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That's a bit TOO far...
Tue Oct 6, 2009 7:01 PM EDT
Right now, our political sphere is caught up in a violent maelstrom of buzzwords, ad hominem attacks, distortions, slander, and exaggerations. The nexus of this storm of media hysteria is the health care debate – specifically, the public option.
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"Cherni Piar" - has our democracy really devolved to Russia's political level?
Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:25 PM EDT
For those of you that are wondering, "Cherni Piar" is Russian for "Black PR". The "piar" is a transliteration of the acronym for Public Relations. It refers specifically to the intensely corrupt nature of political campaigning within the Russian Federation.
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Ironic, no?
Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:31 PM EDT
STAT OF THE DAY: From an NPR report by Peter Overby: 'And of the 100 congressional districts with the highest uninsured rates, 53 are represented either by Republican lawmakers - who are fighting the Obama administration's attempt to overhaul the health care system - or by Blue D …
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President Clinton: The United States on Track to Pay Off the Debt by End of the Decade
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Did you know that the recession was Bill Clinton's fault? Obviously it was, or else he wouldn't have said this!
It's official...Glenn Beck is on drugs.
Fri Sep 4, 2009 3:10 PM EDT
I'm sorry, but there is absolutely no other possible explanation for that farce of an art history session that Glenn Beck recently aired on FoxNews Entertainment.
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The Republican Alternative
Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:04 PM EDT
In a recent Newsvine article discussion, The Capitalist posited that the Republicans had three strong, viable healthcare alternatives that would allegedly operate more efficiently than Obama's current plan for the public option.
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Palin is officially finished.
Wed Sep 2, 2009 3:45 PM EDT
Well, it was fun while it lasted, right? The witty one-liners? The down-home accent? The "Wink of Undeniable Certitude"? The "you betcha's"? The gaffes of epic proportions? The incessant news coverage? What a ride. It's been fun.
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Socialism At Its Finest
Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:43 PM EDT
Socialist Norway has an 11% budget surplus, zero national debt, and an economy that grew 3% last year while ours steamrolled into a 12.9% deficit, $11 trillion in debt, and the Recession we now all know and love.
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Der Wille zur Macht
Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:57 PM EDT
So, upon the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, who has the ball in their court?
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The Inevitable Revolution of the Proletariat
Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:39 PM EDT
I'm a Democrat. Been one since 2000. My parents voted for Dukakis. My grandparents voted for Jack Kennedy. My great-grandmother voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt. My blood runs blue.
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GOP frontrunners, anyone?
Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:37 PM EDT
I would ask that you vote, and justify your position. Observe the Code of Honor, and remain civil.
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Let's look ahead to 2012, shall we?
Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:26 PM EDT
If you're an American...excuse me. If you're a Republican, you've got to be feeling pretty good about yourself right about now.
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Texas: Swing State of 2012???
Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:46 PM EDT
Now, while you clean the soy chai latte off of your screen, allow me to justify my theory.
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It's almost depressing at this point...
Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:07 PM EDT
Rick Santorum has started gearing up for a presidential bid in 2012. For those of you who haven't the pleasure of being intimately knowledgeable of Santorum's political ideology, he likens the act of homosexuality to incest, polygamy and even zoophilia.
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Uh-oh, Glenn Beck...
Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:57 PM EDT
I remember watching around January of last year a special on CNN Headline News by none other than Glenn Beck that highlighted the terrible nature of our current healthcare system.
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Rally behind the double standard
Wed Aug 5, 2009 7:34 PM EDT
It's time for recess, kids. That one month where your elected officials in the House and Senate get to take a well-deserved (although that is up for debate) vacation for an entire month, likely writing off their expenses on your tax dollar.
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An Outside Shot
Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:17 PM EDT
I've heard a lot of talk from the right about how the "Harvard and Yale" types have driven our country into the ground over the last decade or so.
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A Non-partisan Philosophical Quandary
Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:37 PM EDT
I'm deviating from my norm of left-leaning political analysis to present both sides with a postulation that can be either supported or rebutted.
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Obama's Symphony #2: Adagio for Progress
Sun Jul 5, 2009 11:05 AM EDT
Recently, I've come across a lot of posts on this website that are hypercritical of Obama's efforts to right the US flagship after Bush successfully steered us into an iceberg.
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Entourage?
Sun Jul 5, 2009 10:21 AM EDT
We are all aware of the recent tragedy regarding Steve McNair. He was visiting a friend in downtown Nashville and was tragically gunned down.
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It's a good day to be a liberal!
Sat Jul 4, 2009 6:11 PM EDT
I woke up a few days ago, turned on my television to MSNBC, poured up a bowl of Frosted Flakes, opened up to page 466 of Acheron, and went to town. (I do like to multitask). There was a commercial for Omnaris on MSNBC, so I flipped the remote to CNN. A Cialis commercial. Geez.
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GOP: Delusions of grandeur
Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:02 PM EDT
Do you remember the good old days of Ronald Reagan? Taxes were low, government was small and non-intrusive, we avoided foreign military involvement, the economy was booming, the USSR had been crippled, race relations between blacks and whites were at an all-time high, and our cou …
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Republicans: Deja vu?
Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:52 PM EDT
The recent election in Iran has raised eyebrows within both the Democratic and Republican parties.
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Ask not for whom the bell tolls...
Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:20 PM EDT
Every day, the nature of politics in our country gets worse and worse. News outlets have a seemingly boundless supply of scandals, exposes and ad hominem attacks at their disposal.
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Obama: Close, but no cigar.
Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:44 PM EDT
Yesterday, Barack Obama announced that he would be pushing legislation to expand the social benefits of gay and lesbian couples within the near future.
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