National politicsLatest Post: Started By: Latest Topics oneill Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld what rightwing reactionaries call "Obamacare", what will these fanatics do next to stir up hatred for a successful president? Posts: 92 - Since Chief Justice Roberts (a Dubya appointee) cast the deciding vote for the majority opinion sustaining the Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate portion of the 2010 Affordable Care Act,... oneill Will the same old rightwing Republican talking points work for them in 2012? Posts: 1 - If one has been paying attention for the past 30 years, one might note that the gameplan devised by Newt Gingrich, polished by Karl Rove, and currently utilized by the likes of FOX faux-pollster... rocker Are states who do not require Photo ID in order to vote encouraging fraudulent elections? Posts: 35 - Recently, the obama administration's attorney general struck down laws in Texas and South Carolina requiring voters to show a Photo ID before they can vote claiming it "disenfranchises"... oneill Does presidential candidate Mitt Romney really believe that 47% of Americans are worthless dependents upon government and pay no income taxes? Posts: 10 - Apparently so, because that's what he told those attending an exculusive fund-raining event. oneill While Romney has condemned Todd Akin (R-Missouri) definitions of "rape", the G.O.P. convention in Tampa has adopted Akin's views ... Who will call the shots in Tampa - Romney or those who support Akin/Ryan views? Posts: 1 - The Republicans are in a bind! Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele just said on MSNBC that the inclusion of Todd Akin-type "Personhood" planks in the 2012 RNC Platform is... oneill In view of the recent storm, power outages, water shortages, gasoline lines, etc., will the "what's-in-it-for-me" folks realize that there IS a real world outside of their warped fantasies? Posts: 2 - Duh! That real world also has so0me real people in it who don't really care what you think about such irrelevant items as tea party politics, Mitt Romney's chances, how much you hate President obam... oneill If the Republican Party wishes to survive as a political entity, is it time for its reasonable members to divorce themselves from the "crazies" who led them into the dumpster in 2012? Posts: 42 - Believe it or not, I believe in the two-party system. I was raised as a Republican and switched my views sometime after 1964 ... BeRight CLEAN... ENERGY Posts: 37 - Offshore wind farms from New Jersey to Virginia took a big step closer to reality with the completion of a review that showed the renewable energy source would not cause major environmental damage,... oneill Is the proposes Ohio Senate Bill #5 another part in a carefully-orchestrated effort by John Kasich's corporate sponsors to eliminate collective-bargaining for all unions - public and private? Posts: 1 - While most of the media attention has concentrated on Scott Walker's efforts in Wisconsin to destroy the collective-bargaining rights of state employees, Kasich's actions in Ohio - i.. oneill Are the endless protestations and denials put forth in these forums by local right-wingers reflective of the inability of right-wing Republicans to find a viable (or sane) candidate to oppose Obama in 2012? Posts: 1 - Is it "guilt by association"? Are local reactionaries simply reprocessing the fibs & flaws of the high-profile participants in what has become an embarrassing nationwide "freak... oneill Should the reasonable people of the Mid-Ohio Valley join the national boycott of the sonsors of radio demagogue Rush Limbaugh for his vile remarks about Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke? Posts: 4 - By now, most know that Rush Limbaugh used his nationally-broadcast radio show to viciously attack Sandra Fluke, a third-year Georgetown University law student who was asked and later denied the... oneill Are the issues of birth-control, family-planning, and women's use of contraceptives something that should be decided by politicians and preachers? Posts: 4 - ... According to the latest Bloomberg Survey, 77% of Americans believe that family-planning & birth-control should NOT be "political" issues in the 2012 campaign! Kunectdots VOTE FOR BIDEN THIS TUESDAY! Posts: 4 - Remember folks, a vote FOR Obama for president on Tuesday is, IN FACT, a vote for Joe Biden to become YOUR PRESIDENT - ALSO! Lilyofthevalley Racism and the 2012 election Posts: 74 - Explain how one group can be racist for voting around 60% against a man of a different racial background but another group that votes 90% against a person of a different racial background isn't... Roscoe Thank you Founding Fathers for the 2nd Amendment & recognizing the human right of self defense. Posts: 1 - ELIZABETH, Pa. (AP) — Police say an 84-year-old western Pennsylvania man wounded a home invasion suspect with the gun he carried in the Korean Wa. ReasonableVoice Scandal - Abuse Centered Right In The Mid Ohio Valley Posts: 9 - Just today I learned of a scandal that originated right here in the Mid Ohio Valley and spread across the globe by means of the internet. oneill Who calls the shots in America? Is it the nation's citizens, via their duly-elected representatives - OR is it un-elected individuals and entities like Grover Norquist, the NRA, the Koch Brothers, Sheldon Adelson, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, et. al.? Posts: 34 - The NRA effort to blackmail Democrats in the House into voting for the contempt citation against A.G. BeRight Save Medicare Posts: 5 - The Romney-Ryan plan would institute a new premium-support plan beginning with new beneficiaries in 2023. oneill Are the Romney/Ryan folks lying about the differences between their "plan" for the future of Medicare and that of President Obama? Posts: 2 - ... Let's cut the crap - i.e. all the silly lying about how President Obama "wants to cut Medicare" - and get to the FACTS ... onlystatefacts proposal to get the 8 th district in Ohio to secede to Kentucky. John Boehnor has embarrassed us enough Posts: 1 - John and Mitch needs be in the same State. At least only one State would be embarrassed then. |