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• Is Anybody REALLY Excited About This Election?

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on July 26, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  I’m not. I’ve been a political junkie ever since I can remember. I had an FBI file when I was very young. I used to go around to colleges in the Boston area and talk about the killings at Kent… Read More ›

• Michele Bachmann’s Toxic Islamic Inquisition Smears Clinton Aide Huma Abedin

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on July 24, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Apologies Not Enough; Bachmann Should Be Removed From Office I admit to being amused by Michele Bachmann while she was running for president. She’s as dumb as a rock and as crazy as a bedbug. I’ve had people ask me… Read More ›

• So Much For Transparency

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on July 19, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  It’s not bad enough that, with the Citizens United ruling, the Supreme Court has basically allowed corporate America to buy our election process. However, the fact that these entities (who are not people, by the way), can provide a never-ending… Read More ›

• Mitt-Witt: The Consummate Candidate of the One Percent

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on July 13, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  I’m continuing on here with my Mitt Romney Rant. I want to get this off my chest and have a good weekend. There’s no question that Mitt Romney is the consummate candidate of the one percent. I’m not going to… Read More ›

• A Bonafide Mitt-Witt Mashup

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on July 11, 2012 • ( 6 )

  

  I suppose everything that can be said about Mitt Romney has been said about Mitt Romney by now, but I just cannot resist the urge to reiterate what I think are the key issues with the 2012 presumptive GOP presidential… Read More ›

• The Vatican Might Be Out of Touch, But the Nuns Totally “Get It”

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on July 1, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Let me tell you, I went through 14 years of Catholic school. The nuns were never my role models or heroes. In fact, they were a thorn in my side in my younger years. But the Nuns on the Bus?… Read More ›

• The Vatican Needs a Lot More Than a PR Lap Dog

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 26, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Nothing that the Catholic Church does surprises me anymore. In fact, I’m prepared to say that the Catholic Church is now right up there with the right-wing Christian nutcake churches that blight the American landscape. But I don’t want to… Read More ›

• Why Investigative Journalism is DOA in America’s Mainstream Media

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 22, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  How long has it been since you’ve actually relied on the mainstream media for accurate and factual information? I can’t remember the last time I did. Early in this decade, I remember watching the movie Live From Baghdad. It basically… Read More ›

• Vaginagate and the Assault on Women’s Free Speech

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 18, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  Va-gi-na:  The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals. Vagina. It’s a word that appears in the dictionary, and it is defined as above. It also appears in the medical dictionary… Read More ›

• June is LGBT Pride Month!

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 15, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  June is LGBT Pride Month across the nation, and I spent June 9th celebrating in Boston, Massachusetts — the first state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage — with my partner and daughter. Boston Pride has settled into a… Read More ›

• Occupy Bilderberg: The Shadow Government of the “Elites”

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 13, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  Before we go any further, let me just say that I’m no Alex Jones. I’m not a paranoid conspiracy theorist who finds the ultimate evil around every corner. That being said, there’s no question in my mind that the Bilderberg… Read More ›

• In 2012, the GOP Will Prove Citizens United a Disaster for Democracy

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 11, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  It’s not that corporate entities and special interest groups never spent money on presidential elections. It’s just that they had to circumvent the system in order to get it done. Not anymore. Now corporate America is out of the closet,… Read More ›

• Are Women Awake or Asleep at the Switch?

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 7, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  This is the question of the 2012 elections – from the local to the national level. Scott Walker managed to get himself reelected in Wisconsin because he outspent his Democratic rival by a margin of 7 to 1 (see graphic)…. Read More ›

• Marriage Equality Marches Gay-ley Forward

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 5, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Today the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) left some very good news in my mail box. AFER’s federal constitutional challenge to California’s Prop 8 is entering its final stage, and we are closer to disposing of this unconstitutional same-sex… Read More ›

• Elizabeth Warren Gets the Nomination; Ready to Take Down Scott Brown

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 3, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Yesterday Elizabeth Warren received 95.77% of the delegate vote at the Massachusetts state primary convention, putting to rest any doubt about her candidacy for the seat the late Ted Kennedy held for 46 years. After receiving the nomination, she commented… Read More ›

• Mitt Romney’s Personal Billionaire Boys Club

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 3, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  Mitt Romney is a pathological liar. There’s no question about it. According to Mitt, he doesn’t care about the very poor because there are safety nets in place. If they’re broken, he’ll fix them. (Uh huh.) What Mitt cares about,… Read More ›

• Hey, Mitt! Size DOES Matter.

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on June 1, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  There’s no question that the American public school system is operating in the danger zone. While we fight trillion dollar seemingly endless wars, bail out banks that continually play fast and loose with other people’s money, and maintain a bloated… Read More ›

• Third Party? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Third Party!

