tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-121962422024-03-13T11:20:52.812-05:00Stubborn LiberalThese are the rants and raves of a stubborn-headed, midwestern, baby boomer, liberal, wife, mother, and grandmother. My goals are to speak my mind and educate others about some of the events in our world.ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2753125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-6883703373185192962016-06-02T17:06:00.000-05:002016-06-02T17:06:05.741-05:00Ohio Voters If you haven't voted in recent elections, your registration may have been erased. Those Ohio Republicans are doing all they can to remove Democrats and minority voters from the voting lists.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/6/2/1533598/-Ohio-voter-purge-could-mean-thousands-of-occasional-voters-won-t-be-able-to-cast-ballots-in-November">DailyKos</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>....All states cleanse their voter rolls of the deceased and people who
have moved. But few do so based on how often a person casts a ballot. In
fact, one of the claims in the lawsuit is that the practice of doing so
violates federal law:</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i> Keary McCarthy, president of Innovation Ohio, says Husted has taken purging the voter rolls a step too far....</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>...a Reuters <a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0YO19D" target="_blank" title="">survey</a> shows that it seems<span> to
be giving a boost to Republicans in the state's largest metropolitan
areas. In Ohio’s three largest counties that include the cities of
Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus, roughly twice as many voters have
been removed from the rolls in Democratic-leaning neighborhoods as in
Republican neighborhoods. Just another effort to shave a percentage
point or two off Democratic turnout...</span></i></span><br />
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The Ohio Republicans are cheating again.ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-89861556596706615482016-05-23T06:46:00.001-05:002016-05-23T06:46:22.323-05:00Ohio is still hurting....<br />
You can be certain, that if Gov. Kasich and his appointees are in charge, Ohio citizens are getting hurt.<br />
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The <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ze9qty2">Dispatch</a> has a story showing how the Kasich administration mismanaged federal foreclosure money. Despite warnings from various officials, the Republican Kasich administration went ahead with their opinion of how money should be spent. As a result, according to the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ze9qty2">Dispatch</a>---<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>'....likely cost the
state tens of millions of dollars in federal assistance for a state that continues to have one of
the worst foreclosure rates in the nation....'</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">And if that wasn't enough on Kasich's failure to help Ohioans, <a href="http://plunderbund.com/2016/05/20/john-kasich-extends-ohios-sub-par-job-growth-to-41-straight-months/">Plunderbund</a> notes: </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>...<strong>Kasich Extends Ohio’s Sub-Par Job Growth To 41 Straight Months</strong></i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>The sad news for Ohio following the new April data and the revisions
to prior 2016 months, Mr. Zeller said today, is that Ohio has gained
only 2,400 jobs during the first four months of 2016.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>“Ohio’s job growth rate between April 2015 and April 2016 fell to an
anemic 1.24%, while the USA national job growth rate for April 2016 was
also a slowing 1.88%,” Zeller note. April 2016 marks the 41st
consecutive month when Job growth under current Gov. John Kasich was
below the USA national average.....</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>....Mr. Zeller said the “horrible April 2016 Ohio job figures wiped out
prior increases, and once again moved Ohio to a position where it has
34,100 fewer jobs today than it had in June 2007, the Ohio peak
employment month prior to the ‘Great Recession.'”</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Kasich's 'miracle' never was a miracle-----it was a nightmare. </span></span>ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-24303914166169857272016-01-04T19:07:00.001-05:002016-01-04T19:07:59.149-05:00Seriously....<br />
Donald Trump's latest ad supposedly shows migrants running over the U.S. border. But......<br />
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<a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jan/04/donald-trump/donald-trumps-first-tv-ad-shows-migrants-southern-/">PolitiFact</a> found this:<br />
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..<span style="color: blue;"><i>.PolitiFact was able to trace the footage back to the Italian television network RepubblicaTV. On <a href="http://video.repubblica.it/dossier/emergenza-lampedusa-2010/melilla-l-assalto-di-centinaia-di-migranti-alle-frontiere-spagnole/164553/163043?ref=search">May 3, 2014</a>,
the network posted footage of Moroccans crossing the border into
Melilla, one of two enclaves on the Moroccan coast that are held by
Spain. Migrants who cross the border there are essentially entering
territory held by a European Union nation, even though they are still on
the African continent. (It can also be seen posted by a YouTube user <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQllUYYY8qc">here</a>.)</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>The RepubblicaTV video is time-stamped May 1, 2014. According to the
description posted by the network (and using Google Translate) the video
was released by the Interior Ministry in Madrid, showing an "onslaught
of hundreds of migrants to the wall that separates the Spanish enclave
of Melilla from Morocco. About 800 tried to cross the border on May 1st.
