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    • 38 Ratings
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    Hate speech at my US Post Office

    MARCH 2, 2012 1:08PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: values, us post office, threat, social anxieties, slavery, salami, review, republicans, public decency, psychology, post office, post, ocean, obama, neighbor, name, march, liberalism is a mental disorder, liberal ideas, iowa, interview notes, information board, hate speech, hate, faith, evangelical, democrats, dayton iowa, dayton, courage, convenience, conservative, civil rights, christian, chicken, bottom of the ocean

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 4467 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    In Defense of Women and the Men Who Love Them

    MARCH 2, 2012 12:45AM

    By D. Horne


    Topics: insurance, reproductive rights, birth control, equal rights, feminism, women, conservative, liberal, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 3690 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    I just saw Andrew Breitbart on Saturday

    MARCH 1, 2012 1:27PM

    By Bob Calhoun


    Topics: conservative, tea party express, walter winchell, yellow journalism, big government, big journalism, california republican convention, andrew breitbart

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 825 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Republican Carcasses - IOWA: LIVE BLOG (Updated)

    JANUARY 4, 2012 12:41AM

    By John L. Roberson


    Topics: frothy, rick santorum, gop, primary, satire, iowa caucus, buddy roemer, republican, jon huntsman, jesus, conservative, ron paul, rick perry, election 2012, iowa, bse, marcus bachmann, michele bachmann, sean hannity, rush limbaugh, ferrets

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1487 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Rick Perry's Texas Leaves Much to be Desired

    AUGUST 16, 2011 2:29PM

    By Ryan Ebersole


    Topics: economy, belief/religion, news, politics, science, education, republican, 2012, jobs, abstinence, fundamentalist, christian, conservative, creationism, 2012, gop, texas, rick perry

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1974 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    Can I be a liberal and a Christian?

    JUNE 3, 2011 6:14AM

    By heathersavann


    Topics: my tiny hypocrisy, christian, christianity, politics, liberal, conservative, democrat, republican, gop

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 775 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Kind of American I Don't Want To Be

    MAY 19, 2011 11:23AM

    By Jan Linn


    Topics: conservative, liberals, budget, values, priorities

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 916 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Backing Down the Most All-Out Assault on Abortion Rights

    MAY 12, 2011 11:40AM

    By Lina Thorne


    Topics: protest and resistance, american taliban, christian fascist, conservative, right-wing, feticide bill, heartbeat bill, hr3, pro-choice, abortion rights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1845 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Pro-Choice: Protecting the Rights of My Children

    MAY 9, 2011 5:12AM

    By D. Horne


    Topics: pro-choice, abortion, conservative, liberal, science, politics, news, health, feminism, family, environment, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1916 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Justin Bieber's attempt at nuance in a soundbite era...

    FEBRUARY 17, 2011 9:57AM

    By Scott Mendelson


    Topics: abortion, conservative, essays, healthcare, justin bieber, justin bieber abortion, entertainment news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1739 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Donald Trump Tries to Stand Out in 2012 Presidential Field

    FEBRUARY 16, 2011 4:02PM

    By John Saveland


    Topics: comedy, news, politics, economy, business, trump, donald trump, 2012, republican, cpac, conservative, van susteren, president, whitman, meg whitman, new york, gay marriage, south korea, bloomberg, reagan, rand paul

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1454 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Bachmann tilts at socialist windmills at CPAC

    FEBRUARY 10, 2011 9:45PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: obama, obamacare, health reform, conservative, american conservative union, cpac, michelle bachmann

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 3149 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    "SARAH PALIN'S ALASKA" Recap/Week #1 Bear-ly Believable

    NOVEMBER 15, 2010 7:03AM

    By James and Lois Cowan


    Topics: tv recap, recap, conservative, tlc, gritty guru, michael burnett, kardashian, television, tea party, reality, tv, documentary, grizzlies, bears, burnett, politics, liberal lion in his den, brave sarah, governor palin, progressives, ex-governor palin, discovery channel, the last frontier, nonfiction mystery, summer off coast maine, james and lois cowan, tramp steamer in key west, advice columnist, lois cowan, nonfiction mystery, paramedic writing team of james and lois cowan, dear james, advice columnist james cowan, fiend cellar nonfiction mystery, key west florida usa, beasts, animals, family, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 7851 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    How the Far Right Proves Its Own Arguments Wrong

    OCTOBER 14, 2010 9:50AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: conservative, tea party

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 818 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    What Republican Party?

    SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 5:16PM

    By William Hazelgrove


    Topics: politics, the right and left, rocketman, hazelgrove, republican, liberal, politcal correctness, democrat, conservative, right and left, delawarek, tea party

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2443 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Glenn Beck: If You Like it, It's Right Wing

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 4:21PM

    By American Heretic


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, glenn beck, restoring honor, rally, mlk, martin luther king, civil rights, obama, social justice, racist, racism, communist, communism, progressive, 8/28, lies, libertarian, conservative, right wing, jack o'dell, stanley levison, elizabeth dilling, slavery, nazism, anti-semitic, nazi, socialist, marxist, church, religion, the red network, conspiracy, infiltrators

    • Editor's Pick
    • 43 Ratings
    • 3610 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    The Right isn't wrong. They're just stuck.

    FEBRUARY 10, 2010 1:27PM

    By Greg Correll


    Topics: right, left, spinoza, herodotus, susan wise bauer, alan wolfe, the new republic, thomas sowell, history, rationality, science, liberal, conservative, ideas, deliberative democracy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 3988 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    What I Tell My Students About Global Warming

    DECEMBER 14, 2009 10:42AM

    By Jeff L. Howe


    Topics: chicken little, science method, inconvenient truth, al gore, obama, conservative, liberal, democrat, republican, science, jeff howe, climate change, global warming

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 11470 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    Hated Roosevelt, Hate Obama: Paleoconservative Persuasions

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 10:11AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: belief/religion, politics, albert jay nock, our enemy-the state, republican talking points, great depression, opposition to roosevelt, glen beck, michele bachmann, sarah palin, rush limbaugh, barack obama, cato institute, anarcho-capitalists, anarcho-libertarians, libertarian, frank chodorov, murray rothbard, william f. buckley jr., ayn rand, paleoconservatism, neocon, statism, anti-statism, conservative, praise god but get even, franz oppenheimer, conservatism, right wing, economic bailout, economic meltdown, “great recession”, herbert spencer

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 8778 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    The Word That Lurks Beneath...

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 11:10PM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: mortimer hayden smyth, racism, gop, republican, conservative, obama, muslim, radical, socialist, hitler, nazi, health care, town hall, joe wilson, hussein, illegitimate, antichrist, racist, words, i want my america back, country, indoctrination, code words, dog whistle

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