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Latest Articles: Opinions/Editorials
Will Washington's Failures Lead To Second American Revolution?
Post Date: 2010-07-31 04:02:43 by A K A Stone
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The Internet is a large-scale version of the "Committees of Correspondence" that led to the first American Revolution — and with Washington's failings now so obvious and awful, it may lead to another. People are asking, "Is the government doing us more harm than good? Should we change what it does and the way it does it?" Pruning the power of government begins with the imperial presidency. Too many overreaching laws give the president too much discretion to make too many open-ended rules controlling too many aspects of our lives. There's no end to the harm an out-of-control president can do. Bill Clinton lowered the culture, moral tone and strength of ...
The Real Aim of Israel’s Bomb Iran Campaign
Post Date: 2010-07-30 15:31:09 by Brian S
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Reuel Marc Gerecht’s screed justifying an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening the new Israel lobby campaign marked by the introduction of House resolution 1553 expressing full support for such an Israeli attack. What is important to understand about this campaign is that the aim of Gerecht and of the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu is to support an attack by Israel so that the United States can be drawn into direct, full-scale war with Iran. That has long been the Israeli strategy for Iran, because Israel cannot fight a war with Iran without full U.S. involvement. Israel needs to know that the United States will finish the war that Israel wants ...
Putin’s War on Israel
Post Date: 2010-07-30 00:28:29 by Brian S
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Now that another Middle East war seems imminent, concerns are growing about the new powerful weapons that are available to Palestinian terrorists. It appears to be virtually unknown that these weapons are being steadily supplied by Putin’s Russia. In the present atmosphere of the everlasting “reset” of relations between the U.S. and Russia, it is not difficult for the Kremlin to camouflage its arming of terrorists. Indeed, the world is willing to turn a blind eye. This month, for instance, Russia announced it was making another gift to the “Palestinian security forces” on the West Bank: 50 armored vehicles. According to Russia’s Foreign Ministry earlier this ...
The GOP's New Tax Cut Hypocrisy
Post Date: 2010-07-27 11:03:19 by Brian S
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House Republicans, during a news conference on "Democrats' failure to pass a budget, the record-setting $13 trillion National Debt, and the need to cut spending now to create jobs." (Scott J. Ferrell / Getty Images) Five years ago, Republicans backed tax cuts—but said deficits didn’t matter. Today, they say deficits are all that matters, but still like tax cuts. Peter Beinart on the party’s economic time warp. What do the debate over the Afghan war and the debate over extending the Bush tax cuts have in common? They could both be taking place in 2005. The financial crisis has changed the world. But in Washington, the arguments have barely changed. Five ...
Antiwar Conservatives and Rumors of Antiwar Conservatives
Post Date: 2010-07-27 10:42:23 by Brian S
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Recently, I wrote a cover story for the American Conservative making two arguments: 1.) Rand Paul's victory shows that, in the current political environment, a principled economic and social conservative who runs a good campaign can win mainstream Republican support despite deviations from the party line on foreign policy and 2.) There are tendencies within the mainstream right -- ranging from fiscal conservatism to Jacksonian skepticism of nation-building -- that lend themselves to certain arguments for a less interventionist foreign policy, though not necessarily the kind of arguments that non-interventionist conservatives tend to make. Daniel Larison is skeptical, pointing to the ...
On Gingrich: A legacy of surrender
Post Date: 2010-07-26 11:51:55 by Brian S
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The news that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich folded like a cheap suit in the wake of a brazen political attack on the tea party movement was sad. But not surprising. As far back as his second term in Congress, in 1980, Gingrich sided with big labor interests until brought to his knees by a National Right to Work education campaign. Contrary to his image, Gingrich has demonstrated throughout his political career that he possesses no real ideological mooring. Now, his legitimizing the NAACP’s crass political attempt to play the race card reveals him to be nothing more than a rank political opportunist – a White House-aspiring demagogue who prefers looking good for the ...
