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For Once And For All
2008-03-12 19:14:00
When Democrats get their hands too chapped from self-congratulatory backslapping (or mutual onanism), they occupy their minds by weaving tall tales about Republicans. The prohibitive favorite among these fables is the one which ends with white Southerners defecting from the Democratic Party to the GOP upon the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.So deeply has this fiction (and that of a Nixonian "Southern Strategy") saturated popular culture that a former RNC Chairman felt the need to apologize to African Americans for Republicans supposedly "trying to benefit politically from racial polarization." No such apology was ever necessary, and as the results of the 2006 mid-term elections illustrated, the sop towards blacks turned out to be both ill-advised and fruitless.Ken Mehlman would have done better to remind Americans of all races of the true history of Republicans and Democrats vis-a-vis race. Among other things, the record would show that Democrats were the party of slavery...

David Mamet: "Why I Am No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal" [Digg]
2008-03-12 09:28:00
The writer of Glengarry Glen Ross and House of Games (among many others) pens a fascinating essay on his evolving beliefs.
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For Once And For All [Digg]
2008-03-12 07:18:00
When Democrats get their hands too chapped from self-congratulatory backslapping, they occupy their minds by weaving tall tales about Republicans. The favorite among these fables is the one which ends with white Southerners defecting from the Democratic Party to the GOP upon the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Obama Wins Mississippi [Digg]
2008-03-12 01:31:00
Democrat Barack Obama beat rival Hillary Clinton in Mississippi on Tuesday, giving him new momentum in their increasingly nasty presidential fight as they head into the next critical showdown in Pennsylvania in six weeks. The win for Obama, who would be the first black U.S. president, extended his lead over Clinton in pledged delegates...
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Geraldine Ferraro defends her racist remarks, makes more! [Digg]
2008-03-11 23:44:00
far from backing off from her initial remark, Ferraro defended it and elaborated on it...." 'In all honesty, do you think that if he were a white male, there would be a reason for the black community to get excited for a historic first?' Ferraro said. 'Am I pointing out something that doesn't exist?'" ...
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It's Official - Clinton Lost Texas [Digg]
2008-03-11 20:32:00
The Texas Secretary of State is set to certify the official election results for the Democratic primary. As predicted, Barack Obama has beaten Hillary Clinton . While Clinton won the state's popular vote, Obama racked up more caucus support, so that, now that the final tally is in, the Lone Star state's delegate total reads: Obama - 99 delegates...
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Spitzer's Victims [Digg]
2008-03-11 13:18:00
For those of you who think prostitution is a victimless crime and wonder why it's illegal in the first place, here are four of Eliot Spitzer's victims.
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Democrat's corruption crusade takes hit [Digg]
2008-03-11 08:44:00
The accusations that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer patronized a high-priced call girl tarnishes, if not undermines, the Democrats' attempt to portray the Republican Party as the party of corruption in this year's elections, even as it probably ends his own political career.
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Debunking Human Caused Global Warming... Again [Digg]
2008-03-11 02:10:00
More than 500 climate scientists, meteorologists, economists and others gathered in New York last week to offer an alternative perspective on human-induced global warming.
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High School Offers Homosexual Porn, Parents Complain [Digg]
2008-03-10 23:08:00
Parents in Deerfield, Ill., are upset that a local high school is using books in advanced English classes this spring that they say are laced with graphic sexual content, pervasive expletives and mockery of religion. Worse, the books - "Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes (Parts 1 & 2)" - are required reading for advanced. . .
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How the liberal media works [Digg]
2008-03-10 14:47:00
Have you ever wondered how the liberal media works? We put together this timeline of how “news” spreads in the liberal media....Take a look at this interview Glenn did on the Tuesday, March 4th edition of Glenn Beck on Headline News...
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Zimbabwe: Blacks to control firms [Digg]
2008-03-10 12:28:00
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has signed a new law that hands over majority ownership of all businesses to "indigenous" Zimbabweans.
