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Showing posts with label ken cuccinelli. Show all posts
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25 October 2013
POLITICS IS LIKE DRIVING.......
Politics is like driving. To go backward put it in R. To go forward put it in D.
24 October 2013
tom rust & ken cuccinelli, NO POLITICAL DIFFERENCE! VIRGINIA'S 86TH DISTRICT DESERVES BETTER
tom rust is a tea-bagger in moderate republican clothing. Now he has a real fight to hold on to his delegate seat in Richmond because Jennifer Boysko is exposing his duplicity to the voters of the 86th district. Consider this....
tom rust voted for cuccinelli's 'personhood' plan that would outlaw abortion even in the case of rape and incest. God help the women in their families if any of them become pregnant from rape or incest because there's no compassion in their politics and the laws they want passed. (HB1440, 8 FEB 11) http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-04/opinions/41762920_1_contraception-so-called-personhood-amendment-attorney-general
rust's vote for this 'personhood, plan would also ban some common forms of birth control AND In Vitro Fertilization procedures. rust claims to be pro family and votes to deny people a chance for a family.
tom rust supports cuccinelli's position and voted for requiring women to have invasive, unnecessary ultrasounds before terminating a pregnancy. (HB2579 10 FEB 09 & HB1042 3 FEB 10) tom rust followed cuccinelli's orders and voted to de-fund Planned Parenthood. (HB1600, Item 4-5.04#2h)
As a tea-bagger republican tom rust voted with the right wing extremist repiglican leadership in Richmond 97% of the time, willingly participating on his party's war on women as well as voting to cut $620 million from education, increasing class sizes. (HB30 25 FEB 10; HB30, Item 0.9#2h 25 FEB 10)
tom rust also voted to ban state funding of embryonic stem cell research. (HB30, 4-0.01#4h 23 FEB 12; HB1600, Item 4-0.01 12 FEB 09) His vote reflects his lack of compassion, his lack of empathy for those suffering from illness (and their families) whose only hope is a new treatment and / or cure discovered through embryonic stem cell research.
Check out tom rust's voting record at www.leg1.state.va.us
you will see he doesn't have the best interest of the 86th district or of Virginia as a whole in mind when he votes. It is time to change this, on 5 NOV 13 vote for Jennifer Boysko for 86th district delegate! http://www.jenniferboysko.com/
08 October 2013
JENNIFER BOYSKO OR tom rust? THE RACE FOR 86TH DISTRICT DELEGATE TO RICHMOND
HERE is one of the most important things to consider in the election of our next delegate to Richmond from the 86th district. tom rust, our current delegate, has not spoken out against any of the extremist views of the gop / tea-bagger candidate for governor of Virginia, ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli's views about women and girls is neanderthal, his fantasy is to have the power as governor to force women back to their status as it was in the early 1800's. He is that regressive, and his propaganda campaign is being run by right wing social engineers and right wing christian extremist who want to impose a "christian" sharia on the citizens of the commonwealth. cuccinelli can not be trusted, and because tom rust has decided not to condemn or oppose cuccinelli's tea-bagger agenda he can not be trusted either. If reelected as the delegate from the 86th district tom rust will not be our delegate, he will be the tea-bagger's delegate in Richmond. Jennifer Boysko, the Democratic candidate for delegate from the 86th district, will be our delegate, She has been involved in the Northern Virginia community and politics for years, but is nobody's lap dog. She understands the concept of community and doesn't see people in our district as belonging to one political party or another, or as members of this or that ethnic group, as members of this or that religious group, or as progressive, moderate or conservative. She sees the people of the district as a whole, all with the desire to live in safe and affordable communities, to be able to provide for their families with good jobs, make sure their children get a good education, have access to social safety net programs when needed, and to know they have the freedom to make decisions about the most personal aspects of their lives and not have the government legislate it. tom rust has become stagnant as a delegate, as our delegate. Jennifer Boysko will be the delegate we need and deserve in Richmond.
20 February 2013
Practical Progress: What 'Bird by Bird' Can Teach US About Changing The World 20FEB13
PRACTICAL PROGRESS NEWSLETTER from the Agenda Project, reports from the world of Bold Progressive activism....
Back by popular demand, today we bring you the inaugural issue of our re-imagined Practical Progress newsletter which offers influential progressives a now-weekly, smart, insightful, actually ‘brief’ briefing on the most important News From The Movement.
As we continue our collective Road Trip to Progress (Are we there yet?! Are we there yet?!), we remind ourselves that a journey of 1,000 miles is . . .really, really, long; irritatingly slow; and only has so-so scenery.
So to pass the time we re-read (for the 912th time) Anne Lamott’s Instructions on Writing and Life, taking comfort in her words:
"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'"
These are our favorite Birds.
PRACTICAL PROGRESS: The Agenda Project Action Fund’s actually ‘brief’ briefing on the most important News from the Progressive Movement.
All You Need is a Gun License to Vote
Yesterday, Center for American Progress published a five-point primer on why protecting Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act during the Supreme Court’s hearing of Shelby County v. Holder on Feb 27th is critical for preventing voter-suppression laws from rising up in 16 states. Section 5 requires states with historically discriminatory voting practices to seek 'pre-clearance' with the DOJ or a three-judge court in DC before making any legal changes to their voting laws. Highlight from CAP’s primer:without Section 5, Texas would have considered concealed handgun licenses a valid form of voter ID, but not college or state employee IDs. (For more progressive substance on Section 5 this month, check out these pieces from:Brennan Center for Justice, American Constitution Society, Lawyer’s Committee on Civil Rights, Color of Change, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, America Votes, and NAACP).
Mark your Calendar: In defense of Section 5, Alliance for Justice will host a Twitter Town Hall on Feb 26th, a rally in front of the Supreme Court in D.C. on Feb 27th, and provide analysis on their blog Justice Watch after the hearing.
