Quote of the Day

"It's #EqualPayDay, but women still get paid 77 cents to a man's $1. RT to tell #Congress. Pass the #PaycheckFairness Act!"

Barbara Boxer, on Twitter.

Holy S**t, Mickey Kaus Ran For Senate

I wished I knew sooner that Mickey Kaus was running for Senate. To prove my theory that Kaus is an unserious man; he was foolish enough to run against Barbara Boxer. The vote count was not even close.

BOXER - 80.5 percent
KAUS - 5.3 percent

I also love the fact Kause used the amatuerism Site Builder for his Senate canidacy web site. According to OpenSecrets.org, Kaus raised $32,083 and still had $12,104 on hand. What exactly was he saving the money for? Kaus is so out of touch that he thought his vanity campaign would enhance his image. Wow.

Kaus presents his defeat as a moral victory.

And wee still ripped off more than a 100,000 votes from a three because there is a large group of voters who are dissatisfied with the prevailing dogma of the party.

I entered the race because I wanted to start up an argument among Democrats about the party's direction -- about the need to say "no" to the unions and to insist on securing the borders before we even talk about amnesty.

Actually Mickey, you only got 94,298 votes. I don't know where you think you got over a 100,000 votes. I am getting my numbers from the California Sec. of State office.

Kaus thinks the two issues most on Democratic voters minds is contempt for Hispanics and unions. Kaus has been blogging his disdain of unions and immigration for years. He is actually stupid enough to think Mexicans will stop coming over the border if there is some magic security. As long as there is immense poverty, lack of education, corropt and drug wars Mexicans will flee their home country. Canada has universal health care and a staple economy. That is why we don't have a mas exodus of Canadians coming into America.

Contrary to what Kaus believes from his neoliberal training; union are the reason we have safe work places, child labor laws and (increasin) equal pay for genders. I like to hear the economically iliterate Kaus say what has neoliberal ideas done for the job market

Quote of the Day

"Oh, you bet. I’d love to see a Jeopardy game between Sarah Palin and Barbara Boxer. Barbara Boxer wouldn’t get $10 bucks."

Hugh Hewitt, conservative talk radio host

Hugh isn't the only one who would like to see Palin on Jeopardy.

Barbara Boxer In Charge

Barbara Boxer let's James Inhofe knows who holds the gavel in the Environment and Public Works Committee now.

Update: Inhofe called global warming a "hoax."

Update: NPR has an audio report.

Update: Gore got into a heated exchange with Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas).

"You're not just off a little, you're totally wrong," said Texas Rep. Joe Barton, the leading Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, as he challenged Gore's conclusion that carbon dioxide emissions cause rising global temperatures. Barton and Gore's exchange grew testy at one point — Barton demanding that Gore get to the point and Gore responding that he would like time to answer without being interrupted.

"Global warming science is uneven and evolving," Barton said.

Gore insisted that the link is beyond dispute and is the source of broad agreement in the scientific community.

"The planet has a fever," Gore said. "If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don't say, `Well, I read a science fiction novel that told me it's not a problem.' If the crib's on fire, you don't speculate that the baby is flame retardant. You take action."

Barton is a former winner of the Earth Killer Award. Hope for Peace & Justice gives the award to "those who have worked tirelessly to remove and prevent regulations that would ensure clean air and water for future generations."