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    Another "Neo" conservative escapes right wing's Matrix

    MAY 30, 2012 11:36AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: lawrence wilkerson, richard clarke, bruce bartlett, david frum, barry goldwater, david stockman, george w bush, colin powell, weekly standard, forbes, washington times, national review, reagan administration, finance capitalism, wall street, plutocrats, robber barons, gilded age, liberty, freedom, allen west, clinton impeachment, authoritarianism, mike lofgren, traditions of civility, walter lippmann, democracy, nullification, fox news, iran-contra, watergate, bill clinton, barack obama, new deal, communist party, right wing extremism, alexis de tocqueville, edmund burke, bismarck, salon, mccarthyism, democratic party, liberalism, fascism, conservatism, michael fumento, neo, the matrix, republican party, economics, politics

    • 5 Ratings
    • 224 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Barack Obama makes it easy to be Green

    MAY 28, 2012 6:19PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: gay/lesbian, working class, wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, wisconsin, war profiteers, war profiteering, war, vietraq war, u.s. military, same-sex marriage, saddam hussein, republican tea party, republican party, reichstag fire, presidential politics, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, pepsi party, obama, nazis, nazi party, mittens romney, mitt romney, military-industrial-corporate complex, military industrial complex, middle class, memorial day, matt taibbi, labor unions, labor movement, labor, june 5 presidential primary election, john mccain, john kerry, jill stein, iraq war, iraq, halliburton, green party, gray davis, george w. bush, doma, democratic party, defense of marriage act, cruz bustamante, coke party, california gubernatorial recall election, california, bushcheneycorp, bill clinton, big oil, barack obama, arnold schwarzenegger, arnold

    • 0 Ratings
    • 81 Views
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    Advice From An Indiana Congressman; 1931

    MAY 24, 2012 4:47PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: facebook, congressman, indiana, arthur herbert greenwood, spencer evening world, 1931, ownership, distribution, stock market, gambling, bubbles, over-capitalization, dividends, common stock, economics, economic structure, the great depression, sales tax, income tax, supreme court, faith, fdic, sec, social security, fha, national labor relations act, national labor relations board, minimum wage, standard work week, child labor, slick willie, bill clinton, galss-steagall, nafta, tcm, gold diggers in paris, 1938, savings, interest, wall street

    • 0 Ratings
    • 114 Views
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    Third party likely

    MAY 15, 2012 1:04AM

    By abajo


    Topics: pirate party, ralph nader, bill clinton, third party, 2012, democrats, republicans

    • 0 Ratings
    • 48 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Thanks to Obama, Nation and the World a Safer Place

    MAY 2, 2012 11:35PM

    By dcherry17


    Topics: george w. bush, foreign policy, flower garden, end game, democratic president, bill clinton, barack obama, bad kid, ally

    • 2 Ratings
    • 204 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    I'm Not a Conspiracy Believer, But...

    APRIL 29, 2012 2:38PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics, warren commission, space exploration, september 11th, moon landing, lee harvey oswald, kennedy assassination, john f. kennedy, jimmy carter, jack ruby, iran-contra, george bush, conspiracy theories, cia, china space station, birthers, bill clinton, barack obama, 9/11 conspiracy theorists, 9/11 commission, 7 world trade center

    • 6 Ratings
    • 262 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Abandoned by Our Government

    APRIL 28, 2012 9:43PM

    By Mary Ann Sorrentino


    Topics: politics, political indifference, obama, bill clinton, w. bush, political hypocrisy, past us presidents

    • 3 Ratings
    • 172 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Rude Dispatches from the Class War

    APRIL 28, 2012 5:06AM

    By Tom Degan


    Topics: politics, tom degan, class war, jesus of nazareth, citizens united, bill clinton, mitt romney, barack obama

    • 4 Ratings
    • 324 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Mom was Ann Romney, Grandma was Hilary Clinton, I'm neither

    APRIL 18, 2012 6:41PM

    By FrogTown Diva


    Topics: bill clinton, mitt romney, democrats, gop, elections, feminism, hilary clinton, ann romney, first lady

    • 3 Ratings
    • 234 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    No Happy Ending for Secret Service Agents

    APRIL 18, 2012 1:58PM

    By Francesca Biller


    Topics: whiskey, ay caramba, ann romney, mitt romney, bill clinton, groucho marx, pley club brothel, james bond, walmart, "boys will be boys", colombia, cartagena, prostitute, president obama, secret agent man, secret service, kate middleton

    • 4 Ratings
    • 239 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Semi-Secret Fundamentals of Democracy

    APRIL 10, 2012 1:53PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: jill stein, project vote smart, george w bush, bill clinton, election reform, un-commercials, adbusters, occupy wall street, the jesus machine, dan gilgoff, james dobson, victoria reggie kennedy, hitler's pope, john cornwell, the mormon church, brigham young, ann eliza young, truth and education commission, cia, history is a weapon, peoples history of the united states, howard zinn, false advertising, planned obsolescence, price fixing, proprietary information, barack obama, mitt romney, rick santorum, health care, mika brzezinski, copyright, intellectual property, communist manifesto, elizabeth warren, harvesting minds, roy fox, channel one, charter schools, ballot questions, instant runoff elections, proportionate representation, white house diaries, jimmy carter, supreme court, free speech zones, citizens united, buckley v. valeo, free speech, propaganda, fundamentals of democracy, television, politics, health, environment, economy, business

