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ACLU Sues Alabama
The ACLU and Planned Parenthood are suing Alabama over its anti-abortion law. The law, which requires every physician who performs an abortion at a clinic to have staff privileges at a local hospital, is similar to a Mississippi law that was blocked by a federal district court earlier this year. Alabama taxpayers must spend a helluva lot of money because of lawsuits against crazy laws. Read more
Why do they laugh at Alabama?
Well, one reason is Jeff Sessions
Economists Cited By Pro-Austerity Crowd Proven To Be Wrong
A PhD student examined a "famous" economic study used by people like Paul Ryan to justify cutting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security (even though Social Security is self-funded and not part of the debt). "Cut Spending!", they screamed, "and here's an economic report that says we must!" Well, it seems the PhD student proved the economists were bullshitters. Really.
Economists Cited By Pro-Austerity Crowd Proven To Be Wrong
A PhD student examined a "famous" economic study used by people like Paul Ryan to justify cutting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security (even though Social Security is self-funded and not part of the debt). "Cut Spending!", they screamed, "and here's an economic report that says we must!" Well, it seems the PhD student proved the economists were bullshitters. Really.
Economists Cited By Pro-Austerity Crowd Proven To Be Wrong
A PhD student examined a "famous" economic study used by people like Paul Ryan to justify cutting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security (even though Social Security is self-funded and not part of the debt). "Cut Spending!", they screamed, "and here's an economic report that says we must!" Well, it seems the PhD student proved the economists were bullshitters. Really.
Economists Cited By Pro-Austerity Crowd Proven To Be Wrong
A PhD student examined a "famous" economic study used by people like Paul Ryan to justify cutting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security (even though Social Security is self-funded and not part of the debt). "Cut Spending!", they screamed, "and here's an economic report that says we must!" Well, it seems the PhD student proved the economists were bullshitters. Really.
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If you
plan to move to the Birmingham area, you'd better be prepared
to live amongst some of the most radical right-wing teabagger
types in the country. The City of Birmingham, proper, contains
some liberals, but the surrounding municipalities are a
bastion of right-wing radicalism.
Alabama's
governorship, House and Senate are all controlled by radical
right-wingers who spend way to much time focused on abortion
and thinking up new ways to screw immigrants.
If you
are not a radical right-winger, don't even expect to feel
at home here (in the areas outside of Birmingham city limits).
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Spencer
Bachus, the congressman representing Alabama's 6th District,
is a real jerk, a tool for the rich and an enemy of the
working class. But then, he keeps getting re-elected (he's
a career politician), so his constituents must be real jerks,
too.
Spencer
Bachus: Disgrace to humanity who should never refer to himself
as a Christian.
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While
(too many) Alabamans spend a lot of time bitching about
goverment spending and "welfare queens", the state
is a leech. Alabama is one
of the many red states which suck more money out of
the federal government than it contributes. Alabama gets
back something like $2.03 for every dollar it sends to the
federal government.
Alabama's
U.S. senator Richard Shelby is the leech-in-chief, bringing
home truckfuls of money from Washington D.C. Shelby may
have more government-funded buildings in his home state
named after him than any other money-grubbing politician
currently living.
The
people who scream loudest about "socialism" and
"welfare queens" are themselves America's biggest
leeches. Go figure.
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