Recent Votes

• Seafarers outraged that captain jumped ship

  Seafaring tradition holds that the captain should be last to leave a sinking ship. But is it realistic to expect skippers to suppress their survival instinct amid the horror of a maritime disaster? To ask them to stare down death from the bridge, as the lights go out and the water rises, until everyone else has made it to safety?

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• Walker recall petition overshoots requirement by nearly 200,000 signatures

  Source: Raw Story

  If Wisconsin’s Democrats are to be believed, the recall of Gov.

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• Rick Santorum's daughter 'sad' about dad's Google problem

  Source: Daily Kos

  "That just makes me sad. It's disappointing that people can be that mean," she said. "That's really the first thing that comes to mind, it's hurtful. But it's okay, we just try and focus." Yeah, it's disappointing that some people can be so mean.

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• The Great Republican Crackup: How Angry, White, Southern Men Took Over the GOP and Made Our Government Into a War Zone

  Source: AlterNet.org

  The GOP's radicalism is dangerous for America. We need two political parties solidly grounded in the realities of governing. ...the Republican crackup threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any time since the GOP’s eclipse in 1932.

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• Imagine a Republican America and Vote Accordingly - Part 1

  Yesterday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed legislation that gave it veto power over regulations, which, among other things would further solidify their positions as gatekeepers to the extent that industry needed to make money by polluting, by abusing the …

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