "a snob"!

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Under eight years of Bush and six years of a House and Senate under Republican "leadership", America, as a nation, came close to going bankrupt. Each Republican candidate has vowed to dismantle President Obama's policies and overturn recent laws passed to bring American overseas jobs back and get more long term unemployed and returning veterans back to work. Although the Keystone XL pipeline would help the unemployed, it is only a short term temporary fix to a long term problem and would not benefit anyone but the energy companies involved.

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Only we are in charge of our own destiny, yet there are Republican candidates who want to take that away. Red states are rewriting their laws that aims to eliminate women's' rights and voters' rights under the threat of nonexistent problems. Red states are also pushing for new laws that would circumvent President Obama's laws and policies that allows local and state law enforcement agencies to racial profile anyone they deem "non American". Now, you have Republican candidates who want to return to the Bush policies that brought America close to the brink of destruction.

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As each Republican candidate promises nothing for all Americans, their responses, retorts, and Obama loath speeches clearly points out the destructive nature each has planned to eliminate the middle-class entirely, from eliminating public education to eliminating Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and to secure an autocratic rule, the very same type of autocratic rule our founding fore fathers fought to secure us from. Apocalypse now, anyone?

...And The Hate Goes On!

Now that there are only four Republican presidential "candidates" left, each one has ratcheted up their own talking points and wedge issues to attack and vilify President Obama. Not one candidate has truly offered to give any credit to the president where credit is due. It is embarrassing to the nation and to the world that a singular political party (Republican) would hold such contempt to a sitting president. It is the same language the Republicans said was unpatriotic and anti-American when Dubba-u Bush was in office.
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When Bush was in office, his policies (mostly Cheney's) were more self serving to himself and his rich buddies and their businesses while the middle-class lost their jobs to overseas outsourcing and the working and non working poor suffered even more. Industries were deregulated and rewarded more for sending jobs overseas to third and fourth-world countries. Ignoring the previous administration's intelligence and cherry-picking their own would lead to two unpaid for wars. The deregulation policies of the Bush administration resulted in a tainted food supply (mad cow disease), a runaway spending habit by Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate that led to increasing the deficit seven (7) times without complaint. The USA "Patriot" Act was passed to search for terrorists, only to be expanded to spy on Americans, mostly minorities and anyone not a Republican. "Homeland Security" was established to combine the efforts of the FBI, CIA, NSA, and other state and federal law enforcement agency to share information. So much for "smaller government"! And now there is the Bush "tax cuts" that only benefitted millioaires and billionaires, corporations, and Wall Street that resulted into the economic crisis we are now recovering from.
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Based on how each "candidate" has vowed to make the Bush tax cuts permanent and overturn the progress made by President Obama, each of their ideas is only focused to help only those who have the means to help themselves, restrict or overturn Civil Rights and womens' rights, and turn America into a rich and poor only society, thus eliminating the middle-class entirely.
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Ron Paul calls himself a "Libertarian", but is more Republican who harken to the days when isolationism was policy and overt racism was the norm. Ron Paul is more of a dottering old man who only lives in his own time and prefers his groundskeepers brown and his mansion staff black, and prone to putting his foot in his mouth.
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Rick Santorum is so staunchly "far right", he has finally gained the full support of Tea Party Republicans and evangelical Republicans by promising to end womens' rights by using abortion and contraception while suggesting a state religion. As long as he keeps suggesting that President Obama is anything other than what he actually is (American, Christian, etc;...), he will continue to gain higher Republican poll numbers. Santorum is the clown who always steps on the yard rake thus hitting his head with the handle.
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Mitt Romney is more business-oriented that his idea of America is to run it like Bain Capitol: to fire anyone at will, eliminate unions and curtail workers rights and pay. Romney is only in it for Romney. He would extend the business aspect and economics of the Bush policies. Romney has always had a life of privilege, his idea of "doing without" was reminicing about doing missionary work in France living in a three-star hotel, while other not-so-rich Mormon missionaries went to Africa. Based on his out of touch with reality and his inability to connect with the majority of the middle-class and poor, he continues to shoot himself in the foot every time he speaks publicly at a prescreened location.
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Last, but not least, there is Newt Gingrich. He is so full of himself, he continues to suggest he will be president by saying "after my second term,...". Gingrich, like Romney, is only in it for Gingrich, but will step over anyone to get what he wants. Just ask his last two wives: one whom he served divorce papers to while she was recovering from cancer in a hospital and the other mistress to wife who developed multiple sclerosis. Gingrich's jobs plan is to eliminate unions and overturn child labor laws in order to employ poor and minority children as school janitors under the premise of "teaching" said children a work ethic. Gingrich is the kind of guy who would pull the pin from a grenade, drop the grenade and throw the pin.
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In light of their stance against pro choice, Republicans will have to choose who will be their nominee. Based on their debates, their caucuses and the number of delegates, their public speaking, and each one's only doner and super PAC, President Obama is assured another term in office.

