Saturday, January 29, 2011
Governor Rick Scott’s Weekly Radio Address
FROM: Brian Burgess, Governor Rick Scott’s Communications Director
Learn more about Governor Scott’s work to bring jobs to Florida by eliminating job-killing regulation, holding government accountable and making sure Florida has the best educated workforce.
Grifter governor rick Scott is starting to sound like Fox News. The unemployment in Florida has little with government regulation.
We are still waiting to hear more about those 700,000 new jobs that Scott says he will create. I don't think the Scott's honeymoon as governor will last long.
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military veterans.
A host of veterans groups slammed Bachmann’s plan:
–Veterans of Foreign War national commander Richard L. Eubank said,
The only discussion the VFW wants is to tell the congresswoman that her plan is totally out of step with America’s commitment to our veterans.
No way, no how, will we let this proposal get any tractionin Congress,” said Eubank. “There are certain things you do not do when our nation is at war, and at the top of that list is not caring for our wounded and disabled servicemen and women when they return home.
I want her to look those disabled veterans in the eye and tell them their service and sacrifice is too expensive for the nation to bear.
The National Veterans Foundation’s Rich Rudnick told ThinkProgress that Bachmann’s plan is
Terribly misguided. Veterans benefits are minimal to begin with and that Bachmann’s scheme would be a “real step backwards.
Cutting back on the VA right now would be showing contempt for American servicemembers’ sacrifices.
Disabled American Veterans Washington Headquarters Executive Director
David Gorman said Bachmann’s plan is:
“[s]uch an ill-advised proposal[it] is nothing short of heartless.
It is unconscionable that while our nation is at war someone would even think of forcing our wounded warriors to sacrifice even more than they already have.
Their injuries and disabilities were the result of their service to the nation, and our nation must not shirk its responsibilities toward them.
How do you tell a veteran who has lost a limb that he or she has not sacrificed enough? Yet Rep. Bachmann wants to do just that.
Veterans for Common Sense executive director Paul Sullivan said"
Cutting veterans’ health care spending is an ill-advised move at a time when the number of veterans continues to grow as troops return from Iraq and Afghanistan. It's is really astonishing to see this.
VoteVets.org Chairman Ashwin Madia said,
Michelle Bachmann’s plan would turn veterans away from the care they’ve earned and deserve. Congress voted for two wars that have created many veterans that now need help, and we cannot – and will not – turn our backs to them.
That’s bad policy that I think even a majority of Republican voters will stand squarely against.
You might think Bacmann's views aren't shared by other Republicans. Think again! the GOP has a very chequered record when it come to supporting veterans.
Democrats do a much better job of supporting America's vets. This is very clear in the voting record of the two political parties.
If you are a vet and vote Republican, all Rightardia can say is were so sorry.
Join the dumb and proud in the Tea Party.
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From: Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:41:19 -0500
Local: Sat, Jan 29 2011 1:41 am
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How GW Bush wrecked the Veterans Administration
The VA secretary directed that a review of all the VA claims that had been approved in the past. If you lost a disability while Bush was president, now you know why. Here is the letter VA sent to their Regional Offices.
Subject: NEW
VA SECRETARY DIRECTIVE CALLS FOR REVIEW AND RE-EVALUATION
OF ALL VETERANS SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY CLAIMS
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:43:00 -0700 (PDT)
THIS DIRECTIVE AFFECTS ALL VETERANS RECEIVING SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY
COMPENSATION, IN THAT THE SECRETARY'S DIRECTIVE REQUIRES THAT REGIONAL OFFICES REVIEW AND RE-EVALUATE ALL CURRENT AND PAST VETERANS CLAIMS.
THE CLAIMS THAT WILL PROBABLY BE REVIEWED WITH THE MOST SCRUTINY ARE THOSE VETERANS RATED AT 100% - AND THOSE RATE 50%-90%...
Essentially the Republican VA secretary suggested that veterans are welfare cheats. It take years to process a VA disability claim and the process is bureaucratic and comprehensive. Unfortunately, the VA often errors on the side of the government, contrary to congressional law.
- When Bush took office in he had 69,000 in 2000 that were backlogged
- There was a 400,000 claim backlog by 2007
- After Obama's inauguration, 803,000 VA claims had been backlogged
The Bush letter would conservatively required that at least one third of all VA awards be reviewed. Rightardia suspects the actual percentage is a lot higher. Many VA awards would extend back to to the Korean and World War 2 Eras.
The major had a 0 per cent rating for a medical condition that was re-evaluated in 2002. Of interest, he provided documentation to the VA and his disability was raised to 10 per cent. Why would the government waste time re-evaluating a 0 per cent rating?
