smart, sassy, and liberal: Archive

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May 20th

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“You can either complain about the political system, which actually accomplishes...”

– - Me My new philosophy… It may be broken, but unless you’re willing to tell me what you’re willing to do to change it, I don’t want to hear it.

May 19th

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May 18th

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May 17th

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“No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your...”

– President Barack Obama (via barackobama)

May 16th

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May 16th

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“Ted Poe - One of the top conservatives in Congress, always ready to fight for...”

– - From the Texas Conservative Review (no way in hell am I linking that… google it.) Ted Poe is my Congressman. FML and F redistricting, too. Once every ten years, despite the best efforts of my party, the Republicans demand that we bend over for their redistricting bullshit to creatively...

May 16th

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May 14th

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May 12th

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“So congratulations, North Carolina. Last night, you struck a decisive blow for...”

– STEPHEN COLBERT, The Colbert Report (via inothernews)

May 10th

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Obama Raised One Million Dollars in 90 Minutes... →

May 10th

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May 9th

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May 9th

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May 8th

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Texas's State Senate's Soap Opera: Carona to... →

Question: what happens when you let a blow hard like sports commentator Dan Patrick into your State Senate? Answer: Absolute hilarity when he falsely accuses another sitting state Senator of telling lies about the state of his marriage. Can’t wait for the 2014 GOP State Primary. (Dan Patrick is my State Senator. He also openly opposes public education. Period. He believes we should...

May 8th

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“I like flaws and feel more comfortable around people who have them. I myself am...”

– “Magical Thinking: True Stories” by Augusten Burroughs (via julie911)

May 7th

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May 7th

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May 7th

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May 7th

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May 7th

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May 6th

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May 6th

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May 6th

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May 6th

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May 6th

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May 6th

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May 6th

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Watch

jayrosen: Tom Brokaw blasts the White House Correspondents Association dinner. On Meet the Press Sunday, Tom Brokaw of NBC News, an iconic figure in broadcast journalism, ripped into the annual ritual that media people in DC call “the prom,” hoping that their gentle ridicule of it will defuse some of the rage that they know the event inspires outside the Beltway. Brokaw essentially told them...

May 6th

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“A 2010 McKinsey & Company report entitled “Closing the Talent Gap:...”

– From Charles M. Blow’s New York Time’s Column, “Teaching Me About Teaching” Includes many lessons and information that the average person doesn’t realize about education in today’s world and why it’s truly a very different world than it once was. When we...

May 5th

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May 5th

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“All he does is make scary noises about the deficit, with mood music, with organ...”

– Paul Krugman on Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan. (via think-progress) It’s official. I have a geeky political girl crush on Paul Krugman.

May 5th

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May 5th

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May 5th

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More Bad News for Komen: Vice President Biden Will... →

As the Susan G. Komen foundation gears up for its most high-profile event of the year, its Global Race for the Cure in Washington, Vice President Joe Biden will not be hosting a kickoff barbecue for the annual D.C. race, as he and his wife, Jill, have done in previous years. Meanwhile, U.S. Congressman Mike Honda, who formed a team for the race last year that raised more than $10,000—making him...

May 5th

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May 4th

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Once Upon A Time...

Once upon a time, I was a writer, or at least, a part time writer. I was a creator, an originator of ideas. I used my pen for good, educating people on bills, on politics. I had a gift, or so many people once told me, for explaining the minutiae of politics and breaking it down into further understandable bites - of connecting the dots for some people. My gift, lay in showing people not only...

May 4th

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“A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of...”

– JFK, Profiles in Courage (via jfklibrary)

May 3rd

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“It’s not like Mitt Romney will pursue policies that are unfair to black people...”

– Jon Stewart (via seriouslyamerica)

May 3rd

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May 2nd

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May 2nd

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May 2nd

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May 2nd

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Another area code for Austin? →

austinstatesman: Better get your 512 number now before they’re all gone. We could be getting a new area code by 2013. *sigh* It looks like Texas’s best kept secret *whispers* Austin is now out in the open… Brace for impact, Austinites!

May 2nd

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