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Latest Articles: Opinions/Editorials
The Racialization of Budgetary Deficits
Post Date: 2011-04-25 08:19:21 by CZ82
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The Racialization of Budgetary Deficits By Robert Weissberg Race is increasingly infusing the current debate over federal spending and the soaring national debt. This is what lies at the heart of accusing the Tea Party of "racism." Needless to say, this racial element bodes poorly for solving our debt crisis. The modern civil rights movement was initially about personal liberty -- from attending schools of one's choosing, to sitting wherever one chose on a bus and being able to vote regardless of skin color, among myriad other liberties. Yes, expanded federal power was vital but intercessions such as affirmative action were, supposedly, only temporary legal steps to ...
Women Against Men
Post Date: 2011-04-21 20:39:31 by CZ82
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Women Against Men Feminists, government and society trampling men's rights and their dignity into the ground - pitting women, against men. Feminism Is a Hate Group When some of the most prominent feminists and famous women make openly hateful anti-male statements, and the mainstream feminist organizations say and do nothing to distance themselves from such public statements, then it’s clear that the hatred of men has an accepted place in mainstream feminism. Does this seem like a harsh assessment of feminism? Perhaps. Is it true? Absolutely. One of the main problems with “feminism” is that it exploits the legitimate claims of equal rights as a cloak to usher in its ...
Sarah Palin's Version Of Trig's Birth May Be More Troubling Than The Hoax [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-04-20 07:46:43 by Ferret Mike
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This past week, the draft of an academic paper that focuses on the 2008 birth of Sarah Palin's son, Trig Paxson Van Palin, and the various theories that surround his birth, was made public prior to publication through a university newspaper and then exploded, quite predictably, on the Palin-centric blogosphere, where Trig's birth remains a cause célèbre and the source of considerable controversy. It has now spilled over into the mainstream media as well.
"Palin, the Press, and the Fake Pregnancy Rumor: Did a Spiral of Silence Shut Down the Story?" written by Bradford W. Scharlott, Ph.D., an associate professor at Northern Kentucky University, comes to two primary conclusions: 1) that ...
Obama, the Interpreter of the Message of Passover
Post Date: 2011-04-18 21:13:44 by A K A Stone
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Passover recalls the bondage and suffering of Jews in Egypt and the miracle of the Exodus, but U.S. President Barack Obama says its message is reflected in Muslim uprisings. In his annual message, prior to his third straight participation in the Passover Seder, President Obama stated, “The story of Passover…instructs each generation to remember its past, while appreciating the beauty of freedom and the responsibility it entails. This year that ancient instruction is reflected in the daily headlines as we see modern stories of social transformation and liberation unfolding in the Middle East and North Africa.” Having constructed a link between the Arab uprisings and Chosen ...
The false promise and big profits of ‘mini-med’ health plans
Post Date: 2011-04-18 10:17:58 by lucysmom
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One of the reasons I left my job as a PR executive for the health insurance industry was because I could not in good conscience be a pitchman for the sort of fabulously profitable benefit plan that often provides little more than the illusion of coverage. Known as "mini-meds," these plans have become popular among businesses like fast-food chains that have many low-wage employees. The common features of these plans: high deductibles, modest benefits and low annual caps on medical coverage. Some of these plans provide as little as $2,000 worth of care each year. Consumer advocates call these plans "junk insurance." That's because what workers get in these plans for ...
Lost in the American Undertow -- [The United States has always maintained a white underclass]
Post Date: 2011-04-17 17:44:31 by Ferret Mike
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The following is the introduction to Joe Bageant's newly released book, Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir The United States has always maintained a white underclass — citizens whose role in the greater scheme of things has been to cushion national economic shocks through the disposability of their labor, with occasional time off to serve as bullet magnets in defense of the Empire. Until the post-World War II era, the existence of such an underclass was widely acknowledged. During the Civil War, for instance, many northern abolitionists also called for the liberation of “four million miserable white southerners held in bondage by the wealthy planter class”. Planter elites, who ...
