http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/147928 – According to the U.S. Census of 2000, 80 percent of the 285 million people living in the United States are urban dwellers. Those living in slums are well below 5 percent. If we translate the Iraqi statistic into the U.S. context, 121 million people in the United States would be living in slums. [...]
Congrats, Assholes. You won.
Read this comment today. Figured it was pretty honest about the whole thing, and certainly reflects what I would feel. So congrats, assholes hoping for a generations long war against most of the world, you are one step closer to that goal. Nudge 2010-08-23 07:06:58 AM I’m a Muslim American, and the nationwide attempt to [...]
NYC mosque will be election issue, Republican predicts
Of course it will be. The R’s ran on 9/11-9/11-9/11 to great effect in 2004. Why not try again in 2010? Between this, immigration, and Obama, the ‘Brown Scare’ wins the Republican motivate-the-base campaign theme trifecta. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-08-16-mosque16_ST_N.htm?csp=hf – WASHINGTON — The top Republican in charge of Senate campaigns said Sunday that President Obama’s support of [...]
Republicans officially Anti-American, Anti-Constitution
This is sick, sad, and disgusting. Everything that this country stands and has stood for, is now under attack for short term political gain. This is the Republican *leadership*, working every day to change what it means to be an American (which you can only be if they approve of your heritage). This is officially [...]
I like the part at the end, where they just roar at one another.
And yes, I did lol a little to myself.
LeWho? What happens when billionaires gets persnickety
Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight; As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier. This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV [...]
Rand Paul Replaces Staffers for his mistakes
http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=10741012 Kentucky senatorial candidate Rand Paul said Tuesday he’s planning a campaign staff shake-up a week after a round of interviews in which he dismayed fellow Republicans by discussing his views on racial segregation. Campaign manager David Adams, who had been a Republican blogger in Nicholasville before joining up, will remain though perhaps in a [...]
72% of Fox Viewers Reject Civil Rights Act
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36420_SC_GOP_Voters-_15_Oppose_Civil_Rights_Act_27_Not_Sure_-_Update-_72_of_Fox_Viewers_Reject_CRA This doesn’t surprise me, although it does sadden me a tad.
Right Now – Rand Paul cancels Meet the Press appearance
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/05/rand_paul_cancels_meet_the_pre.html Aaaww, shoot. I wanted him to keep talking his (Ayn) Randian nutjobbery. UPDATE: Turns out only two other people have done this, Louis Farrakhan and the Saudi Prince Bandar. Pretty rarified company there Randy.
Rand Paul: Obama’s Criticism of BP ‘Un-American’ – ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/m/screen?id=10708648 Paul’s defense of the oil company came during an interview as he tried to explain his controversial take on civil rights law, an issue that has overtaken his campaign since his victory in Tuesday’s GOP primary. “What I don’t like from the president’s administration is this sort of, ‘I’ll put my boot heel on [...]
Odds are, the Hutaree Militia gets off
I was surprised to learn this… As I describe it in my book, Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream (pp. 144 – 171), the federal government has never won a sedition case against militia-types, white supremacists, or neo-Nazis. Since World War One, they have won [...]
Who’s packing ERs? Not the uninsured
http://us.mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/AnyArticle/p.rdt?URL=http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64I78X20100520 “In 2007, approximately one in five persons in the U.S. population had one or more emergency department visits in a 12-month period,” the report from the National Center for Health Statistics reads. “Among the under-65 population, the uninsured were no more likely than the insured to have had at least one emergency department visit [...]