    • 0 Ratings
    • 319 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Remembering Yoshi Hattori; 1992

    MARCH 30, 2012 3:53PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: history, united states, japan, gun control, mieko hattori, masaichi hattori, brady bill, bill clinton, state farm, wrongful death, manslaughter, 44 caliber smith & wesson, bonnie peairs, rodeney peairs, stayin' alive, saturday night fever, john travolta, halloween, webb haymaker, baton rouge, yoshihiro hattori, 1992, louisiana, treyvon martin, florida, castle doctrine, stand your ground laws

    • 2 Ratings
    • 268 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    In which I actually defend Team Mittens

    MARCH 22, 2012 10:34PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: barack obama, bill clinton, birth control, change, clinton, clintons, contraception, democratic party, etch-a-sketch, hillary clinton, hope, mitt romney, mittens romney, mormonism, obama, politics, pornography, president obama, presidential politics, prick santorum, republican party, republican tea party, rick santorum, romney, santorum

    • 2 Ratings
    • 494 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Bill Clinton admits UN brought cholera, Haiti raped again

    MARCH 18, 2012 12:17AM

    By Ezili Danto


    Topics: bill clinton, ezili dantò, hlln, minustah liability, ngo false charity in haiti, susan rice, un cholera in haiti, us false benevolence in haiti

    • 10 Ratings
    • 641 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Time to reel in our stormtroopers and shrink the Death Star

    MARCH 11, 2012 7:12PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: politics, warfare, war profiteers, war profiteering, war, vietraq war, united states military, u.s. military, treason, traitors, terrorism, stupid white men, stormtroopers, sgt. gary stein, samuel wurzelbacher, pentagon, pat benatar, national security, national interests, muslims, military spending, military overspending, military industrial complex, middle east, marine sgt. gary stein, looting the u.s. treasury, israel, islam, iraq war, iraq, hero worship, halliburton, george w. bush, gary stein, federal budget deficit, fascists, fascism, dick cheney, death star, collapse of the american empire, china, bushcheneycorp, bogus warfare, bogus war, bill clinton, armed forces tea party patriots, afghanistan

    • 1 Ratings
    • 422 Views
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    Assorted shit Sunday!

    FEBRUARY 19, 2012 4:18PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: 2012 presidential election, arizona, babeu, barack obama, bill clinton, bill maher, california, change, closet case, closet cases, coen brothers, democratic party, gays, george w. bush, green party, head case, head cases, hillary clinton, hope, hypocrisy, hypocrites, immigration, jan brewer, jill stein, joe wilson, john mccain, jose, mexico, mitt romney, new times, obama, obama slogans, paul babeu, phoenix, phoenix new times, pinal county, pinal county sheriff paul babeu, politics, president barack obama, president obama, prick santorum, racism, racists, ralph nader, republican party, republican tea party, rick santorum, romney, roseanne barr, santorum, sex scandal, sex scandals, white supremacism, white supremacists, wingnuts, closet cases, head cases, politics, gay/lesbian

    • 0 Ratings
    • 416 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Real Winner of the South Carolina Republican Primary

    JANUARY 21, 2012 11:40PM

    By Naithom


    Topics: bill clinton, newt gingrich, gop, presidential race

    • 0 Ratings
    • 150 Views
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    Gingrich's Skill

    JANUARY 20, 2012 1:03PM

    By Kathy Elrick


    Topics: conservative ideals, gender in politics, fidelity, men, marriage, republican, debate, presidential debate, presidential candidate, presidency, primary, south carolina, republican debate, cnn, john king, media, news media, press, nixon, watergate, shadow, bob woodward, white water, lewinsky trials, lewinskygate, monicagate, lewinsky, bill clinton, 1990s, gingrich, newt gingrich, newt

    • 4 Ratings
    • 564 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Michele, we hardly knew ye (and other notes on the circus)

    JANUARY 4, 2012 6:38PM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: wall street weasels, wall street, texas, ted rall, south carolina primary, south carolina, ross perot, ron paul, rick santorum, rick perry, republican tea party, republican party, politics, obamabots, obama, newt gingrich, michele bachmann, matt taibbi, john mccain, iowans, iowa caucuses, iowa, green party, glenn greenwald, george w. bush, george h. w. bush, elizabeth warren, dennis kucinich, democratic party, confederacy, bill clinton, barack obama, 99%, 99 percent, 1%, 1 percent

    • 0 Ratings
    • 402 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Clinton Impeachment: Bitter Fruit of a Poisenous Tree

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 4:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: justice, founding fathers, ending welfare as we know it, bill clinton, democracy, political faction, bi-partisanship, james madison, federalist papers, newt gingrich, tom delay, rule of law, right wing, clinton impeachment, republican party, politics

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