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History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

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1 Comments

Oops! No One Can (Technically) Be President of the USA

APRIL 14, 2012 6:05PM

By Claire Dobie

Topics: flawless, syntax, grammar, sentence structure, founding fathers, we the people, constitution

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Distrust of Corporate Power Is an American Tradition

APRIL 12, 2012 10:36PM

By Martin Hill

Topics: business, economy, politics, news, obama, founding fathers, anti-corporation

7 Ratings
498 Views
10 Comments

Everyone's biased; only liberals try not to be

MARCH 29, 2012 12:22PM

By Ted Frier

Topics: truth, impartiality, fairness doctrine, democracy, constitution, james madison, founding fathers, global warming denial, james inhofe, rachel maddow, liberal media, ann coulter, rationality, reason, the enlightenment, motivated reasoning, cognitive dissonance, science, prejudice, msnbc, rush limbaugh, fox news, chris mooney, neuroscience, cognitive science, bias, conservatism, liberalism, right wing, politics

0 Ratings
293 Views
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D.C. Viewed through the Lens of this Indigenous Woman

MARCH 8, 2012 3:01PM

By Ruth Hopkins

Topics: washington d.c., indigneous, library of congress, jefferson, founding fathers, women, future, native american

9 Ratings
804 Views
20 Comments

Republicans Were Grand Once Upon a Time

MARCH 5, 2012 10:10AM

By Ted Frier

Topics: politics, republican party, right wing, barry goldwater, racism, conservatism, olympia snowe, george wallace, civil rights act of 1964, everett dirksen, jim crow, lyndon johnson, democratic party, tea party, nelson rockefeller, moderate republicans, geoffrey kabaservice, founding fathers, bipartisanship, polarization, 1964 election, solid south, new deal coalition, dixicrats, compromise

6 Ratings
1041 Views
12 Comments

Republicans (and we) face "Rule and Ruin" without moderates

FEBRUARY 21, 2012 2:23PM

By Ted Frier

Topics: george romney, eisenhower, rush limbaugh, fox news, glenn beck, founding fathers, grover norquist, good government, civility, bi-partisanship, president obama, tea party, new nationalism, teddy roosevelt, white supremacists, fascists, social liberal, fiscal conservative, diversity, ronald reagan, rule and ruin, geoffrey kabaservice, supply side economics, david stockman, moderates, right wing, republican party, politics

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Why Mitt Romney's Wealth Doesn't Bother this Democrat

FEBRUARY 1, 2012 10:42PM

By Francesca Biller

Topics: facebook, twitter, the federal convention, the united states constitution, the declaration of independence, the american revolution, the federal convention, constitution, established the united states, the declaration of independence, the american revolution, george washington, james madison, thomas jefferson, alexander hamilton, benjamin franklin, among them john adams, founding fathers, the american dream, first black president of our united states., "evil republican", marxism, machiavellian, robin hood style of government, speaker newt gingrich, harvard and columbia, governor mitt romney

2 Ratings
604 Views
4 Comments

What “no religious test” really means

JANUARY 4, 2012 11:28PM

By Donegal Descendant

Topics: jefferson, framers, founding fathers, washington, lincoln, elections, candidate, religious test, constitution, belief/religion, politics

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2 Comments

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

1 Ratings
81 Views
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’Founding Fathers’ rolling in their graves with Gingrich

DECEMBER 17, 2011 9:07AM

By Craig Considine

Topics: politics, islamophobia, tolerance, religion, founding fathers, muslims, islam, newt gingrich

0 Ratings
95 Views
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Quotations That Support The Separation Of Church & State

NOVEMBER 6, 2011 9:47AM

By Al Bratton

Topics: virginia constitution, christian right, christian fundamentalist, christian nation, founding fathers, david barton, christianity, separation of church & state, thomas jefferson

0 Ratings
129 Views
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Progressive Comments: Bryan Fischer, Angry Baboon

OCTOBER 22, 2011 5:58PM

By Al Bratton

Topics: creator, founding fathers, deists, geneisis, bible, dark side of tupelo ms, evolution, apes, baboons, obama, afa, brian fischer

0 Ratings
209 Views
0 Comments

Right wing's 6-Step Program for Dictatorship

OCTOBER 20, 2011 1:14PM

By Ted Frier

Topics: rule of law, voter id, great society, public schools, 1960s, cutlure wars, rush limbaugh, rachel maddow, liberalism, republican party, dictatorship, john yoo, militarism, founding fathers, democracy, conservatism, right wing, politics

4 Ratings
371 Views
6 Comments

It’s Lonely Being in the 99 and Insulation (of the mind)

OCTOBER 6, 2011 2:24PM

By Shannon Moon

Topics: slavery, romney, class warfare, middle class, working class, recession, 99, poverty, founding fathers, revolt, occupywallstreet

0 Ratings
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0 Comments

August 29, 2011: Paying His Bill Forward

AUGUST 29, 2011 6:24AM

By Ben Railton

Topics: stuff we should better remember, constitution, bill of rights, founding fathers, george mason

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238 Views
2 Comments

Our Nation's Birthday Began With an Idea Born of Tryanny

JULY 1, 2011 10:44PM

By dunniteowl

Topics: duty, honor, vigilance, freedom, liberty, political process, founding fathers, revolution, bill of rights, equality, constitution, rights

6 Ratings
1553 Views
36 Comments

When peons are easily manipulated by bogus "experts"

MAY 30, 2011 12:20PM

By Kanuk

Topics: bogus experts, bogus experts, doctor of philosophy, ph.d., doctor of philosophy, climate change, ph.d., climate change, global warming, thomas woods, tom woods, gary mauser, gary a. mauser, david evans, american history, gun control, gun violence, global warming, thomas woods, tom woods, ron paul, founding fathers, manipulation

0 Ratings
356 Views
1 Comments

Brooks, right attack idea of popular government

MAY 8, 2011 8:11AM

By Ted Frier

Topics: republic, founding fathers, david brooks, john birch society, democracy, right wing, politics

3 Ratings
415 Views
2 Comments

Study: GOP Base Closely Resembles Nation’s Forefathers

APRIL 22, 2011 12:25AM

By The Desperate Blogger

Topics: republican, gop, tea party, founding fathers, election 2012