Facebook Profits: $1.1 Billion, Facebook Tax Bill: $0
A new Citizens for Tax Justice report shows that while Facebook will not be paying any federal or state taxes this year in spite of turning over $ 1.1 billion in profits, it is expecting to get $429 million back in net tax refunds. In a footnote on Facebook’s January financial statements, CTJ found that the company’s half a billion dollar refunds result from taking advantage of a single (and legal) corporate tax break: the tax deductibility of executive stock options. CTJ’s Rebecca Wilkins, Senior Counsel on Federal Tax Policy, says: “Why does the company get to take a deduction for stock option compensation, when it didn't cost them a dime? If Mark Zuckerberg won the lottery tomorrow, would we expect Facebook to get a tax deduction for his winnings? Stock options have pretty much the same impact on a company's income as do lottery winnings." In a similar report last year, CTJ identified the stock option tax break as one of the reasons why Fortune 500 companies pay so little taxes. (See CTJ’s Facebook report in BusinessWeek, Gawker, and The Atlantic).
And on a much lighter economic (read: pathetic) note today: Sorry Boehner, You Can’t Rewrite Sequester History!
99 PROBLEMS
Fox News prime-time hosts and their guests have used the terms ‘Illegals,” “Illegal Aliens,” and “Anchor Babies” 99 times since the election, even though these terms are banned on Fox News’ website for Latinos, according to a new Media Matters research analysis released on Tuesday. In an interview with The New Republic a few days ago, Fox President Roger Ailes admitted that Fox News really needs to find a new message on immigration.
Presente’s Movement Building Director Ana Perez says: “Fox can't have it both ways, loving Latinos on Fox Latino and hating Latinos on Fox in English. If Fox really wants to enter the Latino media market in a serious way, Roger Ailes needs to steer the network away from racial profiling and immigrant scapegoating. The Latino community knows this about Fox and we don't appreciate it. As the Univision-ABC Latino venture and other new Latino media initiatives indicate, you either lose the bigotry or lose the Latino market.”
In other immigration news, kudos to Progress Michigan for working hand-in-hand with Alliance for Immigrant Rights on getting Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson (R) to finally begin granting driver’s licenses to DREAMers this month.
Ken Cuccinelli is a Breath of Fresh Air
On Monday, American Bridge launched a website outlining passages that are “extreme by any standards” from VA Attorney General and aspiring Governor Ken Cuccinelli’s new book, The Last Line of Defense. According to the most overtly partisan Attorney General in Virginia history: “Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases like methane were pollutants dangerous to public health because they allegedly caused global warming. Yet carbon dioxide is what we exhale every second of the day. It keeps the trees alive and allows them to make the oxygen that keeps us alive. It’s a wonderful symbiotic system that sustains life on earth. But to environmentalists, carbon dioxide is a slow killer” (p10). *See also: American Bridge’s Part-Time Cuccinelli video and Planned Parenthood Action Fund’s Keep Ken Out, which MIGHT explain this from WaPo: “Democrats urge sales of Cuccinelli Book” (h/t The Atlas Project). Update: HuffPo reports Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli are running dead even in the polls today – yikes!
JUST RELEASED:
- The League of Conservation Voters launched a new Environmental Scorecard revealing whether members of Congress stood with the people or polluters last year. According to LCV President Gene Karpinski: “This was hands down, the most anti-environmental House of Representatives ever.”
- Advancement Project launched a new website to end the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track. Must-read: The Top 12 Reasons to end the School-to-Prison Pipeline. (If you haven’t already, check out these awesome pictures of Advancement Project Co-Director Judith Browne-Dianis with Michelle Obama’s special SOTU guest, 102-year old Desiline Victor and Practical Progress’ 2012 MDV (‘Most Determined Voter’).
AWAKE THE STATE
On March 5th, Floridians will rally across the state in a growing grassroots chorus of discontent with Governor Rick Scott. They will demand lawmakers to undo the damage of the 2011 voting law that notoriously caused Floridians to wait in line for up to 8 hours to vote last year (Find out more here). Central Organizers of ‘Awake The State’are: Progress Florida, Florida Watch Action, and America Votes.
Jump on the CFBU bandwagon with Senator Elizabeth Warren
Americans for Financial Reform issued a letter last week criticizing 43 Senate Republicans for attempting to filibuster Richard Cordray’s appointment to Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Lending full support to Cordray’s nomination, the letter accosts Republicans for exercising “extreme political brinkmanship of refusing to consider a well qualified nominee in order to extract changes in the law,” adding that their effort to block Cordray in order to “relitigate policies would hold hostage not just the CFPB director, but the future well-being of consumers, financial markets, and the economy.”
Email tips, news, and reactions to Practical Progress Editor, Shruti Sehgal at ssehgal@agendaproject.org (and add her email to your safe-list).
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07 February 2013
Virginia Is For Wackos! Now They Want To Create Their Own Currency 7FEB13
ONE thing we can always count on in Virginia, the repiglican leadership will always provide glaring examples of just why the South lost the war. From Crooks&Liars......
Stories like this one aren't going to help the Republicans much with their so-called "rebranding' effort:Virginia is for lovers of their own currency:
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/proposal-virginia-create-its-own-currency
Virginia sure has been a hotbed of activity on issues with national implications, hasn't it? Republicans in the commonwealth pushed a scheme to rig the electoral college (which failed soon after), launched an ugly redistricting scheme (which now appears doomed), and crafted absurd voter-ID bill (which seems likely to become law).And from Blue Virginia: Help Virginia Design Its Own Currency!:
And while all of those are clearly important, this is the one that amazes me.
Virginia Del. Robert G. Marshall fears that a financial apocalypse is coming and only one thing can save the Commonwealth: its own currency.Marshall's proposal sailed through the House of Delegates this week, passing by a two-to-one majority.
The idea that Virginia should consider issuing its own money was dismissed as just another quixotic quest by one of the most conservative members of the state legislature when Marshall introduced it three years ago. But it has since gained traction not only in Virginia, but also in states across the country as Americans have grown increasingly suspicious of the institutions entrusted with safeguarding the economy.
No, seriously.
And why, pray tell, does Marshall see the need for Virginia to have its own currency? Because he and other stark-raving-mad lawmakers fear the wholesale collapse of American civilization, as precipitated by the Federal Reserve. The Washington Post noted that Bob Marshall believes it's possible the U.S. could look like "the Weimar Republic of Germany after World War I: a worthless currency, skyrocketing inflation and a crumbling government."
Of course, Sideshow Bob also believes in "death panels," equated the Recovery Act withslavery, and is convinced that women who have abortions subsequently have disabled kidsbecause God is punishing them.
