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    Biden’s endorsement is not nearly enough

    MAY 6, 2012 3:54PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: working class, wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, wisconsin, vice president joe biden, states' rights, separate but unequal, separate but equal, scott walker, same-sex marriage, president barack obama, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, obama, mittens romney, mitt romney, middle class, marriage, labor unions, labor rights, labor movement, labor, joseph biden, joe biden, human rights, gulf of mexico, gov. scott walker, equality, equal rights, discrimination, cowardice, civil rights, british petroleum, bp oil spill, bp, bigotry, big oil, biden, barack obama, abraham lincoln, politics, gay rights, gay/lesbian

    • 2 Ratings
    • 231 Views
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    You Can Be A Patriot or a Profiteer...But You Can't Be Both.

    APRIL 27, 2012 3:27PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: open call, war, video, q1 2012, profits, profiteers, profiteering, patriots, northrup grumman, military contractors, lockheed martin, george washington, franklin delano roosevelt, brave new foundation, boeing, abraham lincoln

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    Radical Abe Lincoln

    APRIL 22, 2012 11:21PM

    By whirlwind


    Topics: negro militia, slavery, andrew johnson, abraham lincoln, civil war

    • 3 Ratings
    • 357 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Ted Nugent: Rock's Village Idiot

    APRIL 18, 2012 10:37AM

    By Tom Degan


    Topics: politics, tom degan, abraham lincoln, barack obama, john lennon, charlie chaplin, ted nugent

    • 2 Ratings
    • 447 Views
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    "Food Stamps" Bigotry Feeds GOP Anti-government agenda

    JANUARY 20, 2012 10:02AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: wall street, capitalism, manifest destiny, mexican american war, james polk, abraham lincoln, john c. calhoun, fox news, tea party, roger ailes, glenn beck, financial crisis, president obama, global warming, koch brothers, confederate flag, south carolina, southern strategy, racism, republican party, right wing, newt gingrich, food stamps, economics, politics

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    Africans Unite! Ethiopians Unite!

    JANUARY 9, 2012 12:21AM

    By al mariam


    Topics: ethiopian unity, ethiopia bob marley, african unite, preamble u.s. constitution, abraham lincoln, jesse jackson, barack obama accra speech, oromo ethiopia, amhara ethiopia, tigray ethiopia, gurage ethiopia, gambella ethiopia, afar ethiopia, ogaden ethiopia, anuak ethiopia, ethiopia orthodox, ethiopia muslim, ethiopia protestant, ethnic federalism ethiopia, kilil ethiopia, oromo liberation front, olf secession, olf ethiopian unity, olf national council, olf minneapolis, ethiopia tplf, meles zenawi, tribalism africa, ethnic politics africa, oromo secession, africa idfentity politics, ethiopia human rights, alemayehu g mariam

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    • 210 Views
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    Thanksgiving, 2011

    NOVEMBER 24, 2011 5:23PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: thanksgiving, penance, united states history, continental congress, native americans, puritans, george washington, godey's ladies book, sarah hale, abraham lincoln

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    • 294 Views
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    Savoring Meditation #182: Occupiers, reform what we have!

    OCTOBER 20, 2011 10:53PM

    By Grannypower


    Topics: belief/religion, business, economy, news, meditation, usa, occupy movements, new york, san francisco, us constitution, declaration of independence, government, pursuit of happiness, of, by and for the people, gettysburg address, abraham lincoln, public, private, corporations, personhood, free speech, campaign finance reformopen+call, photography, politics

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    Free Market or Crony Capitalism?

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 1:19PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: financial crisis, president obama, abraham lincoln, michael gerson, rick perry, republican party, crony capitalism, politics, economics

    • 0 Ratings
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    Abraham Lincoln: The Verdict Is In

    JULY 27, 2011 5:05PM

    By Kim McCully-Mobley


    Topics: neh, owp, dsi, storytelling, civil war, abraham lincoln, southern illinios university

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    • 220 Views
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    Joan Walsh's Dysfunctional View of History & Government

    JULY 26, 2011 8:47AM

    By Enlightened Belle


    Topics: huffington post, slavery, emancipation proclamation, oval office, abraham lincoln, joan walsh

    • 1 Ratings
    • 341 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    40 Acres and a Broke Down Mule

    JULY 25, 2011 11:41AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: slavery, reconstruction, united states history, civil war, confederates, sea islands, georgia, south carolina, florida, andrew johnson, edwin santon, abraham lincoln, general sheman, ebeneezer creek, steve king, michele bachmann

    • 4 Ratings
    • 285 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    First Bull Run, part 3: The Aftermath

    JULY 23, 2011 7:19AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: first battle of bull run, first manassas for them's as prefers, civil war, american civil war, abraham lincoln, general winfield scott, anaconda plan, strategy, maturation, irvin mcdowell, george brinton mcclellan, edwin stanton, thomas rr cobb, edmund ruffin, mary boykin chestnut, army of the potomac, army of northern virginia, walt whitman, horace greeley, the common soldier says it best

    • 6 Ratings
    • 243 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    First Bull Run, part 2: Hot Day of Cold Reality

    JULY 21, 2011 8:52AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: civil war, first battle of bull run, first manassas too, the battle, picnics, abraham lincoln, jefferson davis, irwin mcdowell, pgt beauregard, joseph e johnston, stonewall jackson, stonewall brigade, bernard bee, legend, north and south, 150 years ago today

    • 7 Ratings
    • 311 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    First Bull Run, part 1: Pressure Builds

    JULY 19, 2011 10:08AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: forward to richmond, innocence before experience, jefferson davis, joseph e johnston, pgt beauregard, winfield scott, irvin mcdowell, horace greeley, charles a dana, abraham lincoln, 1861, first bull run, civil war

    • 0 Ratings
    • 227 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    What Makes A Good Leader?

    JULY 18, 2011 11:40PM

    By Kim McCully-Mobley


    Topics: politics, slavery, abraham lincoln, civil war

    • 2 Ratings
    • 258 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    "IF ONLY....ERIC CANTOR would "Pull a Weiner"!

    JULY 11, 2011 5:58PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: comedy, food/drink, gossip, news, photography, monica lewinsky, bill clinton, hillary clinton, sarah palin, joan of arc, anne boleyn, president obama, george bush, kim kardasian, walt disney, mozart, albert einstein, alexander the great, napoleon, ghandi, abraham lincoln, gilbert gottfried, anthony weiner, satire, spoof, humor, open call, if only...eric cantor would pull a weiner, marilyn sands

    • 4 Ratings
    • 425 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Politics 101: Sorry, No, Yelling Doesn’t Make You Right

    JULY 6, 2011 10:54AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: politics, abraham lincoln, internet

    • 2 Ratings
    • 633 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Spielberg's Long-Awaited Abraham Lincoln Film

    MAY 8, 2011 10:20PM

    By Nick Leshi


    Topics: movie, film, abraham lincoln, stephen spielberg

    • 6 Ratings
    • 504 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    The Sumter Crisis, Part 2: The Best Laid Plans . . .

    APRIL 18, 2011 6:59AM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: how it began, history, south carolina, charleston, american civil war, robert toombs, braxton bragg, francis perkins, gustavus fox, montgomery meigs, gideon welles, jefferson davis, william seward, abraham lincoln, civil war, fort sumter

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