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Political Blog Weekly: 12 March 2010

Mar 14, 2010 in Economy, Feminism, Free speech, Gay Rights, Religion, Scandal, War on Terror

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Miscellaneous

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Ode To An Obstructionist posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

A poem about Jim Bunning and his stand against government spending.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Liz Cheney: Chip Off The Old Crock posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

A poem about Liz Cheney and the al Qaeda Seven ad.

Lou presents The Political Chop Shop or The Telepromter-gate saga continues posted at The Tao of Lou.

REMARKS: This blog includes some humorous observations on some recent events that have made our political headlines: 1.Tea Party, Coffee Party, and what kind of a platform a "Red Bull party" would adopt. 2. My take on the Sarah Palin controversy about her writing down notes for her speech on her hand…. and her latest faux pas in that controversy…"Sarah Palin: God wrote on his hand too." 3. A comedy sketch about a scenario that might have occurred
if God really
HAD used his hand to write crib notes.

Cynthia Bateman presents Gays Stay Home! Prom Is For The Straight Kids? posted at Blog About It.

Discussing the decision by a Mississippi School District to cancel senior prom because a lesbian student requested to show up in a tuxedo.

Related articles:
TalkLeft – "Republicans Attack Holder Over Detainee Amicus Briefs"
Connecting.the.Dots – "Entitlement Derangement"
Atheist Revolution – "Idiot of the Week:  Itawamba County School Board"

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Political Blog Weekly: 12 February 2010

Feb 14, 2010 in Candidates, Economy, Feminism, Free speech, Gay Rights, Health Care, Scandal

Don’t miss out.  Share you views with the world by submitting your work at the Blog Carnival website.

Politicians

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Sarah Palin’s Runny, Run-On Sentences Finally Explained posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

A poem about Sarah Palin’s crib notes on her hand during the Tea Party convention.

Luke Geraghty presents Why Hillary Would Make An Excellent President posted at Luke Geraghty.com.

REMARKS:  Hello, I wrote an article entitled, "Why Hillary Would Make An Excellent President," detailing her rising approval ratings and her polarizing status in America. Hopefully you’ll find it an interesting piece for your blog carnival

Related articles:
TalkLeft – "Why Sarah Palin’s Hand Became Political Fodder"
Chicagoray’s Views and News – "White House Mocks Sarah Palin From Podium (video)"

Health Care

Jared Rhoads presents Health insurance reform posted at The Lucidicus Project.

REMARKS: Vote for real health insurance reform: market-based reform. Currently in 13th place!

Katie Freeman presents 10 Excellent Infographics to Learn About the U.S. Healthcare System posted at Master Of Health Administration.

REMARKS:  It is rather easy to conclude that in order to have any useful contribution to the raging health care debate, you must have a firm understanding of the U.S. Healthcare System. With this in mind, we’ve found 10 excellent infographics that can help illuminate some of the problems with the current system, as well as how the current system is set up, and what some proposed changes might mean.

Related articles:
Cato @ Liberty – "ObamaCare = Litigation Bonanza"
QandO – "’Bi-Partisan Health Care Summit’ or Political Theater? (Update)"
Connecting.the.Dots – "A Simpler Health-Care Summit"

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Miscellaneous

Tod presents Who Does Your Thinking? posted at A Blog by Tod.

REMARKS: Calls into question the status quo.

Scott Spiegel presents Don’t Ax, Don’t Dwell posted at Scott Spiegel.

Examining the stances by Conservatives on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

oz3sdb presents Blame the Bankers! And Other Hilariously Simple Yarns for the Age of Ostriches posted at steven d. bennett.

Looking at the variables leading to the economic crisis, and why politicians use Wall Street as the whipping boy.

Wenchypoo presents Ending Bureaucracy posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket.

Explaining what bureaucracy is, and how much is involved with the process.

Related articles:
Sensen No Sen – "Persecuting Heroes"
The Agitator – "How About ‘People Who Enjoy Brunch?’"
The Smarter Wallet – "Do Large Banks Need Government Bailouts?"

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How Focus on the Family played everyone.

