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If Farrakhan Can Pull It Off, Why Can’t The Tea Party Protesters?

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Back on October 16, 1995, I attended the Million Man March (MMM) organized by Nation Of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan. While I wasn't a supporter of the Nation Of Islam, I was very curious about the entire event. Hmm... A million black men pledging to be better husbands, fathers, leaders, etc? What's not to like about that? Sure Minister Farrakhan was/is … [Read more...] about If Farrakhan Can Pull It Off, Why Can’t The Tea Party Protesters?

Slick Willie Clinton To The Rescue

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The propaganda wheels are spinning in overdrive as former President Bill Clinton returns from his North Korea journey with released hostages, journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling. The New York Times in its NEWS report SPECULATED in its FIRST paragraph that Clinton's successful mission opens the door for fruitful negotiations between the two countries over the nuclear weapons … [Read more...] about Slick Willie Clinton To The Rescue

Shall We Say to Hell With Joe Biden?: Izvestia, Russia

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Although it didn't make much of an impact in the United States, Vice President Joe Biden's recent interview with the Wall Street Journal has gotten tongues wagging in Russia's media as well as the Kremlin. It's fair to say that the vice president has hit a Russian nerve. In this article from Russia's Izvestia newspaper, political scientist Georgiy Bovt exhorts his countrymen … [Read more...] about Shall We Say to Hell With Joe Biden?: Izvestia, Russia

71% say Obama driving up deficit. 73% say cancer is bad.

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I don't see how anyone could have possibly predicted this. Seventy-one percent (71%) of U.S. voters say President Obama’s policies have increased the size of the federal deficit, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. A plurality of voters (37%) say cutting the federal deficit in half in the next four years is number one among the four priorities … [Read more...] about 71% say Obama driving up deficit. 73% say cancer is bad.

The F-22 Program Cancellation: The Aftermath

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Way back in January, 2009, I started posting on the F-22 Raptor program, on how, “One of the first weapon systems-related decisions the Obama administration will have to make is whether to purchase additional Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptors, after the last one of a 183 aircraft order has been delivered.” Already back then, the F-22 issue, and those of related weapon systems, … [Read more...] about The F-22 Program Cancellation: The Aftermath

Obama: Getting it Right on the Rhetoric

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Good for you, Mr. President: "The President discussed how the current tone and culture in Washington made it more difficult than it has been in the past to work in a bipartisan fashion. In particular, he singled out Republican Senators who are trying to work in a bipartisan fashion even in the context of a vocal minority in their party who doubt that the President was born … [Read more...] about Obama: Getting it Right on the Rhetoric

Obama’s Race Game Will Kill The G.O.P

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Ever since Obama swore the oath of office, I have followed the political discourse in America very closely. I paid particular attention to how America now deals with the issue of race. I saw the premature declarations that America was now entering a ‘post-partisan’ era as...well, interesting. I personally feel that Obama is a very talented politician, maybe the most … [Read more...] about Obama’s Race Game Will Kill The G.O.P

Bloodsucking Bankers Immune to Change

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The Obama Administration is making an effort to "name and shame" them, but the vampires in banking and on Wall Street are still busy draining liquidity out of the American financial system. According to the McClatchy newspapers, "The first report under the Home Affordable Modification Program, involving more than 30 lenders that together collect payments on 85 percent of … [Read more...] about Bloodsucking Bankers Immune to Change

Let’s Let Viral Video Kill the Music Video

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Chris Albrecht, cross-posting on Business Week, wonders Will Viral Video Kill the Music Video? Historically, music videos were promotional vehicles that ran on outlets such as MTV. Big budgets were spent on lavish productions meant to captivate watchers, prodding them into buying the single or album the song was on. But while music videos have proven enormously popular on … [Read more...] about Let’s Let Viral Video Kill the Music Video

Quote of The Day: The Rehabilitation of Bill and Hillary Clinton As The Conventional Wisdom Errs Again

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Our political Quote of the Day comes from the Atlantic's always perceptive Marc Ambinder who notes how former President Bill Clinton has rebounded and how "those talented Clintons are "defying Expectations Again," thus providing yet another example of how conventional wisdom often withers when matched later reality. Ambinder recalls two warnings President Barack Obama got … [Read more...] about Quote of The Day: The Rehabilitation of Bill and Hillary Clinton As The Conventional Wisdom Errs Again

Marine Corps Bans Social Network Sites

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The U.S. Marine Corps has banned Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites from its networks. Wired's Danger Room: “These internet sites in general are a proven haven for malicious actors and content and are particularly high risk due to information exposure, user generated content and targeting by adversaries,” reads a Marine Corps order, issued Monday. “The … [Read more...] about Marine Corps Bans Social Network Sites

Avoiding The Tough Calls (Guest Voice)

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Avoiding The Tough Calls by Ruth Marcus Washington Post Columnist WASHINGTON -- Does President Obama care more about passing health care reform that truly gets costs under control or getting re-elected? Does he care more about getting the nation's fiscal house in order or getting re-elected? Right now, the evidence points to getting re-elected. Exhibit A … [Read more...] about Avoiding The Tough Calls (Guest Voice)

And Now, Your Latest Nut Job (Guest Voice)

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And Now, Your Latest Nut Job by Eugene Robinson Washington Post Columnist WASHINGTON -- If there's been a more clinically insane political phenomenon in my lifetime than the "birthers," I've missed it. Is this what our national discourse has come to? Sheer paranoid fantasy? I'm talking about the people who have convinced themselves that Barack Obama was not … [Read more...] about And Now, Your Latest Nut Job (Guest Voice)

A Needed Song For Our Times

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A needed song for our times comes from another time: "Put On A Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie. NOTE: OK, so we couldn't get Dick Van Dyke -- but in the You Tube below you can watch Steven and Sara Brattman lip syncing it: And if the lyrics didn't get through to you with that rendition, here are Gail Farrell, her husband Ron Anderson, and their friend Michael Redman … [Read more...] about A Needed Song For Our Times

Sgt. Peralta’s Denied Medal of Honor: An Issue Worthy of “Meddling”

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I have been a vocal critic of the previous administration---as I am beginning to be of this administration---for what I believe is a shameful lack of recognition for the valor and heroism of our brave troops who have been fighting and sacrificing, oftentimes with their lives, in the hells of Iraq and Afghanistan. In turn, I have been criticized for “meddling in the business … [Read more...] about Sgt. Peralta’s Denied Medal of Honor: An Issue Worthy of “Meddling”