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upaloopa's JournalHating Hillary: The One Thing Left and Right Men Can Agree On
http://globalcomment.com/hating-hillary-the-one-thing-left-and-right-men-can-agree-on/#Global Comment
Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2015 at 11:21 am
Author: Sady Doyle
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“It” is Hillary-hate. It is the tendency for people to decide, at regular intervals, that Hillary Clinton is not a mainstream Democrat who’s carved out a groundbreaking career in politics, but a blood-drenched, boner-killing, venom-dripping hellbeast who is out to destroy America.
“They” is more nebulous, and worse: Hillary-hate is often, but not always, the province of men.
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And I’m telling you: If you like Hillary, or if you just don’t want women to be portrayed as castrating bitches for being successful, the time to speak up is now. If we stay quiet during the previews, then, when it’s time for the show — the race to become the next President of the United States, which she will almost certainly wind up running — we may be too late.
I am also telling you: Do not allow yourself to be shamed for this. Hillary-hate has a lot of rules, which makes it predictable; one of them is that it intensifies whenever she stands to advance. Another rule is that it plays fast and loose with the facts. The final rule is that, in the midst of a hate-wave, people tend to forget everything they liked about her before it hit.
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It is OK to like Hillary Clinton. It is! She’s made mistakes and she’s been wrong, like every politician, but when you hear that Hillary has only ever made mistakes or only ever been wrong, or that she is somehow more wrong than anyone, including the many liberal Democrats who share her policies, you are not hearing the whole story.
None of us wants to hash out the “BernieBros” problem again — in short, they’re real, and they’re not spectacular — but their common line that Hillary Clinton is “Reagan with a vagina,” to quote the nightmarish comment section of this fine Kathleen Geier piece, or the second coming of Margaret Thatcher, to quote roughly every lazy comparison-maker on the Internet (they’re both women, so they must be identical, I guess?) is in fact wrong.
Since some are saying Hillary needs to take ownership of Bill Clinton's deeds.
I think most of us agree that not everything in Bill Clintons legacy was beneficial. I did not like NAFTA, Welfare reform, and the crime bill. But some good did accrue to us.
http://clinton5.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-01.html
The Clinton Presidency: A Historic Era of Progress and Prosperity
•Longest economic expansion in American history
The President's strategy of fiscal discipline, open foreign markets and investments in the American people helped create the conditions for a record 115 months of economic expansion. Our economy has grown at an average of 4 percent per year since 1993.
•More than 22 million new jobs
More than 22 million jobs were created in less than eight years -- the most ever under a single administration, and more than were created in the previous twelve years.
•Highest homeownership in American history
A strong economy and fiscal discipline kept interest rates low, making it possible for more families to buy homes. The homeownership rate increased from 64.2 percent in 1992 to 67. 7 percent, the highest rate ever.
•Lowest unemployment in 30 years
Unemployment dropped from more than 7 percent in 1993 to just 4.0 percent in November 2000. Unemployment for African Americans and Hispanics fell to the lowest rates on record, and the rate for women is the lowest in more than 40 years.
•Raised education standards, increased school choice, and doubled education and training investment
Since 1992, reading and math scores have increased for 4th, 8th, and 12th graders, math SAT scores are at a 30-year high, the number of charter schools has grown from 1 to more than 2,000, forty-nine states have put in place standards in core subjects and federal investment in education and training has doubled.
•Largest expansion of college opportunity since the GI Bill
President Clinton and Vice President Gore have nearly doubled financial aid for students by increasing Pell Grants to the largest award ever, expanding Federal Work-Study to allow 1 million students to work their way through college, and by creating new tax credits and scholarships such as Lifetime Learning tax credits and the HOPE scholarship. At the same time, taxpayers have saved $18 billion due to the decline in student loan defaults, increased collections and savings from the direct student loan program.
•Connected 95 percent of schools to the Internet
President Clinton and Vice President Gore's new commitment to education technology, including the E-Rate and a 3,000 percent increase in educational technology funding, increased the percentage of schools connected to the Internet from 35 percent in 1994 to 95 percent in 1999.
•Lowest crime rate in 26 years
Because of President Clinton's comprehensive anti-crime strategy of tough penalties, more police, and smart prevention, as well as common sense gun safety laws, the overall crime rate declined for 8 consecutive years, the longest continuous drop on record, and is at the lowest level since 1973.
•100,000 more police for our streets
As part of the 1994 Crime Bill, President Clinton enacted a new initiative to fund 100,000 community police officers. To date more than 11,000 law enforcement agencies have received COPS funding.
•Enacted most sweeping gun safety legislation in a generation
Since the President signed the Brady bill in 1993, more than 600,000 felons, fugitives, and other prohibited persons have been stopped from buying guns. Gun crime has declined 40 percent since 1992.