This is the man who wants to shape monetary policy in Virginia. Read on...
Please don't view the new House of Delegates-passed bill for Virginia to study creating its own currency as a sign that this state is governed by ignorant, wacko, redneck, conspiracy theory-driven morons who just crawled out of some godforsaken Hillbilly Hell.We've got more on Marshall here and here as well.
No -- view it as an opportunity. Because what could be more fun than designing your own money?
In the spirit -- as always -- of aiming to assist our Republican overlords, I am initiating this brainstorming session on what our new Commonwealth Cash should look like. Come on and add your own ideas. The only rule is that this currency must be limited to right-wing figures and themes, since Democrats of course lack the wisdom and foresight to protect us from UN conspiracies and stuff. So, here goes:
- The Ken Cuccinelli $397 bill: Because round numbers are a liberal conspiracy. The front of the bill would depict His Cucciness on a throne holding a scepter while scientists around him are being whipped and beaten. The back would depict the goddess Virtus -- whose left breast Cuccinelli ordered covered up as one of his first acts as Attorney General. This time, she'd be wearing a chador.
- The Bob McDonnell's hair $100: Have we ever had a governor with such newscaster-worthy hair? The front of the bill would pay tribute to Gov. Bob's hair. The back would be devoted to depicting all of the governor's accomplishments during his term. It would be blank.Read on...
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/proposal-virginia-create-its-own-currency
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2013
REPUBLICANS: STILL INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY INSANE
This actually happened:
This actually happened:
A proposal to study whether Virginia should adopt its own currency passed the state House of Delegates on Monday....I'm used to thinking of Bob Marshall as crazy -- as I told you in December, when he was proposing that Virginia schools be required by law to arm some teachers or other school personnel, this is a guy who once said that women who have abortions subsequently have disabled kids because God is punishing them, and once blocked the appointment of a gay judge because he believed being gay meant the judge couldn't uphold the Virginia constitution. I failed to mention a few choice quotes:
Del. Robert G. Marshall (R-Prince William) has been fighting for the bill for three years as a safeguard against what he believes is a central banking system that has swung out of control. But until Monday, the plan seemed little more than a quixotic quest. The House voted 65 to 32 to approve the measure....
The plan calls for spending $17,440 to create a 10-member commission, which would determine the "need, means and schedule for establishing a metallic-based monetary unit" -- in other words, a return to a gold standard.
It is unclear how Marshall's measure will fare in the Senate. And Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) has said in the past that he does not support the commonwealth printing its own money. But that the bill has made it even this far underscores the depth of distrust among some surrounding the nation's central bank....
Bob Marshall's take on the Obama Agenda: "Suicidal deficits, enemies lists, abortion, euthanize seniors, health care that kills capitalism ... 'Live and let die,' Obama theme song!"Yes, they call him "Sideshow Bob" in Virginia -- but the sideshow has moved to the main stage if his crazy bill passed one house of the GOP-controlled legislature by more than a 2-to-1 margin. You're the clowns, Republicans -- all of you -- if this is mainstream in Virginia.
Bob Marshall compares the economic stimulus package to slavery: "It is as much a chain as ankle bracelets were as to African-Americans in the 1860s in this state. It's just invisible. But it is a chain of death that we're not going to escape."
On Abortion in the case of incest and rape Marshall said:"Sometimes incest is voluntary." Marshall added, with regard to rape, that "the woman becomes a sin-bearer of the crime, because the right of a child predominates over the embarrassment of the woman."
Marshall on the Morning After Pill: "We have no business passing this garbage out and making these co-eds chemical Love Canals for these frat house playboys in Virginia."
15 December 2012
Bolling opposes the lifting ban on uranium mining in Va.
HERE's a surprising and welcome announcement from Lt. Gov bill bolling r VA in opposition to proposed uranium mining in SW Virginia. From the Washington Post.....
RICHMOND — Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling traveled to Danville on Friday to announce his opposition to lifting a ban on uranium mining in Virginia,
a surprise move by the state’s chief jobs-creation officer that put him
uncharacteristically out in front of Gov. Robert F. McDonnell.
Bolling (R), who was raised in coal country and spent much of the past three years trying to bring new jobs to Virginia, said he considered the potential economic benefits of mining. But he ultimately decided that the environmental risks were too great and that the operation could scare away other investments in economically depressed south central Virginia. He also noted local opposition.
“If the political leaders and business leaders and community
leaders in the part of the state that stands to gain the most don’t want
the ban lifted, that’s a pretty persuasive argument to me,” he said in
an interview.
The timing of the announcement had political Virginia abuzz about what it meant for Bolling’s prospects as much as mining’s.
It came two weeks after Bolling suspended his bid for the GOP nomination for governor while also saying he would not endorse Republican rival Ken Cuccinelli II and might run as an independent. And it came on the very day that Cuccinelli, the state attorney general, personally took the Environmental Protection Agency to court.
“This is a move by someone who is far from through with politics,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a University of Mary Washington political science professor. “This very visible step, very early in the process of political deliberation, suggests the lieutenant governor is charting a new, more moderate Republican path. Or perhaps we should say, a new, more moderate independent path.”
Southside Virginia is home to the country’s largest known uranium deposit, but a 30-year ban prevents it from being mined. A working group established by McDonnell (R) has been exploring whether the 119 million-pound, $10 billion uranium lode can be safely mined. The issue is likely to be one of the most contentious of the next General Assembly session, which begins Jan. 9.
In Danville with local business and political leaders, Bolling said he shared their concern that lifting the ban would actually hurt the economy by stigmatizing the area.
Bolling said he informed McDonnell, who is said to still be studying the issue, before making his announcement. He caught many others by surprise.
“I am disappointed by the Lt. Governor’s position on uranium mining,” Sen. John C. Watkins (R-Powhatan), who has proposed a bill to establish rules and standards for uranium mining, said in a written statement. “The legislation I am working on is not even complete and may very well address his concerns. I would have expected a more thoughtful approach to this issue from Bill given his commitment to creating jobs, particularly in Southside.”
In bowing out of the GOP nomination battle, Bolling vowed to be an “independent voice” in the campaign. Bolling said Friday that he remains undecided about whether he will run as a third-party candidate. But he said he is relishing the opportunity to speak more frankly.
