September 11, 2012
Fox News Commits Malpractice with Orwellian Unemployment Statistics
Fox News has gone full-bore, balls-to-the-wall with its misrepresentation of unemployment statistics.
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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 2, 2012
Conservatives Saw Clint Eastwood Talking to a Fictional Obama Only They Can See
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August 27, 2012
Tea Party RINOs, as Defined by Will McAvoy of The Newsroom
If you aren’t watching The Newsroom then you should be. It’s a new Aaron Sorkin show on HBO that combines a great cast with a unique method of weaving real-life events, politicians, and public figures into the world of ACN (Atlantis Cable News), a fictional news network that competes with the real-life Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) is the anchor of a fictional 8pm news program on ACN called News Night.
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August 22, 2012
A Liberal Exhortation on Government, Capitalism, Free Markets and Privatization
GOVERNMENT
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August 19, 2012
I agree with George H.W. Bush: Who the hell is Grover Norquist?
Grover Norquist, the “tax pledge” guy, called former president George H.W. Bush a liar this morning on This Week. “When George Herbert Walker Bush ran for president, he promised the American people he wouldn’t raise their taxes,” said Norquist. “He lied to them. He broke his commitment to them and they threw him out of office four years later.” For some history here, Bush famously said “read my lips – no new taxes” during his run for president in 1988.
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August 18, 2012
Nicole Austin-Hillery: Voting In This Country Is A Right
Voting in this country is a right, and we should never allow it to be compared to things that are not rights (in the context of the voter ID law debate). We all know this, well at least those of us who value equal rights. The following quote is an excellent statement on the right to vote in America. It comes from Nicole Austin-Hillery (Director of the Brennan Center D.C. Office) on Saturday’s Melissa Harris-Perry show on MSNBC.
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August 11, 2012
Paul Ryan Says Rights Come from Nature and God, Not Government
After being introduced as Mitt Romney’s running mate on Saturday, Representative Paul Ryan (WI-R) said that America was founded on an idea. What is the idea? Ryan said, “Our rights, come from nature and God, not from government.” Oh really? Ryan, which God are you referring to? The Christian God? I’m willing to bet there are Americans who are members of a different faith who might think their rights come from God too. The problem is that the rights people believe they have from God might not exactly line up depending on which God they pray to. This is why Paul Ryan is wrong.
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July 21, 2012
Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting: America is NOT shocked
Every time one of these mass-shooting, mass-murder events happens in the United States we see headlines like “Americans in shock,” and descriptive words like horror and terror, but do you see a problem here? Did you notice that I started this article by saying “every time,” which indicates this is not a rare event. The fact is, while overall crime statistics are at 20 (even 30) year lows in many categories (including murder) we still have mass-shooting events occurring with regular frequency. Each one of us has essentially come to expect that these mass-shooting events are going to happen regularly. So is there anything shocking about it?
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July 16, 2012
Romney’s delicate balancing act: Regular guy or successful business leader?
Romney has an interesting line to walk: On the one hand he wants to be seen as a “regular guy” who knows what it’s like to live as a “commoner” in America. On the other hand, he wants to be seen as the successful business leader who knows how to make money for business.
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