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The Enshrinement Of Ted Kennedy
The Progressive Hall of Fame was inspired by the Baseball Hall of Fame. Much like some of its most worthy inductees today’s Progressive Hall of Fame inductee is honored not for his total self, but for his work “on the … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, apartheid, Bobby Kennedy, C.O.B.R.A., cancer research, Civil Rights, COBRA, Edward Kennedy, gay rights, immigration, Iraq, John F. Kennedy, John Kennedy, liberal, minimum wage, politics, progressive, Robert Bork, Robert Kennedy, Senate, Supreme Court, Ted Kennedy, women's rights
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D.O.M.A. Must Go Down
Today the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Defense of Marriage Act, (D.O.M.A.) case. Yesterday it heard arguments in the California Proposition 8 case. An oversimplification is to say that these two cases are about same-sex civil marriage. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Howe, Antonin Scalia, Bill Clinton, California, Civil Rights, Clarence Thomas, Constitution, D.A.D.T., D.O.M.A., DADT, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Florida, gay rights, Hollingsworth v Perry, North Carolina, politics, Prop 8, Proposition 8, same-sex civil marriage, same-sex marriage, scotusblog.com, Supreme Court, United States Constitution, United States v Windsor
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The Banishment Of Virginia Foxx
If you wanted a poster woman for a political crazy lady you would need look no further than North Carolina’s Fifth Congressional District and their Republican Representative Virginia Foxx. The scary thing is that she not only looks the part; … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Amendment, Affordable Health Care Act, anchor babies, auto bailout, auto industry, bigotry, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Chrysler, Civil Rights, Congress, Davis-Bacon Act, discrimination, education, for-profit education, gay rights, General Motors, George W. Bush, GM, Hate crime legislation, hate crimes, health care, House, House of Representatives, immigration, jobs, Katrina, labor, Matthew Sheppard, Matthew Sheppard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act., McMorris-Rodgers Amendment, minimum wage, money in elections, money in politics, North Carolina, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, politics, Republicans, Ricahrd Burr, Sandy, Sandy aid, Senate, student loans, Superstorm Sandy, Tea Party, unemployment, V.A.W.A., VAWA, Violence Against Women Act, Virginia Foxx, war on women, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Sexual Nullification
In 1870 the United States ratified the 15th Amendment to the Constitution which granted the right to vote to former male slaves. (Women, regardless of race or former status of servitude, did not get the right to vote until the … Continue reading
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Tagged 15th Amendment, 19th Amendment, abortion, Arkansas, bigotry, Bob McDonnell, Civil Rights, Constitution, Democrats, Dennis Daugaard, discrimination, Guttmacher Institute, Indiana, Jack Dalrymple, Jim Crow, Jimmie Crow, Mike Beebe, Mike Pence, Mississippi, North Dakota, Phil Bryant, Planned Parenthood, politics, Rachel Maddow, racism, Republicans, Roe v. Wade, sexual discrimination, South Dakota, Tate Reeves, Tea Party, transvaginal probe, transvaginal ultrasound, ultrasound, United States Constitution, Virginia, Voter suppression, voting rights, war on women, women, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights, Women's Sufferage
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The Banishment Of Ken Cuccinelli
If you are not a political junkie it is very possible the name Ken Cuccinelli does not ring a bell. He is not yet high profile but he will be very soon. That is not to say that he isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Harry's Hell
Tagged 14th Amendment, 2nd Amendment, abortion, abstinence only, Arizona, Bob McDonnell, Cheri Jacobus, Civil Rights, Climate Change, environment, Florida, gay rights, Georgia, gun control, guns, Hawaii, immigration, immigration reform, Indiana, Kansas, Michael Mann, Michigan, money in elections, money in politics, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Obamacare, Papers Please, politics, right wing, Tennessee, transvaginal probe, transvaginal ultrasound, unemployment, unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation, University of Virginia, Virginia, Virginia Senate, voter fraud, voter ID, Voter suppression, war on women, WMAL, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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Thanksgiving 2012
Today is Thanksgiving. It is a day to spend with family, even if that includes your misinformed, loudmouth, conservative uncle who suffers from a case of the Foxpox. Being an old basketball coach I recognize that the sport of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Alan West, Citizens United, Civil Rights, Congress, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, Democratic national Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democrats, DNC, DSCC, economy, Florida, gay marriage, House, Illinois, immigration, immigration reform, Joe Walsh, liberal, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, money in politics, MSNBC, Obama, Obamacare, Ohio, Patty Murray, progressive, Republicans, same-sex marriage, Senate, Sherrod Brown, Social Security, Supreme Court, Tea Party, unemployment, Washington
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Yogi And Sir Mick
A high school and college basketball coaching career not withstanding my favorite sport is baseball. Despite being married to an Elvis fan my favorite musical act is The Rolling Stones. Last Tuesday night’s primary results might best be analyzed by … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 elections, 2012 election, Beau Biden, Charlie White, Chris Coons, Christine O'Donnell, Civil Rights, Delaware, Democrats, Dick Lugar, gay rights, House, Indiana, Indiana primary, Joe Biden, Mick Jagger, Mike Castle, Mitch Daniles, North Carolina, North Carolina Constitution, North Carolina primary, partisanship, politics, Republicans, Richard Mourdock, Rolling Stones, same-sex civil marriage, same-sex marriage, Senate, Tea Party, Yogi Berra
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Validated
The dominant story in the news this week is the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the health care matter. I will not get into the legal matters in depth here because that cannot be handled well in a brief … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Affordable Health Care Act, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Chris Cillizza, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Clarence Thomas, Democrats, Elena Kagan, Franklin Roosevelt, health care, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, individual mandate, Jeffrey Toobin, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Jonathan Turley, Lyndon Johnson, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, politics, progressive, Republicans, right wing, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, single payer, Social Security, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Washington Post
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