#My2K Thunkisms About The Fiscal Cliff

Twitter Nation: Time to tell the GOP WE ARE MAD AS HELL AND NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE. #My2K Or CUT YOUR PAY. Earn your check.

GOP think unemployed benefits make ppl lazy. Stats show TAX CUTS 4 RICH MAKES THEM NOT CREATE JOBS. #My2K

Whosoever knows causing a debt ceiling fight costs US 19B yet wont speak out now; is just as bad as those who sat by and watched slavery. #My2K

TeaPartiers are to Conservatism what Obstructionism is to Progress. Speak Up. Enough is Enough. You've seen this movie B4 so now you know. #My2k

Job Creators paying unlivable wages want tax cuts; THEN cut wages and benefits NOW want to hold the US hostage. That’s ECONOMIC TERRORISM.


GOP Dilemma; have one problem named Grover or 62M problems named WE THE PEOPLE? Choose wisely. #My2K

GOP you gotta know when to hold them and know when to fold them. You CANT WIN with a LOSING HAND. #My2K

ALL those in favor of US progress say #My2k. Those in favor of the Economic Terrorists shut up and be quiet.

Ppl gave full support knowing w/out a doubt Mitt would win BC GOP Leaders insisted. GOP says Thanks by RAISING their taxes. 2 Smart.

I PLEDGE ALLIGANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF GROVER. And to the Republic for which He Stands…

My Dogma can beat up your Dogma. Watch. We will raise all taxes and shut down the Govt to show you how strong our Dogma is.

Hey Economy GET OVER HERE. If I cant have you the way I want then NOBODY WILL. Don’t make me prove how much I love you.

Economy, sometimes I hate you and others I love you. You make me so mad. I’m gonna quit you. I don’t care what happens to you. You should’ve listened to me.

At GOP meeting. We told them if they elected him they would get 4 more years of gridlock. We’ll teach’em . Next time they’ll listen. #My2K

If you don’t add fuel, it wont run. That’s dumb; like saying if we don’t stimulate the economy it will stop growing. #My2K

GOPer; He says that ppl will stop shopping if we don’t give them tax cuts. They’re not stupid enough to want to be blamed for messing up the economy. #My2K

Boehner: I SAID we are willing to compromise as long as we get what we want. It’s so simple even an idiot can understand. #My2K

Boehner: Yes we are willing to put Revenues on the table. You can look at them and pet them. When we leave they leave. #My2K

Boehner: The President knows I am a responsible guy. But I will not be held responsible for his failure to lead. Some can, some cant. #My2K

Boehner to Aide: If that’s the US ppl calling; Im not in. Don’t have time to deal w/ their problems I got my own issues to deal with. #My2k

Wake Up conservatives: As Debt Ceiling Looms, Last Year’s Debacle Cost Taxpayers $18.9 Billion http://flpbd.it/IEKs7 via @thinkprogress

Is This America?

With roughly seven million voters effectively prevented from voting in 2008, according to the Co-operative Congressional Election Study, and perhaps five million more imperiled by new voter-suppression measures, according to another study in 2011, this should be a dominant campaign story. But it’s not. Is This America?

A Tampa school teacher who routinely registered her students to vote was threatened with felony charges, just for doing exactly what she'd been doing for years before the law was put into place. Rather than expose its volunteers to such risks, the League of Voters suspended its voter registration activities in Florida for the first time in over 70 years. Is This America?

Some members of the military serving in Afghanistan were given “incorrect ballots” and may not be allowed to vote in the presidential election, according to the father of one of those soldiers. Michael Boynton, of Valrico, Fla., told Fox News said his son, who is in the Army, had a chance to look at the disputed ballots and they seemed correct. He said it’s an outrage that his son and other members of the military may not be able to vote. “As a parent I find this appalling and unconstitutional,” he said. “Not to allow our men and women who are putting their lives in danger on a daily basis to vote?” Really? Is This America?

