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An Attempt At Further Abdication
While the conservatives claim to be the defenders of the Constitution in practice it is the progressives who are. We may not play dress-up and wear three cornered hats, but when rhetoric gives way to reality it is the political … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Arizona, Bob Corker, Carl Levin, conservative, Constitution, Dick Durbin, executive branch, FAA patch, George W. Bush, Illinois, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Michigan, Obama, politico, politics, progressive, Senate Armed Services Committee, South Carolina, Tennessee, United States Constitution, war powers
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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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An Expansion Of The Disinformation Machine
In the last few days both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have reported that the Koch brothers are seriously interested in buying the eight newspapers owned by the Tribune Company. When two such diverse newspapers report … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore Sun, Boston Marathon, California, Charles Koch, Chicago Tribune, Connecticut, Constitution, consumer protection, Daily Press, Danile Patrick Moynihan, David Koch, Electoral College, First Amendment, Florida, Forbes 400, Fox News, freedom of the press, freedonm of speech, gerrymandering, government regulation, Hartford Current, Illinois, journalism, Koch brothers, Los Angeles Times, Maryland, Morning Call, New York Post, New York Times, newspapers, Orlando Sentinel, Pennsylvania, politics, progressive, right wing, Rupert Murdoch, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, taxes, Tea Party, Tribune Comapny, United States Constitution, Virginia, Wall Street Journal, Westboro Baptist Church
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Better Off Without Max
One of the best pieces of news this week is that Democratic Senator Max Baucus of Montana announced he will retire at the end of this term and not seek reelection in 2014. No, I haven’t gone over to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Affordable Health Care Act, Brian Schweitzer, Bush Tax Cuts, conservative, David Camp, Democrats, environment, George W. Bush, Great Recession, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, health care, House, House of Representatives, Joe Manchin, Manchin-Toomey Amendment, Massachusetts, Max Baucus, Michigan, Montana, Obama, Obamacare, Oregon, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, progressive, public option, Republicans, Ron Wyden, Scott Brown, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, single payer, Ted Kennedy, West Virginia
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What’s The Buzz On Guns?
Tuesday night I attended a political meeting. The business was wrapped up pretty quickly and the group decided to take advantage of the situation by breaking into a freeform political discussion. At one point the question of what is happening … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, background check, Congress, conservative, Democrats, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun show loophole, gun violence, guns, high capacity clips, mass shooting, media, politics, progressive, Republicans, Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Elementary School, shadow sales
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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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It’s Still Obama
Despite the fact that since April I now publish about one article a week as opposed to seven or eight, my website continues to grow. I am grateful for that! Last week I received an e-mail from a man who … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Democrats, economy, health care, jobs, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Obama, Obamacare, politics, progressive, unemployment, Willard Mitt Romney
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Second Class
North Carolinians started going to the polls on Thursday with the commencement of early voting in advance of the May 8th primary. Aside from what is now a meaningless Republican Presidential primary, the Democrats have to choose a gubernatorial candidate, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, ballot initiatives, conservative, gay marriage, gay rights, get out the vote, GOTV, grandparents' rights, greed, John Hood, marriage, North Carolina, North Carolina Constitution, North Carolina legislature, North Carolina primary, politics, progressive, Renee Ellmers, Republican Presidential Primary, Republicans, same-sex marriage, Tea Party, The John Locke Foundation
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The Endorsement Of Alan Grayson
One speech doesn’t make a political career or a politician, but it can leave them indelibly etched in our minds. The prime example of that is President Barack Obama’s speech to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston. Even his … Continue reading
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Tagged 2004 Democratic National Convention, 2010 election, 2010 mid-term elections, 2012 election, Alan Grayson, bigotry, conservative, courage, Democrats, Do Harm Congress, Florida, George Will, gun control, guns, Harvard, Hate Crime Expansion Act, Hate crime legislation, hate crimes, health care, homeschooling, House, Jeb Bush, John Kennedy, Lily Ledbetter, Obama, Obamacare, Orlando, politics, prejudice, progressive, racism, Republican, Republican Health Care Plan, right wing, Sanford Florida, Sarah Palin, Stand Your Ground, Tea Party, Teri Schiavo, Trayvon Martin, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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