Between the two wars that Bush started and due to the absurd review of the old VA awards, the Republicans left the VA behind the claims power curve, one that General Shinseki, the VA secretary, is still trying to dig out from.
SOURCES:
VA, "SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN: The Long-term Costs of Providing Veterans Medical Care and Disability Benefits," by Linda Bilmes, Kennedy School of Government
http://vets.yuku.com/reply/373306/t/Re-President-signs-Veterans-Benefit-Act-of-2010.html
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Huffington Post: Rush Limbaugh Boycott
Boycott, me?
SACRAMENTO, CA — Rush Limbaugh's imitation of the Chinese language during a recent speech made by Chinese President Hu Jintao was noticed in Asian-American communities across the US.
California state Sen.Leland Yee, a Democrat from San Francisco, is demanding an apology from the radio talk show host for what he and others view as racist and derogatory remarks against the Chinese people.
The state lawmaker has rallied civil rights groups to boycott of companies like Pro Flowers, Sleep Train and Domino's Pizza that advertise on Limbaugh's national talk radio show.
The comments that he made – the mimicking of the Chinese language – harkens back to when I was a little boy growing up in San Francisco and those were hard days, rather insensitive day. You think you've arrived and all of a sudden get shot back to the reality that you're a second-class citizen.
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It's nice we don't have to write about watzername
We got tired about talking about a single issue over and over again. We were likewise getting tired of the shenanigans of this "fame whore."
It's unfortunate that "watzername" is having martial difficulties, but Levi Johnson indicated the two "watzernames" hadn't been together for a long time.
Is the 'you know who" gone for good? Rightardia hopes so! She either needs to work on her marriage or get a divorce.
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St. Petersburg Times: Slimy Tampa Bay Storm coach Tim Marcum had racy, racist material on work computer
This coach is a real slimer who had photo of Watermelon One on his computer, a reference to the presidential aircraft, Air Force One
He also won an arena bowl cahmpionship but gave rings to 12 team members in 2004 that contained faux diamonds. He got caught.
The unethical Tim Marcum belongs in jail.
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Politics Daily: Paul Ryan, GOP Budget Fantasy Chairman
Rightardia was on the Paul Ryan along time ago. He is clueless frat boy who lives on Fantasy Island.
Paul Krugman said this in the NY Times editorial:
The lesson of the Irish debacle, then, is very nearly the opposite of what Mr. Ryan would have us believe.
It doesn’t say “cut spending now, or bad things will happen”;
it says that balanced budgets won’t protect you from crisis if you don’t effectively regulate your banks — a point made in the newly released report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which concludes that “30 years of deregulation and reliance on self-regulation” helped create our own catastrophe.
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HYSTERICAL RAISINS: The Prince of Orange
Religious zealots have claimed they have seen tears weep from the eyes of the painting.
Will the Catholic Church beatify John Andrew Boehner?
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Politifact: Repblican SOTU responses full of half truths and fabrications
- that "trust in government is at an all-time low. This is a false
- the size of government is at an all-time high which is also off by 60 years.
- President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent . . . — an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. The actual figure is closer to 27 per cent.
- Ryan claimed the stim didn't create jobs, but the nonpartisan CBO says the stimulus increased employment by between 1.4 million and 3.6 million people in the third quarter of 2010 . . .
- the bailout cost "$700 billion." The net cost actually is estimated to be much less — $25 billion. The $700 billion is a reference to TARP that GW Bush signed into law. But the estimated net cost to taxpayers will be $25 billion after the government sells its stocks and the companies repay the money . . .
- Bachmann repeated the false claim about the need to hire "16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama’s health care bill." The figure of 16,500 originated from a House Republican report that relies on false assumptions and outright misrepresentation.
- the stimulus didn’t create jobs (it did)
- the health care law hurts job growth (experts say the impact will be small and primarily effect minimum wage jobs.)
- that "16,500 IRS agents" will enforce that law which is based on a flawed, partisan analysis.
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Financial scandal hits Florida Representative David Rivera
Jan 27, 2011
Last night, Fox News aired a segment on the ongoing and expanding investigation into Representative David Rivera as part of Special Report with Bret Baier.
To learn more about the investigation read the recent report by POLITICO and the Miami Herald and the report by The Hill on House Speaker Boehner’s decision to not take action about Rivera.
According to Politico, Rivera, who was elected to the House from Florida District 25 in November after eight years in the Florida Legislature. He has been under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement since last fall.
It is alleged that he failed to disclose more than $130,000 in loans from a company owned by his mother
source: DCCC
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