“A lot of these big issues, I intend to speak out,” he said.
Bolling said it was coincidence that he made his announcement the same day Cuccinelli was on national television and in federal court in Alexandria arguing against what he called “massive” regulatory overreach by the EPA related to sediment buildup along the Accotink Creek Watershed in Fairfax County. (“I don’t keep up with Mr. Cuccinelli’s schedule,” Bolling said.)
But some political observers thought the juxtaposition could be useful for Bolling should he seek to woo swing voters in 2013 or beyond: As Cuccinelli was duking it out with the EPA, Bolling was making the Sierra Club so happy that it e-mailed around a YouTube video of his announcement.
As Bolling staked out his position on uranium, those still in the governor’s race to succeed term-limited McDonnell were less clear.
“Southside Virginia is in need of jobs and industry — but we owe it to the people that public safety and Virginia’s natural resources are protected,” Cuccinelli said in an e-mailed statement. “I am confident that continued study and analysis will provide the answers all are looking for.”
The likely Democratic nominee, former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, is said to be undecided.
“Any economic proposal in these tough times merits a hard look,” said McAuliffe spokesman Josh Schwerin. “However, Terry would need to be certain that mining uranium can be done safely and cleaned up completely before a moratorium is lifted.”
Corinne Reilly contributed to this report.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-politics/bolling-to-announce-position-on-uranium-mining-in-va/2012/12/14/053c842a-4609-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines
Bolling (R), who was raised in coal country and spent much of the past three years trying to bring new jobs to Virginia, said he considered the potential economic benefits of mining. But he ultimately decided that the environmental risks were too great and that the operation could scare away other investments in economically depressed south central Virginia. He also noted local opposition.
The timing of the announcement had political Virginia abuzz about what it meant for Bolling’s prospects as much as mining’s.
It came two weeks after Bolling suspended his bid for the GOP nomination for governor while also saying he would not endorse Republican rival Ken Cuccinelli II and might run as an independent. And it came on the very day that Cuccinelli, the state attorney general, personally took the Environmental Protection Agency to court.
“This is a move by someone who is far from through with politics,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a University of Mary Washington political science professor. “This very visible step, very early in the process of political deliberation, suggests the lieutenant governor is charting a new, more moderate Republican path. Or perhaps we should say, a new, more moderate independent path.”
Southside Virginia is home to the country’s largest known uranium deposit, but a 30-year ban prevents it from being mined. A working group established by McDonnell (R) has been exploring whether the 119 million-pound, $10 billion uranium lode can be safely mined. The issue is likely to be one of the most contentious of the next General Assembly session, which begins Jan. 9.
In Danville with local business and political leaders, Bolling said he shared their concern that lifting the ban would actually hurt the economy by stigmatizing the area.
Bolling said he informed McDonnell, who is said to still be studying the issue, before making his announcement. He caught many others by surprise.
“I am disappointed by the Lt. Governor’s position on uranium mining,” Sen. John C. Watkins (R-Powhatan), who has proposed a bill to establish rules and standards for uranium mining, said in a written statement. “The legislation I am working on is not even complete and may very well address his concerns. I would have expected a more thoughtful approach to this issue from Bill given his commitment to creating jobs, particularly in Southside.”
In bowing out of the GOP nomination battle, Bolling vowed to be an “independent voice” in the campaign. Bolling said Friday that he remains undecided about whether he will run as a third-party candidate. But he said he is relishing the opportunity to speak more frankly.
“A lot of these big issues, I intend to speak out,” he said.
Bolling said it was coincidence that he made his announcement the same day Cuccinelli was on national television and in federal court in Alexandria arguing against what he called “massive” regulatory overreach by the EPA related to sediment buildup along the Accotink Creek Watershed in Fairfax County. (“I don’t keep up with Mr. Cuccinelli’s schedule,” Bolling said.)
But some political observers thought the juxtaposition could be useful for Bolling should he seek to woo swing voters in 2013 or beyond: As Cuccinelli was duking it out with the EPA, Bolling was making the Sierra Club so happy that it e-mailed around a YouTube video of his announcement.
As Bolling staked out his position on uranium, those still in the governor’s race to succeed term-limited McDonnell were less clear.
“Southside Virginia is in need of jobs and industry — but we owe it to the people that public safety and Virginia’s natural resources are protected,” Cuccinelli said in an e-mailed statement. “I am confident that continued study and analysis will provide the answers all are looking for.”
The likely Democratic nominee, former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, is said to be undecided.
“Any economic proposal in these tough times merits a hard look,” said McAuliffe spokesman Josh Schwerin. “However, Terry would need to be certain that mining uranium can be done safely and cleaned up completely before a moratorium is lifted.”
Corinne Reilly contributed to this report.
29 September 2011
10 Signs God Is Furious With the Right from ALTERNET 16SEP11
ENJOY!
Editor's note: the following is satire... for the most part.
Why is it that whenever disaster strikes, right-wing religious nuts seem to have all the fun? Some might say it's just because they're sadists, but they always seem to find the silver lining. 9/11? God's calling on America to repent! (No, not for it's foreign policy, you dummy!) Hurricane Katrina? It was that darned homosexual parade the organizers forgot to tell anyone about!
Whatever disaster strikes, there's always an up-side in religious rightland, always somebody to point the finger at with glee. How come they get all the fun?
So when the East Coast got a one-two punch last month, earthquake-hurricane within a few days of one another, it got me thinking. When another hurricane followed up afterward, it was more than I could bear. And so, I offer you a list of God's Top 10 Targets from a not-so-right-but-possibly-
There are at least three different ways to approach this subject, and we have examples of all three. First is to identify specific target groups for repeated offenses—sinners who just won't mend their ways. Second is to identify geographic targets for specific offenses—sin city or state, as the case may be. Third is to identify specific individuals.
1. Republicans, for bearing false witness.
It's not just one of the Ten Commandments -- the Bible has repeated warnings against slander, false testimony and plain old lying. But Republicans apparently think that God was talking to somebody else—the exact opposite of their usual assumption—especially since Barack Obama arrived on the scene. Obama was born in Kenya, he is a Muslim, he's a socialist, a Marxist, a fascist, he hates white people (like his mom and his grandparents), he hangs out with terrorists. It goes on and on and on.