Those who failed to escape the control of the Civil Guard were hanging
on the barriers for six hours before being rejected."</i></span> <br />
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Incredible! If you can't find an honest piece of evidence to support your lies about immigrants, borrow some video from somewhere else in the world. This is absolutely disgusting.<br />
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<br />ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-21582650406472971332015-12-05T10:34:00.002-05:002015-12-05T10:34:49.142-05:00Do Something to Stop the Carnage!<br />
Today's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/opinion/end-the-gun-epidemic-in-america.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-top-region&region=opinion-c-col-top-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-top-region&_r=0">NYTimes</a> editorial is correct in saying:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>...It is a moral outrage and a national disgrace that civilians can legally
purchase weapons designed specifically to kill people with brutal speed
and efficiency. These are weapons of war, barely modified and
deliberately marketed as tools of macho vigilantism and even
insurrection. America’s elected leaders offer prayers for gun victims
and then, callously and without fear of consequence, reject the most
basic restrictions on weapons of mass killing, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/opinion/tough-talk-and-a-cowardly-vote-on-terrorism.html" title="NYT Editorial">as they did on Thursday</a>.
They distract us with arguments about the word terrorism. Let’s be
clear: These spree killings are all, in their own ways, acts of
terrorism....</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>...Worse, politicians abet would-be killers by creating gun markets for
them, and voters allow those politicians to keep their jobs. It is past
time to stop talking about halting the spread of firearms, and instead
to reduce their number drastically — eliminating some large categories
of weapons and ammunition.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>It is not necessary to debate the peculiar wording of the Second
Amendment. No right is unlimited and immune from reasonable regulation....</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">If these elected officials refuse to listen to the American people, we must vote their asses out of offices. We cannot allow this to continue.</span><i> </i></span><br />
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Why are some politicians allowing an organization to dictate legislation on guns? Is it just so that they get their 100% rating from them?<br />
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Here is a link to the members of the House of Representatives: <a href="http://www.house.gov/representatives/">http://www.house.gov/representatives/ </a> and the Senate: <a href="http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/">http://www.senate.gov/senators/contac</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">t/ </a> Let your them know you'll be holding them accountable in the next election.ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-73313942428646682102015-10-29T09:22:00.001-05:002015-10-29T09:22:19.584-05:00Lower Test Scores?<br />
From this morning's <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/10/29/ohio-scores-on-naep-tests-down-from-2013.html">Columbus Dispatch</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>....Results from the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, for Ohio show that
38 percent of fourth-graders are proficient in reading and 45 percent in math.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>In eighth grade, 36 percent of students scored proficient in reading and 35 percent in math.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>While higher than the national average, Ohio’s results were lower than the state’s 2013 NAEP
scores. Ohio scores have shown no gain in more than a decade....</i></span><br />
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Teachers and students are spending <u>less</u> time involved in instruction and learning, while <u>more</u> time is used in test preparation and testing. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that testing has taken over a large part of the school year and that cuts down on reading and math time. On top of that, students and teachers have become anxious about testing days, and performance has been damaged. There is just too much emphasis on testing.ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-43224087133130296572015-10-27T09:05:00.001-05:002015-10-27T09:07:07.111-05:00'Yeast Infections"<br />
How to stop a protest at a Planned Parenthood center in one easy step-------<br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/woman-takes-down-planned-parenthood-protesters-with-yeast-infections-chant_562e7952e4b0c66bae58e6bb">HuffingtonPost</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>Mary Numair took down Planned Parenthood protesters in quite an unusual, but awesome way.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/this-woman-broke-up-a-planned-parenthood-protest-by-chanting?bffbmain&utm_term=.bmV0NAZPqk#.hnoM2oemL4" target="_blank">According to BuzzFeed News</a>,
the 29-year-old Oregon copywriter and Planned Parenthood supporter
noticed protesters outside a local clinic in Portland. After trying to
approach them multiple times, she opted for a more creative route.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>On Oct. 25, Numair arrived at the protest with a sign that read,
"Dear P.P., Thanks for helping me with my yeast infections." In a tweet,
she said she broke up the protest by chanting the words "yeast
infections."</i></span><br />
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Way to go! ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-10143877544240439542015-09-29T08:47:00.002-05:002015-09-29T08:47:30.391-05:00Another Bad Idea<br />
How would John Kasich help veterans? Vouchers!!! <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/22/politics/veterans-2016-issues-jake-tapper/index.html?eref=rss_politics">CNN had Kasich's response.</a> (Vouchers which seem to be his solution for everything, including schools.)<br />
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Vouchers would be a bad idea. Vouchers would not cover all of the various conditions that veterans might have. Many of our veterans suffer from PTSD and most doctors don't have experience in dealing with it.<br />
