Video- SEIU: They stood with us

Good, sticks and carrots. What Greg said.

Millions being spent on TV to influence health care debate

I was just reading about our crumbling water and sewage systems. Imagine what good this money could do...

Washington (CNN) - Upwards of $1 million a day is expected to be spent on health care television ads this week, as interest groups work overtime to try to influence Congress before the House votes on President Obama's top domestic priority.

Health care commercials all but vanished from the airwaves in late January after Republicans scored an upset victory in the Massachusetts special election to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Republican Scott Brown's win gave the GOP the crucial 41st vote needed to sustain a filibuster to block passage of the Democratic health care reform bill.

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Last year, special interest groups spent a combined $200 million just on TV ads as Congress struggled to agree on how to overhaul the nation's health care system, said Evan Tracey, a CNN consultant and president of Campaign Media Analysis Group.

Ad spending hit a high in 2009 following last August's raucous town hall meetings. "At its peak, advertising levels were exceeding $1 million a day," Tracey said.

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Toyota: No More Ads On Glenn Beck’s Show In UK

By GottaLaff

Via my Twitter pal StopBeck, who has been relentless in his anti-Beck efforts, we get this good news:

Toyota’s statement:

There were a number of mentions yesterday on Twitter regarding a Toyota GB advertising spot which ran during a Fox Network TV show on Satellite TV.

We looked into the issue, and our Advertising Department have now released this statement:

“It came to our attention yesterday that one of our advertisements appeared during Glenn Beck’s show in late January 2010, after Toyota-Lexus USA withdrew its sponsorship of the show in late 2009. Having looked into this Toyota (GB) can confirm that it supports Toyota-Lexus USA in their decision to cease running these advertisements. We are working to ensure that no other advertisements of ours will air during future shows.”

Thanks to those who brought this to our attention.

Thank YOU, Toyota... and StopBeck!

Palin's latest Facebook entry: Don't ask

By GottaLaff


UPDATE (H/t: Dr. President), looks like Barbie got her wish.

Original story:

Wowzers, boys and girls, look who's back! That's two days in a row!

My stars and garters, Barbie must be exhausted from ordering Fakey McGhostWriter around:

Women’s Rights groups, like NOW, commendably call out advertisers and networks for airing sexist and demeaning portrayals of women that lead to young women’s diminished self-esteem and acceptance of roles as mere sexed-up objects.

Speaking of mere sexed-up objects...

I guess those don't count.

What a ridiculous situation they’re getting themselves into now with their protest of CBS airing a pro-life ad during the upcoming Super Bowl game. The ad will feature Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mom, and they’ll speak to the sanctity of life and the beautiful potential within every innocent child as Mrs. Tebow acknowledges her choice to give Tim life, despite less than ideal circumstances. Messages like this empower women! This speaks to the strength and commitment and nurturing spirit within women. The message says everything positive and nothing negative about the power of women – and life. Evidently, some women’s rights groups like NOW do not like that message.

Socialist fascist gay commie abortionists are like that.

NOW is looking at the pro-life issue backwards. Women should be reminded that they are strong enough and smart enough to make decisions that allow for career and educational opportunities while still giving their babies a chance at life. In my own home*, my daughter Bristol has also been challenged by pro-abortion “women’s rights” groups who don’t agree with her decision to have her baby, nor do they like the abstinence message which she articulated as her personal commitment.

Well, there was that issue of hypocrisy... Oops, did Barbie McFakeBlogger forget about that?

NOW could gain ground and credibility with everyday Americans, thus allowing their pro-women message to be heard by more than just their ardent supporters, if they made wiser decisions regarding which battles to pick. They should call attention to and embrace the Tebow’s message, instead of covertly and overtly disrespecting what Mrs. Tebow, Bristol, and millions of other women have chosen to do (in less than ideal circumstances).

My message to these groups who are inexplicably offended by a pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life message airing during the Super Bowl: please concentrate on empowering women, help with efforts to prevent unexpected pregnancies, stay consistent with your message that for too long women have been made to feel like sex objects in our “modern” culture and that we can expect better in 2010.

See above photos. Oh, and Fakey McBlogSchmutz? Empowering women includes not allowing men (and women) to make decisions about their own bodies for them.

For someone who's not into government sticking its nose into everyone's bee's wax, you sure do have difficulty processing that.

Empowerment also works better when women have the right to privacy.

Oh, one more thing. Abortion is legal.

But don’t let your double standard glare so vividly as to undo some of the good to which you could contribute.

And CBS: just do the right thing. Don’t cave. Have the backbone to run the ad.

To the Tebows: thank you. America is listening. We appreciate you.

Politicizing is so much a part of Lippy McBarbSchmutz that she even has to extend it to the Super Bowl.

How do you solve a problem like Sarah?

*Before I forget, let me remind you what Levi Johnston said about Barbie McLipSchmutz's fine parenting skills:

The Palin house was much different from what many people expect of a normal family, even before she was nominated for vice president. There wasn’t much parenting in that house. Sarah doesn’t cook, Todd doesn’t cook—the kids would do it all themselves: cook, clean, do the laundry, and get ready for school. Most of the time Bristol would help her youngest sister with her homework, and I’d barbecue chicken or steak on the grill.

Even before Palin became John McCain’s running mate, she seemed worried about what a grandchild would do to her political career. According to Johnston, she had a plan for how to handle her daughter’s unexpected pregnancy.

Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I didn’t have to worry about anything. Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging—she wouldn’t give up. She would say, “So, are you gonna let me adopt him?” We both kept telling her we were definitely not going to let her adopt the baby. I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol look good, and she didn’t want people to know that her 17-year-old daughter was going to have a kid.

After the campaign, Johnston watched Palin turn into a different person. The result back home in Alaska was a woman ready to turn in elected office for money.

I can't wait for the next Ghosty McBlogLips post.

Video- HCAN's "Health Care Mash"

Americans United for Change runs ad pro Obama budget

Ben seems to feel it targets Democrats, but it seems to me it's a very good ad that just bolsters the argument for the budget. If centrist Dems want to fight a stronger economy, then they have to live with the consequences.

Americans United for Change, the labor-backed group working to pass Obama's budget, has this new ad targeting moderate Democrats, Jonathan Martin reports.

"The goal is to push Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and members of a new group of centrist Democrats to get behind a spending blueprint that many of them have already criticized," he writes.

AUC hits Republicans on Limbaugh, again

I love the fact they took the part that makes Limbaugh look like a coke head. Heh.