I know what set off my COPD, now. We have our first mini heat wave of the year, and that brings out tree pollen en masse. It reached 83° outside, but in the enclosed breezeway, where I get my fresh air, it reached 109°. I pulled my little A/C out of storage and held the inside temperature down to 88°. Today will be hotter. Because of the COPD I need to limit myself, so this and my mothers day post will be it for the day. I’m current with replies. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.
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From MoveOn: One Bumper Sticker Sure To Give The GOP Nightmares
As much as everyone seems to hate Obamacare, almost all love the individual benefits they derive from it.
From NY Times: Mitt Romney traveled to Liberty University, the spiritual heart of the conservative movement, on Saturday, seeking to quell concerns about him among evangelical voters by offering a forceful defense of faith and Christian values in public life
At a graduation speech at the college, founded by the evangelical leader Jerry Falwell, Mr. Romney made the case that he is bound theologically and politically to the same belief and value system as Christian conservatives, though he never explicitly mentioned his Mormon faith.
Ironically, the founder of Liberty University led the charge to declare Mormonism a cult. Because of “burrowing in” during the Bush regime, this third rate Republican supply-side pseudo-Christian propaganda mill has more bureaucrats in government service than any other college in the US.
From WTOP: President Obama is asking Democrats and Republicans to act on his "to-do list" for Congress, a five-point plan he says would create jobs and help restore middle-class security.
In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said Saturday that all the initiatives have bipartisan support. He says only Congress can take such actions as ending tax breaks for companies shipping jobs overseas or helping small business owners by giving them a tax break for hiring more workers.
Penalizing companies that ship jobs overseas and rewarding companies that create jobs here is such a no-brainer that it should be a nonpartisan issue. That’s why Republicans oppose this.
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That’s the standard view fore evangelicals. That 62% now support someone they consider a heretic, demomstrates their extreme hypocrisy.
MoveOn — Love the bumpersticker!
“As much as everyone seems to haye Obamacare, almost all love the individual benefits they derive from it.” — Defies all logic doesn’t it?!
Rmoney and Liberty University — I’ll bet Jerry Falwell is just a rollin’ in his grave having Rmoney therespeaking at a graduation ceremony! But then, I’ll bet that Falwell never figured on a Mormon as the Republican presidential candidate. I’m afraid that I found Falwell and his Moral Majority immoral.
Mr Obama’s to-do list — The “to-do list” is going to remain a to-do list because guaranteed, the Republican/Teabaggers, the obstructionists, the party of ‘NO’, the party of death will never approve anything without humugeous strings (ropes) attached that the Democrats could not in good conscience approve it. The Republican/Teabagger motto — Death before dishonouring our commitment to greed!
Cartoon — Excellent!
Me too
Not really. Republicans launched a completely deceptive propaganda campaign against it, and Obama did a lousy job of communicating what it really does. So most folks are still oblivious as to what it is.
Pseudo-Christianity is immoral by definition.,
Well said.
Thanks!
3:39 Much better without the wine beforehand.
We have to realize that the Right does not want to aknowledge that Pres. Obama is correct in his ideas.
4:25 Guess I am number 3.
I’m #2