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Democracy For America - Barbara Buono for Governor

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:22:42 -0400

Democracy For America - Barbara Buono for Governor

mediaite: Stephen Colbert pulls a Marco Rubio.

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:07:38 -0500

mediaite:

Stephen Colbert pulls a Marco Rubio.

emergentfutures: Fracking Helps U.S. Crude Production Rise to...

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 03:47:33 -0500

emergentfutures:

Fracking Helps U.S. Crude Production Rise to Highest Point Since 1998

Government numbers reveal a steep increase in monthly production over the past year.

Full Story: Technology Review

psyfic: click link for entry & larger imageand if you wonder...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:12:00 -0400

psyfic:

click link for entry & larger image
and if you wonder or marvel at why your friends or family in conservative areas just don’t “get it,” your observation is accurate: Fox News Completely Ignores Senate Candidate’s Claim That Rape Pregnancy Is A ‘Gift From God’

They don’t see it. They don’t hear about it, except from people they probably feel are alarmist liberals and automatically ignore. So they don’t “get it.”

Ignorance is, in this case, dangerous bliss.

#CHRIS SMITH IS THE CREATOR OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 3. He is Jon Stewart’s current Congressman - HE CREATES A NEW CATEGORY OF RAPE BY INTRODUCING FORCIBLE RAPE.

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alittlecoconuttart: “It’s a scary thought. The next President...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:11:35 -0400

alittlecoconuttart:

“It’s a scary thought. The next President will choose the next Supreme Court Justice and the fate of Roe v. Wade could come down to that one vote.

We have 13 days left to protect women’s health and rights before the election – and even fewer to make an impact on undecided voters. This is when every moment, every dollar, every vote counts. Please donate if you can! —> http://bit.ly/PrHJKe”

alittlecoconuttart: ”’In a majority of states, attackers are...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:09:25 -0400

alittlecoconuttart:

”’In a majority of states, attackers are afforded the same rights as other fathers.’

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/08/31-states-grant-rapists-custody-and-visitation-rights/56118/” — Kentuckians Against the War on Women

Monmouth County, Mercer County, Ocean County, New Jersey —...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:07:00 -0400

Monmouth County, Mercer County, Ocean County, New Jersey — THIS IS YOUR CONGRESSMAN!!!! (by NiceGuy5554) #WarOnWomen #ChrisSmith

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Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:56:36 -0400

Pro-choice/Reproductive Rights people:THE LEAK!!!!! SPREAD THE...

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:54:00 -0400

Pro-choice/Reproductive Rights people:

THE LEAK!!!!!
SPREAD THE WORD!!
POST EVERYWHERE!!!

#FLASHFEM
@FLASHFEM
flashfemnow@gmail.com

Hamilton NJ. September 9th, 2012.
#FLASHFEM activists approach table of NJ Republican Rep. Chris Smith (4th District) at a local fair only to be met with inflammatory anti-woman hate speech.

Chris Smith is a career politician. He has voted 22 times to outlaw birth control. Chris Smith introduced the No Tax-Payer Funding For Abortion Act (HR-3), which would force victims of rape and incest to carry unwanted pregnancies to term. HR-3 was the catalyst for Senator Todd Akin’s insensitive comments regarding the notion of “legitimate rape”.

He is a general in the Republican war on women.

AND HE MUST BE STOPPED.

#FLASHFEM #UnfitMitt #Obama2012 #BindersFullOfWomen

bedbathsaltsandbeyond: Oh god. Haha! #repost #nofilter...

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:23:00 -0400

bedbathsaltsandbeyond:

Oh god. Haha!
#repost #nofilter #fuckromney #bindersfullofwomen #obama2012

Oh no! Lol Mormonizer R-Money

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Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:14:46 -0400

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Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:26:55 -0400

heygirlitspaulryan: Con artist.

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:06:32 -0400

heygirlitspaulryan:

Con artist.

Chris Smith’s Advice to Jersey Girls: Take an Aspirin and Call me in 9 months | Say What NJ

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:05:00 -0400

Chris Smith’s Advice to Jersey Girls: Take an Aspirin and Call me in 9 months | Say What NJ:

Republican Congressman Chris Smith is a vocal opponent of contraception, mammograms, cervical cancer screenings – and just about any other issue regarding a woman’s right to make decisions about her body, her health and her reproductive planning and choices.