•Family and Medical Leave Act for 20 million Americans
To help parents succeed at work and at home, President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993. Over 20 million Americans have taken unpaid leave to care for a newborn child or sick family member.
•Smallest welfare rolls in 32 years
The President pledged to end welfare as we know it and signed landmark bipartisan welfare reform legislation in 1996. Since then, caseloads have been cut in half, to the lowest level since 1968, and millions of parents have joined the workforce. People on welfare today are five times more likely to be working than in 1992.
•Higher incomes at all levels
After falling by nearly $2,000 between 1988 and 1992, the median family's income rose by $6,338, after adjusting for inflation, since 1993. African American family income increased even more, rising by nearly $7,000 since 1993. After years of stagnant income growth among average and lower income families, all income brackets experienced double-digit growth since 1993. The bottom 20 percent saw the largest income growth at 16.3 percent.
•Lowest poverty rate in 20 years
Since Congress passed President Clinton's Economic Plan in 1993, the poverty rate declined from 15.1 percent to 11.8 percent last year — the largest six-year drop in poverty in nearly 30 years. There are now 7 million fewer people in poverty than in 1993. The child poverty rate declined more than 25 percent, the poverty rates for single mothers, African Americans and the elderly have dropped to their lowest levels on record, and Hispanic poverty dropped to its lowest level since 1979.
•Lowest teen birth rate in 60 years
In his 1995 State of the Union Address, President Clinton challenged Americans to join together in a national campaign against teen pregnancy. The birth rate for teens aged 15-19 declined every year of the Clinton Presidency, from 60.7 per 1,000 teens in 1992 to a record low of 49.6 in 1999.
•Lowest infant mortality rate in American history
The Clinton Administration expanded efforts to provide mothers and newborn children with health care. Today, a record high 82 percent of all mothers receive prenatal care. The infant mortality rate has dropped from 8.5 deaths per 1,000 in 1992 to 7.2 deaths per 1,000 in 1998, the lowest rate ever recorded.
•Deactivated more than 1,700 nuclear warheads from the former Soviet Union
Efforts of the Clinton-Gore Administration led to the dismantling of more than 1,700 nuclear warheads, 300 launchers and 425 land and submarine based missiles from the former Soviet Union.
•Protected millions of acres of American land
President Clinton has protected more land in the lower 48 states than any other president. He has protected 5 new national parks, designated 11 new national monuments and expanded two others and proposed protections for 60 million acres of roadless areas in America's national forests.
•Paid off $360 billion of the national debt
Between 1998-2000, the national debt was reduced by $363 billion — the largest three-year debt pay-down in American history. We are now on track to pay off the entire debt by 2009.
•Converted the largest budget deficit in American history to the largest surplus
Thanks in large part to the 1993 Deficit Reduction Act, the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, and President Clinton's call to save the surplus for debt reduction, Social Security, and Medicare solvency, America has put its fiscal house in order. The deficit was $290 billion in 1993 and expected to grow to $455 billion by this year. Instead, we have a projected surplus of $237 billion.
•Lowest government spending in three decades
Under President Clinton federal government spending as a share of the economy has decreased from 22.2 percent in 1992 to a projected 18.5 percent in 2000, the lowest since 1966.
•Lowest federal income tax burden in 35 years
President Clinton enacted targeted tax cuts such as the Earned Income Tax Credit expansion, $500 child tax credit, and the HOPE Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits. Federal income taxes as a percentage of income for the typical American family have dropped to their lowest level in 35 years.
•More families own stock than ever before
The number of families owning stock in the United States increased by 40 percent since 1992.
•Most diverse cabinet in American history
The President has appointed more African Americans, women and Hispanics to the Cabinet than any other President in history. He appointed the first female Attorney General, the first female Secretary of State and the first Asian American cabinet secretary ever.
Latest Polls
Real Clear Politics
Tuesday, December 15
Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucus Loras College Clinton 59, Sanders 27, O'Malley 4 Clinton +32
Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucus PPP (D) Clinton 52, Sanders 34, O'Malley 7 Clinton +18
General Election: Trump vs. Clinton ABC News/Wash Post Clinton 50, Trump 44 Clinton +6
I may get to talk to Hillary on Thursday. I got an email about the call and signed up. The reply:
Hillary for America
Hi --
Thanks for signing up for the call with Hillary! We’ll follow up on Thursday with dial-in information and your personalized pin number.
Our last deadline of 2015 is coming up fast -- can you chip in to help us reach our goal?
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/thank-you/december-call-with-hillary/
Thank you,
Hillary for America
I may have just gotten a call from Don Siegelman. Is that possible?