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on May 28, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  The whole idea of a third party is something I’ve been trying to wrap my head around for a long time. I don’t think I’m sure how I even stand on the issue. What I have discovered in my travels… Read More ›

• There’s Something Malignant in North Carolina

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on May 24, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  Oh, yes, those incredibly savvy folks south of the Mason-Dixon line are at it again! Right now, I’m speaking about North Carolina. I’m going to put a quick disclaimer in here because I have at least one friend who lives… Read More ›

• Scott Brown is a Vapid Little Weasel

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on May 21, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  People know what I think of Scott Brown. He’s a bullshitter. I’ve been known to be one too with more than 30 years in advertising. One thing’s for sure. You can’t bullshit a bullshitter. This whole “common man” and “independent”… Read More ›

• Procreation Be Damned! You’re Fired!

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on May 17, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

  I’m pretty sure that if God were actually as intolerant and narrow minded as the modern-day minions in the Vatican who preside over His church, none of us would be here. I was born and raised Catholic, but I am… Read More ›

• The Power of Now

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on May 15, 2012 • ( 5 )

  

   I am reprinting in its entirety the text of a Commencement speech that Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) made on Wednesday, May 9, to 5,000 attendees from over 100 countries at American University in Dubai (AUD). This is must reading for… Read More ›

• Senator Claire McCaskill The Latest Target of Violent Tea Party Rhetoric

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on May 13, 2012 • ( 3 )

  

  The Tea Party Movement has a hard time with putting two and two together. It seems that they can’t understand how right-wing violent verbiage plays into violence. Don’t get me wrong. I’m as big a defender of freedom of speech… Read More ›

• J.C. Penney Gets a Happy Mother’s Day From One Million Moms

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on May 11, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  This whole J.C. Penney-One Million Moms thing is getting kind of irritating. First of all, there isn’t one million moms. I’m on Facebook a lot. I just went to their page. The group has 46,729 “likes.” Do the math. It’s not… Read More ›

• The Amazing GOP Imaginarium (or There is No War on Women), Part 2

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on May 9, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Here is Part 2 of the article about the supposedly imaginary War on Women. As I said earlier, the GOP thinks we’re stupid. In fact, the GOP is stupid. Watch Rachel Maddow make a total mockery of Mitch McConnell’s assertion… Read More ›

• The Amazing GOP Imaginarium (or There is No War on Women), Part 1

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on May 8, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  This is the first part of a two-part article on the GOP War on Women which, by the way, is not a figment of our imaginations and is actually quite real. I don’t know how you feel about it, but… Read More ›

• The Conservative Love of War

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on May 6, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Why do conservatives love war? This is one of those questions that can’t be answered in simple terms. I’ve spent a bit of time researching the plausible answers to this one. I also know people on both sides of the… Read More ›

• The Weekly Ying and Yang: April 22, 2012

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on April 29, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s been a while since we’ve had one of these. I’ve been busy with fairly big stories and issues over the past few weeks, both here and on Veracity Stew. However, a number of small yet irritating items need to… Read More ›

• The Chicken Little Squad Wants to Gut Social Security and Medicare

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on April 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The Chicken Little Squad is out in force in this election cycle. The latest information on Social Security and Medicare – this time from the Trustees – is that the programs are in worse shape than believed. It’s time for… Read More ›

• Happy Earth Day From the Koch Brothers and Their Corporate Brethren

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on April 25, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Sunday was earth day, and I know this post is late. That doesn’t really matter, though. Although posting this Sunday would have been much more timely, planet earth is in enough trouble that the topic of climate change shouldn’t be… Read More ›

• Another Young Life Lost to Anti-Gay Bullying

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on April 21, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m always amazed by the ignorance of some people, particularly politicians and – in specific – politicians from the GOP. The latest ignoramus is a GOP senate hopeful from the state of New Mexico, Heather Wilson. According to Wilson, Senator Al… Read More ›

• GLSEN’s ‘Day of Silence’ Draws Right-Wing Ire and the Usual Amount of Absurd Lies

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on April 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Friday, April 20, is the National Day of Silence sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN). On Friday, students in middle schools, high schools and colleges across the nation will take a “vow of silence” to draw… Read More ›

• Mitt Romney Forsakes His Past and Plays Footsie With the NRA

  By Deb Equality Della Piana on April 17, 2012 • ( 4 )

  

  Okay, let’s talk about Mitt Romney. I mean, I’d rather not but it looks like he’s the GOP nominee. Nobody really likes Mitt Romney. That’s why he hasn’t really been able to put the hammer down on the other GOP… Read More ›