God has repeatedly told them not to act like this—yet they pay Him no mind. It's not just Obama, either. When it comes to science, things get just as bad, be it evolution, global warming, reproductive health, or gender orientation; when the science isn't on their side, the lying and slander take up the slack. It's not just that the science is against them, you see. Scientists are fraudsters; they are always conspiring against God and his people, according to some of the more whacked out types—like GOP senators, for example. God may have a great deal of patience, but when folks start trying to drag Him into the mix, that's when the earthquakes and hurricanes begin.
2. The Religious Right, for ignoring Jesus on the separation of church and state.
More than 1,600 years before John Locke and 1,700 years before Thomas Jefferson weighed in on the subject, Jesus said, “Render therefore unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s and unto God those things which are God’s.” (What's more, he said that, in part, as a way of opting out of a tax revolt!) But the Religious Right defiantly continues to oppose Him. God's been extremely patient with them over the years, but that patience has finally run out, as the most anti-separationist elements of the Religious Right—known as dominionists—have come increasingly to the fore. Some might say they're embarrassing Him personally. Others will say it's starting to get really dangerous. Whatever the reason, God's had enough.
3. The nativist right and the GOP, for a rash of anti-immigrant laws.
“Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Exodus 22:21 could not be clearer—unless, of course, we switched from the King James Bible to the New International Version: “Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt.”
But for some in the GOP, them's fightin' words. All they can think about is disobeying God. They are positively possessed with the Satanic spirit of disobedience. It began with Arizona's SB-1070 last year. And while a number of states followed Arizona's lead with anti-immigrant laws of their own, the most notorious was Alabama, which faced "a historic outbreak of severe weather" in April.
The same day the law was signed, Alabama’s Episcopal, Methodist and Roman Catholic churches filed a separate lawsuit, claiming the law unconstitutionally interferes with their right of religious freedom. Church leaders said the law “will make it a crime to follow God’s command.” Among other things, the suit said, “The bishops have reason to fear that administering of religious sacraments, which are central to the Christian faith, to known undocumented persons may be criminalized under this law.” If criminalizing Christian sacraments isn't inviting divine retribution, what is?
4. The predatory lending industry and all who enable them.
There are numerous Bible passages condemning usury. Typical of these is Exodus 22:25: "If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not be like a moneylender; charge him no interest." Naturally, the whole of modern capitalism is built on ignoring a broad reading of this. But predatory lending is a particularly egregious form of defiance. It's proved rather costly to our country as well.
A Wall Street Journal article on December 31, 2007 reported that Ameriquest Mortgage and Countrywide Financial, two of the largest U.S. mortgage lenders, spent $20.5 million and $8.7 million respectively in political donations, campaign contributions, and lobbying activities between 2002 and 2006 in order to defeat anti-predatory lending legislation. Such practices contributed significantly to the financial crisis that plunged us into the Great Recession. But it seems that wasn't a clear enough lesson, especially since those who lobbied most intensely benefited most from the bailouts as well, according to an IMF study. So earthquakes and hurricanes are an old school, Old Testament way for God to make his point.
5. The GOP, for its contempt for the poor.
For more than half a century, the GOP has attacked Democrats and liberals for their concern for the poor. At least since the 1980s, the neo-liberal wing of the Democratic Party has tried to distance themselves from the poor, and reposition the party as defenders of the middle class, instead. The GOP has responded with policies to impoverish the middle class as well, so that they can be safely demonized, too.
But the GOP's venom for all but the wealthy has reached new heights during the Great Recession. Not only should those who caused the crisis be taken care of while all others suffer—far too many national Democratic politicians seem to agree on that one—but a renewed rhetoric of contempt for the poor has emerged, in direct contradiction to what Jesus said, in Luke 6:20: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God."
Increasingly, it seems, Republicans don't think poor people are even human. In January 2010, South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Baurer (R) compared poor people to stray animals: He told an audience that his grandmother told him "as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed." He compared this to government assistance, which he said is "facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior. They don't know any better." Then, in early August, Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, the frontrunner for the GOP senate nomination, compared poor people to scavenging racoons. Talk like that is what causes earthquakes and hurricanes.
6. Privatized public utilities, for the worship of Mammon.
Public utilities are natural monopolies, totally unsuited to private enterprise, since there is no competitive marketplace. This, of course, makes them perfect targets for monopoly capitalists—Mammon's greatest worshipers.
Against them, God struck a mighty blow. In Mansfield, Massachusetts, which has had its own municipal power service since 1903, electrical service was restored for most customers within 24 hours after Irene hit, even though 4,000 out of 9,500 households had lost power—quite unlike what happened to nearby communities served by a commercial outfit. According to a local report, the storm “uprooted old trees and knocked down utility lines all over town.”
“Unlike homes and businesses in Easton, Norton and Foxboro, however, local customers did not have to wait for National Grid to respond with crews or listen to a recording on the telephone.... [M]uch of Easton waited three days for power to return and areas of communities such as Foxboro are still in the dark.” According to another report, about Foxborough, “The outrage expressed... is similar to the movie Network in the scene where people flung open their windows and said, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore.'”
Then there are a couple of geographically specific targets:
7. Virginia.
Virginia was the site of the earthquake's epicenter and the second state where Irene made landfall, so the state is a target-rich environment.
There's House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. On God's bulls-eye scale, the epicenter near Mineral, Virginia is in Cantor's district—a direct hit. And in budget negotiations this year, Cantor's contempt for the poor came through loud and clear. He's been the most aggressive congressional leader when it comes to budget-cutting and pushing the economy as hard as possible over the cliff. Then, after the earthquake hit, Cantor said any federal relief would have to be offset with spending cuts, and quipped, “Obviously, the problem is that people in Virginia don’t have earthquake insurance.” He reiterated his demand for offsetting cuts when Hurricane Irene hit shortly afterward—even though he voted against such a provision after Tropical Storm Gaston hit the Richmond area in 2004.
Then there's Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. No way he escapes God's wrath. Cuccinelli's widely criticized witch-hunt against eminent climate scientist Michael Mann represents the most extreme right-wing attack on the mythical “climate-gate” scandal, which consisted primarily of scientists making snide remarks about ignoramuses like Cuccinelli. He's all wrapped up in sin of bearing false witness. Which is where Hurricane Irene comes in—although it surely doesn't help that Cuccinelli is suing to keep people sick, and has told Virginia's colleges and universities that they can't ban anti-gay discrimination.