Call was for the Democratic Campaign Committee. I get so many fucking campaign donation calls I usually don't answer them.
So this time I answer and I was in a bad mood and told them to stop calling me. But before I said that the guy on the phone said,
"Hello (my name) this is Don Siegleman calling for the Democratic Campaign Committee.
I know Don Siegelman is still in jail but could he be making phone bank calls?
I am sorry that my anger got the best of me and I did not at first comprehend what the person said his name was.
I don't recall if on the other political donation calls people give me their name.
Also it sounded like an older gentleman with a soft voice.
Could have been Don Singleman and not Don Siegelman.
What to do if there is an active shooter. Sent to us by county HR
This video is intense (warning)
Here’s a primer on what you should do during an active shooting event. Our advice: Practice. Practice. Practice.
Run
Always know the exit or stairwell nearest to your office or desk. Pay extra attention to how to get out of the building during any office fire drills. The second you hear the first pop-pop-pop of gunfire, leave the building. Fast.
Take nothing — you’ll retrieve your purse or laptop later — and wait for no one, experts say.
“Run as fast as you can, warning people on your way out the door,” Jason Porter, a regional managing director for the Pinkerton risk and security company. “Don’t let other people slow you down.”
Hide
If you can’t get out of the building:
• Hide in a room with, preferably, a door that locks.
• Turn off lights.
• Push heavy objects against the door.
• Silence cellphones.
• Keep quiet.
If you can’t find a place to duck into or under, and you can hear gunshots, curl up into the “smallest possible target,” Frank Scafidi, an FBI agent for 20 years. “Firing is generally done from the hip. If someone has an automatic weapon and is sweeping back and forth, it’s better to be as low to the ground as you can be.”
Fight
If all else fails, fight for your life. Grab anything you can hurl at the attacker — a chair, fire extinguisher, stapler, even a cellphone — and wait for the moment he or she hesitates to, say, reload. The moment the attacker pauses, you attack.
“This isn’t a schoolyard fight; it’s someone coming to kill you,” says Porter. “You need to commit to fighting to the finish.” The Paris train attack heroes rushed the gunman in a group and didn’t stop until they had subdued him. One of them, Anthony Sadler, who is a college student from California, told NBC that “we just did whatever we could to disarm him.”
Australian police raid Sydney home of reported bitcoin creator
Source: Reuters
SYDNEY, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Australian police raided the Sydney home and office on Wednesday of a man named by Wired magazine as the probable creator of bitcoin and holder of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the cryptocurrency, Reuters witnesses said.
More than a dozen federal police officers entered a house registered on the electoral roll to Craig Steven Wright, whom Wired outed as the likely real identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous figure that first released bitcoin's code in 2009.
Australia's major banks announced in September they were closing accounts of bitcoin companies, forcing at least 13 digital currency providers out of business in response to tougher rules on money laundering and terrorism financing.
Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/australian-police-raid-sydney-home-of-reported-bitcoin-creator/ar-AAgbogi?li=BBnb7Kz
Bernie Sanders is coming up on Rachel's show now. 6:22 PCT
Mary Buren to name library after Ellen Degeneres; comedian will unveil renovations on show today
Guadalupe is a little town on the Pacific ocean west of Santa Maria where I live. It looks just like a piece of Mexico. The movie "The Ten Commandments" was filmed on the dunes there and the set is buried under the sand. Once in a while the sand shifts and you can see part of the set which is the walls of Jerusalem.
http://lompocrecord.com/news/local/mary-buren-to-name-library-after-ellen-degeneres-comedian-will/article_1d0c9ee0-dec7-5be6-91f8-4efcdd25cac2.html#utm_source=%5Bdomain%5D&utm_campaign=%2Femail-updates%2Fbreaking%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline
After major renovations to the Mary Buren Elementary School Library in Guadalupe earlier this year, the library will soon be named after its biggest donor — Ellen DeGeneres.
The Guadalupe Union School District's Board of Education plans to officially name the renovated building The Ellen DeGeneres Learning Center at their board meeting Wednesday following the comedian and Target's "Thanks A Billion" campaign's $100,000 donation earlier this year.
Using the funds, the district was able to renovate the library, which was flooded last December and many of the 11,000 books, furniture and other learning tools were lost.
"This project is an unbelievable gift to the students, staff and parents of the Guadalupe community," said GUSD Superintendent Ed Cora. "The school district board of trustees expresses their sincere gratitude to Ellen, the Cousins, construction crew, and everyone else who had a part in this wonderful gift.''
I am sure no Hillary supporter on this board
is going to switch to Sanders.
The most important thing is that we vote for our primary favorite and that we vote for the Democratic nominee.
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