“LOST IN THE HEAT OF DEBATE IS A BASIC QUESTION: SHOULD GOVERNMENT DENY PRIVATE CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO BUILD A HOUSE OF WORSHIP ON PRIVATE PROPERTY BASED ON THEIR RELIGION? THAT MAY HAPPEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES BUT WE SHOULD NEVER ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN HER ...
Posted Wednesday, August 4th 2010 at 9:16AM
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“MAY THE CHILDREN OF THE STOCK OF ABRAHAM WHO DWELL IN THIS LAND, CONTINUE TO MERIT AND ENJOY THE GOOD WILL OF THE OTHER INHABITANTS; WHILE EVERY ONE SHALL SIT UNDER HIS OWN VINE AND FIG TREE AND THERE SHALL BE NONE TO MAKE HIM AFRAID.”
In 1790, ...
Posted Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 at 10:42PM
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DID YOU HEAR WHAT HAPPENED IN LAREDO, TEXAS? American ranches were taken over by Mexican Drug Gangs. DRUG CARTEL GUNMEN INVADE TEXAS. RANCHES SEIZED. AN ACT OF WAR AGAINST THE SOVEREIGN BORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES! IF YOU LIVE IN RIGHT-WINGVILL ...
Posted Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 at 3:18PM
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The National Association of Evangelicals has condemned plans by a Florida church to burn copies of the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
"The proposed burning of Qurans would be profoundly offensive to Muslims worldwide, just ...
Posted Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 at 1:01PM
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PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SECRETARY DUNCAN ARE HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. THEY WILL END UP DEMORALIZING TEACHERS, CLOSING SCHOOLS AS THEY STRUGGLE TO IMPROVE, DISMANTLING THE TEACHING PROFESSION, AND HARMING PUBLIC EDUCATION.
President Obama ...
Posted Monday, August 2nd 2010 at 7:03PM
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“WE NEED TO SHEPHERD OUR OWN FLOCK AND SAY THEOLOGICALLY THESE THINGS ARE UNACCEPTABLE. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, ON THE BATTLEFIELD, SAW INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED AND WAS OPENLY ANGRY. HE IS PROHIBITING US FROM KILLING THE INNOCENT.”
A rec ...
Posted Sunday, August 1st 2010 at 10:42PM
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“WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT AMERICA AND PARTICULARLY NEW YORK IS WE WELCOME EVERYBODY,” SAID NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG. “IF WE ARE SO AFRAID OF SOMETNING LIKE THIS, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT US?”
An influential Jewish organization on ...
Posted Saturday, July 31st 2010 at 11:39AM
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By Michael Kessler, Washington Post, July 29, 2010
With all the loud clamoring about the proposed Islamic Center to be built near Ground Zero, reasonable voices are hard to discern. One thing is clear: this is not a debate about religious freedo ...
Posted Friday, July 30th 2010 at 1:27PM
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JERSEY SHORE (The Borowitz Report) - One day after President Obama revealed on THE VIEW that he had no idea who Snooki was, the cast member of Jersey Shore said that the lack of awareness was mutual.
"I've heard of Barack Obama, but I don't know ...
Posted Friday, July 30th 2010 at 1:17PM
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PHILADELPHIA -- Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state, has played Brahms before the Queen of England. On Tuesday night, she played Mozart before the Queen of Soul. She may have made a bigger impression on the former than she did on the latt ...
Posted Wednesday, July 28th 2010 at 10:19AM
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One possible silver lining of the Shirley Sherrod fiasco is that there may be an opportunity to have a frank discussion about race.
For more, we're joined by our Senior Racist Correspondent Wyatt Cenac...
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Posted Tuesday, July 27th 2010 at 6:18PM
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Within hour of the tape surfacing, the NAACP and the Obama Administration condemned Sherrod's comments and the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack "Vil-Sacked" her.
And that's when they watched the rest of the tape.
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Posted Tuesday, July 27th 2010 at 6:11PM
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Conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart admitted in a speech not too long ago that he "hearts" al Qaeda. Or so he does in a new video that was just put online. Okay, it's a video that seems spliced. Fine, it is spliced. And it was put online by Mov ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 10:45PM
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NEARLY A WEEK AFTER THE SHIRLEY SHERROD CONTROVERSY SHOOK THE POLITICAL FIRMAMENT, THE DEBATE OVER WHAT IT ALL MEANS CONTINED TO DRIVE THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE. BUT NO CONSENSUS EMERGED AS PARTISANS AND PUNDITS CONTINUED TO ARGUE OVER WHO SHOULD BEAR ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 10:25AM
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“BASIC JOURNALISM CALLS FOR GETTING INFORMATION, CHECKING IT OUT, LOOKING FOR CONTEXT AND TRYING TO GET TO THE TRUTH,” SAID THE ETHICS COMMITTEE CHAIR AT THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS. “IS FOX A LEGITMATE NEWS ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TRUTH ...
Posted Saturday, July 24th 2010 at 7:42PM
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FACEBOOK CAN MAKE NETWORKING AND SHARING PHOTOS EASIER. BUT THERE IS ALSO A SINISTER SIDE. ASIDE FROM THE DUBIOUS PRIVACY ISSUES, FACEBOOK CAN DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD. FACEBOOK CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE.
by Kate Dailey
This week Facebook will r ...
Posted Thursday, July 22nd 2010 at 10:59AM
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THE SHERROD CASE HAS FULLY EXPOSED THE RIGHT-WING CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY BY USING RACIAL FEAR. DELIBERATELY HYPED AND EXAGGERATED ALLEGATIONS WON’T WORK WITH MOST PEOPLE—BUT IT WORKS WITH SOME, ENOUGH, PERHAPS, TO ERODE OBAMA’S ...
Posted Thursday, July 22nd 2010 at 10:28AM
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RACHEL MADDOW, July 21
Fox News has run with a few different stories this year that they really pushed all on their own. They weren't mainstream news stories -- they weren't even news, really. They were Fox agenda items, all following a very, very ...
Posted Wednesday, July 21st 2010 at 11:21PM
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by Paul Krugman, NY Times, July 5, 2010
There was a time when everyone took it for granted that unemployment insurance, which normally terminates after 26 weeks, would be extended in times of persistent joblessness. It was, most people agreed, ...
Posted Monday, July 5th 2010 at 3:32PM
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Pop quiz: Who was emperor when the United States declared independence from China?
Give up?
Perhaps you should ask one of the Americans who, when asked what country the U.S. separated from, named France, Japan, Mexico, Spain or, yes, China.
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Posted Sunday, July 4th 2010 at 12:06PM
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By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and JUDY LIN, Associated Press
July 2, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A state appellate court on Friday sided with the Schwarzenegger administration in its attempt to temporarily impose the federal minimum wage on tens of thous ...
Posted Saturday, July 3rd 2010 at 11:59AM
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FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS, WILLIAM GATEWOOD LAY IN AN UNMARKED GRAVE. THAT ENDED TUESDAY WHEN THREE BASEBALL FANS CONTINUED THEIR QUEST TO LOCATE EVERY FORMER NEGRO LEAGUES PLAYER WITHOUT A HEADSTONE AND DO THEIR SHARE TO RIGHT THE WRONG.
COLUMBIA, M ...
Posted Thursday, July 1st 2010 at 3:48PM
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FRESNO, Calif. -- The United Farm Workers union - in a tongue-and-cheek appeal - is encouraging U.S. citizens and legal residents to become farmworkers.
The union is launching a campaign called "Take Our Jobs" as a way to bring attention to the na ...
Posted Wednesday, June 30th 2010 at 5:23PM
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