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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (167141)	4/14/2014 9:11:02 AM
From: Bill	3 Recommendations Recommended By jlallen locogringo lorne Respond to of 224727

Such rubbish.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (167141)	4/14/2014 9:26:43 AM
From: TideGlider	5 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo lorne MichaelSkyy Sedohr Nod tonto Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224727

You often use the term as does your idol, "the wrong side of history".....Please review the following and observe which side of history you and your fearless leader are actually on.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (167141)	4/14/2014 9:35:53 AM
From: chartseer	3 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo lorne TideGlider Respond to of 224727

Global warming? Satellite data shows Arctic sea ice coverage up 50 percent! Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/16/global-warming-satellite-data-shows-arctic-sea-ice-coverage-up-50-percent/#ixzz2yrqXitgV

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (167141)	4/14/2014 10:25:22 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB locogringo Respond to of 224727

Kenny, Bet this gets you quivering with pride..one of your kind doing what you people do best... Public rattled by gunrunning case against Democrat Firearms groups say hypocrisy of 2nd Amendment opponents laid bare By Michael F. Haverluck Monday, April 14, 2014 wnd.com Only days after the arrest of California state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, on charges of taking bribes and running an illegal guns operation, a poll shows a plunge in support for the once trusted California legislature – known for its hard anti-gun advocacy. Yee, who was named to the “Gun Violence Prevention Honor Roll” by the Brady Campaign in 2006, is now ironically under fire for his alleged involvement in supplying guns illegally in what is dubbed as his “gangland ties.” The revelation of the allegations has coincided with a drop in support for lawmakers. The Field Poll showed a nine-point shift in approval for California’s lawmakers, with those who approved declining from 46 to 43 percent and those who disapproved rising from 40 to 46 percent. And how did developments following Yee’s arrest affect the sentiment about those behind the gun control movement? The Virginia-based National Rifleman’s Association definitely has a take. “When people look at issues like this, it dramatically violates their trust,” NRA Director of Public Affairs Andrew Arulanandam told WND in an exclusive interview. “They roll their eyes and think this is the definition of hypocrisy.” Arulanandam sees scandals such as Yee’s as chipping away at anti-2nd Amendment sentiments. “People will look at this particular incident and the other private corruption scandals we’ve seen … some politicians like Yee and mayors associated with Mike Bloomberg’s group get involved in their own political and corruption scandals — some of them firearms related,” Arulanandam added. “This diminishes the credibility of the entire gun control movement.” Despite these scandals slowing down the gun control agenda, the rifle group doesn’t see its opponents backing away. “This does not help their cause, but Bloomberg has deep pockets and he’ll do what he can to cover up these scandals and other corrupt politicians to promote his agenda because he’s willing to use billions of his dollars to support gun control in this country,” Arulanandam noted. Back on the West Coast, gun rights activists also don’t see this incident as letting all the wind out of the gun control campaign sails. “The reality is that we believe it has put a chill on the movement, and some of the less active players are taking a step back in moving on with their agenda, but this hasn’t stopped their desire to move forward,” Executive Director of Gun Owners of California, Sam Paredes, told WND. “They just lost their super majority in the Senate, but they think they’re invincible and they’ll do whatever they can do to impede our rights in California.” But Paredes is glad some things have been set straight regarding who’s really behind the gun control agenda. “You wonder who it is we’ve been fighting all this time?” Paredes ventured. “Now you know.” The Gun Owners of California leader sees the recent arrest as showing Yee’s true colors and motives. “Yee was one of the most vocal and virulent members in the Senate against gun rights,” Paredes asserted, noting that he represents the general temperament of the masterminds behind the gun control agenda. But will the public pay much heed to the recent charges brought against Yee? One expert in academia tends to think so. “The lurid details of Yee’s alleged crimes struck a chord and reminded Californians why they hate politicians,” Claremont McKenna College Professor of Politics Jack Pitney expressed to the Bay Area News Group. Yet Pitney’s skeptical about the long-term consequences, come November. “In a great majority of races this fall, the corruption cases won’t make any difference,” the professor added. But Yee’s arrest wasn’t the only chink in California’s Democrat-run Legislature’s armor. It was dented twice earlier this year with the arrests of Sens. Ronald Calderon, D-Montebello, and Roderick Wright, D-Inglewood, two gun control advocates who were involved in separate scandals of their own. Calderon was indicted on charges of accepting $100,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents and Wright was found guilty by a Los Angeles jury of lying about his home being located in his district. Even though Republicans’ earlier plea to suspend Calderon and Wright was rejected, just two days after Yee’s arrest, all three were suspended. Observers say it appears the Yee arrest was one straw too much, since the legislature’s approval had not dropped on the other arrests. “This would have been a very happy story for the legislature had the Yee arrest not occurred,” Mark DiCamillo told the Bay Area News Group. “That’s not the story now.” It’s to the point critics are comparing the state to civilizations that have failed. “The state is back to ancient Rome, and … the party in power and the people in power are abusing the power,” San Francisco Republican Party Chair Harmeet Dhillon stated on SFGate. “The Democrats have reached that position in California, where they are the bosses and they take advantage of the little people.” And Dhillon believes that a corrupt stronghold in the state won’t go down without a fight. “There’s a culture of corruption in Sacramento – and legislators are very cozy with sources of money,” Dhillon said. “[Yee] in particular has struck me as someone who does not want to leave office under any circumstances … but the people of San Francisco deserve better.” It was Yee who co-authored a bill mandating that new ballistics identification technology (micro-stamping) be on all new semiautomatic handguns. Now people see the real lawmaker, critics said. “Sen. Yee has allowed us to pull back the curtain to expose the kind of people who are pushing the buttons and pulling the knobs to move forward the gun control movement in California,” GOC’s Paredes concludes. “And we thought the Wizard of Oz was a fake!”