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Kasich also suggested bringing in businesses to help solve problems. This is just another ploy to get his wealthy friends involved. When a business takes over an agency, profit $$$$$$ is their only motivation.<br />
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<u>There are better ways to care for our veterans</u>------<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Stop having unnecessary wars!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Fully fund health care for veterans (Republican cuts to the program have destabilized the veteran health care programs.).</span></span><br />
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Kasich has suggested he wants more boots on the ground in those ongoing wars in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Kasich's idea is part of the Republican strategy of unending, continuous war, and it would only make veteran health care worse.ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-16076719357985607572015-09-15T09:11:00.001-05:002015-09-15T09:11:22.698-05:00Where is Ohio's Governor?<br />
Gov. John Kasich isn't in Ohio. Kasich is spending his time out of the state promoting his candidacy for President. Unfortunately, Kasich's talking points are based on fables, lies, and exaggerations.<br />
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> There is <u>no</u> 'Ohio miracle' in this state. People are still unemployed and underemployed. Kasich's JobsOhio brought some jobs in, but many of them are low paying ones. Bringing in more Walmarts doesn't lift citizens out of poverty! Many of those companies that have received money and/or tax credits from JobsOhio (aka 'RobsOhio), have not kept their promises about job creation. Kasich's cronies are laughing while they are making money from our tax dollars.<br />
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> The charter school scandals just keep growing. While Kasich and Republicans promise to put in reforms and regulations, nothing has been done. If Kasich and the Republicans continue to get big money campaign donations from charter operators, they won't stop the money train. Ohio's charter schools have failed our children and taxpayers. With the latest scandal of <a href="http://www.plunderbund.com/2015/09/13/ohio-dems-call-for-independent-investigation-of-john-kasichs-chartergate-scandal/">David Hansen's numbers</a> manipulation of charter school results, Ohioans continue to lose trust in the Kasich administration. Below you will find just a few of the articles about how John Kasich is ruining public education in Ohio.<br />
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Links:<br />
via Dispatch - <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/08/26/FCI_Academy_charter_school_closed.html">north side charter school closes</a>,<br />
via Dispatch- <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/01/12/charter-failure.html">from 2014- 17 charter school failures</a>,<br />
via Plunderbund - <a href="http://www.plunderbund.com/2013/12/08/ohios-largest-taxpayer-funded-charter-school-ecot-receives-bonus-check/">charter school owner's bonus check</a>, <br />
via Diane Ravitch - <a href="http://dianeravitch.net/2014/01/05/ohios-richest-charter-operator-with-very-low-performing-school/">low performing charter school</a><br />
via Cleveland - <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/07/will_f_grades_for_the_ecot_e-s.html">F grades from ECOT</a><br />
via Innovation Ohio -<a href="http://innovationohio.org/2014/04/22/report-over-half-of-ohios-charter-spending-goes-to-poor-performers/"> Kasich's cuts to traditional schools </a><br />
via <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/06/12/troubled-ohio-charter-schools-have-become-a-joke-literally/">Washington Post</a> - <span style="color: blue;"><i>"...Ohio’s $1 billion charter school system was the butt of jokes at a conference for reporters on school choice in Denver..."</i></span> <br />
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> Women's health in Ohio has come under attack from Kasich and the Republicans. Health clinics that provide gynecological exams have closed and women's lives are in danger. Planned Parenthood clinics have closed across the state because Republicans just want to get into the private lives of women and their decisions. <br />
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> Kasich's attacks on teachers and educators have been disrespectful and awful. Why does Kasich hate teachers so much? Is he jealous of their education, and influence, or is he just trying to control a profession made up primarily of women. Kasich's comments about banning teacher lounges shows you that he has no idea what teachers do. <br />
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I could go on and on, but time won't allow. I suggest you visit <a href="http://www.plunderbund.com/">Plunderbund</a> to find out all the truth about John Kasich.<br />
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ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-83327050732581155402015-09-08T12:36:00.000-05:002015-09-08T12:36:03.195-05:00Disrespecting Your Service<br />
I'm old enough to remember the war in Vietnam. I can recall many young people that returned from war injured or dead. Being in a war is something I personally have never experienced, but I know relatives and friends that suffered through the physical and mental scars of war.<br />
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Republican candidate, Donald Trump, thinks he knows what it was like in a war.<br />
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Laura Clawson writes about it at <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/08/1419373/-Trump-always-felt-that-I-was-in-the-military-when-he-was-at-military-themed-boarding-school?detail=hide">DailyKos</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/us/politics/donald-trump-likens-his-schooling-to-military-service-in-book.html">Just imagine the howls</a> if a Democrat with this record made these statements:</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>Donald J. Trump, who received draft deferments through much
of the Vietnam War, told the author of a forthcoming biography that he
nevertheless “always felt that I was in the military” because of his
education at a military-themed boarding school.