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Ongoing protests in Berkeley
2008-03-10 05:58:00
The Marine Corps opened a recruiting station in downtown Berkeley in January 2007. In September, when they discovered it, CODE PINK and Women In Black responded with protests. Since then, protesters outside the office have hardly given the marines a moment's respite. By the time recruiters go for a brisk morning jog with ROTC students from UCB, the
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What liberals have learned from terrorists (and vice versa)
2008-03-10 04:13:00
Our vision of home-grown extremism must now include that directed against targets of liberal umbrage. In the wake of the bombing of the Armed Forces Recruiting Station in New York's Times Square, along with the recent firebombing of five luxury model homes north of Seattle, we have had to rethink what militant zealotry looks like.
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What liberals have learned from terrorists (and vice versa)
2008-03-09 00:21:00
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."This line from Barry Goldwater's speech to the 1964 Republican Convention has since lent itself to frequent (mis)quotation, as the idea that motivated Goldwater's comment can easily be bastardized - even as the remark itself has often been taken out of context. Over time, people of every political stripe have justified extreme behaviors by way of an overarching pursuit of a greater good.For whatever reason, when we thought of domestic extremism, we were given to imagine pro-life activists protesting (or worse) outside of abortion clinics, the Oklahoma City bombing or the religiously demented hoisting "God Hates Fags" signs at military funerals.At least until last week.Our vision of home-grown extremism must now include that directed against targets of liberal umbrage. In the wake of the bombing of the Armed Forces Recruiting Station in New York's Times Square, along with the recent firebombing of five luxur...
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The Empire Strikes Brown
2008-03-05 17:22:00
Before we finished watching the early returns from Ohio's Democratic primary, my wife leaned over to me, looked dead in my eyes and asked in a plaintiff voice, "Will it be O.K. if Barack loses Texas?" In consideration of the fact that she is both an inveterate liberal and nine-months pregnant, I did not give her my honest response.It is hardly an oversimplification to suggest that the brown team won last evening's primaries. Those of blue collar and brown teeth, and those whose skin is brown (whether evenly pigmented or mottled with liver spots) carried the day in both Texas and Ohio. Sen. Hillary Clinton reestablished her sway over blue collar whites, Latinos and older women in both states, while managing to rack up a win in Rhode Island as well. Even as she confounds the pundits who have twice written her campaign obituary, it is still the case that math will eventually overcome both money and momentum. Clinton is essentially no closer to taking Sen. Barack Obama's lead in pled...
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A Tale of Two Timelines (and other fairy tales) [Digg]
2008-02-02 20:42:00
One of the more revealing exchanges from Friday's Democratic debate was one that revolved around the respective strategies that Hillary and Barack would employ in withdrawing troops from Iraq. While Mr. Obama has been fairly straightforward, Ms. Clinton offered a less than direct (and typically Clintonesque) response.
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Why Does The United States Need Russian Uranium? [Digg]
2008-02-02 18:56:00
U.S. nuclear power reactors will be able to obtain more supplies of Russian enriched uranium for fuel, under a trade deal signed by the two countries late on Friday. The agreement will provide U.S. utilities with a reliable supply of nuclear fuel by allowing Russia to boost exports export to the United States while minimizing any...
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Women with Down's Syndrome used as Suicide Bombers in Iraq [Digg]
2008-02-02 14:49:00
(YOUTUBE OF CNN) Two women with Down's Syndrome were used to deliver remote-controlled bombs to Baghdad markets, killing at least 93 people in the worst violent incidence since June
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Cable news blamed for rise in Latino 'hate crimes' [Digg]
2008-02-02 10:54:00
La Raza charges that anti-immigrant show guests are inciting violent attacks against Latins. But let's not forget the kind of outfit La Raza really is.
