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Fire at Mosque Site in Tennessee Spreads Fear – NYTimes.com

Fire at Mosque Site in Tennessee Spreads Fear – NYTimes.com. This from Robert Mackey posted in the New York Times on 8-30-2010 As one letter writer so aptly put it, “that sound you hear is America going down the toilet.” … Continue reading

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Pastor’s Plan to Burn Korans Adds to Tensions – NYTimes.com

Pastor’s Plan to Burn Korans Adds to Tensions from todays New York Times 8-26-2010 It is astounding to me that there isn’t a great moral outrage from average citizens in this country about the insane and totally unjustified vilification of … Continue reading

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The Constitution and the Mosque

Editorial – The Constitution and the Mosque – NYTimes.com. This from today’s New York Times Online Editorials 8-17-10 “President Obama showed his understanding of the Constitution, and his respect for the American people, last week when he defended the right … Continue reading

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The Propaganda Mill

An increasingly disquieting feature of today’s political discourse is that bits and pieces of misinformation are regurgitated endlessly, indulging the feeding frenzy that fills the airwaves and print media. Continue reading

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Judge Blocks Key Parts of Immigration Law in Arizona – NYTimes.com

Judge Blocks Key Parts of Immigration Law in Arizona – NYTimes.com. Scoreboard: Justice, Fairness and The Constitution   –   1 Racism, Hatred and small mindedness  -  0 Nothing more to say about this.

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Supreme Court Extends Second Amendment Gun Owner Rights Nationwide : NPR

Supreme Court Extends Second Amendment Gun Owner Rights Nationwide : NPR. Yeah buddy, it’s the shootout at the OK corral nationwide. As insane as I think this is the conservative lunatic fringe ought to read the fine print behind the … Continue reading

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Jobless Aid Measure Dying in Senate – Shame on America

Jobless Aid Measure Dying in Senate – NYTimes.com. Millions of unemployed Americans will soon have no unemployment benefits thanks to the courageous cost cutting of our United States Senate. Yet just recently this same group authorized some 33 billion dollars … Continue reading

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So glad to see the White House step up and stop this blantly racist law from going into effect.

Administration Plans Suit to Block Arizona Immigrant Law – NYTimes.com. It’s so refreshing when the Democrats take a stand against social injustice. This ill designed and ultimately flawed piece of state legislation is nothing more than state sanctioned racial profiling, … Continue reading

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Nebraska City Torn as Immigration Vote Nears – NYTimes.com

The redneck racists are at it again. Some complain about shoppers speaking Spanish at the Wal-Mart, businesses with phone messages saying “Press 1 for English,” and the need for two interpreters last fall at the annual “kindergarten round-up” where children … Continue reading

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How outrageous can a Republican Senator from Texas get? Here’s the answer.

Live Blogging BP’s Tony Hayward in Congress – The Lede Blog – NYTimes.com. And the following video of the Republican party apologist, Pat Buchanan saying that this was a courageous statement is equally ignorant. It should come as no surprise … Continue reading

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