</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>Mr. Trump said that his experience at the New York Military Academy,
an expensive prep school where his parents had sent him to correct poor
behavior, gave him “more training militarily than a lot of the guys that
go into the military.”</i></span><br />
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Hey, he wore a uniform and did marching drills—it's just like having been in Vietnam...
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If someone minimizes your war experience, they'd have no qualms about sending your sons and daughters to war. Don't trust anyone that has plans to put 'boots on the ground' in a war. It appears that every Republican candidate, especially those that received deferments, are ready, willing, and able to start a war with your son or daughter in battle.<br />
<br />ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-44541332425038063882015-08-25T08:59:00.001-05:002015-08-25T08:59:20.471-05:00John Becker vs. Women's Rights<br />
Ohio's Republicans are disrespectful to women. Women can make decisions about their own bodies, but not according to Ohio's Neanderthal Republicans, especially John Becker.<br />
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<a href="http://www.plunderbund.com/2015/08/24/becker-takes-to-cnn-to-make-ohio-look-terrible/">Plunderbund</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>Ohio state Rep. John Becker has made a career attempting to pronounce
what others may or may not do with their reproductive organs. Throughout
he tenure in the state legislature, nothing has been top of the mind
for John Becker quite like what people should and should not be doing
with their genitalia.....</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>....Now Becker is peddling a proposal in the Ohio General Assembly to ban
abortions in cases where the fetus is determined to have Down syndrome....</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>It puts one in mind of the old George Carlin joke about how much conservatives care about the unborn, “but once you’re born…”</i></span><br />
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Yes, ladies, John Becker wants to prevent you from having an abortion if there is something wrong with the fetus. Will women need to call John Becker from the gynecologist's office to get permission for an abortion?<br />
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You can see John Becker's contact information here: <a href="http://www.ohiohouse.gov/john-becker">http://www.ohiohouse.gov/john-becker </a><br />
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<br />ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-46240953488496780552015-08-17T08:52:00.002-05:002015-08-17T08:52:10.199-05:00Good job, President Obama!<br />
• Some right wingers might be wetting their pants with this news from <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/08/12/for-first-time-americas-uninsured-rate-is-below-10/">Forbes</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>For the first time in more than 50 years of surveys, the CDC on Wednesday <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/insur201508.pdf">reported</a> that more than 90% of Americans — 90.8% of us, to be specific — have health insurance.....</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>....Being insured even appears to <a href="http://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/blog/2014/05/does-coverage-expansion-save-lives">cut down</a> on your risk of death.....</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">Thank you, President Obama, for protecting the lives of Americans!</span></span>ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-48602204183957776062015-07-31T08:39:00.000-05:002015-07-31T08:39:03.248-05:00Advertising Dollars for Charter Schools<br />
Ohio's charter schools are running many ads on local radio and TV stations. I've heard numerous ads for Performance Academy and they even got local radio personalities to visit in order to endorse their schools. These charter schools exist on our tax dollars. Shouldn't those tax dollars be used to educate their students and pay for teachers? Why are they spending thousands of dollars advertising?<br />
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Here are some results from the Ohio Department of Education:<br />
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<a href="http://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/Pages/School-Report.aspx?SchoolIRN=010182">Performance Academy Eastland</a><br />
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At another Performance Academy, the grades are similar:<br />
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<a href="http://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/Pages/School-Report.aspx?SchoolIRN=012011">Columbus Performance Academy</a><br />
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<br /> You can check out the grades from schools all across Ohio<a href="http://reportcard.education.ohio.gov/Pages/School-Search.aspx"> here</a>. <br />
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An article from the <a href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local-education/charter-schools-pay-off-for-ceos-family/nTWKT/">Dayton Daily News (2012)</a> shows that the only people profiting from charters are the people that own them! <br />
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Unfortunately, Ohio's Republican controlled legislature refuses to reform the charter school disasters because charter owners continue to fund their campaigns. It is time for tax payers to stop this charter school mess and put funds back into traditional public schools operated by taxpayers, not corporations/private owners.<br />
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<br />ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-8471038900027908732015-07-13T09:12:00.001-05:002015-07-13T09:12:35.510-05:00Destroying America<br />
