http://www.bluestateupdate.com Making a Case for the Blue States Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:35:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just love knowing that every time Sean Hannity plays the song, "Independence Day" to kick off his show, more royalties from the song are going to Moveon.org and Planned Parenthood. Check out the details at Gretchen Peters' website. http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/06/797/ Back in April of 2008, I wrote a post about the Bush Cabinet creating the torture policy for the United States, and about how the Office of Legal Counsel authorized the use of torture on enemy combatants. I also talked about the John Yoo memo that said the Fourth Amendment ... http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/03/secret-memos-finally-released/ A former co-worker of mine who has turned into something of a right-wing nut since he came into some money posted this quote on his Facebook page: "A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have." He attributed it to ... http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/03/if-it-sounds-good-say-it/ Looks like Bristol Palin will be raising her baby, Tripp, as a single parent. According to Star magazine (OK, yeah, I know it's only a tabloid), Palin and her boyfriend Levi are no longer an item and the wedding is most likely off. Now, I don't have any problem with that ... http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/03/770/ Didn't George W. Bush say something about how you're either with us or against us in the war on terror? It's interesting in light of the recent quote by GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry, where he says "Our goal is to bring down approval numbers for [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and for House ... http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/03/either-with-us-or-against-us/ Who needs the fairness doctrine? Are you kidding, Rush? THEY WANT YOU TO KEEP TALKING!! As long as you keep talking, the Democrats keep winning. You're eating up the attention since it brings you ratings, but perhaps somewhere inside that drug-addled mind of yours you think you'll somehow convince those ... http://www.bluestateupdate.com/2009/03/dems-strategy-keep-rush-talking/