Words printed at the base of the Statue of Liberty — worth remembering when the red state folks push the meme that patriotism is only about swinging a big stick — before protecting our borders from foreign culture trumped safeguarding the inalienable rights of all men. The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of […]
The following viral email is just social non sequitur, but it does beg the following questions. Is the defining litmus test for wing-nut membership a fixation on bodily functions? I know at one level we are but organic machines, but we have evolved to consciousness of our existence, right? So why do the most spiteful […]
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This is a bit thin, though intellectually and politically significant concerning Republican VP selection, Sarah Palin. During the 2006 race for the Alaskan governorship, the current presumptuous Republican VP nominee responded as follows to the written questionaire from the Eagle Forum Alaska 2006 Gubernatorial Candidate Questionnaire: Are you offended by the phrase “Under God†in […]
Greg Palast makes some remarkable claims, corroborated by Monica Goodlings recent testimony before the House Judicial Committee about the Federal Attorney firings. He backs up these assertions by producing emails (some of the missing Carl Rove emails), obtained from emails missent by Tim Griffin while Griffin worked for the re-election of George W. Bush in […]