The Republican presidential candidates are trying to out conservative each other. They brag about their tax cuts, their '<i>family values</i>' that have guided their lives, and their goal to '<i>take back</i>' the country.<br />
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What are these Republicans candidates refusing to explain?<br />
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> They are not providing the details about how their tax cuts have gone primarily to the wealthy, while schools and public services (fire/police), and communities, have had to deal with massive cuts.<br />
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> The Republican 'family values' claims of these candidates does not include their own transgressions (<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/28/donald-trump-gay-marriage_n_7681570.html">divorces</a>, one candidate's ties to the <a href="http://www.politicususa.com/2014/01/21/prostitute-loving-gop-senator-david-vitter-run-governor-louisiana.html">DC Madam scandal</a>, another candidate's participation in an <a href="http://blow.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/bobby-jindal-the-exorcist-pro-or-con/?_r=0">exorcism</a>, a GOPer's <a href="http://www.occupydemocrats.com/watch-rachel-maddow-blows-lid-off-scott-walker-bribery-scandal/">bribery scandal</a>, <a href="http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/04/louisiana_budget_how_did_we_ge.html">budget problems</a>, <a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/06/30/Kasich_budget_vetoes.html">underfunding public education</a> while rewarding failing corporate-owned charter schools, etc.).<br />
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> All of them say that they want to '<i>take back</i>' the country, but they fail to provide details. They want to turn back the clock to the 19th century, when white men controlled <i>everything</i>. There were no voting rights for women and minorities, and white men, especially those with lots of money, had authority over institutions.<br />
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Please. Don't let these right wing nut jobs win control over our lives. We need to move our country forward, and not backward.ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-32228930376579505912015-07-04T08:54:00.002-05:002015-07-04T08:54:41.765-05:00Happy 4th!<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy 4th of July!</span></span></div>
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According to Brent Larkin at <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/07/ohio_gov_john_kasich_runs_the.html">Cleveland.com</a>, our governor could be viewed as a '<i>jerk</i>' by some:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>...Kasich is many things. Normal isn't one of them.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>
</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>In fact, as Kasich prepares to run for president, expect more people
to suggest in public what many who know him have been whispering in
private for years.<br />Indelicate though it may be, it's a question worth asking:</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>
</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>Is John Kasich <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/rnc-2016/index.ssf/2015/06/is_john_kasichs_pointed_style.html">too big a jerk to be president</a>?....</i></span><br />
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Those of us who have followed Kasich's political career already know the answer to that question---- yes.ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-7341375646805701322015-06-26T10:22:00.002-05:002015-06-26T10:22:37.356-05:00Marriage Equality<br />
Congratulations to those who've fought so hard for marriage equality. As President Obama said, <span style="color: blue;"><i>"...We've made our union a little more perfect..." </i></span>and <span style="color: blue;"><i>"...love is love..."</i></span>ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-80539966842900425112015-06-16T09:40:00.000-05:002015-06-16T09:40:13.339-05:00Political Craziness<br />
* Jeb Bush has announced that he is joining the Republican presidential clown car. Despite the fact that his designed logo doesn't mention his last name, we all know that he is the son of former Presidents George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. That alone should disqualify him from ever holding office!<br />
<br />The idea of another Bush family member in the White House makes me physically ill.<br />
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* Meanwhile, Ohio Gov. John Kasich is on his low key, undeclared campaign for President. He apparently wants to take his anti-women's rights, anti-union, anti-public school, pro-business agenda to Washington, DC. Although Kasich speaks of an 'Ohio miracle' as he tours, those of us here know that being <a href="http://research.wpcarey.asu.edu/seidman/current-state-rankings/">31st in job creation</a> doesn't really win him any accolades. <br />
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* Scott Walker's record on women is very disgusting. You can read about it here at <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/6-anti-woman-policies-scott-walker">MSNBC</a>, <a href="http://www.progressive.org/news/2015/06/188176/scott-walker%E2%80%99s-toxic-contempt-women">theProgressive</a>, <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31200-scott-walker-men-can-sue-if-a-woman-gets-an-abortion-but-women-can-t-sue-for-pay-discrimination#">Truthout</a>, <a href="http://americablog.com/2015/06/scott-walker-doesnt-care-women.html">Americablog</a>. Why would any woman support Scott Walker?ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-22892069092073433172015-05-26T09:23:00.000-05:002015-05-26T09:23:19.628-05:00Can't decide?<br />
