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Donna Rodgers Elizabeth Warren Turns The IBM Stock Hit Job On Her Into A Total Fail

During a recent appearance on Current TV, Elizabeth Warren used her ownership of IBM stock to prove once again why there is no comparison between her and Mitt Romney.

SNIP (video here)

When Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren was asked about her stock holdings specifically IBM by Jennifer Granholm, she said, “The IBM stock, yes, we own it. I’ve owned it since, it was actually a pretty modest investment made thirty five years ago I think, and the money’s been reinvested. If I were…

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Added by Donna Rodgers on February 1, 2012 at 6:33pm — No Comments

Donna Rodgers Manufacturing, construction showing gains

Good news for us=bad news for rethugs. Win/win!

(AP) U.S. factories grew in January at the fastest pace in seven months, boosted by a rise in new orders. And builders ended a poor year for construction by spending more on homes and projects for the fifth straight month.

The reports bolster other data showing the U.S. economy started the year strong, and separately, the Commerce Department said spending on construction projects rose 1.5% in December, the fifth straight monthly…

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Added by Donna Rodgers on February 1, 2012 at 6:20pm — No Comments

Donna Rodgers White House Proves GOP Wrong - Health Care Law Saved Medicare Money

White House Proves GOP Wrong - Health Care Law Saved Medicare Money

The Obama administration announced Wednesday that the Medicare Advantage program, which allows seniors to receive health coverage through a private insurer, is enjoying lower costs and more customers as a result of the health care reform law.

Medicare Advantage enrollment has risen 10 percent over the last year while average premiums have fallen by 7 percent, said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen…

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Added by Donna Rodgers on February 1, 2012 at 6:11pm — No Comments

Andrea Robinson Republican Crackup

This article by Robert Reich is a  must read to understand what is going on in the Republican party. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/republican-party-newt-gingrich-_b_1162539.html

Of special note is the paragraph where Mr. Reich writes: 

"America has had a long history of white Southern radicals who will stop at nothing to get their way -- seceding from the…

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Added by Andrea Robinson on December 21, 2011 at 11:14am — No Comments

Amanda Westmoreland Republican Stratagy

Anyone who pays attention to political news right now cannot ignore the fact that tax cuts for the middle class a set to expire in 10 days. The important thing to remember is that people have a short memory when it comes to why bills don't get passed or who is responsible for it. In the end when people go to vote they will think about what has happened to them since this president was put in office. Thinking about their paychecks and the 2% more that will be coming out will most certainly be…

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Added by Amanda Westmoreland on December 21, 2011 at 10:25am — No Comments

Amanda Westmoreland New Voting Requirements

Are these new requirements to vote not considered unconstitutional under the 24 Amendment, and the 1965 Voting Rights Act signed into law by President Lindon Johnson? If you have to pay for the required ID to vote is that not considered a voting tax? It seems to me this is deliberately stripping the poor (who or more likely to vote Democrat) of their right to vote. Also, not accepting college…

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Added by Amanda Westmoreland on December 14, 2011 at 11:29am — No Comments

Peggy DuPont American Battlefield

The United States Senate is set to vote this week on a bill that would categorize the entire USA as a “battlefield,” allowing law enforcement duties to be dished out by the American Military, who in turn could detain any US citizen as a war criminal — even coming into their own homes to issue arrests.



No charges, no lawyer and no trial for Americans on American soil or anywhere in the world. To be held For as long as them see fit.



Look at the ACLU web site about the… Continue

Added by Peggy DuPont on December 8, 2011 at 2:29pm — No Comments

Richard Conover A Powerful Quote Befitting the Republicans Seeking the Presidential Nomination

In the late 1960s, there was an edgy--perhaps worse than edgy by the standards then--television show on Sunday nights, The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour.  One of the most memorable cast members was Pat Paulson.  Pat Paulson gained notariety by becoming a nominee for the President of the United States, and offering his various campaign speeches on the show in about the most dull monotone.  Even after the show was taken off the air part way though its third…

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Added by Richard Conover on November 27, 2011 at 7:54pm — No Comments

Donna Rodgers Lights, Camera, Lawsuit!....Trickle Down Didn"t Work...Aww.. Shucks

The concept of a hi-def Tea Party is pretty humorous on its face, but now that the ambitious plans for a Tea Party HD cable channel have dissolved into a legal dispute among investors, it’s like please pass the popcorn.

