Free Speech: Not always free
articles.orlandosentinel.com — Ever since James Madison penned the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, many Americans have mistakenly believed that those 45 liberating words entitle them to say anything anywhere at any time. They don't. (Submitted by DigSomeMore) More…
Is 'Teabagger' The Conservative N Word
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — As conservatives grapple with how to deal with being called "teabaggers," a National Review senior editor mulls whether to embrace the term like blacks using the "N-word" amongst themselves: "[T]his brings up the question of whether 'teabagger' could be kind of a conservative N-word: to be used in the family, but radioactive outside the family." (Submitted by amprather) More…
Hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan
foreignpolicy.com — Bring up the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and one of the first things bound to come up is contractors -- companies such as Blackwater/Xe, DynCorp, and ArmorGroup. But what most Americans do not realize is that they've only seen the tip of the iceberg. The United States has become addicted to contractors -- and it's an unsustainable habit. (Submitted by 0ldB0y) More…
Palin’s “Going Rogue” Tour Finally Jumps the Shark
politicususa.com — The Palinapoolaz Book Tour jumped the shark today, when an internal memo of her demands for her book-signing appearance at the Mall of America was been released to the AP by accident. We are told we must address her by “Governor”, in English only, and that no foreign press will be allowed. After she was tripped up by Canadians last week. (Submitted by PhilPerspective) More…
Will More Troops In Afghanistan Make A Difference?
npr.org — Military experts are skeptical that the 30,000 extra troops will be enough to change the fundamental dynamics in Afghanistan, particularly if President Obama sticks to his new July 2011 target for beginning a drawdown of forces. (Submitted by allnuts) More…
Ann Coulter: Do Smoking Guns Cause Global Warming, Too?
humanevents.com — As we now know (and by "we" I mean "everyone with access to the Internet"), the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has just been caught ferociously manipulating the data about the Earth's temperature. (Submitted by asami21) More…
The Afghan Escalation
online.wsj.com — Above all, as a war President, Mr. Obama will have to spend more of his own political capital persuading the American public that the Afghan campaign is worth the price. One speech at storied West Point isn't enough. The President needs his own political surge. (Submitted by Blinker1315) More…
An Image of a True Coward (PIC)
flickr.com — This scum bag is a coward. I was in Washington DC and they were have another of the endless peace marches. I saw this pinhead out in the middle of the street wiping his feet on the US Flag. I went up and introduced myself, gave him my name, told him I was a Vet of the Navy, and a Defense Worker. I asked him to Identify himself. He would not. (Submitted by bettverboten) More…
A Crushing Legacy of Bush
observer.com — From now on, the headlines about Afghanistan will be slugged "Obama's War," and perhaps that is fair enough given the president's many endorsements of what he has called a war of necessity. It would be much less fair, however, to ignore the events that led us to this moment. (Submitted by Blinker1315) More…
What If Gore Had Won
2010.newsweek.com — Gore as President: An Alternate History of the Decade (Submitted by LBUCHA) More…
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