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Why Are We Fighting The Same Women’s Rights Battles of 40 Years Ago?

by Laurel on April 16, 2012

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I’ve been resisting the urge to write about the wonderfully snarky-worthy, jaw-droppingly  frightening things being said on the campaign trail by this year’s crowd of GOP presidential candidates. Those who have been the worst have been dropping like flies … Santorum being the most recent to go… and I am have been of two minds [...]

Rush Limbaugh Demands Americans Pay for His Prescription Drug Addiction

March 10, 2012
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It just occurred to me this evening that Rush Limbaugh (the same guy who called Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke, a slut, a prostitute and demanded sex tapes in exchange for covering the cost of her birth control…in case you live in a cave) has an interesting perspective on this whole concept of insurance companies covering the [...]

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Come Back To Kansas, Kathleen, Come Back or… Yet Another Kansas Abortion Bill Written By Clowns

March 2, 2012
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I miss Kathleen Sibelius. The government in Kansas seemed so much more reasoned when she was around. At the very least, we had a governor at the helm who wasn’t  willing to pass just any bill that came along with a title that fit her agenda – no matter how ridiculous and harmful it might be. Sam Brownback [...]

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Do the Movie and Music Industries Really Need Copyright Protections?

January 20, 2012

Has the time come to abandon the battle over intellectual property rights? Because I make my living in the creative world, I have been somewhat solidly on the side of copyright protection for musicians and movie makers in spite of being wholly unimpressed by the bullying tactics of the organizations representing them in seeking draconian laws and [...]

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What the hell is SOPA and PIPA and why should I care?

January 18, 2012
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The Real World – Washington D.C.

November 15, 2011
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It’s Republican Presidential Primary Debate Season… seems like they are having debates 2 or 3 times a week, literally. I don’t watch, I just let Jon Stewart pull the the amusing highlights and share them with me. The Daily Show is like my political Talk Soup or The Soup or whatever the hell that show [...]

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Fuck you, Melissa Brookstone.

October 20, 2011

Really? No… really, are you fucking kidding me? From the Huffington Post: Melissa Brookstone, a member of one of the nation’s largest Tea Party groups, pushed the envelope on anti-Obama suggestions Wednesday, urging small business owners to stop hiring new employees until the president gives up his “globalist socialist agenda of redistribution of wealth.” In [...]

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