An intense and dramatically new pattern of procedural barriers such as specially-tailored registration requirements and shifting voting times are being employed to suppress the votes of urban, primarily poor, low-income, and/or young voters. Is This America?

Laws in more than half of states mean that some people won’t be able to cast a ballot simply because they have a disability. Voting rights of People with Disabilities are being denied as well. Is This America?

After the election of the first Black President, Barack Obama, in a hurried and haphazard attempt to prevent a re-election the GOP pushed through New Voter ID laws with some unintended consequences.

Ian Millhiser, an Editor of ThinkProgress Justice reported the following examples:

•Ricky Tyrone Lewis is a 58 year-old Marine Corps veteran. Despite the fact that he was able to offer Wisconsin voting officials proof of his honorable discharge from the Marines, Milwaukee County has been unable to find the record of his birth that he needs in order to obtain a voter ID card. Is This America?

•Ruthelle Frank is an 84 year-old former elected official who voted in every election for the last 63 years, yet she will be unable to obtain a voter ID unless she pays a fee to obtain a birth certificate from the Wisconsin government — despite the fact that the Constitution explicitly forbids any voter from being charged a fee in order to vote. Worse, because the attending physician at her birth misspelled her name on her original birth certificate, she may need to pay hundreds of dollars in court fees to petition the state judiciary to correct her certificate before she can obtain a voter ID. Is This America?

•Paul Carroll is an 86-year-old World War II veteran who has lived in the same Ohio town for four decades. Yet, when he attempted to vote in the recent Ohio primary, he was told his photo ID from the Department of Veterans Affairs was not good enough because it did not include his address. Is This America?

•Dorothy Cooper is a 96-year-old African-American woman who says she has voted in every election but one since she became eligible to vote. Yet, when she attempted to obtain a voter ID, she was turned away because she did not have a copy of her marriage license. In a subsequent interview, Cooper said that she didn’t even have problems voting in Tennessee “during Jim Crow days” — only now under Voter ID. Is This America?

•Thelma Mitchell is a 93-year-old woman who cleaned the Tennessee Capitol for 30 years. She never received a birth certificate, however, because she was delivered by a midwife in Alabama in 1918 and there was no record of her birth. When she attempted to obtain a voter ID, she was turned away for lack of a birth certificate by a clerk who suggested she could be an illegal immigrant. Is This America?

•Virginia Lasater is a 91-year-old woman who has been active in political campaigns for 70 years. Because of her advanced age, however, she is no longer able to stand for extended periods of time. When she attempted to obtain a voter ID, she was confronted with lines that stretched for several hours and no place to sit while she waited — forcing her to abandon her effort to obtain an ID due to her physical constraints. Is This America?

•Darwin Spinks is an 86 year-old World War II veteran. He was told to pay a fee before he could obtain a voter ID in Tennessee, despite the fact that charging someone to vote is unconstitutional. Is This America?

•Rita Platt is a Wisconsin resident who was turned away from her attempt to obtain a voter ID because she required either a birth certificate or a passport to obtain one — both of which can only be obtained if the voter pays a fee. Worse, in Wisconsin, voters must fill out a misleading form which suggests that they cannot obtain the birth certificate they need to obtain a photo ID unless they already have a photo ID. Is This America?

•Jessica Cohen is a Texas resident who lost her license and other identification papers in a burglary. She now must also pay an unconstitutional fee in order to obtain the birth certificate she needs to obtain a new voter ID. Because Cohen lives in Texas, she will likely be able to vote in 2012 because the Department of Justice blocked Texas’ law under the Voting Rights Act — although there is a high risk that the Supreme Court’s conservatives will declare the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Is This America?

Supporters of Voter ID laws routinely justify them by claiming they are necessary to combat an epidemic of people showing up at the polls and claiming to be someone else. And yet, when asked to prove that such an epidemic exists, their case immediately falls apart. When the Supreme Court abdicated its responsibility to strike down these unconstitutional assaults on the franchise four years ago, it was only able to cite one actual example of voter fraud in the last 140 years. Is This America?

