"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality."---Dante

GOP Wanted Austerity In 1937 And We're Repeating It Again

Back in the Great Depression, President Roosevelt thought it was necessary to reinvest in our country and put Americans to work building our nation's infrastructure.  His programs put tens of thousands of people to work, and increased the country's workforce.

WHY Can't Large Corporations Pay Their Fair Share of the TAX BURDEN?

I just saw a preview of the Republicans Plan to cut the deficit by cutting Social Security and Medicare. It is astonishing to me how anyone can believe the bunk they are spewing. Let's take a look at the REAL reasons that this Nation is becoming a Debtor Nation.

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Poll: Does The Arizona Immigration Law Remind You Of "GESTAPO" Tactics Used During WWII ?

It certainly reminds me of the "GESTASPO" tactics. Anytime police ask someone for their "papers", based on the fact that they look Hispanic, and therefore might be an illegal alien, they are profiling based on race.

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What Has Happened To Civility In This Country?

A man claiming to be a "Pro Life" advocate calmly walked into a church in Kansas. He was carrying a gun. He opened fire and ended the life of a doctor who performed late-term abortions.

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Panel Proposes Single Standard for All Schools - NYTimes.com

A panel of educators convened by the nation's governors and state school superintendents proposed a uniform set of academic standards on Wednesday, laying out their vision for what all the nation's public school children should learn in Math and English, year by year from kinderg …

E.J. Dionne Jr. - The elephant at the health-care summit - washingtonpost.com

This week particularly the health-care summit President Obama has called for Thursday, will determine the shape of politics for the next three years.

Rep. Kennedy Will Not Seek Re-election | WPRI.com

Rep. Patrick Kennedy will not seek re-election to Congress, according to his press secretary.

E.J. Dionne Jr. - On health care: 'Finish the kitchen' - washingtonpost.com

Democrats can finish the kitchen. Or they can face the wrath of the voters who will wonder why the contractor they sent to Washington left all the wires hanging and the plumbing disconnected and useless.

Jobless Rate Falls to 9.7%, Giving Hope Worst Is Over - NYTimes.com

The unemployment rate unexpectedly dipped to 9.7 percent in January, from 10 percent in December, the government report reported Friday, buoying hopes that the worst job market in the last, quarter century is finally improving.

POLL:How Stupid are the American People? How Stupid do the Republicans WISH they were?

How can the Republicans think they can increase their numbers in Congress of the United States? By lying? Through the dissemination of mis-information and mis-statements of fact? So far, all I've heard are lies and more lies. Not little white lies, but real whoppers.

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Obama Says Failed Attack Could Have Been Disrupted - NYTimes.com

President Obama said Tuesday that the government had sufficient information to uncover the terror plot to bring down a commercial jet liner on Christmas day, but that intelligence officials had"failed to connect the dots". "This was not a failure to collect intelligence", Mr.

Obama aide defends trial for suspect in Christmas Day attempt to bomb plane - washingtonpost.com

President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser on Sunday defended the administration's decision to try to try in federal court the man charged with attempting to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day and indicated that he would be offered a plea agreement to persuade him to reveal  …

Obama adviser says Cheney is wrong in criticism - washingtonpost.com

Dick Cheney's withering criticism of the Obama Administration's terrorism-fighting polices came under an equally harsh response Sunday, with the former vice-president accused of being ignorant or intentionally misleading.

Eugene Robinson - Dick Cheney's lies about President Obama - washingtonpost.com

It's pathetic to break a New Years resolution before we even get to New Years Day, but here I go.

Letterman extortion suspect cites Tiger scandal - Celebrities- msnbc.com

The TV producer accused of trying to shake down David Letterman to keep mum on his affairs is drawing on the Tiger Woods sex scandal to bolster his defense.

The Truth aboutHealth Care:What Did Obama Really Want,What Did The Senate Do About It

On September 9, 2009, President Obama addressed a Joint Session of Congress and put forth his plan for Health Care Reform. This is what he asked for: 1.

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Richard Cohen - For the uninsured, a ray of hope in an imperfect health-care bill - washingtonpost.com

The health care bill is not perfect, but it is a start.

Health-care bill wouldn't bring real reform - washingtonpost.com

The Health Care Bill coming out of the Senate doesn't represent the reform of Health Care that we need. Should it pass anyway, after all, it is a place to start.

Eugene Robinson - Eugene Robinson on Sarah Palin's flip-flop on climate change - washingtonpost.com

Is Sarah Palin flip flopping on climate change. How many more issues will she flip flop on to strengthen her leadership of the, "populist movement that reacts with anger at the slightest whiff of pointy headed 'one world' intellectualism'."

Kathleen Parker - Kathleen Parker on Obama's triumph at Oslo - washingtonpost.com

After Barack Obamas' Nobel Peace Prize speech,anyone still questioning whether he is really a Christian, rather than a Muslim aligned with fanaticism, needs to seek therapy forthwith. Anyone still unconvinced that Obama is really an American, committed to his nations' values, r …

War president addresses incongruity of accepting peace prize - washingtonpost.com

"let us reach for the world that ought to be---that spark of the divine that still stirs within each of our souls.....Clear eyed, we can understand that there will be war, and still strive for peace."

Should the Bishop of Providence Keep Congressman Kennedy from receiving Communion?

Not only does the request by Bishop Thomas Tobin,of Providence, for Congressman Patrick Kennedy to refrain from receiving Communion, call into question the separation of Church and State, but I feel it calls into question the Church's own teaching that God gave mankind "Free Will …

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