The Political Genius Of Supply-Side Economics
Post Date: 2010-07-26 11:43:25 by Brian S
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EmailSharePrintBack to Martin Wolf's Exchange homepage The political genius of supply-side economicsJuly 25, 2010 4:18pm | Share The future of fiscal policy was intensely debated in the FT last week. In this Exchange, I want to examine what is going on in the US and, in particular, what is going on inside the Republican party. This matters for the US and, because the US remains the world’s most important economy, it also matters greatly for the world. My reading of contemporary Republican thinking is that there is no chance of any attempt to arrest adverse long-term fiscal trends should they return to power. Moreover, since the Republicans have no interest ...
Lou Pritchett - Another GOP Mouthpiece
Post Date: 2010-07-26 07:59:52 by war
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Lou Pritchett - Another GOP Mouthpiece and of the worst sort. Snopes tells me this letter from Lou Pritchett, formerly the bigwig at P&G, is real. The letter itself tells me he's bucking to be on with Hannity and crowd more often. This is propaganda of the highest sort, the bigger the lie the more easily believed. If you're going to use scare tactics it sure pays to use the word "scared" as many times as possible. I've taken his single-statement paragraphs and interspersed by own responses between them. Mine will be italicized. AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA Dear President Obama: You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the ...
Obama You Scare Me
Post Date: 2010-07-25 23:23:06 by A K A Stone
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I received this email today attributed to Lou Pritchett at Procter & Gamble...thought I'd share it !! By Lou Pritchett, Procter & Gamble AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA Dear President Obama: You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me. You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you. You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support. You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American. You scare me ...
Andrew Breitbart - The NAACP's Best Friend And The Tea Party Movement's Worst Enemy
Post Date: 2010-07-25 21:36:14 by Brian S
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In the midst of the Shirley Sherrod hoopla, an interesting situation involving the Tea Party Movement seems to have gone unnoticed: One of the most prominent men in the tea party movement, Tea Party Express spokesperson and former chair Mark Williams, is abandoning the group he helped propel into the role of the tea party's public face. . . . In his resignation letter to the TPE, Williams says he left the group after the past week's public battle with the NAACP made him too hot to handle. "I feel compelled to separate myself from any further involvement with the Tea Party Express so that I can pursue other interests," Williams wrote, "and to free the tea party ...
Right-Wing America: Racism And Religion
Post Date: 2010-07-25 19:56:56 by Brian S
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“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross.” – Sinclair Lewis There are struggles and challenges with race relations and understanding across just about every demographic of American society. Even at its best it is a learning process much like the inspirational story shared by Shirley Sherrod. With civil rights legislation only forty five years old, the entire current population of African American seniors over 65 years old have had the experience of being denied the legal right to vote in their own country. Race relations in America, among a society of equal citizens, is relatively new. In this stage of relative infancy growing pains ...
Repubs Plot Israel-Iran Apocalypse and the Collapse of the US Economy
Post Date: 2010-07-25 19:53:22 by Brian S
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Jamal Abdi at HuffPo explains that almost a third of Republicans in the House have signed on to a resolution urging Israel to attack Iran. The National Iranian American Council has a petition you can sign calling on minority leader John Boehner to repudiate this measure. The move is reminiscent of the 1998 letter the Project for a New American Century signatories sent to President Clinton, putting pressure on him to initiate war on Iraq. They did maneuver him into pulling out UN weapons inspectors and bombing Iraq. The US removal of the inspectors made the West blind as to the lack of Iraqi weapons programs, since their absence could no longer be certified. In turn, Iraq’s ...
NOW is so later. Why liberals are killing the feminist movement.
Post Date: 2010-07-25 08:43:32 by A K A Stone
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The National Organization for Women began in 1966. They were all for equal rights and equal pay for women. They encouraged all women to be independent and speak out for themselves. What the hell happened? Now NOW is for pro-infanticide and they crucify any woman who speaks her mind who doesn’t agree with their far left ideology. They were merciless against Sarah Palin. Here we had a woman with a great career and a great family but because she was pro-life, she wasn’t a feminist. Love her or hate her she is still one kick ass woman. I’m sorry but when did feminism become solely about abortion?Sarah Palin The women’s movement was going on long before women like Gloria ...
