Killing Upton Sinclair

Headline: Maine Gov. Paul LePage Orders Labor History Mural Removed From State Offices

Make no mistake, what the GOP is doing is ordering the removal of the middle class. Liberals fought for the worker protections and worker rights that created the great American middle class. Conservatives fought them then and they are still fighting the same battles today. When it comes to voting Republican or Democrat, you can vote for the white, male, CEO or you can vote for the rest of America. Simple as that.

Because They Don't Have Republicans

BERLIN (AFP) – Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Thursday that Germany would speed up the transition to renewable energy as Europe's top economy mulled a "measured exit" from nuclear power after the events in Japan. "We want to reach the age of renewable energy as soon as possible. That is our goal," the chancellor told parliament during a fiery speech that drew frequent opposition jeers, indicating the depth of passion over the issue. Merkel, a former environment minister, called for a "measured exit" from nuclear power and said "everything would be put under the microscope" during a three-month study to consider the future of energy policy in Germany.

If it wasn't for pro-big oil, pro-dirty coal, pro-nuclear Republicans we would be doing the same thing.

The Party Of No Responsibility

Headline: McConnell promises GOP senators will hold debt ceiling hostage ...

Since the GOP is responsible for 80% of the national debt this strikes us as beyond ridiculous. And another thing, blaming Obama for the spending he had to do to pull us out of the meltdown the GOP left behind is rather like shooting somebody in the back and then blaming them for bleeding on the carpet.

Sociopaths

Think Progress: For years, Missouri earned the dubious distinction as the nation’s "puppy mill capital" because its lax humane regulations and enforcement allowed dog breeders to raise puppies at low costs in terrible, overcrowded conditions. Last fall, Missouri voters approved a referendum to finally solve this problem — the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act — which mandates regular veterinarian inspections of breeding facilities and ensures a basic level of treatment for dogs, such keeping temperatures between 45 and 85 degrees. Tea party groups stridently opposed the referendum, arguing it was “just another example of big government meddling in people’s lives.” Now, capitalizing on the big gains they made in November, Republicans in the state legislature are poised to repeal the regulations Missouri’s voters enacted.

It could be worse. They could be crushing kittens.

so·ci·o·path

/ˈsoʊsiəˌpæθ, ˈsoʊʃi-/ Show Spelled[soh-see-uh-path]

–noun Psychiatry.

a person, as a psychopathic personality, whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.

Republican Terrorists

Five members or associates of a militia group were arrested in Fairbanks, Alaska Thursday in connection with a plot to kidnap or kill state trooper and judges.

No doubt these people walk in the same circles as Sarah and Todd Palin's Alsaka Independence Party. But either way, it's yet another example of right-wing, Republican terrorism.

Cutting Lives

House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) today introduced a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government at current rates for three weeks –until April 8 – while cutting $6 billion in spending including:

-$99 million – NOAA – Operations, Research, and Facilities
-$18 million – NOAA – Procurement Acquisition and Construction

NOAA is the agency responsible for Tsunami monitoring and warnings. Yesterday a tsunami killed thousands of people in Japan. Republicans are doing all they can to ensure America is even less prepared than Japan was. The ways in which the Republican party can and eventually will get you killed continue to mount.

Sellouts

Think Progress: The Republican-led Iowa state House is considering a bill that would allow Iowans to carry a weapon openly or concealed in public without a license, permission from a sheriff, background check, or any training. The bill is known as “Alaska carry,” or the “Alaska bill,” because Alaska was one of the first states in the country to implement it. Arizona and Wyoming have similar laws.

In a “snafu” on the House floor yesterday, House Speaker Pro Tem Jeff Kaugmann (R) was caught privately acknowledging the danger of the bill while speaking near a microphone he thought was off, but was in fact turned on:

REP. STEVE LUKAN (R): The Alaska bill – what’s the Alaska bill? [...]

KAUFMAN: The crazy, give-a-handgun-to-a-schizophrenic bill.

AIDE OFF CAMERA: His microphone is on.

[Microphone goes dead]

Apparently it's a "snafu" when a Republican is caught telling the truth.

This is absolute, irrefutable proof Republicans will knowingly get you killed for money and power. More Jared Loughner's are on the way and we should be very clear who's to blame.