September 11, 2012
Quote: Josh Lyman on Gay Marriage – The West Wing
“I like you guys that want to reduce the size of government, make it just small enough so it can fit in our bedrooms.”
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September 11, 2012
You Don’t Need Me To Tell You To “Never Forget” 9/11
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September 10, 2012
Study Concludes Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Had No Impact On Military Readiness
Nearing the one-year anniversary of the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), a new study titled (“One Year Out: An Assessment of DADT Repeal’s Impact on Military Readiness” – PDF) by Palm Center shows that the repeal has had “no overall negative impact on military readiness.” DADT banned gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. The congressional bill to repeal DADT passed in December 2010 and went into full effect on September 20, 2011. Here are some of the findings from the study:
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September 10, 2012
Freedom and Obamacare
Obamacare means less freedom? What specific freedom did you lose? You don’t have an argument if you can’t answer.
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September 10, 2012
Liberal Media Bias? Welcome to Reality. Or Would You Prefer ‘Truthiness’ Instead?
To say there is a sizable liberal bias in the media is to show how far the conservative movement has dragged this country to the right in the past 30 years. I’m talking politically, not socially. The country is on a progressive liberal march as always when it comes to social issues. The issues conservatives rail against today will be the issues they defend tomorrow. If there is truth to the charge of liberal bias in the media it is because, as Stephen Colbert quipped, “Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” In other words, it is liberals who have led the charge when it comes to advancing human progress on social issues, so it stands to reason the mainstream media would also have a similar slant if the media stands for the truth and what’s right. Alternatively you could go with Colbert’s “truthiness” and only accept “facts” you wish to be true (from the gut) instead of facts that are true.
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September 10, 2012
The Founding of the United States of America and the Innocence of Youth
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September 10, 2012
Fox News Narrative: President Obama Made The Economy Worse
I’m not interested in fulfilling a narrative, I want to gets facts correct, but I will admit that I have biases like anyone else. However, I don’t consider politics to be a game like some do. Maybe I could be blamed for taking things too seriously but this country faces challenging issues and hard facts matter. The truth matters.
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September 9, 2012
Obama Sees Modest Post-Convention Bounce, Chance of Winning Near 80 Percent
President Obama is seeing a modest bump in initial polls since the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention. Both his approval rating and lead over Mitt Romney have increased. This is after Romney saw a modest bump after the RNC.
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September 9, 2012
Kneecap Politics
Why the country shifted to the right: Republicans are willing to bust kneecaps to get their way, Democrats are not.
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September 9, 2012
Medicare: Universal Health Care So Evil, We Gave It To Senior Citizens
Since 1965, the United States of America has experimented with a crazy, evil and potentially nation-destroying idea of universal health care. See, that was the year congress enacted Medicare under the Social Security Act. Medicare is a government-run universal health care insurance program for people 65 and older, as well as younger people with disabilities. This program is so bad for America that it polls at greater than 80% and it’s helped lift millions of senior citizens out of poverty and give them the peace of mind of knowing they have access to health care in their advancing years. What a horrible idea!
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