Hey Sarah, At Least Stand By Your Free Speech by Tina Dupuy Last Saturday morning 20 people were shot in a Tucson Safeway parking lot by a 22-year-old who stated on YouTube he “won’t pay debt with a currency that’s not backed by gold and silver.” Fifteen minutes after the news broke, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin tweeted, “The price of gold today is at $1,368.90 an … [Read more...] about Hey Sarah, At Least Stand By Your Free Speech (Guest Voice)
A Moment of Silence
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Hate Speech – The Right’s Magic Bullet (Guest Voice)
Hate Speech - The Right’s Magic Bullet by Michael Winship The Russian playwright Anton Chekhov had a rule: if you show a gun in the first act, by the time the curtain falls, it has to go off. For weeks and months, that gun, the weapon of angry rhetoric and intemperate rabblerousing, has been cocked and loaded in plain view on the American stage; Saturday morning … [Read more...] about Hate Speech – The Right’s Magic Bullet (Guest Voice)
Poster Boy
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A Question about Jared Loughner
As the fallout in taking stock of the human pain, impact to our democracy and political implications of the Arizona shootings continues, Marc Ambinder points out that one question seems to be left out: what about his parents and their role in Jared Loughner's life? A must-read HERE. … [Read more...] about A Question about Jared Loughner
Congress Time Out
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A Responsible Democracy in America (Guest Voice)
A Responsible Democracy in America by Martha Randolph Carr U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, 63 was one of six people who have died as a result of the shooting Saturday at a Tucson, AZ Safeway grocery store. Fourteen others were wounded with eight still hospitalized and one is reported to be in critical condition. Roll had stopped by to shake Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ hand … [Read more...] about A Responsible Democracy in America (Guest Voice)
Jared Lee Loughner: The Face of Brutality
Yes, a picture is worth a thousand words. The official mug shot of Jared Lee Loughner. h/T Talking Points Memo … [Read more...] about Jared Lee Loughner: The Face of Brutality
Gabrielle Giffords
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The Preamble
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The Candy Man
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Heroism in Combat: Never Too Late To Be Recognized
I have often bemoaned the dearth of Medals of Honor awarded to our heroes of our most recent---and still ongoing--- wars: Iraq and Afghanistan. However, I will not complain if the hands of Congress and of the U.S. Army reach back almost 150 years to recognize and honor military valor and heroism. That is exactly what is happening in Congress. The names of two Civil … [Read more...] about Heroism in Combat: Never Too Late To Be Recognized
Two By Joni
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A Twice In A Century Day
Just a bit of numerical trivia. Tuesday is 1-11-11 Only happens twice a century. … [Read more...] about A Twice In A Century Day
America’s War on Drugs Claims Another Innocent Victim
Last week, Reason Magazine Senior Editor Radley Balko was invited onto Judge Napolitano's Freedom Watch to discuss the latest victim of our government's ongoing drug war. According to Boston's NECN and The Boston Globe: Last Wednesday, law enforcement officers mistakenly shot and killed a 68 year old grandfather of twelve in an early morning drug raid outside of Boston. … [Read more...] about America’s War on Drugs Claims Another Innocent Victim
What Sarah Palin Should Have Said
Coming from David Frum, this advice carries a lot more force than if it were coming from, oh say, Firedoglake or Crooks and Liars, e.g. (emphasis is mine): … [Read more...] about What Sarah Palin Should Have Said
DeLay Sentenced To Three Years In Prison
According to the Washington Post, Senior Judge Pat Priest has sentenced former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) to three years in prison "for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002." In November, a jury found DeLay guilty of money laundering. In 2002, DeLay's political action committee (Texans for a Republican … [Read more...] about DeLay Sentenced To Three Years In Prison
America’s Hate-Filled Rhetoric ‘Unworthy of a Democratic Nation’ (Die Thuringische Landeszeitung, Germany)
Have extremist Republican attacks against President Obama and left-wing Americans resulted in the assassination attempt against an American lawmakers and the murder of six others? Continuing with our coverage of the massacre in Tucson, columnist Axel Zacharias of Germany's Die Thüringische Landeszeitung writes that Republican party spokespeople like Sarah Palin have a lot to … [Read more...] about America’s Hate-Filled Rhetoric ‘Unworthy of a Democratic Nation’ (Die Thuringische Landeszeitung, Germany)
Tom DeLay Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
The Austin American-Statesman reports: Judge Pat Priest sentenced Tom DeLay to three years in prison. The three-year sentence was on the charge of conspiring to launder corporate money into political donations during the 2002 elections. On the charge of money laundering, DeLay was sentenced to five years but that was probated for 10 years. UPDATED: Travis County … [Read more...] about Tom DeLay Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
Massacre in Tucson – ‘A Sad Day for America’: Salzburger Nachrichten, Austria
How responsible is right-wing rhetoric for the assassination attempt against Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords? According to columnist Thomas Spang of Austria's Salzburger Nachrichten, where to pin the blame couldn't be clearer. For the Salzburger Nachrichten, Thomas Spang writes in part: For months, the political right has been turning up the heat in the … [Read more...] about Massacre in Tucson – ‘A Sad Day for America’: Salzburger Nachrichten, Austria