The evidence of such voter-suppression is overwhelming, most notably in the form of dozens of laws creating just such obstacles. A tidal wave of state laws have been proposed to counter this non-existent problem, ever since the 2010 mid-term elections, when Republicans won the largest number of state legislative seats they've ever held since 1928. According to the Brennan Centre for Justice, since the mid-term elections: 41 states introduced 180 restrictive laws; 34 states introduced Photo ID laws; 17 states introduced proof of citizenship requirements; 16 states introduced bills to limit registration; 9 states introduced bills to reduce early voting periods. Is This America?

Disenfranchising specific groups of voters should be politically unacceptable. The Media should be all over this. Instead, the story gets marginalized. Could it be because it can't be squeezed into the US media's sacred "both sides do it" frame, and because those most impacted are primarily poor, low-income, and young? How could any individual be anything other than abjectly ashamed to be associated with a political party so thuggish, as to try to win elections like this? It’s sad and sickening; also it delegitimizes everything else about the Republican Party. But not only does it affect the GOP brand, it also tarnishes the image of America and American Democracy.

 We should be a shining beacon of Democracy. The world is watching. We should be coming together to effect an historic expansion of the franchise. In a true democracy, everyone should have a voice through their vote. People have fought and died for that right to vote. However, voter suppression combined with Citizens United spells the potential dawn of a new dark age in American politics, with those on the bottom having less than zero say in how they are governed IN THIS AMERICA.

RedState Paradox

RedState Paradox: They are the welfare states in the nation supported by the blue states. But flip-out about false welfare ads. GOP Govs asked for waivers not Dems.

RedState Paradox: They are the hardest hit by drought, floods, heat waves, wildfires, tornados, hurricanes, n blizzards in recent yrs but deny Climate Science.

RedState Paradox: Believers of small government but want Congress to have control of Women’s bodies.

RedState Paradox: Believe Mormonism is a Cult, but won’t support the only Christian Candidate PBO for president.

RedState Paradox: Talk about taking their country back and giving it to a Guy who bets AGAINST America.

RedState Paradox: Loves our Troops but supports the only candidate who REFUSES to mention Our Heroes in debates or convention speech.

RedState Paradox: Majority Working Class yet Romney HAS $ off-shore, outsourced jobs, likes firing ppl n hanging out w/ Corporations.

RedState Paradox: Believe in less Govt spending but want Bush policies back w/ Ryan who voted for 2 wars, drug bill, n tax cuts on CREDIT.

RedState Paradox: Ridicule “Obama Phones” but don’t realize the Lifeline Program for low incomes was started under Pres. Reagan.

RedState Paradox: Applaud Romney’s 47% tape even deriding those ppl but don’t realize they are laughing at themselves.

RedState Paradox: Laugh n Applaud when Romney says “He did build that” but every biz used as example took Govt $ at some point.

RedState Paradox: They “wanna take their country back” RIGHT BACK to the Bush debacle that almost caused a global depression.

RedState Paradox: Complain about Govt NOT working and then send Teapartiers to DC to make sure it STOPPED working.

RedState Paradox: They tried to impeach Clinton for lying, yet Romney has told more verifiable outright bold face lies than any Pol in history of US.

RedState Paradox: They accused the President of Lying, and sent Romney to attack him by lying about his statements. Major Fail.

RedState Paradox: They denounced Todd Akin for “Legitimate Rape.” But chose his Co-Sponsor of Personhood Bills as VP.

RedState Paradox: Tried to fix non-existent voter fraud by committing voter fraud, suppression, and buying voting machines.

RedState Paradox: To make sure “legitimate VOTES” don’t get diluted, passed VOTER ID laws to make some legitimate VOTERS NON-Voters.

RedState Paradox: They know Tax Cuts for the Rich doesn’t work but want to try One more time just to be sure.

RedState Paradox: They  Love to Hate Obama but don’t realize it’s like drinking poison and hoping it kills him.

RedState Paradox: They affirm that all Polls are wrong and Romney will win but We Know, They Know, IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN.

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