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11.08.2012

Proud of my nation: Election 2012

I am so proud that we re-elected Barack Obama/Joe Biden over rotten liars Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan.

We are glad that our team (The Democratic Party) extended our Senate Majority.

However, I am really sad that Nancy Pelosi didn't get Speakership back.

I am glad that Bill Enyart is my next Congressman.


Go Democrats in 2014, 2016, and the future!

10.02.2012

JGibPAC 2012 Endorsements:

Goal Thermometer https://secure.actblue.com/page/jgibpac


ALL are Democrats.
President:
Barack Obama (D)


Senate:

  • Richard Carmona (AZ)
  • Chris Murphy (CT) 
  • Mazie Hirono (HI)
  • Joe Donnelly (IN) 
  • Elizabeth Warren (MA)
  • Jon Tester (MT)
  • Claire McCaskill (MO)
  • Heidi Heitkamp (ND)
  • Martin Heinrich (NM)
  • Shelley Berkley (NV) 
  • Sherrod Brown (OH)
  • Paul Sadler (TX) 
  • Tim Kaine (VA)
  • Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
  • Tammy Baldwin (WI)



Congress:

  • Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01)
  • Ron Barber (AZ-02)
  • Raul Grijalva (AZ-03)
  • Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)



  • Ami Bera (CA-07)
  • Jose Hernandez (CA-10)
  • Nancy Pelosi (CA-12, Likely Speaker if Dems take back the House)
  • Lee Rogers (CA-25)
  • Julia Brownley (CA-26)
  • Raul Ruiz (CA-36)
  • Mark Takano (CA-41)
  • Sukhee Kang (CA-45)
  • Jerry Tetalman (CA-49)


  • Jared Polis (CA-02)
  • Brandon Shaffer (CO-04)
  • Joe Miklosi (CO-06)



  • Al Lawson (FL-02)
  • Alan Grayson (FL-09)
  • Val Demings (FL-10)
  • Jessica Ehrlich (FL-13)
  • Patrick Murphy (FL-18)
  • Lois Frankel (FL-22)
  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23, DNC Chairwoman)
  • Joe Garcia (FL-26)


  • David Loebsack (IA-02)
  • Christie Vilsack (IA-04)


  • Luis Gutierrez (IL-04)
  • Tammy Duckworth (IL-08)
  • Janice Schakowsky (IL-09)
  • Brad Schneider (IL-10)
  • Bill Foster (IL-11)
  • Bill Enyart (IL-12)
  • David Gill (IL-13)
  • Wanda Rohl (IL-16)
  • Cheri Bustos (IL-17) 



  • Dave Crooks (IN-08)
  • Shelli Yoder (IN-09) 


  • Gary McDowell (MI-01)
  • Syed Taj (MI-11) 


  • Tim Walz (MN-01)
  • Mike Obermueller (MN-02)
  • Keith Ellison (MN-05)
  • Jim Graves (MN-06)
  • Rick Nolan (MN-08)


  • Teresa Hensley (MO-04)


  • Derek Kilmer (MT-AL)



  • Elisabeth Motsinger (NC-05)
  • Patsy Keever (NC-10)


  • Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01)
  • Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02)


  • Shelley Adler (NJ-03)


  • John Oceguera (NV-03)
  • Steven Horsford (NV-04)


  • Grace Meng (NY-06)
  • Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18)
  • Julian Schreibman (NY-19)
  • Nate Shinagawa (NY-23)
  • Dan Maffei (NY-24)
  • Kathy Hochul (NY-27)


  • Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
  • Betty Sutton (OH-16)


  • Manan Trivedi (PA-06)
  • Kathryn Boockvar (PA-08)
  • Mark Critz (PA-12)
  • Matt Cartwright (PA-17)


  • Nick Lampson (TX-14)
  • Beto O'Rourke (TX-16)
  • Joaquin Castro (TX-20)
  • Pete Gallego (TX-23)
  • Marc Veasey (TX-33)



  • E Wayne Powell (VA-07)


  • Suzan DelBene (WA-01)
  • Derek Kilmer (WA-06)


  • Rob Zerban (WI-01)
  • Mark Pocan (WI-02) 
  • Pat Kreitlow (WI-07) 
  • Jamie Wall (WI-08) 
  • Sue Thorn (WV-01) 

Governors:
  • John Gregg (IN) 
  • Jay Nixon (MO)
  • Steve Bullock (MT)
  • Walter Dalton (NC)
  • Jay Inslee (WA)


Other Statewide Offices:

  • Susan Montee (MO-Lt. Gov)
  • Jason Kander (MO-SoS)
  • Clint Zweifel (MO-Treasurer)



Illinois State Legislature:

  • Dan Beiser (IL-LD111)
  • Marleen Suarez (IL-LD112)
  • Jay Hoffman (IL-LD113)


Madison County, IL:
The entire ticket of Democrats

Others:
Young Democrats of Illinois




9.15.2012

My NHL Lockout thoughts

It's official. Gary Bettman ruined the NHL again. He's responsible for the NHL lockout, as is all the owners, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, John Boehner, and the GOP.


FIRE GARY BETTMAN!!!!!

5.14.2012

My thoughts on Wisconsin: Recall Walker/Kleefisch time

As we approach a critical election come June 5th in Wisconsin, I hope and pray that all Wisconsinites with a sense of decency to vote out the current Governor Scott Walker (R), Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch (R), and all the GOP State Senators subjected to recall (Scott Fitzgerald, Van Wanggaard, Terry Moulton, and Jerry Petrowski) and vote in their Democratic counterparts.  The Walker/Kleefisch/Fitzgerald agenda (Illinois-bashing, union-busting, voter suppression, homophobia, War On Women, et al...) is harming Wisconsin's working class, the middle-class, unions, the poor, and decent-minded folks of Wisconsin, so do your duties to vote them Koch Bros.-backed scumbags out on Tuesday, June 5th, 2012.


