Today's Interesting Links, 11/21/13

Harry Reid and the Dimmocratic leaders have finally, as Jon Stewart would say, grown a pair!  They can now put reasonable judges on benches with 51 votes in the Senate.

What a concept!  (I believe it's called er..... democracy?)

(The mechanism in question was a party-line vote to change the rule on the filibuster.)

Of course it doesn't apply to that running sore on our society known as the Supreme Court, busy as we speak on their task of selling off more of our election process in 
McCutcheon v. FEC.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren on the growing Social Security crisis:

"A generation ago, middle class families could put away enough money during their working years to make it through their later years with dignity. But since that time, the retirement landscape has shifted dramatically against our families.

A third of working families on the verge of retirement have no savings of any kind. Another third have total savings less than their annual income. Just as people need to rely more than ever on pensions, employers have replaced guaranteed retirement income with 401(k) plans that leave retirees at the mercy of the market. And 44 million workers don't even have access to that sort of plan.

Add all of this up, and we're left with a retirement crisis – a crisis that is as real and as frightening as any policy problem facing the United States today.

Social Security is incredibly effective, it is incredibly popular, and the calls for strengthening it are growing louder every day. Will you join our national pledge to protect Social Security?"

What's Wrong With US, 1: Judges and the Filibuster

Senator Elizabeth Warren

Let's Hear it from people's champion Senator Elizabeth Warren - watch the Video here, then read the Daily Kos post here, and sign the Petition at the bottom.  This is a biggie!

Time to force Harry Reid to get his ass in gear.

Spineless politicians (like the Dimmocratic leadership in their normal mode) will say, "If we reform the filibuster for the Republicans, they will use it against us when they have a majority."  I say, fight them now, and beat them, then fight them again later if you have to.  It might even earn you some respect. Duh!

Good article on Politico, if you want more....

GMO's: Congress "Operates with the Same Awareness as a Flatulent Grandpa"

Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" nails it again!  Did you know that the slimy criminals who infest our halls of Government are allowed to amend our laws without even having to attach their names to their crimes?

"Wait!  They can do what?!?"

Watch the Clip below...

But first, while I'm on the subject of our useless leaders:  that habit that Obama-the-haha!-Socialist and the senile Harry Reid have, of not advancing any courageous measure whatsoever, on the excuse that they don't have enough votes to win (remember the Public Option on Healthcare?) - that habit that we all just assumed was the usual Dimmocratic habitual cowardice?  Well, that habit also has the consequence of never making them stand up and be on record for what they vote for or against.  Not to labor the point, but suppose you're a cowardly Dimm whose constituents are clamoring for Gun Control, but you're quietly stuffing your face at the NRA trough? Thanks to Obama's chickenshittery, you never have to say publicly what you stand for.

[Google apparently only allows us to link to YouTube videos, other sources are SOL.]

Watch on, Brothers and Sisters at this link....  http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-april-3-2013/you-stuck-what-where-now-