Winter Soldiers Outshine Sunshine Patriots as Palin's Madison Rally Is Overwhelmed by Protest Crowd
Post Date: 2011-04-17 16:20:57 by Ferret Mike
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Tom Paine wrote at the toughest moment of the American revolutionary struggle: “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.” On Saturday, in Madison, Wisconsin, there was plenty to be thankful for. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the paid spokeswoman for the tepid Tea Party movement, jetted into Madison for what was supposed to be a victory party. Unofficial returns released Friday for the state’s highly controversial Supreme Court race show the candidate of conservative Republican ...
Rand On the Dole [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-04-17 10:53:59 by lucysmom
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Scott McConnell's Oral History of Ayn Rand includes an interview with a consultant of the Atlas Shrugged author and founder of the Objectivism cult, who details how she helped the artist formerly known as Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum get on the public tit. From Mark Frauenfelder at BoingBoing: Noted speed freak, serial-killer fangirl, and Tea Party hero Ayn Rand was also a kleptoparasite, sneakily gobbling up taxpayer funds under an assumed name to pay for her medical treatments after she got lung cancer. An interview with Evva Pryror, a social worker and consultant to Miss Rand's law firm of Ernst, Cane, Gitlin and Winick verified that on Miss Rand's behalf she secured ...
Obama deception indicators “off the charts” during Stephanopoulos interview
Post Date: 2011-04-15 17:21:14 by Mad Dog
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If you watch and listen carefully to the 20-minute, 14 April 2011 interview of Barack Hussein Obama by George Stephanopoulos, you will notice something very telling that takes place during that interview when the discussion shifts to the issue of Donald Trump and ultimately, the “birther conspiracy.” Veteran investigators who are experienced in interviewing and interrogating suspects, witnesses, criminals and non-criminals have undoubtedly identified numerous big red flags of deception precisely when expected, and in textbook fashion. To observe this in action, begin watching the video at about the 13:25 minute mark, when Stephanopoulos lobs the following softball, leading ...
Social Security 'Whoppers' and the Compliant Media
Post Date: 2011-04-15 06:40:01 by CZ82
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Social Security 'Whoppers' and the Compliant Media Jon N. Hall It's bad enough that year after year career politicians shamelessly perpetuate the same untruths, but when the media don't call them on it it's intolerable. Journalists are supposed to be guardians of the truth; they comprise one of just three professions mentioned in the Constitution. Democrats continue to tell whoppers about Social Security, and so-called journalists continue to let them get away with it. In his April 13 speech, President Obama said that: "Social Security is not the cause of our deficit." Which mirrored what Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said Feb.20 on NBC's Meet ...
"Stone needs no ringside seat...he understood what went on here these past two weeks"
Post Date: 2011-04-15 03:51:56 by Murron
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"Stone needs no ringside seat...he understood what went on here these past two weeks" #200. To: Wood_Chopper, A K A Stone, harrowup, yukon, Murron (#180) Wood_Chopper: "Here's your ring-side seat. You think these two have your site's best interest at heart"? Tater/Gatlin: "Wood_Chopper, Stone needs no righside seat ... he understood what went on here these past two weeks. It is you who needs to now take a ringside seat ... take notes and learn. What you saw in action here on LF these past two weeks was loyalty between friends that meant many things. For instance, Hawk (harrowup) and I saw many, many people bullying our friend … so we made the supreme ...
Paul vs. Paul: Should Ron Step Aside and Let Son Rand Run?
Post Date: 2011-04-07 08:40:25 by A K A Stone
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America has a short history of father/son presidential duos, including John and John Quincy Adams, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, as well as grandfather and grandson William Henry and Benjamin Harrison. But never before have we faced the prospect of a dad and his son going head-to-head for their party’s nomination. Last time around, rabble-rousing Republican Ron Paul became the king of the “money bomb” when his hyped-up supporters made him an unlikely (though short-lived) contender for the Republican presidential nomination. Paul’s repeated calls for fiscal sanity at the time are starting to sound a bit less out there in light of our impending government ...