As I say it loudly and clearly, it's time to RECALL WALKER AND KLEEFISCH! And also the 4 GOP State Senators in question! Do NOT let the Koch Brothers, Karl Rove, and their cronies decide this election.







The polls open from 7AM CDT and close at 8PM CDT.


Donate to the following (via ActBlue):
Governor: Tom Barrett (D)
Defeat Scott Walker in 23 days.
Daily Kos Wisconsin recall fund
DFA Wisconsin recall fund
PCCC Recall Committee
Lt. Gov: Mahlon Mitchell (D)
Wisconsin Democratic Party
Recall Scott Walker Campaign
Wisconsin State Senate District 13: Lori Compas (D)
Wisconsin State Senate District 21: John Lehman (D)
Wisconsin State Senate District 23: Kristen Dexter (D)
Wisconsin State Senate District 29: Donna Seidel (D)

Non-recall, but critical races to donate to (via ActBlue):
WI-01: Rob Zerban (D), against Paul Ryan (R)
WI-Sen: Tammy Baldwin (D)
WI-07: Pat Kreitlow (D), against Sean Duffy (R)
WI-08: Jamie Wall (D), against Reid Ribble (R)





1.02.2012

ATRL Radio (2012)

12.31.2012:
Fiscal Cliff Special:
Alt-J - Fitzpleasure
Capital Cities - Safe and Sound
The Black Keys - Tighten Up
Taylor Swift - Mean
Tegan and Sara - Closer
Fiscal Cliff Edition

Top 350 of 2012:
50 AWOLnation "Sail"
49 Coldplay "Paradise"
48 Mumford and Sons "I Will Wait"
47 Foo Fighters "Rope"
EX Walk The Moon "Tighrope" [#106]
46 Switchfoot "Dark Horses"
45 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Monarchy of Roses"
44 Green Day "Kill The DJ"
EX Hunter Hayes “Wanted” [#191]
43 Kelly Clarkson "Mr. Know It All"
42 Imagine Dragons "Radioactive"
41 Rise Against "Make It Stop (September's Children)"

40 Foo Fighters "These Days" 
39 Evanescence "What You Want"
38 Katy Perry "Wide Awake"
EX Maroon 5/Wiz Khalifa “Payphone [#67]
37 Train “Drive By"
36 Foster the People "Pumped Up Kicks"
35 Red Hot Chili Peppers "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"
34 Foo Fighters "Walk" 
EX Three Days Grace “The High Road” [#324]
33 Shinedown "Unity"
32 The Offspring "Days Go By"
31 Cage The Elephant "Aberdeen"

30 Silversun Pickups "Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)"
29 Walk the Moon "Anna Sun"
28 Linkin Park "Lost In The Echo"

EX The Joy Formidable "A Heavy Abacus" [#131]
27 Foster the People "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)"
26 Young The Giant "Cough Syrup"

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/28177248

12.29.2012
Maroon 5 - Daylight
Atlas Genius - Trojans
Neon Trees - Everybody Talks

Linkin Park - Lost In The Echo
Morning Parade - Headlights
Churchill - Change

Metric - Youth Without Youth
Pre-Show: #ATRLBestof2012: Pre-Show
Show: #ATRLBestof2012: The Show


08.23.2012 
Three Days Grace - Chalk Outline
Linkin Park - Burn It Down
Green Day - Kill The DJ
Muse - Madness
Mumford and Sons - I Will Wait
Mariah Carey/Rick Ross/Meek Mill - Triumphant

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Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)
Grouplove - Tongue Tied
No Doubt - Settle Down
Imagine Dragons - It's Time
Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Look Around
Green Day - Oh Love
Papa Roach - Still Swingin'
Gotye/Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know
Katy Perry - Part Of Me
Silversun Pickups - Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)
fun./Janelle Monáe - We Are Young

Part 1: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24915685
Part 2: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24917335

01.02.2012

25 Hot Chelle Rae "Tonight Tonight"
24 OneRepublic "Good Life"
23 The Airborne Toxic Event "Changing"
EX Paramore "Crushcrushcrush" #1 in 2007
22 Katy Perry "Firework"
21 Mumford and Sons "The Cave"

20 The Black Keys "Howlin' for You"
19 Disturbed "The Animal"
18 The Joy Formidable "Whirring"
EX Jane's Addiction "Irresistible Force" [#96]
17 Rise Against "Help Is On The Way"
16 Young The Giant "My Body"
15 AWOLnation "Sail"
EX Paramore "Decode" #1 in 2008
14 Paramore "Monster"
13 The Naked And Famous "Young Blood"
EX Kelly Clarkson "Mr. Know It All" [#54]
12 Evanescence "What You Want"
11 Beastie Boys "Make Some Noise"

10 Cage The Elephant "Shake Me Down"
9 Foster The People "Helena Beat"
8 Rise Against "Make It Stop (September's Children)"
7 Linkin Park "Waiting For The End"
EX Greek Fire "Doesn't Matter Anyway" [#71]
6 Sick Puppies "Riptide"
5 My Chemical Romance "Sing"
4 Foo Fighters "Walk"
3 Red Hot Chili Peppers "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"
EX Green Day "Know Your Enemy" #1 in 2009
2 Foster The People "Pumped Up Kicks"
1 Foo Fighters "Rope"

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19535484


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