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Using fiscal crisis as a pretext to do stuff they otherwise want to do, this is something i dont think i would have ever believed republicans want to do. this is what they are proposing. hasnt gotten much national attention. check it out. rick snyders budget in michigan is expected to cut aid to cities and towns so much that a lot of cities and towns in michigan are expected to be in dire financial straights. right now, governor snyder is pushing a bill that would give himself, governor snyder a...

Do we know what happened? >> it sure does seem odd, and no we dont. i feel confident saying the gunfire was over where colonel gadhafi keeps his compound. exactly what the gunfire was, i dont know. its true that pretty much the only people in tripoli with guns are the gadhafi security forces. they started it, whether they were firing in the air, firing at each other, firing who knows what, we dont know. and you -- its a mystery. you either concur with that gunfire or immediately following it, st...

Exactly what the gunfire was, i dont know. its true that pretty much the only people in tripoli with guns are the gadhafi security forces. they started it, whether they were firing in the air, firing at each other, firing who knows what, we dont know. and you -- its a mystery. you either concur with that gunfire or immediately following it, state tv began putting out these bulletins, the gadhafi forces were rounding the rebels up the coast. and the whole country was practically back in their con...

They started it, whether they were firing in the air, firing at each other, firing who knows what, we dont know. and you -- its a mystery. you either concur with that gunfire or immediately following it, state tv began putting out these bulletins, the gadhafi forces were rounding the rebels up the coast. none of which was true, but it was a pretext for something like four hours of gadhafi militia firing their guns into the air all around tripoli yesterday morning in a day-long rally of 2,000 peo...

Celebration at dawn. do we know what happened? >> it sure does seem odd, and no we dont. i feel confident saying the gunfire was over where colonel gadhafi keeps his compound. exactly what the gunfire was, i dont know. its true that pretty much the only people in tripoli with guns are the gadhafi security forces. they started it, whether they were firing in the air, firing at each other, firing who knows what, we dont know. and you -- its a mystery. you either concur with that gunfire or immedia...

Forward and two steps back, because weve found now, that $105 billion -- >> all right. but -- congresswoman -- >> implemented. >> you heard the president talk this week to opt out of the individual mandate where necessary to taylor to their own states. >> david, thats not a give at all. all that is, is a pretext for implementing a single payer plan. if you recall, the presidents entire statement, he said the states can opt out as long as they stay within the requirements of all of obama care, un...

Bargaining? i couldnt help but notice that msnbc kept airing interviews with democratic senators and republican senators kept coming up on fox news. most of the hosts and commentators taking sides as well. >> they are seeing this as a showdown and this is a water shed moment. >> protests are growing after scott walker stepped up and made it very clear to unions that they have eaton their last free lunch in his state. >> the playbook here is clear. the priority is to get rid of the unions, to bre...

>> im here to support these amazing workers who are being used in a ridiculous power play where a budget crisis is being used as a pretext to union bust. these teachers and all the public workers here have agreed to concessions on wages, on their contributions to their retirements and their health care, but he wants to eliminate collective bargaining, which is a basic american right. and these wonderful people in wisconsin, where theyve always known that you dont get democracy, youve got to make...

Adam, you are a lawyer. my problem is it seems like they have to prove he wasnt a racist which is not fair. >> the supreme court was right, but they didnt go far enough. they should have struck down the human relations commission entirely. it is a joke of due process. they have the power to accuse you of racism, and then you bear the burden of proving you are not a racist. and then this guy proved the company had a policy, that they always made these announcements. he apologized and then he took...

Year. things we have been working on a long time. things that these same critics i think would applaud strongly. another austere, no tax budget. taxpayer automatic refund when state finances reach a certain level of strength. reduction in the corporate income tax rate. and the most ambitious education reform program in america. i did not put private sector right-to-work on the table. others did. i was afraid that it might serve as a pretext for our democratic opposition to throw a temper tantrum...