Tag Archives: Barack Obama
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Student Is Outraged By Rush Limbaugh Calling Her A ‘Slut’ And ‘Prostitute’ From NPR – by Mark Memmott “It’s important to think about that in our society in certain sectors this is evidently still acceptable” discourse, she said on NBC-TV’s The Today … Continue reading →
Filed under BLOGS, Crime, Human Rights, Opinion, Politics
Tagged as Barack Obama, current-events, Georgetown University, Opinions, politics, Republican, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke
Dylan Ratigan (rightfully) Loses It On Air
Liberal media? HUH?
Filed under Human Rights, NEWS, Opinion, Politics
Tagged as Barack Obama, Dylan Ratigan, Economics, economy, Liberal Media, MSNBC, Opinions, Trickle-Up Economics, Wall Street
Gridlock and Bedlam
It’s scary, but I’m starting to agree with my pessimist friend. By Donald Kaul My friend Richard is a little crazy and very smart. He spends his days filling the Internet with screeds and rants on his favorite subject — the … Continue reading →
Tagged as Barack Obama, Donald Kaul, GOP, GOP debate, Gridlock, michele-bachmann, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry
Shouldn’t Americans repair America’s infrastructure?
by Jim Hightower Listening at last to his inner-FDR, President Obama is going straight at the Know-nothing/Do-nothing Republican Congress. At a recent rally on a bridge connecting Rep. John Boehner’s state of Ohio to Senator Mitch McConnell’s state of Kentucky, … Continue reading →
Filed under Human Rights, NEWS, Opinion, Politics
Tagged as Barack Obama, China, FDR, John Boehner, Kentucky, mitch-mcconnell, Ohio, republicans, united-states
Ten Years In Afghanistan
The U.S.-led Afghanistan war is 10 years old today. As Americans protest on Wall Street and even Wichita, the longest war in our history passes quietly. On Oct. 7, 2001, President George W. Bush told Americans that “their patience would … Continue reading →
Filed under AMERICANA, Faith, History, Human Rights, Politics, Religion, WAR
Tagged as Afghanistan, Afghans, Antiques, Barack Obama, economy, george-w-bush, Jesus Christ, Los Angeles Times, Taliban, united-states, Vietnam War, Wall Street, Walter Cronkite, War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Columbus Day Questions
On this Columbus Day, let’s consider the discrepancy between how newcomers are celebrated in our history but ostracized in our society. By Sara Joseph Many of us will never forget that famous elementary school rhyme: “In fourteen hundred ninety-two / … Continue reading →
Filed under Crime, History, Human Rights, Native American, Opinion, Politics
Tagged as Barack Obama, Christopher Columbus, Columbus, Columbus Day, michele-bachmann, October, Opinions, Osage Indians, Rick Perry, Sara Joseph, Tea Party, united-states
With Poverty on the Rise, this is no Time to Slash the Safety Net
The tea party and its ilk offer us only cold cups of bitter tea while serving up fountains of champagne to the super-rich, Wall Street, and big corporations. By Karen Dolan The increasingly extreme conservative ideology pervading Congress and the tea … Continue reading →
Filed under Crime, Human Rights, Opinion, Politics, WAR
Tagged as Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Blogging, Earned Income Tax Credit, great-recession, Institute for Policy Studies, Karen Dolan, Opinions, republicans, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Tea Party, Trickle-Up Economics, Wall Street
How To Talk To The Tea Party (via The Erstwhile Conservative: A Blog of Repentance)
Since I don’t have the time and wherewithal to write good stuff like this, for now, please read what Duane has said so well! Here's the way some future historian might describe our times: Millions were still unemployed; lavish government … Continue reading →
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Tagged as 1936-election, Barack Obama, franklin-d-roosevelt, great-depression, new-deal, uncategorized
It’s time to name the tea party politicians….
(and their sponsors)–and call them out In just one year, the tea party went from hating billionaires to fronting for them By Jim Hightower As he keeps demonstrating, President Obama is not exactly Mount Rushmore material. But — good God! — … Continue reading →
Filed under Crime, Opinion, Politics
Tagged as Barack Obama, george-w-bush, Jim Hightower, Koch family, New York Times, Opinions, Republican, Tea Party Express, Thomas Edison, united-states
So You Think You Can be President?
Likening Social Security to a Ponzi scheme was the least crazy thing Perry said during the recent debate among Republican presidential candidates. By Donald Kaul In a country with a functional political system, Rick Perry‘s presidential candidacy would be laughed out … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Barack Obama, Donald Kaul, GOP, Michelle Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Opinions, Ponzi scheme, republicans, Rick Perry, Social Security