I like both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for the
Democratic candidate for President. They are both well-qualified and in
tune with what is needed for the future. I do like that Hillary pillow!<br />
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<a href="http://google.com/">Google</a> has a Google Doodle on Sally Ride, the first woman in space. <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/26/8659275/sally-ride-google-doodle">The Verge</a> has more about the salute to Sally Ride. ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-52162044715205184852015-05-18T09:37:00.004-05:002015-05-18T09:37:28.457-05:00Where have all the Republicans gone?<br />
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There is a great article in <a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/the-gop-is-dying-off-literally-118035.html?ml=po#.VVn1pGbvvwc">Politico</a> that describes what the Republican Party is up against:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>...There’s been much written about how millennials are becoming a
reliable voting bloc for Democrats, but there’s been much less attention
paid to one of the biggest get-out-the-vote challenges for the
Republican Party heading into the next presidential election: Hundreds
of thousands of their traditional core supporters won’t be able to turn
out to vote at all.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i> </i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>The party’s core is dying off by the day.</i></span><br />
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</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>Since the average Republican is significantly older than the
average Democrat, far more Republicans than Democrats have died since
the 2012 elections. To make matters worse, the GOP is attracting fewer
first-time voters. Unless the party is able to make inroads with new
voters, or discover a fountain of youth, the GOP’s slow demographic
slide will continue election to election.....</i></span><br />
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Look at that one line....<span style="color: blue;"><i>''the GOP is attracting fewer first-time voters.'</i></span>
Whatever the Republicans are selling, anti-immigrant, anti-equality,
anti-women's rights, etc., the young people aren't buying. This is why
the Republicans try to stop young people, minorities, and women from
voting. The GOP cannot win if Democrats show up and vote. We cannot let the Republicans stop us!ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-75973459052875817282015-05-13T09:25:00.003-05:002015-05-13T09:25:30.042-05:00Be Worried!<br />
* Ohio Gov. John Kasich has spent the last few weeks touring the country giving speeches as an 'undeclared' candidate for President. The <a href="http://tinyurl.com/l3atzgd">Dispatch</a> reports that Kasich is going to California for some speeches and fundraising. While Kasich is out of Ohio, the <a href="http://jfs.ohio.gov/warn/current.stm">layoffs</a> continue in the state.<br />
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Meanwhile, a firm that is associated with Republicans is in big trouble.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/05/12/fomer-president-of-GOP-media-company-indicted-again.html">Dispatch</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>The former president of a major Republican political advertising firm has been indicted in
Franklin County on new charges of perjury and tampering with evidence.
</i></span>
<span style="color: blue;"><i><br />Nicholas P. Everhart, one-time president of Strategy Group for Media, previously was charged
in Delaware County for allegedly recruiting a then-employee to illegally search the firm’s
computers shortly before and after he was fired....</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>...Its clients include major Republican officeholders such as Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Rand
Paul of Kentucky and others. </i></span><br />
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* <a href="http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/gahanna/news/2015/05/12/gahanna-jefferson-forecast-assumes-major-cuts-in-funding.html">ThisWeekNews</a> (which is owned by the Dispatch) reports that the Gahanna-Jefferson School district is waiting for the governor's budget. All information provided to the district and districts across the state point to more Kasich cuts to public schools. <br />
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>>>>> Do you have major concerns about Republican candidate Jeb Bush?<br />
You should.<br />
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In some recent interviews, Jeb responded to a question and said that he too would have invaded Iraq. When people showed surprise about his statement, Jeb indicated that he <i>'misunderstood'</i> the question.<br />
Jeb has also said that his major foreign policy adviser is his brother, former President George W. Bush. Oh, dear.<br />
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If you believe in equality for all, you should be concerned about Jeb's favorite author-----<br />
Charles Murray. As <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jeb-bush-charles-murray-the-bell-curve">TPM</a> points out, Charles Murray's opinions are not supportive of equality.ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-79304636908214503202015-05-04T09:26:00.001-05:002015-05-04T09:26:26.034-05:00The Republican Candidates<br />
The Republican candidates for President are definitely crazy. Why would anyone vote for any of these people? They all appear to be anti-equality, anti-women's rights, anti-public school, anti-separation of church and state, and for continuous war.<br />
