Friday, October 27, 2006

Poll: Middle Class Voters Abandoning GOP

The 2006 election is shaping up to be a repeat of 1994. This time, Democrats are favored to sweep Republicans from power in the House after a dozen years of GOP rule.......more

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Researchers Crusade against American Fundamentalists

In the United States, atheists are becoming an ostracized minority. But now evolutionary biologists are trying to turn the tables: According to their argument, religion is the source of evil. Morals and selflessness are not God-given - they are the result of evolution.......more
Why do Bush-Republicans lack courage to lead our troops from Iraq?

2803 troops dead, 655,000 Iraqi’s dead, Over 20,000 wounded troops, $300 million dollars a day, Half a trillion dollars spent on the colossal Iraq disaster, A full scale civil war now being waged with our Troops caught in the deadly crossfire of violence.......more



Australian Muslim Leader
Compares uncovered women to exposed meat

A senior Muslim cleric in Australia has sparked a furore by comparing women who do not wear a headscarf to "uncovered meat", implying that they invited sexual assault.......more


The 10 Worst Congressmen
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The Worst Congress Ever

This Guy Should Be At The Top Of The List

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Faith based initiative outreach going bust

Our "prodigal sons" are returning home to the progressive side of the aisle. No judgements. Let us embrace these wayward evangelicals, make sure they intend to vote the progressive way and get them to polls. This is how we win, not by bragging about how right we were.......more

"The Hell with Red/Blue; People Want Out of Iraq and Solutions"
Jim Hightower


The poor GOP I'm actually feeling a twinge of compassion for the Repubs. Poor babies, they're trying to run this year with a Gibraltar of weighty political negatives piled on their backs, including Iraq, Halliburton, Iran, congressional corruption, oil profits, CEO pay, corporate scandals, minimum wage, off-shored jobs, trade scams, rising poverty, Katrina, health care, prescription drugs, Social Security privatization, tax boondoggles, national debt, torture, NSA spying, secret prisons, and "signing statements.".......more
US troops call for Iraq pullout

More than 200 men and women from the United States armed services have joined a protest calling for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, organisers say. The soldiers said they did not think it was worth their while to be in Iraq and questioned the use of repeated tours of duty. The campaign, called the Appeal for Redress from the War in Iraq, takes advantage of defence department rules allowing active duty troops to express personal opinions to politicians without fear of retaliation.......more


The campaign's website
www.appealforredress.org
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Iraq Veterans Against the War
U.S. generals call for Democratic takeover
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The Worst Political Web sites

The problem in selecting the most ridiculous, poorly crafted, or just plain bizarre political Web sites is an embarrassment of riches: There are so many worthy contenders.......more