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Sunday, 29 April 2012

THE SIMPSONS ACKNOWLEDGE FOX NETWORK'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY

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HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY THE SIMPSONS

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MOYERS & COMPANY: BIG MONEY'S EFFECT ON BIG MEDIA

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MOYERS & COMPANY: THE CASE FOR OLD-SCHOOL FAITH & POLITICS

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Wednesday, 18 April 2012

MOYERS & COMPANY: AN OPTIMIST FOR OUR TIME

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Monday, 16 April 2012

EVEN THE JOKER PAYS HIS TAXES

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Wednesday, 11 April 2012

MOYERS & COMPANY: GAMBLING WITH YOUR MONEY

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MOYERS & COMPANY: MOVING BEYOND WAR

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RICK SANTORUM SUSPENDS HIS CAMPAIGN

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Tuesday, 10 April 2012

2012 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, PARTY NOMINATION ROUND

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2012 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Due to there being no serious challenge from a candidate within the Democratic Party, Barack Obama’s nomination as that party’s candidate for president is all but official. With this known, Obama has clinched a first-round bye and will face the Republican Candidate in the General Election to take place on 6 November 2012.


2012 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY



GOP NOMINATION 2012
DELEGATES
MAGIC # 1144
VOTES (%)
RECORD
ROMNEY
640
40.13
21-12
GINGRICH
160
20.26
2-31
PAUL
77
10.29
0-33




E- SANTORUM
264
27.23
10-23
E- PERRY
3
0.46
0-2
E- HUNTSMAN
2
0.66
0-2
E- BACHMANN
0
0.24
0-1
E- ROEMER
0
0.13
0-22
E- CAIN
0
0.10

E- JOHNSON
0
0.03

E- KARGER
0
0.03
0-33

E- Eliminated from playoff contention.


When it comes to the number of delegates, I was using the NY Times tracker. However, after much MORE research and determination, I switched over to a combination between Real Clear Politics, CNN, NY Times, and The Green Papers.

Daily Kos explains why the GOP Delegate count is inconsistent among the different reporting agencies. Of course… THAT explains it.

Super Tuesday results are at this link.

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Thursday, 5 April 2012

LETTERMAN/OLBERMANN

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On The Late Show with David Letterman, host David Letterman interviewed Keith Olbermann on his recent release from the cable channel Current TV.


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Wednesday, 4 April 2012

FULL DISCLOSURE

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In the interest of transparency, I recently made the following monetary contributions to the following:

CANDIDATES
Barack Obama for President
Ken Aden for Congress in Arkansas CD-4
Irene Andrews for Bell County (TX) Commissioner Place 1
Tammy Baldwin for U.S. Senate from Wisconsin
Mary Brown for State Representative in Texas HD-64
Wendy Davis for State Senator in Texas SD-10
Tammy Duckworth for Congress in Illinois
Sean Hubbard, Texan for U.S. Senate
Patrick Murphy for Pennsylvania Attorney General
David Sanchez for Congress in Texas CD-26
Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts

ORGANIZATIONS
Denton County Democratic Party
Get Equal Texas
Mid Cities Democrats
Texas Young Democrats
Stonewall Democrats of Denton County

I don’t make that much money, so I gave what I could. These are organizations and candidates that I have a passion for.

Yes, some are out of Texas, but I feel that we need the more of the following voices in our government institutions: we need more Women; we need more Veterans; we need more voices for LGBT Rights. And in some cases these voices overlap each other.

And of course… re-elect President Obama and get more Democrats in office.

Now why am I disclosing who I gave money to?

I am in the political arena as an activist within various Democratic organizations in the state of Texas and I dabble in a bit of political commentary with this blog. 

It is also a little thing called Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010).

Without going into depth about it, the case declared certain campaign finance reform laws unconstitutional, declared that money is speech, and unleashed unlimited monetary funds into our political processes.

As I stated before, I am at a severe financial disadvantage compared to those that write big money checks to campaigns. Does that give those that have more money more rights than others?

All of our rights are inalienably endowed by our creator, not by the size of one’s bank accounts or how much property they own or how many people are on their payroll.

This is still the United States of America where the first three words to our governing document, the United States Constitution, is “We, The,” and probably the most important word: “PEOPLE.”

This country is still about its people… and that is ALL of the people.

Despite what the Supreme Court ruled in their 5-4 decision back in January 2010, this is still a government for the people, by the people, and of the people.

And no amount of money will change that.

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RACHEL MADDOW ON OBAMACARE'S APPROVAL VARIANCE

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Tuesday, 3 April 2012

WENDY DAVIS INTERVIEWED BY RACHEL MADDOW on 21 MARCH 2012

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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MOYERS & COMPANY: STANDING UP FOR DEMOCRACY

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HOT DOCKET (Jon Stewart)

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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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