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The latest additions to the Republican clown car include <a href="http://politicalcorrection.org/factcheck/200908200003">Carly Fiorina</a>, and <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/mike-huckabee-still-talking-crazy-20110505">Mike Huckabee</a> (click on their names for info). Just thinking about Ben Carson as the President elevates my blood pressure!<br />
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These people live in some bubble where they only watch Fox News and talk to people that think like them.<br />
ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-43709282773399971672015-04-20T10:06:00.001-05:002015-04-20T10:06:22.708-05:00Unions Help People<br />
We visited South Carolina last week. We were surprised by the billboard/ads that were anti-union on highways, newspapers, and TV. Apparently, Boeing is trying to kill unions in the state. Employees at Boeing need to wake up and look at how unions can protect your health, your job, and provide benefits that the company <u>doesn't</u> want you to have. Union activists have been threatened, according to the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/union-pulls-petition-election-boeing-south-carolina-plant-143822388--finance.html">news</a>. <br />
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Don't worry, South Carolina. Union organizers are not going to leave your state.<br />
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> Ohio Gov. John Kasich is waiting for a message from God as to whether or not he should run for President (see <a href="http://www.plunderbund.com/2015/04/20/kasich-presidential-announcement-on-hold-awaiting-text-message-from-god/">Plunderbund</a>). We might all want to send some texts/Facebook posts to Kasich, identify ourselves as God, and tell him to stay in Ohio and do his job. Apparently, Ohio still <a href="http://www.plunderbund.com/2015/04/17/kasich-extends-subpar-job-growth-to-29-months/">lags in job growth.</a>ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-24326956560424580182015-04-09T20:07:00.000-05:002015-04-09T20:07:02.635-05:00Thinking about going to college?<br />
Many years ago, I was able to go to college by securing bank loans. It took me 10 years, but I paid back every penny. I got two degrees from a land grant university, and I was able to use both of them for my career as a teacher.<br />
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Today prospective college students are looking at 'colleges' run by corporations that offer easy access, excessive fees, and overblown job prospects. Unfortunately, many students are finding themselves in deep debt and without a job. Some of these 'colleges' have been put out of business by the government, or are being sued by former students.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><u>Before</u></span> you sign any forms or give any money to an 'admissions' officer, do your homework. Do a Google search with the name of the college and lawsuit. You'll be amazed at what you'll find.<br />
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If a college is more concerned with making a profit and increasing dividends to investors, stay away. <br />
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<br />ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-89140973141182667512015-03-30T14:05:00.003-05:002015-03-30T14:05:36.059-05:00The Republicans!!!!<br />
The stuff that comes from members of the Republican Party just is absolutely horrible. Last week, Indiana passed a bill that allows people to refuse to serve or do business with anyone. Because the law that allows people to discriminate, Gov. Pence and the state of Indiana have seen evidence of boycotts and protest.<br />
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- Ohio's Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine has displayed his prejudice in his recent comments.<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/ohio-attorney-general-gays-already-have-too-much-power-thats-why-they-cant-get-married/"> RawStory</a> has the latest from DeWine on his views on marriage equality. Mike DeWine has also been against women's reproductive freedom and access to gynecological care. DeWine, who has no uterus, wants to control those who have one!<br />
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- Gov. Kasich of Ohio needs to update his knowledge about current events.<br />
<a href="http://www.plunderbund.com/2015/03/29/kasich-claims-putin-is-leader-of-the-soviet-union/">Plunderbund</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>John Kasich was in New Hampshire this weekend on his pre-presidential
campaign tour and he landed himself a spot on a local political talk
show where he was asked some softball questions about world events.
Kasich used the opportunity to show New Hampshire and the world just
how unprepared he is for any serious discussion on foreign policy.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>
</i></span><span style="color: blue;"><i>When asked about the threat from Russia, Kasich replied that the
situation with “the Soviet Union and Putin” is “very concerning” and
that we “have to convince our European friends like the Germans, the
French… that we need tough sanctions.”</i></span><br />
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Yo, Kasich! The Soviet Union doesn't exist!!!!! Kasich is not ready for prime time!<br />
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<br />ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-38960370636449167722015-03-23T10:09:00.000-05:002015-03-23T10:09:09.671-05:00Nuts!<br />
> Writer Charles M. Blow of the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/opinion/charles-blow-gov-jindals-implosion.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region%C2%AEion=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0">NY Times</a> responded to some recent comments made by Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>...Last week <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2015/03/19/bobby-jindal-responds-to-criticism-from-muslim-activists/">on Fox News</a>,