Goodbye Whitney, and God Bless You!

Like so many great artists of our times, sometimes they also leave so abruptly. Whitney Houston will now be forever remembered as one of the greatest legends who have touched so many lives with her voice. Within the triumphs of her success also came some tragedies with addiction. Her last triumph was overcoming those addictions and to proceed with her comeback.

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Goodbye Whitney, we'll miss you!

2012: The Doomsday Year!

Doomsday! An event that has been predicted since the earliest forms of civilizations sprung up. Although the Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012, text surrounding the calendar, deciphered by archaeologists and scholars, seem to indicate some form of catastrophic event to take place on the dated winter solstice. The Incas' also made similar predictions as did a few Native American Indians. It is also mentioned in the Book of Revelations in the New Testament Bible as well as the Old Testament. Nostradamus, the Romans, even our own American sooth sayer Edgar Casey predicted the end of the world. Even Carl Sagan estimated a possible physical end of the world based on a number of factors relative to the sun burning out into a giant red dwarf before collapsing into a pulsar. However, Dr. Sagans' prediction would occur sometime in the 38th century.

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So, how will the world end? Who knows what cause or event will destroy our only world? There are a number of possible causes and disasters that seem plausible: super volcanoes, major tectonic plate shift (giant earthquake), tsunami, extinction level asteroid strike, neutron burst from a nearby star, black hole, nuclear/biological war, extraterrestrial invasion, or even (according religion) divine intervention. The only people who seem eager for the world to end are evangelical and "born again" Christians because they believe they will be "raptured" off the Earth, an idea invented by a British pastor in the early 18th century. It is very interesting that people continue to believe the end is near. A belief that has continued for many centuries. All they can think and preach about is the mortality of man. How morbid! Still, we can look at our clocks and calendars and take notes as each day in 2012 winds down.

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We can only guess when the world will end or how people will find a way to end it. Just remember that when politicians play up to some of those christian branch religions, pious groups and sects by promising more wars and less freedoms to those who are not one of them (rich), you can bet that others will suffer based on biased Republican ideology.

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Just remember that doomsday may just be a Republican vote away.

The Party of Hate

Among all of the Republican politicians, running for office or not, seen or heard, there is no message of unity for the entire country except for those who favor them despite the fact that each Republican office holder has no real interest in representing them.

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Among the candidates running for president, there is no message of peace, no message of unity, no message of equality, no message of compromise, and no message of progression. The messages have been nothing more than sound-bites and the constant bashing of President Barack.

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The only messages given in speeches by the Republican candidates have solely been about dismantling President Obama's many accomplishments to the point of going back to war with a new target: Iran.

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If Republicans once again regain power in the House, Senate, and the White House, what is left of the Middle-Class may very well become the new poor, thus making American the new Brazil: rich and poor only. Corporations will be able to make new laws to rape the country once again as they did under Bush/Cheney & Co.

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Rand Paul would stand a better chance to dismantle the Civil Rights Act with daddy Ron Paul in the White House to make sure it remains a "White" House. Gingrich would make sure all Americans would have no health care at all while dismantling child labor laws to put middle-class and poor kids to work. Romney (as well as the other Republican candidates) would make sure unions are abolished so that companies would be able to fire anyone (especially hourly workers) at will and reduce wages to increase their bottom line. New Republican Supreme Court justices would be put in place to insure women's rights are stripped and allow Republican Governors to redraw congressional district lines to favor their party, suppress voters' rights, and allow state-sanctioned racial profiling to proliferate without interference from federal authority, thus allowing the continuation of whole-sale state sanctioned murder of immigrants crossing the southern border at the hands of gun-toting "Minute Man Patriots". In the mean time, supporters are waiting (or hoping) for pizza guy Herman Cain to return after he straightens out his harem of concubines.

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Although each Republican presidential candidates' speech and/or message is relatively the same, their plan of obstruction will continue to make sure President Obama becomes a one-term president. Tea Party Republicans especially, want to impeach President Obama at any cost despite the Presidents' successes in foreign policy, the economy, civil liberties, and equality for all Americans.

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The Republican Party itself began their campaign season early since President Obama won the 2008 Presidential election. To the surprise of the Republican Party itself, they have done nothing but promote President Obama through their own actions (as negative as they may be). As long as the Republican Party continues their onslaught against the middle-class, women and minorities, immigrants (legal or not), concerned rich and poor, civil rights and liberties, gay or straight, and now children, those who are not rich and vote Republican must now view themselves as victims rather than as their constituents.

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It is fitting that the Republicans have chosen the elephant as the symbol of their party, because they continue to trample on the rights and privileges of other Americans to only represent 1% of all Americans, whether they want it or not. Their very actions may also mean the demise of the Republican Party itself.

