CALLER: I’m 90 years old and I just wanted to ask the colored man, why don’t colored people instead of saying what we did to them, why don’t they say what we did for them? They talk about the slavery but since then they have been given welfare, free medicine, free everything. HARLESTON: Ma’am I… Continue reading Racist 90 Year Old C-SPAN Caller Asks Why ‘Colored People’ Aren’t More Grateful for ‘Free Everything’
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Tea Party or Whiskey Rebellion?
The movement chose the wrong historical precedent when it selected the Boston Tea Party of 1773, a genuinely revolutionary event, as its symbol. Todays Tea Party movement is much more like the misguided and ill-fated Whiskey Rebellion of the early 1790s, during the first term of Americas first president, George Washington. … When Congress in… Continue reading Tea Party or Whiskey Rebellion?
Op-Ed Columnist – The Marriage Ideal – NYTimes.com
What we think of as traditional marriage is not universal. The default family arrangement in many cultures, modern as well as ancient, has been polygamy, not monogamy. The default mode of child-rearing is often communal, rather than two parents nurturing their biological children. … The point of this ideal is not that other relationships have… Continue reading Op-Ed Columnist – The Marriage Ideal – NYTimes.com
Is Anthony Weiner an Angry Loon?
In this age of cable and YouTube, millions of people evidently saw the one-minute-plus clip. But there has been relatively little focus on why the substantive debate that sparked it matters. More broadly, while I appreciate the concern over the future of civility in politics, I believe a little raw anger right now is justified.… Continue reading Is Anthony Weiner an Angry Loon?
Who are the liberal birthers?
41 percent of Republicans say Obama was definitely or probably born in another country. Why do so many Americans believe such a silly thing? And why are Republicans so much more likely to believe it? From Poll: 41 percent of Republicans think Obama wasn’t born in America – Birthers – Salon.com If the media does… Continue reading Who are the liberal birthers?
Chris Kelly: Why You Don’t Care About JournoList
The problem with the JournoList scandal is the problem with a lot of right wing news: It’s not happening on Earth I, where you and I live. Like the Black Panthers taking over the Justice Department, or Shirley Sherrod’s night raids on Andrew Breitbart’s small family farm or Glenn Beck’s lonely one-man struggle against the… Continue reading Chris Kelly: Why You Don’t Care About JournoList
Dems To Define GOP With ‘Republican-Tea Party Contract With America’ (VIDEO) | TPMDC
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine today will announce a new party initiative aimed at defining the Republicans who want to win control of Congress as tea partiers who want to repeal everything and abolish federal agencies. From Dems To Define GOP With ‘Republican-Tea Party Contract With America’ (VIDEO) | TPMDC This is brilliant politically.… Continue reading Dems To Define GOP With ‘Republican-Tea Party Contract With America’ (VIDEO) | TPMDC
The only thing Americans hate more than big government is the absence of government protection
middle-class Americans of the right, left, and center have now come to expect a level of personal financial security thatdespite the stereotypesmost people would never demand from their governments. In a review he wrote earlier this month, Brink Lindsey, the vice president of the libertarian Cato Institutea man who knows what he is up againstpulled… Continue reading The only thing Americans hate more than big government is the absence of government protection
Why the Obama-is-a-socialist poll isn’t surprising
55 percent of likely voters in this fall’s midterm elections think the term “socialist” describes President Obama well seems alarming. From Why the Obama-is-a-socialist poll isn’t surprising But what percent could define Socialist? My guess is that it is far less that 55%.
Things We Already Knew – Ross Douthat
It isnt really surprising that if you take the marginal tax rate on labor from 29 percent to 38 percent, raise the tax burden dramatically for the middle and working classes, permanently slash physician reimbursements for Medicare and curb domestic discretionary spending growth as successfully as the Clinton-Gingrich deadlock did in the 1990s, you can… Continue reading Things We Already Knew – Ross Douthat