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hue

(4,949 posts)
Wed Dec 12, 2012, 10:53 AM Dec 2012

AFP Cries "WOLF" (again)!

http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2012/12/afp-cries-wolf-again.html

We know that Americans for Prosperity likes to celebrate, when the majority of American people are feeling pain. They also(like all of our friends on the right) love to play the victim.

We all know the mess that's happening in Michigan at the moment as a lame duck legislature has to ram through right-to-work(for less) legislation quickly before the new Legislature comes in and they no longer have the votes to pass it..

Well AFP has on their website how upset they would be if Congress tried to pass something major in their lame duck session.

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) has released an entertaining computer game called Lame Duck Hunt based on the old-school Nintendo ‘Duck Hunt’ game to inform the public about the bad economic policies retiring and defeated members of Congress could push through in December, the final month of the 112th Congress.


Yet a bunch of right wing extremist republicans, who were voted out already, have decided to use the lame duck Michigan legislature to ram through Right to Work for less legislation IN an hour and half discussion. Of course if this was a bill that actually helped the people of MI, AFP would be besides themselves upset, instead they celebrate. This bill brought such incredibly anti democratic thug tactics to the Michigan Capitol as...
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