Payroll Tax Cuts Extended!

With tax cuts for everyone in the million dollar club and up since the the Bush Tax Cuts was put into law by a House and Senate full of Republicans, today, 160 million working poor and middle-class Americans were granted an extension of the payroll tax cut. Of all things that most Republicans and all Tea Party Republicans did not want, it was giving a tax cut to the rest of the working class.

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Boehner should be crying by now.-----^

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Although Boehner could care less what Democrats and have asked for in fairness in sharing tax cuts, but he had to capitulate to increasing criticism from the "right" as well. The Tea Party coalition did not want the Payroll Tax Cut to pass and told Boehner to vote against it, even after the deal was approved by most of the Senate Republicans and Mitch McConnell in an actual bipartisan effort with Democrats. Millions of working class Americans waited in anticipation of the Payroll Tax Cut to pass easily especially since it was, in essence, a tax cut that all Republicans vowed, promised, and signed an oath to keep. Obviously this was one tax cut all Republicans failed to exclude in their anti-tax pledge to Grover Norquist.

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Boehner folded like a broken accordion and had to shovel out a list of excuses to why he changed his position to pass the Payroll Tax Cut. Republicans, especially Tea Party Republicans (those who lean towards and those who admit to being Tea Party Republicans) view this as a defeat and an embarrassment to the GOP. Although the Payroll Tax Cut is only a two-month extension, it does give some relief to working Americans to afford the little things in life with the pittance afforded from the Republicans.

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It is clear that Republicans only support the rich and corporations, it is very hard for other middle-class Americans who vote Republican to affirm that said Republicans actually represent them. Instead, Republicans tend to only represent district with large businesses in them. The neighborhoods that are within such districts are just excess baggage under the delusion of having such representation. Rhetorically speaking, it leaves the question of "what would happen if corporations, large estates, and exclusive neighborhoods were allowed to become a district of their own? Would other Republican leaning districts with no large businesses or wealth still have that representation?". Obviously the answer is "NO!". This is the clarity of Republican representation.

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People who tend to take a centrist position on the subject want to blame both sides for the impasse in Congress are now silent in knowing that only the Republicans are to blame, especially when John Boehner and Mitch McConnell have vowed to make President Obama a one-term president at any cost, even if it means further sabotaging the country in the process. The actions of office holding Republicans will now face upcoming elections in 2012 and find their own pink slip or layoff notice in hand. This would also be the harbinger of death for the Bush Tax Cuts as it would expire on January 1, 2013. Let us be prepared for the new fight of the year when corporations would begin pouring more money into the Republican coffers to extend further or make permanent the Bush Tax Cuts that are now known to have not worked and further eroded the fragile U.S. economy.

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For now, Cry Boehner Cry and watch the Tea Party boil over!

Newts' New Labor Law

Newt Gingrich, a man who was once (and only once) Speaker of the House during the Clinton presidency, was fired from his position by his own party, wants to put public school kids (minority and poor) to work as janitors to learn how to work to develop a work ethic. REALLY!!?

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This is coming from a man who used his Speakership position for personal and political gain, and forced a government shutdown. This is coming from a man who handed divorce papers to his first wife in the hospital, recovering from cancer, while having an affair with another woman. This is coming from a man who divorced his second wife who came down with sclerosis while cheating on her with Calista (now his third wife). This is coming from a man who led a personal and Republican vendetta to impeach President Clinton for having an affair while he was in the middle of his own affair, and yet he believes he can teach kids to be ethical.

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Let us pray the ousted Speaker does not become president. If so, school children 9 and up will be made to work while Gingrich dismantles current child labor laws. Donald Trump already has given his blessings and is now licking his chops and wringing his hands in hopes of starting up a new child sweat shop of janitorial "apprenti".

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If Gingrich does become president, you can bet kids will work in other industries other than the janitorial services. Gingrich will revive his Contract with America that involves eliminating the public school system and usher in "education camps" where poor and minority kids will learn to serve their rich employers. Cleaning toilets is just the beginning, but with Gingrichs' plan to introduce new child workers to the workforce, kids will replace adult workers (thus also eliminating unions) in other areas of employment and work for pennies on the dollar with no health plan.

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However, another Republican (the governor of Maine) already has a plan to address the issue of child labor laws that would allow the kids to work right next to mommy and daddy in any remaining factories. Maybe this will bring back the 50,000 companies that moved out of the country during the economically deregulated Bush years.

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With a little help from "employers" like Trump, the idea is to get the children of the less financially successful citizens trained and gainfully employed by the age of 14. Affluent families and industries will be happy to know that their hard earned investment in the Republican party will yield well trained servants to tend to their every needs in and out of the office, and at home.

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Is this what is in store for America if highly unethical Republicans like Gingrich are elected into office, and with House Speaker Boehner to write such laws?