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (167141)	4/14/2014 10:27:53 AM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Respond to of 224727

Kenny, Will NBC now be purged from what your masters will permit read or listen too? Sebelius: Health Care Launch 'Terribly Flawed' The Associated Press First published April 13th 2014 nbcnews.com Outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the administration's own predictions that the new health care law's online sign-up system would be ready by Oct. 1 were "just flat out wrong." Sebelius told NBC's "Meet the Press" in an interview airing Sunday the health care website's launch was "terribly flawed and terribly difficult." She says that eight-week period was her low point of her tenure. Sebelius last week announced her resignation. She says she wanted to give President Barack Obama enough time to bring in a new health chief. Sebelius' resignation comes just a week after sign-ups for insurance coverage ended, enrolling 7.1 million people and exceeding initial expectations. Enrollment has since increased to 7.5 million as people were given extra time to complete applications. Sebelius also defended the law's impact and said millions of Americans now have access to health care because of it. "Clearly, the estimate that it was ready to go Oct. 1 was just flat out wrong," Sebelius said. "People have competitive choices and real information for the first time ever in this insurance market," said Sebelius, who last week announced her resignation. Yet she acknowledged the rocky rollout for the online sign-up system fraught with technical problems that left Americans frustrated. "Clearly, the estimate that it was ready to go Oct. 1 was just flat out wrong," Sebelius said. HealthCare.gov was envisioned as the principal place for people to buy insurance under Obama's health care law. But its first few weeks were an embarrassment for the administration and its allies. "Well, I think there's no question — and I've said this many times — that the launch of the website was terribly flawed and terribly difficult," Sebelius said. The departing secretary said she decided after the 2012 presidential election that she wanted to leave the administration but decided to stay through the sign-up period. Sebelius said Obama did not try to convince her to stay through the end of his term. "I thought it was fair to either commit till January of 2017 or leave with enough time that he would get a strong, competent leader," Sebelius said.