Well, here's a shock: AP poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks whether they recognize those feelings or not.

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Here is a link to the U.S. Census

First Woman President?

Elizabeth Warren, President of the United States of America.

Living in a bubble... of Duh!

I've got a theory, if you can't laugh at yourself...you are stupid, evil, or both. Send it to your Republican friends and report out!



Use the comments section to score the video:
1) That is the funniest thing I have ever seen!
2) Very funny!
3) Am not, am not!
4) Huh?
5) Typical liberal demoCRAP lies!
6) I must be offended, and as soon as I get Rush's opinion I will tell you why!

Debunking the Myths of the Left and Right about Obama...

Joy Reid, of the Miami Herald does a very good job here in debunking some Obama myths:

Would it have made progressives happy if he had made a vocal, visible show of trying to do those things, and spoken out like a true liberal lion, lambasting Wall Street, calling for the heads of the banks on a platter or even ordering the Treasury Secretary to seize and privatize the big banks, and demanding that gay marriage be made the law of the land without delay? Sure. Would that have helped any of those things pass the Senate? Nope.

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That Didn't Take Long!

In 2010 the Democratic candidate in the New York's 26th Congressional District got just 26 percent of the vote. Even in the very good Democratic year of 2008, the Democratic nominee got just 40.5 percent. Last night Democrat Kathy Hochul won NY 26 with 47% of the vote. Her message: "Republicans have proposed a budget that will end Medicare but keep subsidies for Oil companies and tax breaks for the wealthy, and (her opponent) Jane Corwin supported that".

So did Virginia 6 CD Bob Goodlatte...

This is a CD that has not had a Democratic Representative since Lyndon Johnson was President...



Republicans think they have a mandate for radical rightwing social engineering. They are wrong, very wrong.

GOP Budget - "Rightwing Social Engineering".

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Question for House Republicans like Bob Goodlatte: What makes you think that any private insurer is going to offer affordable health care insurance to 65 year old people once you take away Medicare?

Webb & Warner - Hands Off Medicare!

Virginia Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner to Eric Cantor: "You're Right, Republicans need to look elsewhere, Americans don't want you to destroy Medicare in order to give tax breaks to millionaires."

I guess the boy needed some reminding...

Getting it Done!

Leadership on the Budget...

Democrat Mark Warner and Republican Saxby Chambliss

Provide A Study in Bipartisan Leadership With

"The Gang of Six"

As Mr. Obama and Republican leaders have warred publicly over the budget, this small group of senators has spent four months in dozens of secretive meetings in offices at the Capitol and over dinner at the suburban Virginia home of Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat.
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President Obama’s call on Wednesday for a bipartisan group of lawmakers to craft a compromise deficit-reduction plan by July left lawmakers wondering if he aimed to obliterate or aid an existing bipartisan group already carrying out the same task.

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"Pray for the Gang of Six" - Former Senator Alan Simpson

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The “Gang of Six,” are Democratic Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia, Kent Conrad of North Dakota, and Richard Durbinof Illinois and Republican Sens. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia,Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, and Mike Crapo of Idaho.

Ryan's gift to the President? Interesting...

 "Thanks to Ryan, everything - the ridiculous farm subsidies, the inefficient job-training programs, even the defense budget - is now on the table. Indeed, Ryan has bestowed a remarkable gift upon the President: his radicalism has framed the moderate, financially prudent profile for Obama's coming campaign."
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The Republican Recovery Plan

This is it, real simple. Got it?

Courtesy of today's LA Times.

Republicans Want a Shutdown

Let's be clear:
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll confirms that Republicans would rather shut down the Federal government than compromise on the Federal budget:

Compromise on the budget - Republicans 38%
Compromise on the budget - Democrats 68%

That's why Boehner and the Republicans can't compromise, his base won't allow him to compromise. Democrats have accepted Boehner's original cut of $33 Billion, now he says it needs to be $40 Billion. That's called "bad faith".

The problem for Republicans? Independents overwhelmingly agree with the Democrats - compromise on the budget. This will not go well for the Republicans.

The "teaparty" affair was fun while it lasted my Republican friends, but nobody likes a crazy hothead ...

Positive News on Employment

Unemployment Drops with addition of 216,000 Jobs in March

The unemployment rate dipped from 8.9 percent in February to 8.8 percent in March. The rate has fallen a full percentage point over the last four months, the sharpest drop since 1983.

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A Testament of Our Times...

The Blind Men and the Elephant
John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)

It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind.

The First approached the Elephant, And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side, At once began to bawl: "God bless me! but the Elephant Is very like a WALL!"

The Second, feeling of the tusk, Cried, "Ho, what have we here, So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mighty clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a SPEAR!"

The Third approached the animal, And happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a SNAKE!"

The Fourth reached out an eager hand, And felt about the knee "What most this wondrous beast is like Is mighty plain," quoth he: "'Tis clear enough the Elephant Is very like a TREE!"

The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said: "E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a FAN!"

The Sixth no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, "I see," quoth he, "the Elephant Is very like a ROPE!"

And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong, Though each was partly in the right, And all were in the wrong!

Anderson Memorial Community Project

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Please help his family and community honor his memory.

Brian "Bucky" Anderson, was a fine young man who set an example from which we all can learn.

One of patriotism, dedication, fidelity of purpose, hard work, and achievement.

Bucky was born in 1986.

Bucky worked hard to become a state champion wrestler and an all district football player. 

Bucky graduated from Broadway High School in 2004.

Bucky was killed in Afghanistan on June 12, 2010.

While delivering supplies to school children.

He was working to improve the lives of a war torn and decimated people.

On behalf of you and me...

C.M. Hess Announces His Campaign for Sheriff of Rockingham County and Harrisonburg City

Ronald Reagan on Labor, Unions and Collective Bargaining

Wisconsin

The battle for a living wage and the right to negotiate the terms of your employment is on in Wisconsin. When DID teachers become the enemy?

God Bless a Free Libya

"Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution."
John Adams, 1818

The people of Libya are in a tough fight with a well armed, wealthy tyrant. This is their hour of trial. Great acts of courage and sacrifice in the service of a free Libya occur beyond our view. But soon we will know of them. If you pray, pray for a free Libya, and the lives of those who struggle for freedom.

Republican Budget Fraud

This graph depicts the amount of cost cutting proposed by House Republicans on the left. On the right are the cost of tax cuts that House Republicans insisted upon. Any questions?