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Battle heats up over coed-shower law [Digg]
2008-02-02 10:50:00
A petition to force a public vote on this idiocy nears the required number of signatures.
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Sex-ed course includes field trip to buy condoms [Digg]
2008-02-02 07:26:00
A campaign has been launched by concerned parents and others in Florida where a school board has adopted an explicit sex ed curriculum that includes various how-to lessons for students as young as fourth grade, and in one incarnation proposed field trips for children to purchase condoms and then talk about their experience.
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A Tale of Two Timelines (and other fairy tales)
2008-02-02 05:23:00
One of the more revealing exchanges from last night's Democratic debate was one that revolved around the respective strategies that Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would employ in withdrawing troops from Iraq. While Mr. Obama has been fairly straightforward about his desire to remove combat forces within 16 months of his inauguration, Ms. Clinton has consistently offered a less than direct (and typically Clintonesque) response to the effect of wanting to remove troops "as quickly and responsibly as possible," while not committing to a specific end date.One of last evening's co-questioners, Doyle McManus of the L.A. Times, directly asked Clinton if her position "could turn into an open-ended commitment." While it's not worth it to recapitulate her entire answer - suffice it to say that although she wanted to begin a withdrawal within her first 60 days, she still could only "hope" to get all troops out within a year - she once again made the point that she would have to acco...
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Judge says "OK" to gay indoctrination in Kindergarten [Digg]
2008-02-01 19:35:00
In a case that could wind up in the U.S. Supreme Court, an appeals panel upheld dismissal of a lawsuit by Massachusetts parents seeking to prevent discussion of homosexual families in their children's elementary school classrooms.
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U.S. Senator Wants to Revoke Funding From City of Berkeley, Calif., for Vot
2008-02-01 17:05:00
U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., says Berkeley , Calif ., no longer deserves federal money after learning that its City Council voted to tell the U.S. Marine Corps to remove its recruiting station from the city's downtown.
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Two women 'with Down's syndrome' kill 65 at Iraqi pet market [Digg]
2008-02-01 16:34:00
Two women who reportedly had Down's syndrome may have been unwilling suicide bombers in twin blasts that killed up to 65 people at pet markets in Baghdad today. A female bomber killed 45 people at a packed pet market in Baghdad this, police said, in the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in six months.
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Chicago's Sanctuary Church Strikes Again [Digg]
2008-02-01 16:28:00
The Church is doing a disservice to all migrant workers, confusing political activism and subversive tactics with humanitarian aid and social justice
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Now Brits ban 'mum' and 'dad' -sensitivity for 'gays' [Digg]
2008-02-01 07:05:00
Only months after a plan generated by California's legislature created a ban on the use of "mom" and "dad" in public schools, the Brits have announced a similar move, with orders for teachers to be more sensitive to homosexuality and not use terms like "mum and dad."
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The Death of Innocence [Digg]
2008-02-01 05:45:00
Even a political junkie can ask why the "Super Tuesday" primaries will matter at all, when no candidate from either party will be able to prevent a young mother from frying her month-old baby in microwave.
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The Death of Innocence
2008-02-01 05:35:00
I sat down at my computer with every intention of composing a follow-up to tonight's CNN Democratic Debate. I rightly pointed Firefox to CNN's webpage; in as much as web pages are comprised of information on disparate topics, I wasn't surprised CNN's site contained everything from a story about Britney Spears "resting" at a hospital, video of a police officer who lost his job after an on-duty heart attack, and another video of nude models on strike in Italy.And then I saw this. As CNN reported it, 27 year-old China Arnold (see photo) made a jailhouse confession to a former cellmate about killing her month-old daughter by baking her in a microwave oven in August 2005. Linda Williams testified that she developed a sexual relationship with defendant China Arnold when the two were cellmates in the Montgomery County [Ohio] jail in March.Arnold confided in her about what happened to her baby, Wiliams said.Arnold feared that her boyfriend believed he wasn't the child's father and th...
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