he set about defending his statement that America “shouldn’t tolerate
those who want to come and try to impose some variant, or some version,
of Shariah law.” But he went so far as to say of prospective immigrants:</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>“In
America we want people who want to be Americans. We want people who
want to come here. We don’t say, ‘You have to adopt our creed, or any
particular creed,’ but we do say, ‘If you come here, you need to believe
in American exceptionalism.’ ”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>What? Where is that written? I can’t find this “need to believe in American exceptionalism” anywhere in the <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/iframe/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/act.html">Immigration and Nationality Act</a>. Isn’t American exceptionalism itself a creed?</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>The smart-on-paper Jindal increasingly comes across as nuttier than a piece of praline...</i></span></div>
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Along with his continuously crazy remarks, Jindal is just not that prepared to be President. </div>
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>> Canadian Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas, has announced his intention to run for President. Cruz was born in Canada and many people believe that he is <b>not</b> eligible to be President for that reason alone. Other craziness from Cruz only adds to his lack of capacity to be the Chief Executive. (See the list put together by <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/12-ridiculous-ted-cruz-quotes-that-show-why-the-proud-wacko-bird-will-never-be-president/">Raw Story</a>.)</div>
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>>> Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has a plan to force women to have babies.<br />
<a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/sam-brownback-admits-that-he-thinks-of-women-as-baby-factories/">RawStory</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>...leave it to Sam Brownback, whose completely unjustified massive ego
allows him to just speak off the cuff, to go ahead and come out with it
by claiming that “economic growth” is “entwined” with a forced
childbirth agenda....</i></span><br />
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Brownback apparently wants to stop all reproductive freedom for women, and tie them up until they can give birth. Brownback believes in freedom, as long as you aren't a woman!<br />
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You can add Rand Paul, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, Iowa's Steve King, John Kasich, Rubio, Santorum, Jeb, Rick Perry, etc., etc. to the list of nutty Republicans!<br /><br />
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<br />ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12196242.post-79059001827682750552015-03-12T09:32:00.002-05:002015-03-12T09:32:17.996-05:00The 47<br />
By now everyone has heard of the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/10/heres-a-list-of-the-gop-senators-who-signed-the-iran-letter/">letter</a> written to Iran by 47 Republican U.S. Senators. Their plan, as crafted by Sen. Tom Cotton, was to undermine the nuclear talks between the United States and Iran. Their letter is viewed by some as a violation of the <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/953">Logan Act</a>. The 47 Republican Senators include <b>Rob Portman of Ohio</b>.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/10/heres-a-list-of-the-gop-senators-who-signed-the-iran-letter/">Washington Post</a> has this:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i>Here's who signed:</i></span> <br />
<span style="color: blue;"><i>Signatories:</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><i><br /> Richard Shelby (Ala.)<br /> Jeff Sessions (Ala.)<br /> Dan Sullivan (Alaska)<br /> John McCain (Ariz.)<br /> John Boozman (Ark.)<br /> Tom Cotton (Ark.)<br /> Cory Gardner (Colo.)<br /> Marco Rubio (Fla.)<br /> Johnny Isakson (Ga.)<br /> David Perdue (Ga.)<br /> Mike Crapo (Idaho)<br /> Jim Risch (Idaho)<br /> Mark Kirk (Ill.)<br /> Chuck Grassley (Iowa)<br /> Joni Ernst (Iowa)<br /> Pat Roberts (Kansas)<br /> Jerry Moran (Kansas)<br /> Mitch McConnell (Ky.)<br /> Rand Paul (Ky.)<br /> David Vitter (La.)<br /> Bill Cassidy (La.)<br /> Roger Wicker (Miss.)<br /> Roy Blunt (Mo.)<br /> Steve Daines (Mont.)<br /> Deb Fischer (Neb.)<br /> Ben Sasse (Neb.)<br /> Dean Heller (Nev.)<br /> Kelly Ayotte (N.H.)<br /> Richard Burr (N.C.)<br /> Thom Tillis (N.C.)<br /> John Hoeven (N.D.)<br /> Rob Portman (Ohio)<br /> Jim Inhofe (Okla.)<br /> James Lankford (Okla.)<br /> Pat Toomey (Pa.)<br /> Lindsey Graham (S.C.)<br /> Tim Scott (S.C.)<br /> John Thune (S.D.)<br /> Mike Rounds (S.D.)<br /> John Cornyn (Texas)<br /> Ted Cruz (Texas)<br /> Orin Hatch (Utah)<br /> Mike Lee (Utah)<br /> Shelley Moore Capito (W.V.)<br /> Ron Johnson (Wis.)<br /> Mike Enzi (Wyo.)<br /> John Barrasso (Wyo.)</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><i> </i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><i><strong>Did not sign:</strong></i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><i><br /> Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)<br /> Jeff Flake (Ariz.)<br /> Daniel Coats (Ind.)<br /> Susan Collins (Maine)<br /> Thad Cochran (Miss.)<br /> Lamar Alexander (Tenn.)<br /> Bob Corker (Tenn.)</i></span><br />
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Those that signed the letter should be admonished for their warmongering and attempt to sabotage agreements. Shame on them all!<br />
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<br />ohio06winhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012922595916088405noreply@blogger.com