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Kahlil Bendib | The Fat Lady Sings / otherwords.org

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 11:16 — Dave Culver

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Federal Election Commission – a dysfunctional mess

Fri, 02/03/2012 - 17:22 — Dave Culver

Tell President Obama: Appoint Federal Election Commissioners who will enforce the law.

Bob Edgar, Common Cause

You already know that the Citizens United decision has opened the floodgates to unlimited election spending by special interests and left our political system in shambles.

But to add insult to injury, the Federal Election Commission – the agency in charge of enforcing campaign finance laws – is a dysfunctional mess. Three of the six commissioners staunchly refuse to enforce the law, and five of the six are serving despite expired terms!

We are calling on President Obama to nominate new FEC commissioners now so that candidates and parties can be held accountable in 2012.

Please sign the petition on the "We the People" section of the White House's website.

The White House says it will issue an official response to any petition that receives 25,000 or more signatures within 30 days. Let's make sure this issue makes it to the President's desk!

Signing the petition is a 3-step process:

1. If you've never signed a petition on the WhiteHouse.gov site before, click "Create Account" and complete the pop-up form.
2. Check your email. You must click on a link in the message from WhiteHouse.gov to verify your new account.
3. Click on the green "Sign this petition" button. That's it!

Please sign today and help us reach our goal of 25,000 signatures by February 10!

Thanks for all you do to help clean up politics.

Sincerely,


 

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The Most Juvenile Presidential Contest In Modern History

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 19:59 — Dave Culver

  • The polls aren't closed but the results are in: Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have managed this month to stage the most juvenile, petty, personal and unenlightening presidential contest in modern history, a race akin to (and about as serious as) the back-alley throw down in "Anchorman."
  • A Republican’s Lament: ‘It’s a Disgrace’

Howard Fineman, Huffington Post

Mitt Romney's and Newt Gingrich's trash talking has surprised even Republicans observers.

The polls aren't closed but the results are in: Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have managed this month to stage the most juvenile, petty, personal and unenlightening presidential contest in modern history, a race akin to (and about as serious as) the back-alley throw down in "Anchorman."

And that's according to other Republicans, even some of the candidates' own advisers and supporters.

"I don't remember it this bad, this personal," said Charlie Black, a veteran GOP operative and Romney adviser who first worked for Jesse Helms in North Carolina in 1972.


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A Republican’s Lament: ‘It’s a Disgrace’ Bob Gaydos, Zest of Orange
Of the weekly free-for-all (the GOP) calls a debate, one would have to wonder if any adults are in charge of trying to salvage the reputation of the party of Lincoln. If they were, how could they stand by silently while a bunch of candidates has demonstrated a collective unworthiness for the right to run for president, never mind be elected?
 

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The vulture capitalist feeding cycle

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 16:32 — Dave Culver
  • Rachel Maddow describes Mitt Romney's extreme wealth and shares a clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart that explains how Mitt Romney made his fortune.
  • Foxes and Reptiles: Psychopathy and the Financial Meltdown

Rachel Maddow, MSNBC

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Foxes and Reptiles: Psychopathy and the Financial Meltdown, Jonathan Zap, Reality Sandwich

  • Many of the thought patterns and animal spirits driving economic events are generated by psychopaths and situational pyshopaths, and to prevent another such economic catastrophe we must take this into account as we design regulations, checks and balances.
  • Psychpaths Among Us
     
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Pat Oliphant | Gutter Politics / cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:29 — Dave Culver

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Gov. Brown ordered firing of regulator who took hard line on oil firms

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 14:23 — Dave Culver

The dispute centered on a risky method of extraction. California's governor has sued oil companies throughout his career, but he now talks of tossing cumbersome regulations to revive the economy.

Michael J. Mishak, Los Angeles (CA) Times

This article is made possible with the generous contributions of readers like you. Thank you!

Oil company dollars are helping the signature-gathering campaign for Gov. Jerry Brown's ballot measure to raise taxes. (Los Angeles Times / March 25, 1997)

Late last year (2011), Gov. Jerry Brown pushed for a top state regulator to ease key requirements for companies seeking to tap California's oil. The official balked.

Relaxing rules on underground injection, a risky method of oil extraction common in the state, would violate environmental laws, wrote Derek Chernow, then head of the Department of Conservation, in a memo obtained by The Times.

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