A group of conservative investors in Tennessee is suing a California businessman for allegedly conning them into investing in Tea Party HD, a TV channel aimed at tea partiers, that they say turned out to be a scam.

Tea Party HD was founded by Bill Hemrick and…

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Added by Donna Rodgers on November 11, 2011 at 12:11pm — No Comments

Donna Rodgers They Say We Just Can't Afford It But Can We Afford To Let Children Go To Bed Hungry?

The Blue Dogs, want us to believe that, unlike those other profligate politicians, they really, really care about bringing the federal budget deficit under control, even in the midst of the worst economy in 75 years.



Bull crap, they say $30 billion in funding for health-care coverage for the poor and the unemployed from emergency legislation extending jobless benefits. We just can afford it.



But on the other hand we can afford $22 billion over the next three years to guarantee… Continue

Added by Donna Rodgers on November 7, 2011 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Donna Rodgers NO BARRIERS TO THE BALLOT BOX ......PETITION

NO BARRIERS TO THE BALLOT BOX

A Petition to Repeal Tennessee’s Photo ID to Vote Law

Sign the online petition below. If you’d like to circulate the petition in your community, you can download the petition documents here.

 

http://www.tnca.org/petition/

Added by Donna Rodgers on November 3, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Donna Rodgers Occupy Nashville

Occupy Nashville protesters have until 8 p.m. this evening to vacate the Legislative Plaza. Some are saying they are going to stand their ground.…
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Added by Donna Rodgers on October 27, 2011 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Gary Moore 'Redneck Party' Joins Williamson Dems in Protesting Carpetbagger and Scoundrel Scott Walker

 

Get the story at this link:

Redneck Party Says: 'Carpetbagger, Go Home' as Wisconsin Gov. Walker Plans Franklin Fund-Raiser

 

Williamson Democrats Say:

 

"Scott Walker is the epitome of the corporate buyout of our politicians and the

war on the middle class," said Peter Burr, chairman of the Williamson County

Democratic Party. "While Tennessee has a 9.7% unemployment rate and… Continue

Added by Gary Moore on October 20, 2011 at 10:14pm — No Comments

Kimberley Hall Voter Registration!!

I have just found out today at a school assembly that I will be able to register people to vote here at the NSCC campus in Cookeville!! Cant wait to get started after Fall break!!

 

Added by Kimberley Hall on October 12, 2011 at 1:55pm — 1 Comment

Donna Rodgers 96-year-old Chattanooga resident denied voting ID

96-year-old Chattanooga resident denied voting ID





Dorothy Cooper is 96 but she can remem­ber only one elec­tion when she’s been eli­gi­ble to vote but hasn’t. The retired domes­tic worker was born in a small North Geor­gia town before women had the right to vote. She began cast­ing bal­lots in her 20s after mov­ing to Chat­tanooga for work. She missed vot­ing for John F. Kennedy in 1960 because a move to Nashville pre­vented her from reg­is­ter­ing in time.



So when… Continue

Added by Donna Rodgers on October 5, 2011 at 3:42pm — No Comments

Donna Rodgers Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control

Exclusive: A laboratory shows how an e-voting machine used by a third of all voters can be easily manipulated



It could be one of the most disturbing e-voting machine hacks to date.



Voting machines used by as many as a quarter of American voters heading to the polls in 2012 can be hacked with just $10.50 in parts and an 8th grade science education, according to computer science and security experts at the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.… Continue

Added by Donna Rodgers on September 28, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

Donna Rodgers How Would You Feel?

Guest Blogger: Joan Ruaiz

My choice – come November 6, 2012 will not be a surprise, as I will vote to re-elect the incumbent President, Barack Obama.



The reasons why I will work hard to re-elect the President and try to give him an overwhelming congressional majority in both the House and the Senate are very clear to me, and self-serving as they are, I believe my actions will also benefit a majority of Americans; even those who don’t quite know it yet. By reading the rest of my… Continue

Added by Donna Rodgers on September 25, 2011 at 10:21am — No Comments

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