miklkit

Live in Northern California. Pipefitter, hard hat. Union thug. Vietnam veteran. Consider myself a moderate, who votes for the best candidate, not the party.

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David Obey Calls for War Tax on Wealthy »

• Those 10% have 90 percent of the money, but onlypay 71% of federal taxes. At the State and especially the local level their tax rate ...

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• The rich have the money, so they should pay their fair share of the taxes.

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Moral Cowards vs. The American Taliban »

• That was shown on a Sunday in summer 2008. The threats were coming hot and heavy before then, that one was just on national television. ...

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• This little snippet was on faux noise. The host just laughed. Assasination is no laughing matter.
  
  http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1340189/fox_news_kil...

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Afraid to kill: 'Fighting' terror with wishful thinking »

• The idea of "war" on terrorism is ludicrous. That is not how you deal with terrorists. Even the conservative Rand Corp. says so.
  
  

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Chilcot Iraq Inquiry-Secret Talks On Ousting Saddam Hussein Begun In 2001 »

• Dr. David Kelley was an inspector in Iraq. He said there were no WMD's there. Then he was murdered.
  
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3076869.stm

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Studies: As Ice Sheets Flow and Melt, Oceans Continue to Rise »

• Ice is lighter than water, so it floats on top. There are millions of cubic miles of sea ice in the Antarctic. When that sea ...

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Billboard Links Obama with Jihadists - CBS News »

• When was the last time you saw someone on national television say something like this about Bush?
  
  http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1340189/fox_news_kil...

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• What is wrong with calling a liar a liar? Or a drunk a drunk? Or a warmonger a warmonger? Or a draft dodger a draft ...

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Joseph Goebbels - Propaganda Principles »

• The republicon Ministry of Propaganda (faux noise) has been using these 19 rules for over a decade now.

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Faith-Based Challenges Show a New Rift in the GOP - US News and World Report »

• FTA:
  
  A similar battle is underway in California, where former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who supports abortion rights, is fighting state legislator Chuck DeVore, ...

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Video: Palin makes late night punchlines »

• Sarah Palin. The gift that keeps on giving.

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Pelosi calls Afghan Karzai unworthy partner »

• That was supposed to be the plan right after we invaded Afghanistan. But, like all of the other plans made in that time frame, it ...

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All 40 GOP Senators To Fillibuster Obamacare »

• Aww, the republicons are just longing for the good old days of 4 day work weeks and lobbyists writing all of the bills for them, ...

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• Do you have an answer to that question? A lot of things could be changed before this is over. My hope is that a single ...

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• The only bad parts in this bill are the parts added by you republicons. Clear out your bs and this is a decent bill.

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• They did? The interest rates they charge right now today used to be illegal.

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Engineering California's Economic Collapse »

• I wish it hadn't happened. Gray Davis (a veteran officer) appealed to the feds to enforce their own laws which would have stopped it. Dumbya ...

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• This started with the energy deregulation bill written by ex Governor Pete Wilson. No one saw the poison pill in it that allowed the energy ...

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Should Obama Fire Gen. McChrystal? »

• If that General is playing politics instead of being a soldier, then he should get the boot. Period. There is ample precedent for this.

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Inhofe Gives Boxer A Taste Of The Democrat's Own Medicine »

• Is that a trick question?
  
  22% of all casualties in Iraq are Californians. California is a mostly Democratic State. Maybe that is why Inhofe ...

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George W. Bush Visits Fort Hood Families In Secret | CMR »

• The two wars actually. The 2000 election was a referendum on whether or not to invade Iraq.

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