Like his dear colleague Todd Akin, the Missouri Congressman who said women can’t get pregnant from ‘legitimate rape’, Chris Smith believes there is a difference between rape and “forced rape”! He is so far right that he object to women having the right to end any pregnancy, even a pregnancy caused byrape or incest.

Yet while Mr. Akin is paying the price for his Neanderthal comments and is scrambling to stay relevant in the Missouri race – calling on the likes of Newt Gingrich to campaign for him among the social conservatives and tea party right-wingers of the Missouri electorate – Chris Smith does not seem especially concerned about his chances of winning a 16^th term to the United States House of Representatives. How can this be in a state like New Jersey?

Perhaps that’s because the people in his newly redrawn district – those living in Monmouth and Ocean Counties – do not realize how extreme – and extremely ignorant and dangerous — Chris Smith’s views about women’s health really are.

On the afternoon of September 20^th, a voter attending a campaign rally for Mr. Smith asked one of the Congressman’s advance men if she could ask the Congressman about his stance on women’s reproductive rights.

The man replied, “You ever hear the one about keeping aspirin between your knees?”

Incredulous, this questioner replied, “I’m sorry?”

“The aspirin between your knees,” another advance man replied. “You ever hear of that? It works every time.”

“Is that a serious comment?” the voter asked

“About as serious as you want to take it,” was the answer Chris Smith’s man gave.

Serious indeed. To treat a constituent with such arrogant contempt is breathtaking. To show such complete disrespect to a voter and blow off an honest question regarding the Congressman’s position on reproductive health is yet another horrifying example of Mr. Smith’s deeply held belief that when it comes to women, the only right they should have is to listen to men - and obey.

We say it’s time to kick this Tea Party pimp to the curb.

After 30 years in Congress, the only agenda Chris Smith has supported is the marginalization and disempowerment of those who do not want his staunch religious views used as a litmus test for legislation.

We say a man dedicated to stripping science from every legislative conversation should not be re-elected to office.

NJ does need an ignorant, misogynistic fool splashing his brand of sanctimony and subversion around the halls of Congress. We need a representative who will focus on our economic, environmental, educational and security interests. We need a representative who represents the health and well-being of all of his constituents, including women!

We say Chris Smith is an enemy of women’s health – and the voters of NJ’s 4^th District need a Congressman who supports women’s rights in NJ and in Washington.

We say it’s time to fire Chris Smith and elect a representative who will not give NJ voters a headache every time he opens his mouth and spews his special brand of scurrilous sewage.

What do you say?

"#FLASHFEM @FLASHFEM flashfemnow@gmail.com Hamilton NJ. September 9th, 2012. #FLASHFEM activists..."

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:57:41 -0400

“#FLASHFEM @FLASHFEM flashfemnow@gmail.com Hamilton NJ. September 9th, 2012. #FLASHFEM activists approach table of NJ Republican Rep Chris Smith (4th District…”

- http://tweetbuzz.us/entry/124753942/www.youtube.com/watch?v=imGRDldJSG4

johnjlm: I love these. Fuck you, Mitt.

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:12:50 -0400

johnjlm:

I love these.

Fuck you, Mitt.

Perp-etuated Ease: Legitimate Fightback

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:14:00 -0400

Perp-etuated Ease: Legitimate Fightback:

perpetuatedease:

Today I took a small road trip to join a protest organized the night before by an undergrad at my alma mater. The action’s purpose was to confront and call out Chris Smith, U.S. Representative for NJ’s 4th Congressional District, a radical anti-abortion crusader who actually engages, literally, in…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imGRDldJSG4&feature=youtu.be

It's Junk Science by Brian Froelich

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:52:00 -0400

It's Junk Science by Brian Froelich:

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He is standing up for women’s rights and is a brilliant job creator!!!

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Let’s be honest. It’s not about the junk science. There were some crazy things said recently but they were crazy with a purpose.

