Lawmakers expressed frustration at a delay in Congressional action, after House Speaker John Boehner made a decision to delay voting on the bill (to authorize Sandy relief) earlier in the week.
All of the no votes on the Sandy aid bill were cast by Republicans.
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/01/20131523610281270.html
Not that I have any faith in democracy in the United States…. but come the fuck on. This is absurd.
Which voters waited on long lines to cast their ballots on Tuesday? According to a survey by the AFL-CIO, Obama voters were much more likely to wait on lines longer than 30 minutes than Romney voters, with blacks and Hispanics especially vulnerable.
The long lines were so bad, it took just two minutes for President Obama to mention them in his victory speech on Tuesday, with a rare flash of anger: “By the way, we have to fix that.”
(Source: upwithsteve, via reagan-was-a-horrible-president)
— http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/americas/us-election-its-all-about-money
I strongly disagree with the argument below, which seems to say that this killing somehow takes away from Trayvon’s. But both ARE equally wrong, especially since our president staunchly defends one of them, and is the FIRST PRESIDENT IN US HISTORY to claim the right to assassinate US citizens (though obviously this tactic was more covertly used against the Panthers and others for some time.
To everyone so outraged about Trayvon Martin, please meet Abdul al-Awlaki. Notice his birth certificate, he’s an American, born in Colorado.
Abdul was a 16 year old American citizen that was murdered on orders of our very own President. His crime? That his father was a suspected Al Qaida member.
Unlike the Trayvon Martin situation there is no grey area here. This teenager was specifically targeted and killed because of his religious and ethnic background and who his family was.
He committed no crime, he was guilty of nothing yet he was murdered by a drone strike.
WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU PEOPLE WHEN THIS TEENAGER WAS MURDERED?
WHERE WERE YOU PEOPLE WHEN THE SAME PRESIDENT WHO SCORED POLITICAL POINTS COMMENTING ON ONE TEENAGERS DEATH ORDERED THE DEATH OF ANOTHER AMERICAN TEEN?
You look foolish. You look uniformed, you look ignorant because you are. In one situation we have what appears to be an extremely unfortunate, tragic mistake and we have Congressmen on the house floor wearing hoodies and thousands protesting and screaming for justice.
On the other hand you have a child who was intentionally targeted and assassinated on the orders of the President yet you turn a blind eye. This country makes my stomach turn.
(via anarcho-queer)
Washington, DC: Hundreds rallied outside the notorious AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) conference on March 4, 2012, chanting as President Obama’s limousine drove by. Combining support for Palestinian statehood and demands for NO WAR ON IRAN, protesters marched right up to the front steps of the DC Convention Center, where they spoke and chanted against the war mongers inside.
Photos: Philadelphia International Action Center
This is outrageous. France’s imperialist attitudes will never stop…
Mourad Dhina, a leading democracy and rights activist has been detained at request of Algeria, in run-up to elections.
Moscow Protesters Strike Again - This time, in a ring
Earlier today protesters in Moscow hit the streets in a flashmob, protesting for fair elections during the presidential vote next Sunday. The action is called the “White Ring” because protesters held hands to form a many kilometer line, down streets and across a bridge, in the snow. The some-11,000 protesters wore white ribbons, held white umbrellas or scarves, the symbol of the opposition in the protests these past months.
Organizers say this show not be considered a rally - that the White Ring sends a different message:
“This day we gather without banners, slogans and speeches. We will stand and keep silent, shoulder by shoulder, hand by hand,” the announcement reads. “We will create our common White Ring which we will conclude in the central Moscow, around the Kremlin.”
(Source: fabulous-trotskyist, via socialuprooting)
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Leftists are not liberals.
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