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Sensata is a Bain-owned company that is closing a factory in in Freeport, Il to move the jobs to China. The workers have set up a camp they call "Bainport" and workers and supporters are trying to block the Bain trucks that are moving equipment out to ship to China right now. In breaking news there were arrests made today.

Last week in the post Blocking Bain Trucks To Save Jobs In Freeport -- This Is An IMPORTANT Story...

I'll be talking about arrests at Sensata at half past on fairnessradio.com listen at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-fairness-doctrine/2012/10/08/the-fairne...

Boing Boing found a RoboRomney site where you can ask for liberal, moderate or conservative Romney positions on any issue, and the site will print out Romney quotes, where he took that position.

Oh, it will also give you a video with Romney taking those positions!

We are assured by very serious people that the incredible rise in gas prices just before an election in which the oil companies hate one candidate, whose prospects are diminished by high gas prices, and love the other candidate,, whose prospects are improved by high gas prices, has absolutely nothing to do with the election. Nothing at all. Hey look over there.

This is worth a look: Tea Party Voter Suppression Group Under Investigation for Possible ‘Criminal Conspiracy’ | NationofChange

The Tea Party organization launching a multi-pronged voter suppression effort this election is under investigation by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) for a possible “criminal conspiracy to deny ...

#1 Seeing the Forest: Election Prediction,

Here is my election prediction.

In November we are all going to be in shock that the Republicans would do that, go that far, do such things, let it get to that point. We simply aren't going to believe that that could have happened in this country, this world, this day and age. All of us.

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Here are short videos showing just 3 of the times Romney lied in the debates.

Where he said he wants more teachers hired:

On his tax plan:

On his health plan:

Here is another, from Daily Kos:

In Wednesday's debate Mitt Romney repeated his claim that cutting individual and corporate income taxes creates jobs. But when you look at what actually happened, the periods when we had the highest tax rates were the periods we had the greatest job and economic growth. And the periods with lower taxes had lower job and economic growth. (And we all know what happened in the Bush years...)

Here is Romney at Wednesday's debate,

"54 percent of America's workers work in businesses that are taxed not at the corporate tax rate, but at the individual tax rate. And if we ...

"If you are 54 or 55 you might want to listen now."

Seriously, what did you think "There will be no changes in Medicare for Social Security for current retirees" actually means?

There is a real-life story playing out in real time in Freeport, Illinois, which is west of Chicago. Bain Capital is closing a Sensata factory there, to move the jobs and work to China. The workers are camped out in a tent city they have named "Bainport." They are asking Mitt Romney to show that he means what he says about jobs and China by helping them keep their jobs. Right now the Sensata workers are blocking trucks brought in to ship the equipment to China. This is an important story because it tells the story of our economy's loss of jobs and factories and...

We have millions unemployed with millions more underemployed or just gave up looking, our infrastructure is literally crumbling, our trade deficit is horrendous, our "safety net" has eroded below minimum acceptable standards, pensions are cut or gone, the climate is getting more and more unpredictable and dangerous, and how many other problems can you name? But the billionaires will tell you that our biggest problem is too much government -- the very entity that exists to fix those problems. Will we get the jobs that We, the People want or the cuts in government that the billiona...

Get the word out. The movie Won't Back Down is another propaganda product of the corporate/conservative machine, put in theaters to get you to support union busting and school privatization.

Over at the Center for Media and Democracy's PR Watch, Mary Bottari writes in 'Won't Back Down' Film Pushes ALEC Parent Trigger Proposal, (please go read the whole thing),

Well-funded advocates of privatizing the nation's education system are employing a new strategy this fall to enlist support for the ca...

A group of workers whose jobs are being outsourced to China is touring the "rust belt." They are trying to make an election point. But what about the day after the election?

Sensata Workers - More Jobs Going To China

Two weeks ago I wrote about the workers at the Sensata factory, You Should Know About Sensata - It's What The Election Is About,

Workers facing outsourcing by Bain Capital are camping outside the Sensata factory in Freep...

In California there is a dangerous, deceptive proposition on the ballot that promises to get "special interest" money out of our elections, and is being sold as a way to stop the flood of corporate money. But actually this proposition doesn't stop corporate money at all -- it only stops political activity by unions. If it passes this means that from now on only corporate money will fund California's elections.

Here is how Prop 32 is being sold to the public: "Politicians take millions in campaign contributions from corporations and government unions and then vote the wa...

Look at the chart. The inflection point is Clinton's "explaining" speech, not the 47% remarks. They clinched it, but the turnaround started with Clinton's convention speech.

Sept. 27: The Impact of the '47 Percent' - NYTimes.com

THIS is what happens when Dems actually make their case. Clinton did that, here we are. Even consumer confidence is way up.