Republican Rep. Todd Aikin (who is a policy blood brother to Republican Reps. Paul Ryan and Chris Smith) effectively said a woman’s subconscious can determine if she gets pregnant. He said as a result of a rape a women’s body can shut down its reproductive mechanisms. Of course this is junk science. And Republicans quickly reacted to the predictable public uproar by castigating Rep. Akin and seeking his resignation from the race. (Two interesting exceptions to that list were former Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and current Congressional candidate Rep. Chris Smith. Huckabee by his stout defense and Smith by his silence.)

But this had nothing to do with Republicans’ regard for science. In fact science is held in very low regard in the Republican party. This is best exemplified by the fact that the Republicans appointed Rep. Akin to the Congressional Science Committee.

The real subject of Akin’s discussion was not science but rape. And his real purpose was to delegitimize and trivialize rape. His implication is that, since pregnancies don’t really happen by rape, then it can’t be a real or serious reason for seeking an abortion. (Stated otherwise, a woman seeking an abortion for rape is probably lying about really being raped.) Further, his more insidious point is that there must be degrees and types of rape. Hence there must be ’legitimate’ and illegitimate rapes, etc. Of course this is a merely a logical progression from Rep Chris Smith’s proposal to distinguish ‘forcible rapes’ from, apparently, unforced rapes.

Why is it necessary to distinguish between types of rape? There must be a reason. And the reason is simple. Abortion is a simply defined act. If there are types and degrees of rape then rape is not a simply defined act. Rape is not rape. There must be a relative scale where some rapes are worse and some better than others. Some rapes might be important and legitimate and some illegitimate and unimportant. So if you are raising rape as a reason to do, or not do, something, you must further define and defend that rational by further classifying your rape into those categories. And there can be reasonable differences of opinion where different rapes fall on a relative scale. (Like science!) So, as an example, simple rape alone is not a reason for claiming a simple right to abortion. And once you are on that slippery slope you have lost your moral ground. Rape cannot stand against abortion.

All of this has exactly one purpose- ‘personhood’. Todd Akin, Chris Smith, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney and the Republican Party all support a constitutional amendment on personhood. A personhood amendment says “we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed”. It says that ‘life’ begins, and is sacred and protected, at conception. It requires the logical destruction of abortion. It abides no exceptions. Rape is not an exception, incest is not an exception, a woman’s health is not an exception. Consequences be dammed. Only the imminent death of the woman can potentially stand astride this mighty and sacred right. Personhood rights also call into legal question many existing infertility, reproductive, and contraception practices

Of course all of that makes sense if you hold that religious position and are willing to legally impose it on women that do not hold it. So, in the end, it is not about junk science it is about religious and personal freedom. Republicans Chris Smith and Todd Akin believe that women have the legal right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness- unless they are pregnant. Based on these Republican religious beliefs, at conception women forfeit their legal rights to someone else. The real point of Akin’s discussion was that women have ceretain rights and the Republicans want to take them away

War on!

Brian Froelich, Democratic Candidate for US Congress (NJ, 4th Dist.)

Brian Froelich is running for Congress (NJ 4^th District) as a Democrat against the author of the ‘forcible rape’ language, Republican Chris Smith. Brian obtained advanced degrees at Boston College (BS, Finance), Rutgers University (MBA, Accounting), and Seton Hall Law School (JD). He is a lifelong New Jersey resident, lives with his wife or 45 years in Spring Lake, and has five children and twelve grandchildren. He is an entrepreneur and has been a successful businessman in both large and small enterprises for decades. Brian has also been active in (and on the Boards of) several civic, business, and charitable organizations.

Mitt Romney Accidentally Confronts A Gay Veteran; Awesomeness Ensues

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:13:53 -0400

Mitt Romney Accidentally Confronts A Gay Veteran; Awesomeness Ensues:

This might be the single greatest “oblivious Romney” moment of the entire campaign. Enjoy.

US Politics | AMERICAblog News: MSNBC apologizes to Romney campaign for mentioning our post about Romney using old KKK slogan

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:46:57 -0400

US Politics | AMERICAblog News: MSNBC apologizes to Romney campaign for mentioning our post about Romney using old KKK slogan