When Is A Liberal Not A Liberal?

Peregrin Wood 2/9/2012
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the next time you meet one of your “liberal” friends who starts talking about how wonderful Barack Obama is, you do not turn your head away sheepishly and change the subject of the conversation. You say to your friend, “I thought you were liberal, but I don’t understand how any liberal can support the terrible right wing policies that Barack Obama has been promoting.”

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H.R. 3745, Putting All of a Credit Union’s Eggs in the Collection Basket

Jim Cook 2/3/2012
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There’s a saying that’s popular among credit unions: “not for profit, not for charity, but for service.” Most people know that credit unions are non-profit organizations that return all their proceeds to members, distinguishing them from banks, institutions whose goal …

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Who is Susan Bonamici?

jclifford 2/1/2012
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We can expect Susan Bonamici to vote with her Democratic colleagues when it is safe to do so, but to vote with the Republican Party quite often as well. Though Bonamici’s victory is an advantage for the Democratic Party establishment, it is not a great gain from the perspective of liberal activists.

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Get Allen West The Hell Out Of Congress

jclifford 1/31/2012
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Voters in Florida’s 22nd congressional district may now be hoping that they can get Allen West the hell out of the House of Representatives this November. But who would be his replacement?

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Starting January 17, will Occupy Congress be Something More than a One Day Protest?

Jim Cook 1/14/2012
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Did you think the Occupy movement had gone away? Think again. Occupy Congress, Meeting with Members of Congress, Warily Tuesday January 17 is the day when Occupy Congress takes the Capitol Grounds and protesters assembling from around the country begin …

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Democrats Can Vote For Progressive Darcy Richardson Instead Of Barack Obama

jclifford 1/13/2012
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Since the day he became President, Barack Obama has been disregarding the wishes of the liberal Democrats who put him into the White House in the first place. In 2012, it’s time for liberal Democrats to return the favor. Vote Darcy Richardson for President – for a change from the Democratic disappointment we’ve been suffering under for the last three years.

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Darcy Richardson Running A Serious Progressive Challenge To Barack Obama

jclifford 1/10/2012
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Darcy Richardson is on the ballot as a Democratic presidential candidate in New Hampshire. If you’re a Democrat or a political independent looking for a solid, serious alternative to Barack Obama, Richardson would be a reasonable choice.

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Vermin Supreme Challenging Barack Obama for President

Peregrin Wood 1/10/2012
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Controversy in this Democrat’s presidential campaign: He has been accused of flip flopping to a pro-zombie position. “Zombies are not just to run away from any more,” he says. In order to solve the energy crisis, he proposes hooking up zombies to giant turbines, so that as they stumble and shuffle, they can generate electrical power for American cities.

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How the Iowa Caucuses Really Work

Jim Cook 1/3/2012
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How the Iowa Caucuses Work (Infographics make it more Reel): Republicans, you’re trying not to bring up the Gold Standard. Democrats, you’re wondering why you’re there.

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Minnesota Geese Aren’t Good Enough For Collin Peterson

jclifford 1/1/2012
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The Texas goose hunt Peterson will be going on is actually just a fundraising event. Peterson will have special private conversations with lobbyists and the leaders of political action committees – in exchange for money. The invitation doesn’t even give contact information for people in Minnesota who want to attend – people like Collin Peterson’s constituents. The contact information given is only for people who live in Texas and near Washington D.C.

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After 1060 days in Office, Obama finally nominates full membership for Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Jim Cook 1/1/2012
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1077 days ago, Barack Obama took his Oath of Office as President of the United States of America, solemnly swearing to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” As President, one of the ways that Barack Obama …

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Iowa Occupy Protesters Demand Obama End Links With Wall Street and Homeland Insecurity

jclifford 12/30/2011
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Occupy The Caucuses protesters launched a liberal protest against Barack Obama’s right wing economic and Homeland Security policies today. The Iowa Democratic Party is refusing to listen to the 99 percent. Sue Dvorsky, the chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, told people today that the Iowa Democrats will not talk with protesters any time soon.

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Obama Is Worse Than Bush On Rule Of Law, Says Rocky Anderson

jclifford 12/22/2011
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Rocky Anderson reminds me that Obama’s troubling disregard for America’s constitutional rights was made quite clear during the 2008 presidential election. We spent a great deal of time here at Irregular Times during the summer and autumn of 2008 discussing Barack Obama’s support for the terrible FISA Amendments Act – a law that gave immunity to telecommunications corporations for breaking federal law by providing government spies with information about millions of Americans’ private communications data.

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White House Says No to Over the Counter Plan B Pill. Which White House?

Jim Cook 12/20/2011
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This month, the Bush Administration prioritized election politics over the empirical findings of scientists, nixing over-the-counter access to Plan B medication that prevents pregnancy. President Bush’s Secretary of Health and Human Services overruled the recommendation of an expert panel at …

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Protests Against Obama Policy Of Imprisonment of Americans Without Trial

Peregrin Wood 12/19/2011
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The Director of the Iowa Democratic Party, Norm Sterzenbach, seemed to think that liberal dissent against the Democratic Party, and not the creation of extreme unconstitutional powers of imprisonment, was the problem. Do they really not understand that Democratic voters are leaving the Democratic Party because Obama and the congressional Democrats are repeating the terrible mistakes of George W. Bush?

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XL Pipeline Push For 2 Months Unemployment A Terrible Exchange

The Green Man 12/18/2011
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Just two months of unemployment benefits and a temporary lifeline for payroll tax cuts in exchange for a political time bomb planted in the middle of the 2012 Obama re-election campaign is a terrible deal. It’s not a fair exchange in the first place, but more importantly, this temporary deal allows Republicans to practice yet more political extortion in January and February, when payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits will be up for debate once again.

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Democrats Cave In Again. Millionaires Keep Their Tax Cuts.

Peregrin Wood 12/17/2011
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Why are Democrats caving in to Republican demands that millionaires get to keep low tax rates? They’re doing so in order to protect legislation to create more tax cuts. So, Democrats are caving in to Republicans in order to protect a Republican-friendly piece of legislation.

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Rocky Anderson Asks Independents To Question Authority

jclifford 12/4/2011
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What if, in 2012, political independents discover a new dimension and swing, not toward either the Democrats or Republicans, but to Rocky Anderson?

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