Monday, February 15, 2010

Olbermann's Special Comment on Teabaggers and Race

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:06 PM

    Democrat’s Accomplishments OR this is why I am a LIBERAL:
    Endangered Species Act
    GI Bill
    Environmental Laws
    The Space Program
    The Peace Corps
    Americorps
    The Civil Rights Movement
    Earned Income Tax Credit
    Family & Medical Leave Act
    Consumer Product Safety Commission
    Americans With Disabilities Act
    Freedom of Information Act
    Women's right to control their reproductive future
    Allowing citizens to view their own credit records
    The Internet
    Balancing the federal budget
    The Brady Bill (5-day wait on handgun purchases for background checks)
    Lobbying Disclosure Act
    "Motor-Voter" Act
    The Voting Rights Act
    Unemployment Insurance
    Medicare/Medicaid
    Food Stamps/WIC
    Social Security
    Peace between Israel and Egypt
    Peace between Israel and Jordan
    The Department of Education
    The Department of Energy
    The Department of Transportation
    The Department of Housing and Urban Development
    Labor Laws
    The Marshall Plan
    Winning World War II
    Food Safety Laws
    Workplace Safety Laws
    The Tennessee Valley Project
    The Civilian Conservation Corps
    The Securites and Exchange Commission
    Women's Right to Vote
    Universal Public Education
    National Weather Service
    Product Labeling Laws
    Truth in Advertising Laws
    Morrill Land Grant Act
    Rural Electrification
    Public Universities
    Bank Deposit Insurance (FDIC)
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Public Broadcasting
    Supporting the establishment of Israel
    The United Nations
    NATO

    Republicans have been on the opposite side of these issues for the most part. No wonder we cannot ever meet in the middle - some of these issues have no middle - only morally right or morally wrong - in my humble opinion. Our contribution to society in the form of taxes to help those less forunate is our contribution to live in a stable society. Look at third world countries with their RICH & desperately POOR. I, personally, do not want to live in a country like that. We need our middle class! I am willing to give so that we can live with clean air, healthy foods, lots of police to keep us safe, money for top notch schools that all children can go to for free, libraries, healthcare for all (healthcare should be non-profit because it is immoral to make money off from someone else' breast cancer), good roads and other public institutions, good science, and the list goes on and on.

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  2. Another reason to be a Liberal:

    Influential right-wing industrialists and financers such as Irenee du Pont, Prescott Bush and the virulently anti-semitic Henry Ford not only fought publicly to keep America from joining the war against Germany, they actually helped finance Hitler’s war machine..

    The conservative press--led by Henry Luce (who applauded Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia)--worked to influence public opinion in favor of isolationism.

    American hero and right-winger Charles Lindbergh admired the "virility" and "dictatorial direction" of Nazi Germany so much so that he used his substantial influence as a vocal Nazi propagandist.

    The Senate--led by Republican Gerald P. Nye--was determined to remain isolated from the European conflict. Nye and his colleagues spearheaded the Neutrality Act of 1935.

    William Dudley Pelley mobilized like-minded right-wing conservatives into a pro-Nazi legion he called the Silver Shirts and which others referred to as the "Christian American Patriots". By July 1938, he had mailed out 3.5tons of pro-Nazi, anti-semitic propaganda. After the U.S. joined the war, Pelley was jailed for sedition.

    The godfather of right-wing hate radio/media wackos, Father Charles Coughlin used his radio show and magazine to stir-up anti-semitic, pro-Nazi sentiment in the U.S.

    And if that is not enough to show you how conservatives are, look how they are trying so hard to defeat Healthcare Reform. Just another in a long list of things that they have been against.

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