Maddow v Art "Crazy Bag" Robinson (OR-04): Cage Match Edition
Sometimes the crazy comes in buckets.. thick heavy buckets. This is truly appalling, truly amazing, like watching a 20 Car pile-up in slow motion which turns into a giant explosive Blevy, and not...
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OR-04 - Art Robinson melts down on Maddow (updated)
So I was sitting awake in my bedroom with my brother at this ungodly hour, and we decided to watch the latest episode of Rachel Maddow to pass the time. Little did we know that by the end, we'd be...
View ArticleToo much Money?
From my point of view, it appears that Art Robinson taken over Daily Kos. He is the Republican candidate trying to unseat my Congressman, Peter DeFazio. Art Robinson is a global warming denier who...
View ArticlePoll: Are Republican Candidates sending you ads?
Art Robinson, the Republican candidate for House District 4 in Oregon, seems to be following me everywhere. A banner ad for him shows up nearly every time I come to Daily Kos or Huffington Post. Are...
View ArticleJustice Stevens' Dissent: Citizens United (Orwellian Title)
Rep. Peter DeFazio Investigating Impeachment For Chief Justice John RobertsDeFazio is doing so based on two points.Justice Roberts' testimony during the 2005 confirmation hearings and the issues raised...
View ArticleDelay the House Democratic Caucus leadership vote
U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) have penned a letter to colleagues urging that the Democratic caucus leadership vote be postponed until December, reports Jonathan Allen at...
View ArticleUndigested Assumptions
What does it take to dislodge undigested assumptions? I'm thinking of the worlds of education, art, and finance, but I got there via Thanksgiving. There can be a claustrophobic quality to Thanksgiving...
View ArticleWhite House may face more confrontations from House liberals
This could get interesting:The shift from Speaker to opposition leader will undoubtedly change Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) relationship with the White House, and may force her away from a president she has...
View ArticleDana Milbank's Stupidity, "Revisionist History"& Barack Obama
Cross-posted at my blog Getting CriticalMost of the time when someone claims the usage of "revisionist history" it has a negative connotation. It is as if to claim that the opposing point of view is...
View ArticleThe political fights the president chooses
When a president tells Congressional members of his own party that his presidency depends on a bill's passage, said president is holding back nothing. He is laying himself bare. That President Obama...
View ArticleAll told it was a very GREEN Christmas for Wall Street, this Year
Someone must have been very good this year.Wall Street’s biggest banks, rebounding after a government bailout, are set to complete their best two years in investment banking and trading, buoyed by 2010...
View Article"People Will Die" From Republican Budget Cuts
What you will not see or hear on the tradmed that still carry water for the Republican War on America:In an interview yesterday with ThinkProgress, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) said that “people will die”...
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Need Revenue? -- END the BIG OIL Subsidies!
Back during the last SOTU speech President Obama inspired some hope, in this Green-Eco-heart of mine ...STATE OF THE UNION: Obama pushes clean energy as part of his new centrist agenda Katherine Ling,...
View ArticleWhy is Obama against small business in the US?
The Whitehouse is set to release the final details very soon about a new cross-border trucking program with Mexico. This action is a complete turn about for both Senator Obama and President Obama of...
View ArticleRep. DeFazio GOES OFF! GOP using Bush era ENRON loophole to help Wall St...
70 cents of every gallon of gas you buy is your tribute to your Wall Street overlords, and Republicans LOVE IT. Yesterday, on the floor of the House of Representatives, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)...
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Oregon Redistricting: Legislature unveils compromise map
Closeup of Portland under proposed mapIf there's anyone out there who thought that the next state to wrap up the redistricting process would be Oregon -- a state that got to a later start than some and...
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Countdown with Keith Olbermann - July 1, 2011
It's the weekend to "OOOOOoooo!"& "AAAAaaaHHHHhhh!" watching the boom - booms in the sky - hopefully in the sky, safety first, F.O.O.! So, let's get a history lesson about our founding fathers for...
View ArticleDeFazio explains why the chained CPI cut to Social Security is such a bad idea
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) really thinks the idea of a chained CPI for Social Security is a disastrous one, and does a good job of explaining why.[Starting at 0:45] What is a chained CPI? Well, the...
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The Rachel Maddow Show - Aug. 3, 2011
I knew Rachel would be simply thrilled to pieces at the Satan Sandwich with a side of a steaming pile of poo that Congress passed & that President Obama signed.
View ArticleDeFazio: Rails against the Job Creators myth on the Floor of the House
DeFazio on vital job creating transportation infrastructure investmenthttp://www.youtube.com/...Uploaded by Peter DeFazio on Sep 13, 2011 (H/T to Thom Hartmann) Transcription of the "good parts" of...
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