Convention in Tampa

[Prospero]

Does God have something against the Republicans? if Isaac ever lets the GOP convention get started, here is a nice song about them by Ry Cooder.

Ry Cooder Going to Tampa - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ERzU7_wyjw)

and one about dear old Texas....

Asshole From El Paso - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n__tAHR5ErM&feature=related)

[Prospero]

Ry Cooder Mutt Romney Blues - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW_hE1jZWgY)

[Prospero]

and a nice song about the dear old Koch brothers...

Ry Cooder Brother is Gone - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TcO6C0DAlE&feature=relmfu)

[Ben]

Ron Paul's RNC No-Show: The Real Reason Exposed! - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VacEW_XS8w&feature=plcp)

[Ben]

The Comeback Skid: Chris Christie, Live from Tampa:

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/27-1

[Ben]

Ron Paul on NOT Supporting Romney-Ryan Ticket - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeHsQuIMbsU)

[Ben]

RNC Touts "We Built It" in Publicly-Financed Tampa Stadium -- ha ha! :)

RNC Touts "We Built It" in Publicly-Financed Tampa Stadium - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Hs1dbB_NI&feature=plcp)

[Ben]

We should familiarize ourselves with the term externality.... And we should all realize that the entire ecosystem is an externality:

How Markets Fail: Positive & Negative Externalities - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jax-ZyL7DkI)

THE CORPORATION [4/23] Externalities - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCGTD5Bn1m0)

[buttslinger]

One of the Convention Speakers slipped up and called for "sacrifice" to solve the Nation's problems....Doh!!!!!!!!!

[BluegrassCat]

It's pretty pathetic that they have based their whole convention on a dishonest misinterpretation of an Obama quote. But I guess it's a natural consequence of the Tea Party's fearful racism & Romney's post-truth campaign. Sad to see a once-great American political party descend to these demagogic depths.

[Ben]

Does the US really have the highest corporate tax? - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THGonZoSu10&feature=plcp)

[Ben]

Juan Williams: Ann Romney A 'Corporate Wife' Whose 'Husband Takes Care Of Her' (VIDEO)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/juan-williams-ann-romney-corporate-wife_n_1838352.html

[Ben]

Growth In Government Spending Under President Obama Slower Than During Bush, Reagan Administrations: (http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/03/19/446990/obama-bush-reagan-government-spending/)

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/03/19/446990/obama-bush-reagan-government-spending/


The Most Dishonest Convention Speech ... Ever?

http://www.tnr.com/blog/plank/106730/ryan-most-dishonest-convention-speech-five-lies-gm-medicare-deficit-medicaid


FACTS MATTER: The Ultimate Guide To Mitt Romney’s Convention Speech (http://thinkprogress.org/romney-facts-matter/)

[Ben]

Clint Eastwood RNC Full Speech 2012:

Clint Eastwood RNC Full Speech 2012, Talks To Invisible Obama - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiHNVYRTKP8)

[Ben]

A clearer Clint...

Clint Eastwood RNC Speech (COMPLETE): Actor Assails Obama Through Empty Chair - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=933hKyKNPFQ)

[Ben]

Sandra Fluke - Ryan/Romney bad for women! - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YIA7_yFyKY&feature=plcp)

[Ben]

In defense of Clint Eastwood: He was weird, but fantastic:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/defense-clint-eastwood-weird-fantastic-025825753--election.html

[Ben]

Clint Eastwood has said his political views are a "fusion of Milton Friedman and Noam Chomsky."

[muh_muh]

So we owe Clint Eastwood a debt of thanks. Not only because it was a truly hilarious twelve minutes of improvised awesome in a week of scripted blah, but because it advanced our understanding.

This President has issues, and there are very legitimate debates to be had about his policies and actions, and successes and/or failures as President. I mean, (with wry smile) tune in next week. But I could never wrap my head around why the world and the President that Republicans describe, bear so little resemblance to the world and the President that I experience. And now I know why.

There is a President Obama that only Republicans can see.

[Ben]

Economic Fact as Thought Crime:

http://www.zcommunications.org/economic-fact-as-thought-crime-reflections-on-rubio-the-rnc-and-inequality-by-paul-street

[robertlouis]

Clint Eastwood has said his political views are a "fusion of Milton Friedman and Noam Chomsky."

Shouldn't that be Milton Berle and Naomi Campbell? :dancing:

[Ben]

Directed at Dems, too:

Can the RNC & DNC just leave God alone? - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5rqMpnJjes&feature=plcp)