Thursday, June 25, 2009

State Senate fight...Dixie style

So you think that our State Senate is the most embarrassing legislative body in the United States? This altercation, which happened two summers ago in the Senate chambers in the Yellowhammer State might convince you otherwise.

Simmering tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday when a Republican lawmaker punched a Democratic colleague in the head before they were pulled apart.

Republican Sen. Charles Bishop claimed that Democratic Sen. Lowell Barron called him a "son of a (expletive)."

"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said.


Let's go to the tape:



State Senator Bishop is an embarrassment, not because he threw a punch, but the one that he threw wouldn't pop a soap bubble.

Not doesn't that make you feel just a little bit better?
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

We still have a long way to go

A Christian church in Connecticut perfomed a "gay exorcism" on 16-year old boy. And here I thought we were making a lot of progress in the Northeast with gay rights. Read More......

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Progressive Dems meet June 24 in Nyack

The Rockland Progressive Dems will meet on Wed., June 24 @ 7:30 pm, on the 2nd floor of Nyack Village Hall. The major focus of our meeting will be to mobilize our organization for Thom Kleiner, our Orangetown Supervisor and the Democratic candidate for County Executive. Representatives from Kleiner’s campaign will be there to help us coordinate a grassroots “get out the vote” effort. We will discuss petitioning, canvassing, phone banking and other critical campaign activities.

This election hinges entirely on voter turnout and a strong turnout depends on person-to-person campaigning, so we need all the grassroots volunteers we can get.

I also want to thank all of you that have been attending the Rockland Progressive Democratic Caucus meetings. I’m very happy to see so many people have chosen to stay politically active, and work to create the same change on the local level as we did in Washington, DC. Last fall, grassroots volunteers were able to turn this formerly red county blue in the 2008 presidential election, but the work doesn’t stop there. We need to continue on with this good work and elect a Democrat as our County Executive.

For those of you that want to get an early start on campaigning, Thom Kleiner’s temporary office has opened across Lydecker from the Runcible Spoon. The address is 23 N Broadway. Stop by. Read More......

Thursday, June 18, 2009

New York's disloyal Democrats are the party’s weakest links (http://ping.fm/QJZHt) Read More......