Republican Elephant Gives Birth to Healthy Baby Boy

Sun Mar 1, 2009 9:25 AM EST

This is how bad things are in the Republican Party.

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politics, republicans, video, cpac, jonathan-krohn

David Brooks: Protecting Us From Poor People

Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:00 AM EST

At 7:14 AM this morning, I learned that the recession is being caused by dumb, poor people. David Brooks, one of many elite and clueless New York Times's writers, injected some crazy into his normally awful column:

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economy, mortgages, politics, poverty, new-york-times, class, poor, david-brooks, housing-crisis, subprime-crisis

Israel: United, Except When It's Not

Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:16 AM EST

According to our stellar American media, Israelis are united behind their country's military actions in Gaza. New York Times:

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israel, middle-east, politics, gaza, new-york-times, palestine

The Myth of Sanitary War

Thu Jan 1, 2009 10:02 AM EST

There is a myth circulating in the mainstream media that Israel's missiles are finding their targets with surgical precision.

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china, israel, middle-east, religion, gaza, palestine, israeli-arab, military-industrial-complex

You Heart Corruption

Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:16 PM EST

"'Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations.' That's Milton Friedman.

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economy, wall-street, politics, corruption, regulation, globalization, capitalism, free-market, deregulation, bernie-madoff

Our Civilized Murders

Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:12 PM EST

Two hours before Troy Davis was scheduled to die, the U.S. Supreme Court granted him a stay of execution.

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death-penalty, supreme-court, racism, troy-davis

India, Katrina, and the Bailout: How Poor People Everywhere Are Being Neglected

Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:11 PM EST

Written beside the American creed of hating terrorists and loving the Irish and Italians should be the footnote and we ignore poor people.

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katrina, new-orleans, india, terrorism, politics, poverty, prisons, poor, bailout, mumbai

Viacom to Employees: Happy Holidays and Go Screw Yourselves

Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:09 PM EST

Late paychecks are always a drag, but they're especially inconvenient during the holidays. A delayed payment of a week may mess up one's checkbook, but try not getting paid for three months. That's the position MTV's Street Team found itself in this year.

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business, viacom, mtv, layoffs, corporations, street-team, choose-or-lose

Caroline Kennedy: Paying to Play

Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:28 AM EST

The media has been focusing on the Rod Blagojevich scandal with all the zeal of a torch-wielding mob, but they fail to acknowledge that the dirty pay to play model demonstrated in Chicago is a microcosm of the political world.

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new-york, senate, politics, rod-blagojevich, hillary-clinton, chuck-schumer, caroline-kennedy, pay-to-play, david-paterson

The Gray Lady @!$%#slaps Auto Workers

Thu Dec 4, 2008 11:37 AM EST

The New York Times lead story is U.A.W. Makes Concessions to Help Automakers.

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ford, gm, politics, uaw, chrysler, union, automakers, ron-gettelfinger, corporations, auto-industry

Yes We Can ________

Sun Nov 9, 2008 12:26 PM EST

It's a new day and a new slogan for Obama supporters. Overnight, the infamous "Yes We Can" transformed into "Yes We Did." Voters proclaimed it from their Facebook statuses, their Twitter updates, and I even saw the affirmation branded across the chest of a baby's jumper.

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politics, environment, john-mccain, obama, barack-obama, george-w-bush, activism, 2008-election, universal-healthcare, progressives

All Hope is Local: Quit Whining and Run for Office

Sat Nov 1, 2008 9:21 PM EDT

Real change in America won't arrive on November 4 in a compact package, complete with a shiny, new president and congressional Democratic majority.

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congress, politics, john-mccain, barack-obama, george-w-bush, green-party, 2008-election, ralph-nader, progressivism, independent-party

The Least Worst Trap: Talking with Ralph Nader

Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:24 PM EDT

On Sunday, the War on Terror spilled into Syria, and the only people more surprised than the Syrians are Americans. See, the war has already spilled into Pakistan.

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politics, death-penalty, john-mccain, barack-obama, war-on-terror, ralph-nader, war-on-drugs, progressives, universal-heath-care

You Have the Right to Airport Harassment

Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:35 PM EDT

Her name is Helen, a Muslim woman in her mid-twenties. She's scared to talk to me even though I've told her that I will change her name for my article so the authorities will have no idea who she is.

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muslim, constitution, politics, civil-rights, harassment, airport-security, tsa, aclu, nyclu, search-and-seizure

ACORN: They Took Our Nuts!

Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:13 PM EDT

ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, has come under recent scrutiny for their involvement in voter registration fraud.

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politics, civil-rights, john-mccain, george-w-bush, vouchers, regulation, public-schools, 2008-election, voter-fraud, private-schools

Boston Tea Party 2008

Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:42 PM EDT

For years, colonialists have been angered by the policy of taxation without representation. The famous protester, John Hancock, arranges a boycott of the large company British East India Company. Hancock begins to smuggle tea into the country illegally without paying taxes.

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media, constitution, politics, protest, democracy, john-mccain, barack-obama, corporations, ralph-nader, third-party

Meet Your Debate Sponsors: Part 2

Wed Oct 8, 2008 12:29 AM EDT

In a thrilling follow-up to Meet Your Debate Sponsors: Part 1, let's examine who our sponsors are for tonight's Belmont University love-in!

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politics, john-mccain, barack-obama, debates, 2008-election, corporation, corporatism

Meet Your Debate Sponsors!

Thu Oct 2, 2008 7:45 PM EDT

That's right -- from the people who wiretap your phones and are praying for a government bailout comes the TOTALLY fair and nonpartisan vice presidential debate!

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politics, corporations, debates, 2008-election, joe-biden, league-of-women-voters, sarah-palin, commission-on-presidential-debates

Presidential Hate Week

Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:24 PM EDT

Despite the importance attached to these Presidential debates, the format of the corporately-sponsored bickerfest remains remarkably tame.

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media, politics, john-mccain, barack-obama, debates, ralph-nader, election-2008, third-party-candidates

Eye Contact Is Un-American

Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:11 PM EDT

Poor Jim Lehrer. All he wanted was some presidential eye-contact last night during the debates. After the months of smears and vicious ads, Jim pleaded for Obama and McCain to man-up and be forthright with one another.

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politics, john-mccain, jim-lehrer, barack-obama, debates, 2008-election, ralph-nader

Cut the Wall Street Welfare Queens Loose!

Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:05 PM EDT

Ronald Reagan was the best liar.

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economy, politics, welfare, stock-market, reagan, free-trade, capitalism, socialism, paulson, bail-out

Legalized Murder

Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:31 PM EDT

Remember the wars, everyone? I know, it's easy to get distracted with all of this talk about pigs and lipstick, but in Iraq and Afghanistan, the killing continues. Hell, it's practically legal now!

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iraq, afghanistan, politics, war, troops, soldiers, veterans, geneva-conventions, desertion, awol

Check and Balance THIS

Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:26 PM EDT

The idea that "the people" will take on and destroy "the establishment" is a utopian fantasy that corrupted the left before it corrupted the right. -- David Brooks

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politics, new-york-times, john-mccain, barack-obama, 2008-election, david-brooks, populism, elitism, sarah-palin