GOP should stop picking "winners," pick Rand Paul
Post Date: 2011-04-05 22:44:37 by A K A Stone
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This is strictly nonpartisan advice to Republicans from an independent observer tired of the same-old-same-old during presidential primaries: Pick Rand Paul! The Kentucky senator came to South Carolina last week, dipping a toe into the GOP primary pool. And why not? Obama proved a Washington novice need not worry about a sparse resumé. And it's not like there is an all-star team lining up for this home-run derby. Gingrich, Pawlenty, and Bachmann? This is the part of the lineup where ticket holders know its safe to go to the bathroom. They'll strike out. Now, I'm not going to get into the merits of a Paul candidacy. Instead, I'll point to the GOP's doomed journey ...
Rand Paul: 2012's Barack Obama?
Post Date: 2011-04-05 22:25:39 by A K A Stone
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For the most part, republicans choose their presidential candidates based on who's turn they think it is. I've been espousing this for years. 2012 I figured was Mitt Romney's year because it's his turn. Sadly for Mitt, a monkey wrench by the name of Rand Paul may be what derails his march and eventual landslide loss to President Obama in 2012. Just like President Obama, Rand is a first term senator with limited national experience. Also, Rand knows what his audience wants to hear and gives it to them. The mantra of freedom and low taxes and less government with no explanation as to how to achieve all this while maintaining infrastructure and national defense and safe ...
Marxism of the Right
Post Date: 2011-04-04 12:28:35 by lucysmom
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Free spirits, the ambitious, ex-socialists, drug users, and sexual eccentrics often find an attractive political philosophy in libertarianism, the idea that individual freedom should be the sole rule of ethics and government. Libertarianism offers its believers a clear conscience to do things society presently restrains, like make more money, have more sex, or take more drugs. It promises a consistent formula for ethics, a rigorous framework for policy analysis, a foundation in American history, and the application of capitalist efficiencies to the whole of society. But while it contains substantial grains of truth, as a whole it is a seductive mistake. There are many varieties of ...
12 Biggest Lies
Post Date: 2011-03-30 17:34:08 by CZ82
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12 Biggest Lies Every person on the planet walks around with opinions based on what they think they know, and those opinions direct how all of us act and react. But very few ever question the substance that forms those crucial opinions. From the very nature of truth to how our world began, from morality to religion, from population control to political correctness, from Israel to Islam, from atheism to God … our entire world runs on what we believe. Follow popular actor Kevin Sorbo (Hercules, Andromeda, Soul Surfer) as he introduces some of the world’s leading scientists, historians, theologians, philosophers and authors, including Ravi Zacharias, Michael Coren, Richard Fangrad, ...
STRATFOR: The Libyan War of 2011
Post Date: 2011-03-22 09:04:23 by A K A Stone
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The Libyan war has now begun. It pits a coalition of European powers plus the United States, a handful of Arab states and rebels in Libya against the Libyan government. The long-term goal, unspoken but well understood, is regime change — displacing the government of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and replacing it with a new regime built around the rebels. The mission is clearer than the strategy, and that strategy can’t be figured out from the first moves. The strategy might be the imposition of a no-fly zone, the imposition of a no-fly zone and attacks against Libya’s command-and-control centers, or these two plus direct ground attacks on Gadhafi’s forces. These could ...
7 Questions For Liberals About Obama's Libyan War
Post Date: 2011-03-22 08:39:57 by A K A Stone
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It seems like it was just yesterday when we had an "imperialist warmonger" in the White House who was going to be replaced by a peace-loving Democrat who promised "hope" and "change" instead. It's funny how that worked out, isn't it? We still have troops in Iraq, we've escalated the war in Afghanistan, and now we're bombing everything that moves in Libya. Yet, the same liberals who were protesting in the streets and calling George Bush a war criminal have mostly been meek and quiet about the fact that the President they supported has been following in George Bush's footsteps. So, the obvious question is, “Did you lefties believe ANY of ...
World War III: One Nation at a Time
Post Date: 2011-03-19 18:49:21 by A K A Stone
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The globalists are infiltrating, corrupting, and turning the entire planet, one nation at a time in a combined scientific-geopolitical dictatorship that will be effectively impossible to reverse once it is completed. The latest Western-fueled conflagration in the Arab world indicates an accelerated regional strategy of destabilizing and taking over target nations. Nations like Russia and China, whose interests are being directly threatened and stripped away in this malicious melee, appear powerless and unprepared. Some nations succumb in silence behind the scenes, others are invaded, mercilessly brutalized, and assimilated into the globalist combine. The civil society overlay the ...
