After taking a short hiatus, because, I admit I’m fed up, I peered back in to find this:

Having learned from the failures of the others, I immediately announced that dKos was a progressive community, and that conservatives would be on a short leash. There was a lot of crying about “free speech” and whatnot, but I made clear that cons had plenty of places to go online – Free Republic, Lucianne, etc – and liberals didn’t, and that Daily Kos would be a safe haven for progressives. I aggressively cleaned out the conservative troublemakers, and what do you know, liberals liked their little safe haven.

Talk about cutting down a forest and not realizing what a tree was…

Have you ever wondered why a casino will ban a person who can count cards?  It’s because that tips the odds into the player’s favor.  That is the game of the establishment; keep the odds in YOUR favor.

With that in mind…  

I’ve had it.  I’ve had it with idiots.  I’ve had it with crooks.  I’ve had it with liars.  I’ve had it with Obama and the cowardly, spineless Democrats.  I’ve had it with the juvenile Republicans.  

Well, I called it.  Governor Sanford of South Carolina was having an affair.  But, that wasn’t the only bombshell dropped in this story as it was also reported that The State newspaper (based in Columbia, SC) knew about the affair since December of 2008, and, didn’t say a word about it!

The state of The State of South Carolina…

South Carolina Governor Sanford goes missing?  Right!!  

Joe Amato states that if President Obama doesn’t get “the public option” for health care passed, he’ll lose the left.  Who could have foreseen this happening??

Senator DeMint (SC-R) tosses Governor Sanford under the morality bus.  Like we can’t see this coming!

And, finally, Sen. Ensign gets applause for being a holy warrior for family values while having an affair.  Just another hypocrite being told, “it’s ok… really… we’ve all done it!”

So… onward… through the fog…

For-Profit health care in America has become a scam.  How do I know?  Because I got scammed by a health care provider.  You read that correctly.  Provider.  

Read on if you care to hear how this scam worked…

Buhdydharma has asked some good questions.  Who is our friend if not President Obama?  If President Obama isn’t going to work for us, who do we turn to?

My response coming up…

With little information, I posted the breaking news about the former SC Republican official’s racist comment on Facebook.

Here’s more information, as promised…

Ok.  I WAS going to write on the Penguins hockey win.  Congrats Penguins!

But, we now get breaking news that in South Carolina, a former Republican official made a comment on Facebook calling Michelle Obama’s ancestors “Apes” after a gorilla escaped from the Columbia Zoo.

The first battle that needs to be fought is against Democratic politicians who have been bought off by corporations.

Democratic politician’s are now floating a “compromise” on the public health option; a “health co-op.”  It’s a far cry better than requiring, by law, people to have health insurance and claiming that it cures the problem of health care so expensive the people couldn’t afford in the first place.

The second battle that needs to be fought is against the media that continue to refuse to hold Republican politicians, pundits, and supporters accountable for their lies, rhetoric and hatred-filled screeds.  This means that if you live in a Republican state, then look at your local and state newspapers and see if they are holding your politician’s accountable or not.

My local newspaper is The State, based in Columbia, South Carolina.  As we are aware, South Carolina has long been a bastion for the GOP and its Republican politicians.  In looking over the articles run by The State in its politics section, you find the burning question asked “S.C. GOP needs a bigger closet?“, which reports that maybe there are more gay/lesbian politicians in South Carolina than formerly known.

Let’s look at these two battlegrounds…