Ex-congressman: President a 'threat,' must be impeached
Post Date: 2010-07-25 00:43:18 by reaganisright
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A former congressman and GOP presidential candidate says for current members of the House and Senate to uphold their oath of office that includes the defense of the United States against enemies "foreign and domestic," they need to be filing impeachment charges against Barack Obama. Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., joined what has become a growing surge of those recommending the ultimate solution for a president they believe not only has disagreeable policies, but is participating in actions that damage the nation. Tancredo wrote in a opinion piece in the Washington Times that, "Mr. Obama's refusal to live up to his own oath of office – which includes the ...
Liberals Are Evil, Wrong and Nuts! (Part I)
Post Date: 2010-07-23 17:34:08 by A K A Stone
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Ann Coulter took some heavy artillery from the left this past week. Her new book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, has ignited the outrage of liberals. You go girl! The media particularly has overreacted to such an extent it is almost comical. When NBC, as only one example, reported the release of her book on June 6, 2006, (666) they painted her with the same colors that a rational person would paint Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Ladin, or Jeffrey Dahmer. If I had not known what I was watching I might have guessed that I was watching a Saturday Night Live skit. This type of reaction is actually normal for liberals. When Ann Coulter in the spirit of a Toto pulls back the curtain and exposes ...
Maybe I’m Dumb, but Could Somebody Please Tell Me the Difference Between Zionism and Racism?
Post Date: 2010-07-23 00:38:57 by Brian S
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I’m about to do something that I generally make it a point to avoid – discuss the collective nature of White folks. The reason I make it a point to avoid this subject is because I don’t want to add to the disinformation disseminated by many Black racists (oh yes, racists come in Black too) that there is something more intrinsically evil in White people than there is any other racial group. The fact is, as humans, just as intellect is distributed equally across our species, so is malevolence. We all have a tendency to be self-serving and corrupt given half a chance. The only difference between White people and any other group is that they have the power, thus opportunity, to ...
Israel's Outrageous Rape Case
Post Date: 2010-07-22 19:46:08 by Brian S
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It's getting harder and harder to be a liberal Zionist. Sometimes, clinging to the idea of Israel, I feel like a true believing communist trying to explain away the deviations of actually existing socialism. Israel's harshest critics often claim that Zionism equals racism. It's an unfair, historically inaccurate charge. But Israel seems to be trying hard to prove it true. This week, in a case that made waves around the world, a 30-year-old married Israeli-Arab man, Sabbar Kashur, was having consensual sex with a woman who thought he was Jewish. The two met on an Israeli street in 2008 and struck up a conversation. He introduced himself with a name that sounded Jewish, and ...
Palin's new pal (Palin Refudiated)
Post Date: 2010-07-22 15:30:26 by Skip Intro
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Palin's new pal By JOSEPH W. MCQUAID New Hampshire Union Leader Publisher Wednesday, Jul. 21, 2010 SARAH PALIN'S endorsement of Kelly Ayotte for U.S. Senate should neither surprise nor upset the other campaigns. The race will be won by the candidate who impresses New Hampshire voters, and New Hampshire voters are rarely impressed by what outsiders have to say. This is to take nothing away from Ayotte. She is a formidable first-time candidate and a legitimate contender for the Republican nomination. Editorial logo Click for Editorials & Op-Eds But former Gov. Palin isn't making these endorsements because, as she claims, she has spent time in New Hampshire and thus knows ...
Sarah Palin is at the top of her party (Liberal Bedwetters Hate It But Can't Change It)
Post Date: 2010-07-22 08:07:45 by A K A Stone
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More than 13 months ago, I wrote a column that began: “Sarah Palin can be the Republican nominee in 2012. I am not saying she will be, but she can be. Those who underestimate her do so at their own risk.” It was not the most popular column I ever wrote. I remember snickering and mockery from those who could not find actual vegetables to throw. After all, as was widely believed at the time, Sarah Palin was an idiot. Her interview with CBS’s Katie Couric had proved that. And Palin’s approval rating as governor of Alaska, once so high, had plunged to 54 percent. (An approval rating I suspect President Barack Obama would love to have today.) Sarah Palin was a hick and a ...