Feb 14, 2010 in Abortion, Feminism, Free speech, Health Care, Scandal

It seemed that when people were not debating who had the better team in the Super Bowl, they were discussing the Focus on the Family ad starring Tim Tebow and his mother. Questioning why CBS allowed an advocacy ad to be aired during the biggest sporting event of the year was second only to the questioning of the content the ad might contain. At no point has a single ad caused such a stir, except for maybe when Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” video aired in 1989 as part of a Pepsi-Cola advertising campaign.

Much of the debate about the Tebow ad was on how CBS could allow a pro-life ad to be aired during the game. In the past, advocacy ads could not be aired during the Super Bowl, but CBS changed that policy prior to the purchase of ad time by Focus on the Family. The ad was never leaked before being aired, causing pundits, talking heads, and otherwise ignorant individuals on both sides of the debate to speculate on the message. Those against the ad automatically labeled it as a 30-second anti-choice sermon. Those for the ad praised it for highlighting the decision of women to choose life. However, both camps were cleverly played.

The approximate $2.6 Million paid for a relatively inexpensive ad to film was a bargain for Focus on the Family. The issue of abortion dominated the talk shows and news media outlets for over a week. In fact, the debate continues, as this article and others around the net can attest to. Here is an example of the point/counterpoint debate raging online.

The Pondering Penguin states:

CBS allowed the showing of a message ad, not allowed before in Super Bowl time. The message? A pro-life testamony given by the mother of widely known college quarterback, Tim Tebow. The silliness of the brouhaha was evident, once the audience actually saw the commercials. Not only were they so benign that if you were not paying attention you may not have realized what the message was, now they are complaining that one of the ads promotes violence against women. Why? Because in one of the ads – they were run in a bit of a story line – Tebow appears to tackle his mother and then she bounces right back up. Obviously done in a campy kind of humor, the loud in the feminist movement have been reduced to whining over a non-act. There was nothing to their concern over a pro-life message ad, so they had to do something to attempt to save face.

Kitsch-Slapped responded with:

I hate to interrupt Townsend, but as this is writing, not speaking, and it’s easier to read if I respond to points as they occur, I will interject. Spelling errors aside (it’s “testimony,” not “testamony”), it’s not wise to label something as a “brouhaha” or “benign” when your evidence is that the message isn’t discernible to those who are not paying attention; “not realized” is the definition of not paying attention, and inattentiveness is quite often a danger to one’s health. The only “silliness” here is that her last statement completely refutes the former statement.

The Pondering Penguin is right on one point – those who were arguing about something they knew nothing about have a lot of saving face to do. For those of you who want to read the anti-choice (or was it pro-life) message of the commercial, here it is:

Pam Tebow: I call him my miracle baby. He almost didn’t make it into this world. I remember so many times when I almost lost him. It was so hard. Well he’s all grown up now, and I still worry about his health. Everybody treats him like he’s different, but to me, he’s just my baby. He’s my Timmy, and I love him.

Tim Tebow: Thanks mom. Love you too.

You tell me … is this pro-choice or pro-life? I’m confused. Was it actually “advocating” anything.

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Haiti and Palin

Jan 12, 2010 in Candidates, Feminism, Free speech, Helping Hands, International Aid

Just some quick thoughts for this evening.

Please keep the people in Haiti in your thoughts tonight.  Reports indicate that a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck just outside of the nations capital.  As you know, the country has been suffering for years due to a poor economy, high unemployment, and needing constant international aid.  I haven’t heard any reports on injuries and deaths, but you can imagine the numbers are high.  After all, the quake that created so much damage in California in 1989 was also a 7.0 Mag and killed over 60 people.  When you consider that California code requires earthquake-resistant construction, that 60+ death figure could have been much higher … which I fear for Haiti.  I’m certain that the Red Cross will have a special donation link on their website soon if you wish to donate.

On a semi-lighter note, I decided to tune in to the O’Reilly Factor on FOX News to see how Sarah Palin did on her first night as a political commentator.  She spoke in a manner as if she was still campaigning rather than discussing issues, but since much of the questions were about her, it made sense.  I don’t think I learned a lot from her 10 minutes on the program, but she didn’t do too bad on her first night.  If anyone else saw it, let me know what you thought.  I’m still standing by my thought that she’s going to settle in at the network and not run for office in 2012.

