bapifar01: Midday open thread

Tuesday 20 September 2011

Midday open thread

Today's comic: Scott Bateman's Actual Audio: James Carville Wants The President To Fire Somebody.
Sign the petition: tell the Super Committee to have its budget package scored with the Congressional Budget Office for its impact on jobs. Also, check out Jeff Merkley's post on this subject.
The Netroots Nation fall auction ends tonight at 8 PM PT.
Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (CREW) is out with its 2011 report of the most corrupt members of Congress. Is your representative one of them?
Uh oh:
A major campaign contributor to Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) allegedly defrauded the federal government out of at least $3.6 million that was supposed to be used to research vaccines to combat deadly diseases.
Rick Perry has caught a lot of flak for his latest book Fed Up!, but you should really take a look at his prior book, in which he diagnoses himself with Attention Deficit Disorder?and says the "Boy Scouts helps cure this form of restlessness." What a nut job.
Bwahahahaha:
David Lewis, a 26 year old Tea Party activist believes the man he is mounting a primary challenge against, Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), is a "socialist."
Newt Gingrich is planning to introduce his Contract ~~With~~ On America 2.0, which he promises will be both a 21st century plan and "exactly what Abraham Lincoln would have campaigned on." Yeah, I don't get it either.
Morons, South Carolina style:
- Among Republicans/Republican leaners, 74.7% feel the term ?socialist? describes President Obama very well or well.
- Among Republicans/Republican leaners, almost 30% believe President Obama is a Muslim.
- Among Republicans/Republican leaners, 36% continue to believe the president was either probably, or definitely, born in another country. Even though a long-form birth certificate for the president was produced between the Winthrop April 2011 Poll and now?showing he was born in Hawaii?just 5.2% fewer respondents now believe Obama was born outside the country than those back in April (36% now vs. 41.2 % in April).