Shirley Sherrod and the shame of conservative media
Post Date: 2010-07-21 22:10:07 by go65
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You want to see media bias in action? Okay — look at the conservative media reaction to the firing of Shirley Sherrod. Sherrod is the former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee fired for supposed anti-white racism. On July 19, Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com website posted a short video clip from a speech Sherrod had delivered to an NAACP gathering in March. In the clip, Sherrod confessed to having deliberately declined on racial grounds to help a white farmer faced with a foreclosure on his farm. She was immediately terminated by the USDA and condemned by the national NAACP. But a second look at the tape made it obvious that the tape had been severely edited, abruptly ...
Teabaggers Prove They're Not Racist (& Love Coloreds!) By Firing One Totally Racist Guy Who Used To Be Their Spokesman
Post Date: 2010-07-21 12:07:59 by Brian S
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When you're a Teabagger, that is, a member of the elite group that shares its moniker with the incredibly sexy act of dipping testicles into open, gaping mouths or slapping them atop the head, cheek or anywhere else balls can be swung, who thinks dressing up like Benjamin Franklin and hollerin' 'bout black Socialist prezinents stealing all their hard-earned money proves they love America the most, the universe fits perfectly into tidy compartments, and everything in life is pretty much black and white. Things are sooooooo much easier that way! 'Cause then you can like tweak everything to make anything look better or worse depending on the situation, or whatever version of ...
Republicans now blaming Democrats for Bush tax cuts
Post Date: 2010-07-20 11:44:42 by Skip Intro
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Republicans now blaming Democrats for Bush tax cuts The new Republican line is that there's a “Democrat tax hike" on the way. And it's a big 'un: "An unprecedented $3.8 trillion increase" that will affect -- and this is their bold and underline, not mine -- "every American who pays income taxes!" To understand what's going on here, you need to go back 10 years to the passage of the Bush tax cuts. In order to maximize the size of the cuts, Republicans had to minimize the influence of minority Democrats on the package. So they chose to run the bill through the reconciliation process. But that posed some challenges. Budget reconciliation had ...
Michele Bachmann crowned "Queen of Crap" on MSNBC [VIDEO]
Post Date: 2010-07-20 11:34:47 by Brian S
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Michele Bachmann decided last week that Congress needed a Tea Party Caucus, and promptly made herself its chairwoman. MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan has now derided her as "full of crap" for talking about fiscal responsibility while siding with bankers (that would be bailed-out bankers) when it comes to reforming Wall Street and preventing another economic hose-down. Then guest Cenk Uygur then took the crap and ran with it: "You took the words right out of my mouth. She is so full of crap. I mean, she may be the queen of crap," Uygur said. There's more. Check out the crap fest video: T
Rant Against Democracy: How America Created a Radical Iran Part 1
Post Date: 2010-07-20 11:20:11 by Brian S
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This week United Nations started to squeeze the Iranian Republic just a little more and further increasing the control of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the people of Iran. The reason for the newest wave of sanctions is centered on the disputed Iranian nuclear program and the inability for Iran or its western opponents to come to a consensus. Fiery rhetoric has been the weapon of choice for American politicians towards the defiant Middle Eastern country and most American probably agree that the Iran is a danger to peace. However, only President Obama has briefly hinted that the monster that has become Iran was created by the United States. At some point the U.S. public is going to have ...
The Bush Deficit Bamboozle
Post Date: 2010-07-19 20:01:03 by Brian S
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OK, even by contemporary standards, this is rich: the official Republican stance is now apparently that Bush left behind a budget that was in pretty good shape. Mitch McConnell: The last year of the Bush administration, the deficit as a percentage of gross domestic product was 3.2 percent, well within the range of what most economists think is manageable. A year and a half later, it’s almost 10 percent. They really do think that we’re idiots. So, that 3.2 percent number comes from here (pdf). Where’s the bamboozle? Let me count the ways. First, they’re hoping that you won’t know that standard budget data is presented for fiscal years, which start on October 1 of the ...
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