And, of course, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has tried to have it both ways with God, as well as with the people of Virginia. On the one hand, all the way back in 1989, he wrote a Christian Reconstructionist M.A. thesis, “The Republican Party’s Vision for the Family: The Compelling Issue of the Decade” at the College of Law at Pat Robertson’s Regent University. McDonnell's authorship of the thesis came to light during his 2009 campaign for governor, but because the establishment is in deep denial about Dominionism in general, and Christian Reconstructionism in particular, the full weight of his thesis never really sunk in. On the other hand, McDonnell has tried very assiduously to walk away from that past, given that almost no one wants to admit to such extreme views. He's wobbled back and forth on a number of issues, but generally tried to strike a reasonable demeanor—in sharp contrast to Cuccinelli. But God doesn't like folks who run hot and cold, which is why McDonnell's a target, too.
Finally, just to be a wee bit bipartisan about it, we need to include Virginia's Democratic Senator Mark Warner in our list—though with a bit of twist. On the day of the earthquake, Warner was scheduled to speak at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpepper, Virginia. He arrived about 10 minutes after the quake, according to the local Star Exponent, which reported:
8. North Carolina.
Hurricane Irene could have barreled directly into South Carolina, but it delivered a stiff upper-cut to North Carolina instead. And why not? Governor Bev Perdue tried her darnedest to protect the state. She vetoed its draconian budget bill, only to see her veto over-ridden. It too was an attack on the poor -- the bill didn't just fail to balance spending cuts with tax increases, it actually let a temporary one-cent sales tax expire, along with some income taxes on high earners, while cutting $124 million in local education funding on top of $305 million cut in previous years. Perdue also vetoed a highly restrictive abortion law—one that, among other things, has a 24-hour waiting period, and force-feeds anti-abortion propaganda to women seeking an abortion—call it the “Bearing False Witness By Doctors Act.” But that veto was over-ridden as well—by a single vote in the state senate. So, really, God's hand was forced on this one. He had no choice but to strike North Carolina, and strike it hard.
Finally, there are two individual targets to consider:
9. Rick Perry.
While the one-two punch of the Virginia earthquake and Hurricane Irene were far removed from Texas Governor Rick Perry's stomping grounds, God had not forgotten Perry, but was merely preparing to toy with him. Perry, after all, had responded to a terrible drought in Texas not by implementing any long-term policy measures (which might make Texas better able to deal with the prospects of more severe droughts to come as global warming impacts increase), but by calling on Texans to pray.
Back in April, Perry proclaimed the "three-day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, as Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas.” Since then, however, things have only gotten worse, as Timothy Egan noted in the NY Times “Opinionator” blog, "[A] rainless spring was followed by a rainless summer. July was the hottest month in recorded Texas history....Nearly all of Texas is now in 'extreme or exceptional' drought, as classified by federal meteorologists, the worst in Texas history. Lakes have disappeared. Creeks are phantoms, the caked bottoms littered with rotting, dead fish.”
Somehow, though, it seemed like most folks outside of Texas had no idea of Perry's failed prayer initiative. That's where God came in, following up Irene with the tantalizing prospect of a Gulf of Mexico storm that would finally bring relief to the Longhorn state. But alas no. First Tropical Storm Jose petered out entirely, then Tropical Storm Lee turned to Louisiana instead. If you pray with Perry, you obviously take the Lord's name in vain. As one frustrated Texan wrote on Reddit, “Perry's prayer has been answered. The answer was 'No'.” God is making things perfectly clear, as Richard Nixon would say: If you want someone praying for America in the White House, Rick Perry is not your guy.
10 God.
Yes, it's true, God Himself was one of the main targets of God's wrath, particularly during the earthquake, which did remarkably little damage to the living. But, as Rob Kerby noted at BeliefNet, churches took some pretty hard hits:
Why is it that whenever disaster strikes, right-wing religious nuts seem to have all the fun? Some might say it's just because they're sadists, but they always seem to find the silver lining. 9/11? God's calling on America to repent! (No, not for it's foreign policy, you dummy!) Hurricane Katrina? It was that darned homosexual parade the organizers forgot to tell anyone about!
Whatever disaster strikes, there's always an up-side in religious rightland, always somebody to point the finger at with glee. How come they get all the fun?
So when the East Coast got a one-two punch last month, earthquake-hurricane within a few days of one another, it got me thinking. When another hurricane followed up afterward, it was more than I could bear. And so, I offer you a list of God's Top 10 Targets from a not-so-right-but-possibly-
There are at least three different ways to approach this subject, and we have examples of all three. First is to identify specific target groups for repeated offenses—sinners who just won't mend their ways. Second is to identify geographic targets for specific offenses—sin city or state, as the case may be. Third is to identify specific individuals.
1. Republicans, for bearing false witness.
It's not just one of the Ten Commandments -- the Bible has repeated warnings against slander, false testimony and plain old lying. But Republicans apparently think that God was talking to somebody else—the exact opposite of their usual assumption—especially since Barack Obama arrived on the scene. Obama was born in Kenya, he is a Muslim, he's a socialist, a Marxist, a fascist, he hates white people (like his mom and his grandparents), he hangs out with terrorists. It goes on and on and on.
God has repeatedly told them not to act like this—yet they pay Him no mind. It's not just Obama, either. When it comes to science, things get just as bad, be it evolution, global warming, reproductive health, or gender orientation; when the science isn't on their side, the lying and slander take up the slack. It's not just that the science is against them, you see. Scientists are fraudsters; they are always conspiring against God and his people, according to some of the more whacked out types—like GOP senators, for example. God may have a great deal of patience, but when folks start trying to drag Him into the mix, that's when the earthquakes and hurricanes begin.
2. The Religious Right, for ignoring Jesus on the separation of church and state.
More than 1,600 years before John Locke and 1,700 years before Thomas Jefferson weighed in on the subject, Jesus said, “Render therefore unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s and unto God those things which are God’s.” (What's more, he said that, in part, as a way of opting out of a tax revolt!) But the Religious Right defiantly continues to oppose Him. God's been extremely patient with them over the years, but that patience has finally run out, as the most anti-separationist elements of the Religious Right—known as dominionists—have come increasingly to the fore. Some might say they're embarrassing Him personally. Others will say it's starting to get really dangerous. Whatever the reason, God's had enough.
