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Should Rush Limbaugh Leave America?
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Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh told listeners this week that he
would "go to Costa Rica" if the Democratic health-care reform plan is
passed and enacted. Liberal bloggers greeted the threat with frenzied
delight — urging Limbaugh to make good on his promise — while their
exasperated conservative counterparts came to Limbaugh's defense.
How to Win the War of Ideas on Violent Extremism
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Much of the past public diplomacy effort focused on America's own image, on how Americans are seen by others. But today, in the war of ideas, our core task is not how to fix foreigners' perceptions of the United States but how to isolate and reduce the threat of violent extremism. In other words, it's not about us.
American Elites Abandon Their Faux Regret Over Iraq
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Tom Friedman explains we should all forget about the death and suffering we caused because it's all working out.
Does Rush Limbaugh remember 1994?
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I'll say it again: The party of Palin and Limbaugh can win in 2010 -- but not in 2012, and beyond
Has Obama Hit Bottom?
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Come November, the president and his party may find themselves succeeding most by failing the least.
Colbert Redefines "Reconciliation" as "Legislative Gangbang"
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Let's face it. Words really are nothing more than sounds that east coast, big city, lesbian poets make in coffee houses to get people to snap their fingers in agreement.
John McCain Flip Flops With Your Safety
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John McCain, who spent millions of taxpayer money chasing after baseball players he believed were taking steroids, has once again buckled under pressure from the real distributors of steroids and other illegal substances—the nation’s supplement makers.
Jesse Ventura Banned from Huff Post for conspiracy mongering
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A post by Jesse Ventura has been removed from the Huffington Post for violating a policy against spreading conspiracy theories. Considering that the post identifies Ventura as the author of a book called Conspiracy Theories, you'd think HuffPo would have known what to expect from the former Minnesota governor. Apparently Not.
Obama Sabotages Himself With Pseudo-"Pragmatism"
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A new Democratic poll claims Democrats are losing the Terrorism/civil liberties debate to Dick Cheney.
No Second chances for sexual predators
(345 diggs)
I am neither sympathetic toward nor inclined to help sexual offenders. But we appear to be piling on, so that those who successfully change their thinking and their behavior might never get going again. When so many politicians, including the governor, exploit an issue such as this, that's when I really get the creeps.
How Obama Is Making the Same Mistakes as Bush
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Obama's stumbles atop the high-wire of running the federal government has created perhaps the greatest danger to his presidency, and they are oddly reminiscent of the misguided practices which tripped up his predecessor.
Are You or Have You Ever Been a Lawyer?
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Attacking lawyers who take on controversial causes makes it harder for unpopular people to get representation — and weakens all Americans’ constitutional rights.
In a Polarized Court, Getting the Last Word
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The practice of Supreme Court justices reading a dissent from the bench to note their unhappiness is on the rise.
Student Using Gun as Visual Aid Puts Professor in Hot Water
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Last Nov, a Portland State economics student gave a presentation on what he described as the U.S. military's flawed reliance on one of its key combat rifles. As a visual aid, the student disassembled parts of a Colt AR-15, a semiautomatic version of the military M-16. The professor didd't mention it and now everyone is "up in arms" about it.
George Will: Privileges, Guns and the Supreme Court
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If the court now "incorporates" the Second Amendment right via the "due process" guarantee, that will be progress because it will enlarge the sphere of protected liberty while providing useful protection against the statism of the states. .
DeLay: People are unemployed because they want to be
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Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says that Sen. Jim Bunning was "brave" for blocking an extension in unemployment benefits. DeLay subscribes to the notion that people only try to find jobs when their benefits run out. "There is an argument to be made that these extensions, the unemployment benefits, keep people from going and finding jobs...
The Senate's Silly Loophole Maneuvers
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Even a kid in civics class would recognize that the ways the Senate stalls votes is nuts. The Senate should end the filibuster and restore majority rule.
Congressional Genocide Ruling Harms US-Turkey Relations
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Stephen Kinzer: Was the 1915 killing of Armenians genocide? The question is debatable. Congress has neither the capacity nor the moral authority to make sweeping historical judgments. Will Congress also confront aspects of genocide in the history of the United States itself?
The Black Author Seeking To Change Face Of GOP
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The biggest problem for today's Republicans, Marvin Rogers says, is tone-deafness, as manifested by conservative talk radio/TV. He and most blacks can't listen to Rush Limbaugh because all they hear is anger. The way for Republicans to attract black voters is pretty simple, says Mr. Rogers: Show up and solve problems.
Christianity Crucifying the Constitution
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The Catholic League, as well as In God We Trust, have made their contempt for the American Constitution abundantly clear. Their demand for continued political power, coupled with their intolerance of views or beliefs divergent to their own, has fueled a debate about their continued preferential status and treatment.
Iran's Ahmadinejad calls Sept 11 "big fabrication
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a "big fabrication" that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported.||Ahmad...
It's time to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
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The issue is high on the agenda for American Veterans for Equal Rights, a group of gay veterans. The more conservative estimates of the cost of discharging and replacing gay and lesbian service members since 1994 is $400 million.
The Mossad Method: Israel's Feared Intelligence Agency
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The intricately planned murder of a Hamas operative in Dubai has shined a spotlight on Israel’s feared and revered secret service. Mossad is responsible for intelligence collection and covert operations including paramilitary activities.
Who Are The Actual "Crazy" People In American Politics?
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The "Crazy" label is used to stigmatize deviation from the supremely crazy Washington establishment.
A Bad Week For The GOP On Immigration
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The divisions the immigration debate creates on the right are deeper, more passionate, and much more destructive to GOP unity than the divisions created by immigration on the left. Events of the last week or so have underscored this fact of political life.
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