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Sep 11
2011

What We Lost 10 Years Ago Today

National Security

The news is full of coverage of the anniversary of 9/11. You can change the channel without being reminded of what happened 10 years ago today. It was one of the most tragic days in American history and one none of us will ever forget. And while we spend the day remembering this anniversary, let’s […]

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Aug 26
2011

Court Blocks Mo. Law, Calling It A “Chilling Effect On Freedom Of Speech”

Society

The new Missouri law banning teachers from interacting with current and former students on social networking sites has been blocked by a court today. The law is supposed to go into effect on Monday. Here is a copy of the injunction: Injunction The judge, Joe Beetem, had some very strong words against the new law […]

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Aug 15
2011

The Front Runners

Misc

The big buzz today has been the change in the GOP Presidential field. Essentially we are now looking at three candidates. Here they are in this screenshot from the HuffPo: So the three we have to watch out for are Romney, Perry and Bachmann. All three of them are scary and can pose a possible […]

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Aug 15
2011

Warren Buffett – A Man Who Cares About This Country

Politics

Warren Buffett has a great op-ed in today’s Times, in which he says it is time for Washington to extend the “shared sacrifice” we hear so much about to the rich, including himself: OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends […]

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Jul 29
2011

Things No One In Congress Talk About Cutting!

Politics

Something going around Facebook right now really got me thinking: Entitlement? I PAID cash for Social Security insurance! Our benefits aren’t charity or a handout! Congressional benefits—premium federal health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days—now THAT’S welfare! And they have the nerve to call retirement an […]

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Jul 15
2011

Rebekah Brooks Resigns

Media

We knew it was only a matter of time: Rebekah Brooks, the loyal lieutenant of Rupert Murdoch, resigned Friday as chief executive of his embattled British newspapers, becoming the biggest casualty so far in the phone hacking scandal at a Sunday tabloid. Murdoch had vigorously defended Brooks in the face of demands from politicians that […]

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Feb 8
2011

Republicans Will Never Learn

Politics

Just a few weeks after the shooting in Arizona, we still have moronic Republicans out there using gun metaphors: A state senator in Alabama said Monday his call for Republicans to “empty the clip” on the issue of illegal immigration was taken out of context. At a Republican breakfast in Cullman County, Alabama, last weekend, […]

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Jan 12
2011

Oil Spill Commission Report Finds Effort In Media And Politics To Paint The Response Worse Than It Was

Media

This is a very interesting find from the Presidential Oil Spill Commission’s final report: “Local resentment became a media theme and then a self-fulfilling prophesy. Even those who privately thought the federal government was doing the best it could under the circumstances could not say so publicly. Coast Guard responders watched Governor Jindal — and […]

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Dec 1
2010

Time To Talk Tough And Show Your Junk!

Society

I love it. Every time some new big outrage rips through the nation, politicians take to the airwaves to whip it out and see who has the biggest. Take Mike Huckabee for example: Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says execution is the appropriate punishment for the leaker who provided thousands of State Department documents to […]

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May 3
2010

Scarborough Tries To Defend John Ensign And Fails

Society

With an ethics probe and calls for resignation mounting against John Ensign, the embattled Senator has one friend willing to lie for him – Joe Scarborough. This morning while discussing the ongoing trouble for Ensign, Scarborough asked if anyone called for John Edwards to resign when his affair came out. Wait! Edwards resign? Joe apparently […]

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