3. The nativist right and the GOP, for a rash of anti-immigrant laws.
“Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Exodus 22:21 could not be clearer—unless, of course, we switched from the King James Bible to the New International Version: “Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt.”
But for some in the GOP, them's fightin' words. All they can think about is disobeying God. They are positively possessed with the Satanic spirit of disobedience. It began with Arizona's SB-1070 last year. And while a number of states followed Arizona's lead with anti-immigrant laws of their own, the most notorious was Alabama, which faced "a historic outbreak of severe weather" in April.
The same day the law was signed, Alabama’s Episcopal, Methodist and Roman Catholic churches filed a separate lawsuit, claiming the law unconstitutionally interferes with their right of religious freedom. Church leaders said the law “will make it a crime to follow God’s command.” Among other things, the suit said, “The bishops have reason to fear that administering of religious sacraments, which are central to the Christian faith, to known undocumented persons may be criminalized under this law.” If criminalizing Christian sacraments isn't inviting divine retribution, what is?
4. The predatory lending industry and all who enable them.
There are numerous Bible passages condemning usury. Typical of these is Exodus 22:25: "If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not be like a moneylender; charge him no interest." Naturally, the whole of modern capitalism is built on ignoring a broad reading of this. But predatory lending is a particularly egregious form of defiance. It's proved rather costly to our country as well.
A Wall Street Journal article on December 31, 2007 reported that Ameriquest Mortgage and Countrywide Financial, two of the largest U.S. mortgage lenders, spent $20.5 million and $8.7 million respectively in political donations, campaign contributions, and lobbying activities between 2002 and 2006 in order to defeat anti-predatory lending legislation. Such practices contributed significantly to the financial crisis that plunged us into the Great Recession. But it seems that wasn't a clear enough lesson, especially since those who lobbied most intensely benefited most from the bailouts as well, according to an IMF study. So earthquakes and hurricanes are an old school, Old Testament way for God to make his point.
5. The GOP, for its contempt for the poor.
For more than half a century, the GOP has attacked Democrats and liberals for their concern for the poor. At least since the 1980s, the neo-liberal wing of the Democratic Party has tried to distance themselves from the poor, and reposition the party as defenders of the middle class, instead. The GOP has responded with policies to impoverish the middle class as well, so that they can be safely demonized, too.
But the GOP's venom for all but the wealthy has reached new heights during the Great Recession. Not only should those who caused the crisis be taken care of while all others suffer—far too many national Democratic politicians seem to agree on that one—but a renewed rhetoric of contempt for the poor has emerged, in direct contradiction to what Jesus said, in Luke 6:20: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God."
Increasingly, it seems, Republicans don't think poor people are even human. In January 2010, South Carolina Lt. Governor Andre Baurer (R) compared poor people to stray animals: He told an audience that his grandmother told him "as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed." He compared this to government assistance, which he said is "facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don't think too much further than that. And so what you've got to do is you've got to curtail that type of behavior. They don't know any better." Then, in early August, Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, the frontrunner for the GOP senate nomination, compared poor people to scavenging racoons. Talk like that is what causes earthquakes and hurricanes.
6. Privatized public utilities, for the worship of Mammon.
Public utilities are natural monopolies, totally unsuited to private enterprise, since there is no competitive marketplace. This, of course, makes them perfect targets for monopoly capitalists—Mammon's greatest worshipers.
Against them, God struck a mighty blow. In Mansfield, Massachusetts, which has had its own municipal power service since 1903, electrical service was restored for most customers within 24 hours after Irene hit, even though 4,000 out of 9,500 households had lost power—quite unlike what happened to nearby communities served by a commercial outfit. According to a local report, the storm “uprooted old trees and knocked down utility lines all over town.”
“Unlike homes and businesses in Easton, Norton and Foxboro, however, local customers did not have to wait for National Grid to respond with crews or listen to a recording on the telephone.... [M]uch of Easton waited three days for power to return and areas of communities such as Foxboro are still in the dark.” According to another report, about Foxborough, “The outrage expressed... is similar to the movie Network in the scene where people flung open their windows and said, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore.'”
Then there are a couple of geographically specific targets:
7. Virginia.
Virginia was the site of the earthquake's epicenter and the second state where Irene made landfall, so the state is a target-rich environment.
There's House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. On God's bulls-eye scale, the epicenter near Mineral, Virginia is in Cantor's district—a direct hit. And in budget negotiations this year, Cantor's contempt for the poor came through loud and clear. He's been the most aggressive congressional leader when it comes to budget-cutting and pushing the economy as hard as possible over the cliff. Then, after the earthquake hit, Cantor said any federal relief would have to be offset with spending cuts, and quipped, “Obviously, the problem is that people in Virginia don’t have earthquake insurance.” He reiterated his demand for offsetting cuts when Hurricane Irene hit shortly afterward—even though he voted against such a provision after Tropical Storm Gaston hit the Richmond area in 2004.
Then there's Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. No way he escapes God's wrath. Cuccinelli's widely criticized witch-hunt against eminent climate scientist Michael Mann represents the most extreme right-wing attack on the mythical “climate-gate” scandal, which consisted primarily of scientists making snide remarks about ignoramuses like Cuccinelli. He's all wrapped up in sin of bearing false witness. Which is where Hurricane Irene comes in—although it surely doesn't help that Cuccinelli is suing to keep people sick, and has told Virginia's colleges and universities that they can't ban anti-gay discrimination.
And, of course, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has tried to have it both ways with God, as well as with the people of Virginia. On the one hand, all the way back in 1989, he wrote a Christian Reconstructionist M.A. thesis, “The Republican Party’s Vision for the Family: The Compelling Issue of the Decade” at the College of Law at Pat Robertson’s Regent University. McDonnell's authorship of the thesis came to light during his 2009 campaign for governor, but because the establishment is in deep denial about Dominionism in general, and Christian Reconstructionism in particular, the full weight of his thesis never really sunk in. On the other hand, McDonnell has tried very assiduously to walk away from that past, given that almost no one wants to admit to such extreme views. He's wobbled back and forth on a number of issues, but generally tried to strike a reasonable demeanor—in sharp contrast to Cuccinelli. But God doesn't like folks who run hot and cold, which is why McDonnell's a target, too.