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Political Blog Weekly: 8 January 2010

Jan 09, 2010 in Abortion, Affirmative Action, Diplomacy, Economy, Feminism, Free speech, Health Care, Homeland Security, Immigration, Political Blog Listing, Political Blog Weekly, Political Parties, Religion, War on Terror, racism, transportation

Welcome to the first Political Blog Weekly of 2010.  After a two-month break, it is time to get back in touch to what those around the internet are saying this week.  If you wish to have your articles highlighted on the PBW, please visit the Blog Carnival website to submit your work.  

Foreign Policy

Anthony presents Islamization of Europe: Barack Obama’s Support of Turkey posted at sannyasa.

This article discusses the possibility of Turkey being added into the European Union.  Concerned about the sudden spike of Muslims into the EU by the addition of Turkey, as well as those migrating into the continent, he calls on European leaders to put a stop to the growing Islamic domination of the world.

Surbhi Bhatia presents America and The Muslim World posted at The Viewspaper.

The author discusses the issues facing the United States and the Middle East, including stereotypes, prejudice, and mistrust.  Highlighting Obama’s speech in Egypt last year, the author hopes that the two sides will work on changing their perceptions of each other and replace the ignorance with knowledge and peace.

Israel’s Financial Expert presents Israel’s Financial Expert: Ron Paul is NOT anti-Semitic posted at Israel’s Financial Expert.

Discussing an exchange between Ron Paul and Ben Stein, where Stein referred to Paul’s argument that the terrorists exist because we are occupiers as anti-Semitic.

Related articles:
Sic Semper Tyrannis – "Drift into Extremism: Immigrant Communities and Terrorism – Adam Silverman, Ph. D."
Chicagoray’s Views and News – "Muslim Threatens Jews Taken Off Flight..Why no hate crime?"
Just Politics..? – "How Obama Can Improve Airline Security"

Health Care Reform

Manuel presents Let?s talk Health Care eh? posted at Teen Conservative.

Highlighting the comments by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger during his address before the California assembly last week.  Also addressing the lack of transparency by Reid and Pelosi over the committee hearings to combine the Senate and House bills.

Scott Spiegel presents The Democrats’ Tower of Babel posted at Scott Spiegel.

The author discusses how the House and Senate has to work to combine two very different bills together.  Both bills passed by slim majorities, so there is a chance that the combined bill will not pass in Congress.  

Related articles:
Vulcan’s Hammer – "Californians will foot the bill"
Open Congress – "Senate Bill Could Undermine the Ban on Pre-Existing Condition Discrimination, Progressives Say"
Cato @ Liberty – "Medicaid’s Cash Cab"

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Partisanship

vjack presents Delegitimizing Obama posted at Atheist Revolution.

Exploring the practice by the Republicans to "delegitimize" President Obama by being obstructionists in the Congress.  Noting that there isn’t anything wrong with being obstructionists, the author thinks that the Republicans should offer more alternatives to improve the legislation coming from the Democrats.

Leah L. Burton presents From the Great Beyond? The World According to Palin posted at God’s Own Party?.

The author criticizes the way Sarah Palin has used her children to promote her own political agenda.  This includes her interference with her daughters custody battle over her grandchild.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Shameless Republicans On Christmas Attack posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

MadKane shares with us a catchy little poem about the reaction by some Republicans over the failed Christmas Day bomb plot in Detroit.

Related articles:
QandO – "The National Political Scene"
Right Wing Nut House – "Sarah Palin as the Pivot for ‘New’ GOP"
Pambie – "Sucks"

Miscellaneous

Joe Manausa, MBA presents Three Keys To Selling A Home In 2010 posted at Tallahassee Real Estate Blog.

REMARKS:  If you want to sell your home, you need to understand what today’s homebuyer is doing so that you can attract the one that will eventually own your home. Fortunately, the National Association of REALTORS® just released its 2009 PROFILE OF HOME BUYERS AND SELLERS report, which is chock full of information that is invaluable to an active home seller.

Our lone non-political submission for the week (and the only one to leave remarks on his submission) discusses how the current housing market is flooded with homes waiting to be sold.  The author recommends that those who don’t need to sell their homes to wait until the current inventory sells off so the market can stabilize.  

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