The Fukushima crisis should not spell the end of nuclear power.
Post Date: 2011-03-16 14:29:48 by go65
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The nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan is bad enough; the nuclear disaster unfolding in China could be even worse. “What disaster?”, you ask. The decision today by the Chinese government to suspend approval of new atomic power plants. If this suspension were to become permanent, the power those plants would have produced is likely to be replaced by burning coal. While nuclear causes calamities when it goes wrong, coal causes calamities when it goes right, and coal goes right a lot more often than nuclear goes wrong. The only safe coal-fired plant is one which has broken down past the point of repair. Before I go any further, and I’m misinterpreted for the thousandth time, ...
Egypt's ElBaradei: Con-man in Chief?
Post Date: 2011-03-16 11:34:15 by A K A Stone
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Mohamed ElBaradei: currently sitting on the US foreign policy think-tank International Crisis Group alongside George Soros and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Mohamed ElBaradei has recently announced he will be running for president in a move that should surprise no one. For nearly a year the corporate owned media has been building up ElBaradei, portraying him as the great hope for Egypt. Foreign Affairs magazine, in March 2010, literally printed an article titled, "Is ElBaradei Egypt's Hero?" With Mubarak now out of office the corporate owned media circus has left town, but the globalist take-over in Egypt is just warming up. US International Crisis Group trustee Mohamed ElBaradei has ...
Obama ducking deficit debate
Post Date: 2011-03-14 23:23:28 by A K A Stone
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When President Barack Obama opened the first meeting of his fiscal commission last April, he promised to be “standing with them” as they produced recommendations for curbing the nation’s escalating debt. Republicans and Democrats say they are still waiting. While Obama has said he’s committed to deficit reduction, he has also has made clear it is secondary, at least for now, to his “winning the future” agenda. And that reflects a strategy driven by what his senior aides believe voters care about most — jobs, not deficits. Obama’s reluctance to join the debate in a sustained way has provoked rising frustration among lawmakers from both parties, who ...
Bon Jovi: Steve Jobs Killed Music Industry
Post Date: 2011-03-14 22:32:21 by A K A Stone
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Bon Jovi's lead singer blames Steve Jobs and iTunes for killing the music business. Musician Jon Bon Jovi has taken a personal shot at Steve Jobs, accusing the Apple co-founder of killing the music industry with the launch of iTunes. As the lead singer of one of the 80s' biggest hair bands, Jon Bon Jovi's voice brought millions to the band with "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Wanted Dead or Alive." But now his voice echoes previous comments made by other musicians, record companies and retailers who have taken a blow to the wallet thanks to the decline of physical CD sales, whether it's related to piracy or the shift over to digital distribution. In an ...
Conservatives are right to go after Sarah Palin
Post Date: 2011-03-14 22:17:49 by Ferret Mike
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I’m no conservative. And I'm certainly no intellectual. But I totally understand the freakout among conservative intellectuals over Sarah Palin. For a movement based on ideas, the former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee who sits astride the party as a powerhouse fundraiser and potential king- or queenmaker has been uninterested in setting forth a vision crafted after years of thorough study to match her outsized influence. The Atlantic’s Joshua Green wags his finger at those worry-wart Republicans: “It's not hard to understand what these conservative intellectuals are trying to accomplish,” he writes, “They genuinely believe ...
Putting an end to Wall Street's 'I'll be gone, you'll be gone' bonuses
Post Date: 2011-03-13 18:41:33 by The Blue Cat
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Want to reform Wall Street bonuses? Try clawbacks. That's right. We need to make executives personally liable for their reckless bets if we want to remove the risk for taxpayers. That means giving shareholders, boards of directors and regulators the ability to "clawback" past gains when new speculations go horribly wrong. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Securities and Exchange Commission have floated proposals on performance-based compensation for traders and bankers. Firms that have more than $1 billion in assets would have to disclose incentive-based bonuses. The largest firms (those with more than $50 billion in assets) would have to pay at least half of their ...
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