Finally, just to be a wee bit bipartisan about it, we need to include Virginia's Democratic Senator Mark Warner in our list—though with a bit of twist. On the day of the earthquake, Warner was scheduled to speak at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation in Culpepper, Virginia. He arrived about 10 minutes after the quake, according to the local Star Exponent, which reported:
- The building had been emptied of its staff and the approximate 75 people who came to hear Warner so the former governor talked from under a tree atop Mount Pony.
- “I was not going to mention the fact that one of the last times I was in Culpeper there was a tornado,” he said of an appearance years ago at CulpeperFest marked by wild weather. “If you don’t want me to come back, there’s an easier way to do this. If we start seeing frogs, it may be a sign of things to come,” he said.
8. North Carolina.
Hurricane Irene could have barreled directly into South Carolina, but it delivered a stiff upper-cut to North Carolina instead. And why not? Governor Bev Perdue tried her darnedest to protect the state. She vetoed its draconian budget bill, only to see her veto over-ridden. It too was an attack on the poor -- the bill didn't just fail to balance spending cuts with tax increases, it actually let a temporary one-cent sales tax expire, along with some income taxes on high earners, while cutting $124 million in local education funding on top of $305 million cut in previous years. Perdue also vetoed a highly restrictive abortion law—one that, among other things, has a 24-hour waiting period, and force-feeds anti-abortion propaganda to women seeking an abortion—call it the “Bearing False Witness By Doctors Act.” But that veto was over-ridden as well—by a single vote in the state senate. So, really, God's hand was forced on this one. He had no choice but to strike North Carolina, and strike it hard.
Finally, there are two individual targets to consider:
9. Rick Perry.
While the one-two punch of the Virginia earthquake and Hurricane Irene were far removed from Texas Governor Rick Perry's stomping grounds, God had not forgotten Perry, but was merely preparing to toy with him. Perry, after all, had responded to a terrible drought in Texas not by implementing any long-term policy measures (which might make Texas better able to deal with the prospects of more severe droughts to come as global warming impacts increase), but by calling on Texans to pray.
Back in April, Perry proclaimed the "three-day period from Friday, April 22, 2011, to Sunday, April 24, 2011, as Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas.” Since then, however, things have only gotten worse, as Timothy Egan noted in the NY Times “Opinionator” blog, "[A] rainless spring was followed by a rainless summer. July was the hottest month in recorded Texas history....Nearly all of Texas is now in 'extreme or exceptional' drought, as classified by federal meteorologists, the worst in Texas history. Lakes have disappeared. Creeks are phantoms, the caked bottoms littered with rotting, dead fish.”
Somehow, though, it seemed like most folks outside of Texas had no idea of Perry's failed prayer initiative. That's where God came in, following up Irene with the tantalizing prospect of a Gulf of Mexico storm that would finally bring relief to the Longhorn state. But alas no. First Tropical Storm Jose petered out entirely, then Tropical Storm Lee turned to Louisiana instead. If you pray with Perry, you obviously take the Lord's name in vain. As one frustrated Texan wrote on Reddit, “Perry's prayer has been answered. The answer was 'No'.” God is making things perfectly clear, as Richard Nixon would say: If you want someone praying for America in the White House, Rick Perry is not your guy.
10 God.
Yes, it's true, God Himself was one of the main targets of God's wrath, particularly during the earthquake, which did remarkably little damage to the living. But, as Rob Kerby noted at BeliefNet, churches took some pretty hard hits:
- “Churches seemed to bear the brunt of Tuesday’s 5.8 earthquake on the East Coast.
- “Significant damage was reported to Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral and St. Peter’s Catholic Church, historic St. Patrick’s Church near Baltimore, and two churches in Culpepper, Va., close to the epicenter — St. Stephen Episcopal Church and Culpepper Christian Assembly.”
25 August 2011
Stand Up for Net Neutrality in Virginia 24AUG11
ken cuccinelli is a drippings, and if you don't know what that is, it is someone of whom the best part of ran down their momma's leg. He isn't interested in protecting the rights and liberties of Virginians but is nothing more than a political whore willing serving the greed and lust for power of his rich and corporate pimps. He is a disgrace to Virginia politics and a disgrace to the legal profession. Here is his latest campaign wasting our tax dollars, add your name to the letter if you want to keep the internet open and free in VA!
The fight for Net Neutrality has come to Virginia.
Vowing to overturn even the slightest attempt to protect an open Internet, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has threatened to sue the FCC for daring to pass Net Neutrality rules.
We at Free Press are joining our friends at the Open Source Democracy Foundation (OSDF) in a stand against Cuccinelli. Please sign their letter to the Attorney General condemning his stance against free speech online:
Cuccinelli isn’t content to sue the FCC himself. He’s also urging other attorneys general to jump on board as well.
The Virginia Attorney General has made overturning public interest protections a hallmark of his tenure. In just 18 months, he’s attacked federal and local environmental protections and aspects of the new federal health care law. Now he has it out for the open Internet.
Don’t let Net Neutrality fall prey to Cuccinelli’s attacks. Take action now with the OSDF to stop this misguided effort.
Thanks,
Josh Levy
Associate Campaign Director
Free Press Action Fund
SavetheInternet.com
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Vowing to overturn even the slightest attempt to protect an open Internet, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has threatened to sue the FCC for daring to pass Net Neutrality rules.
We at Free Press are joining our friends at the Open Source Democracy Foundation (OSDF) in a stand against Cuccinelli. Please sign their letter to the Attorney General condemning his stance against free speech online:
Cuccinelli isn’t content to sue the FCC himself. He’s also urging other attorneys general to jump on board as well.
The Virginia Attorney General has made overturning public interest protections a hallmark of his tenure. In just 18 months, he’s attacked federal and local environmental protections and aspects of the new federal health care law. Now he has it out for the open Internet.
Don’t let Net Neutrality fall prey to Cuccinelli’s attacks. Take action now with the OSDF to stop this misguided effort.
Thanks,
Josh Levy
Associate Campaign Director
Free Press Action Fund
SavetheInternet.com
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