Wants country back Dear editor: I awake every morning to a day of my president dismantling another part of our society. I have tried to ignore the effect he could have on the country, because he is only one man, right? Unfortunately, like me, there are too many people that feel the same way. …
Category: America
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Jul 21 2012
84 people a day
America needs to talk about gun control in the wake of the Colorado shooting By Gary Younge, Friday 20 July 2012 13.40 EDT The chorus of empathetic responses to the tragic shootings at the Aurora movie theater, near Denver, Colorado early Friday morning marks a stubborn refrain in a perennial American elegy. Different singers …
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Jul 20 2012
Real patriots fix problems
America in denial: We’re number 29 (of 30) By Paul Rosenberg, 19 Jul 2012 09:51 Responding to the jingoism around the First Gulf War, Andrew Shapiro’s 1992 book, We’re Number One!: Where America Stands – and Falls – in the New World Order was a sober-minded reality check on how the US really measured …
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Jul 18 2012
Can you get a rash?
The bane of Bain and Mitt Romney’s diminishing tax returns By Lizz Winstead, Wednesday 18 July 2012 18.06 EDT It’s been a long week for Governor Guess-My-Worthiness: Mitt Romney. For those of you too busy collecting a six-figure paycheck for a job you no longer do, this is a reminder that it’s Day Five …
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Jul 17 2012
A ploy to remain relevant
Bachmann defends her witch hunt By Alex Seitz-Wald, Monday, Jul 16, 2012 04:07 PM CDT Rep. Michele Bachmann defended her attempt to root out “deep penetration” by the Muslim Brotherhood into the U.S. government Friday, writing a 16-page letter explaining and expanding on her initial charges against Huma Abedin and others of being terrorist …
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Jul 13 2012
Delusions of grandeur, coupled with paranoia
Confronting Pamela Geller By Harris Zafar, 07/13/2012 7:14 am “As a Jew, I am offended to my core. Muslims have no right to invoke Moses and Abraham. This is a delegitimization of Judaism. It is offensive and vile. And while Jesus is not my guy, the same thing goes for him. It is a …
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Jul 13 2012
Understand what’s at stake
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2m0uAYNnwY[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2m0uAYNnwY The real battle in 2012 By Robert Reich, Thursday, Jul 12, 2012 08:41 AM CDT It’s not merely Republicans versus Democrats, or conservatives versus liberals. The larger battle is between regressives and progressives. Regressives want to take this nation backward — to before Social Security, unemployment insurance, and Medicare; before civil rights …
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