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Politics

2010 Midyear Election Ad – from Ronald Reagan

August 16, 2010
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Awesomesauce disguised as Ayn Rand

August 13, 2010

I can’t begin to describe the awesomeness contained within these two blog posts. First up, Eric Hague writes an ingenious post entitled Our Daughter Isn’t a Selfish Brat; Your Son Just Hasn’t Read Atlas Shrugged.: I’d like to start by saying that I don’t get into belligerent shouting matches at the playground very often. The [...]

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Crap that gives conservatives a bad name

August 13, 2010

Crap like this: 5) Benedict Arnold (17) 5) Woodrow Wilson (17) 4) The Rosenbergs (19) 3) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (21) 2) Barack Obama (23) 1) Jimmy Carter (25) There’s a case to be made that both Benedict Arnold and the Rosenbergs belong on the list of the 25 worst figures in American history. But Jimmy [...]

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Lee Bollinger gets it totally wrong on public funding for journalism

July 14, 2010

The idea of public funding for the press stirs deep unease in American culture. To many it seems inconsistent with our strong commitment, embodied in the First Amendment, to having a free press capable of speaking truth to power and to all of us. This press is a kind of public trust, a fourth branch [...]

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Charlotte zings Reid from beyond the grave – John L. Smith – ReviewJournal.com

July 14, 2010

Her obituary, printed in Tuesday’s Review-Journal, reads in part, “We believe that Mom would say she was mortified to have taken a large role in the election of Harry Reid to U.S. Congress. Let the record show Charlotte was displeased with his work. Please, in lieu of flowers, vote for another more worthy candidate.” via [...]

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Mr. America | The New Republic

July 12, 2010

There are moments when Scott Brown evokes a 12-year-old boy who woke up one day in a politician’s body—as if the Tom Hanks character in Big had asked that fortune-telling machine for a Senate seat. He certainly has the 12-year-old’s vernacular. Stumping for John McCain at a small Christian college in March, the junior senator [...]

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Federal Judge Rules Part Of DOMA Unconstitutional | TPM LiveWire

July 8, 2010

What?! You mean the power of the federal government isn’t unlimited? Shocking. A federal judge ruled today that part of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. Judge Joseph Tauro, of U.S. District Court in Boston, issued rulings on two separate cases today. "This court [...]

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At least one liberal gets the 2nd amendment

July 5, 2010

And he’s posting Over at the DailyKOS of all places – in this piece Why Liberals should love the Second Amendment: When it comes to discussing the Second Amendment, liberals check rational thought at the door. They dismiss approximately 40% of American households that own one or more guns, and those who fight to protect [...]

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