September 17, 2011
Wall Street: Occupied
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September 16, 2011
Jefferson’s Wall of Separation
If dogma isn’t clouding your judgment then a wall of separation between church and state probably seems like a good idea. However, there are Christians in this country who say – and they are correct – the phrase “separation of church and state” is not written in the United States Constitution. They believe that quoting Thomas Jefferson‘s “wall of separation” as rule of law is a misinterpretation of the text of the First Amendment, which reads…
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September 12, 2011
Climate Reality – All 24 Hours
Al Gore’s 24 Hours of Reality kicks off this Wednesday, September 14th at 8pm Eastern Time. How many will be paying attention? Will it have an impact? How many humorless jokes from the Right about Al Gore will we have to endure?
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September 10, 2011
Progress In Lower Manhattan – 9/11 at Ten
There are countless 10th anniversary remembrances in the form of stories, recounts, songs and poems. I lack an eloquent speech or a compelling recount so instead I offer you five photos that I took of ground zero in New York City just a little over a year ago in August 2010. The photos on their own are nothing remarkable but when contrasted against recent images of the progress at ground zero they are compelling. I’ve provided a few links below offering photos of what ground zero looks like today.
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September 9, 2011
Retweet Mash-up: Photo rights, Zakaria on jobs, Schweddy Balls
Tasty morsels discovered or shared on the twitterverse…
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September 9, 2011
Obama reveals American Jobs Act
On Thursday night President Barack Obama revealed the details of The American Jobs Act, a $447 billion stimulus bill, to a joint session of congress and the country. Over half the bill is tax cuts with the remaining going towards targeted areas of spending. The main areas of the bill include:
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September 7, 2011
Fox Narratives, False News
That Fox News has an agenda fueled by the deep-pocketed conservative movement is well, old news to liberals and progressives. Fox News acts more like a propaganda mouthpiece to the Republican Party than it does a legitimate news organization. That does not mean everything presented on Fox News is factually inaccurate. There are stories reported on Fox News that display objectivity and it is these stories that Fox News viewers will point to when they claim fair and balanced reporting.
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September 5, 2011
Liberals Are Not About Spreading The Wealth
Liberals do not fall within the “spread the wealth” framework that conservatives have constructed.
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September 2, 2011
Retweet Mash-up: Equal Pay, Rights Or Security, Marijuana & more
Random tasty morsels from the twitterverse:
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September 2, 2011
GOP Disdain for Americans Who Don’t Pay Income Taxes
There is a growing chorus of Republicans singing the same tune about a recent report that 46% of Americans pay no federal incomes taxes. The voices include Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman and Rick Perry to name the most prominent. I posit that the reason they point to this statistic is to offer further proof towards a longstanding conservative narrative that there are people in this country getting a free ride. That these people are the freeloaders that are taking advantage of the “productive class” in this country.
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