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    • 11 Ratings
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    Curse of the Zombie Weiner

    JUNE 20, 2011 7:37AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: government shadowiness, government transparency, shadow government, transparent government, not a dead issue, dead issue, not dead, not over, undead, zombies, zombie, constitution, due process, osama bin laden, bin laden, new york's 9th district, new york's ninth district, ny's, new york's, nth district, 9th district, ny, new york, weiner's district, michael blozen, msnbc, ed schultz, lying, lie, anthony weiner, weiner, barack obama, obama, birth certificate, show your papers, show his papers, papers, stepping down, step down, shamed, shaming, shame, immorality, immoral, morality, moral, establishment clause, first amendment, eye on the ball, magic trick, trick, magic, sleit of hand, legerdemain, we the people, distraction machine, distract, witch hunt, hounding, hounded, hound, harrassed, harrassment, mischief, cognitive dissonance, benefit of law, laws all being flat, cut down every law, a man for all seasons, robert bolt, politics

    • 16 Ratings
    • 905 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    A Quickie about Weinergate

    JUNE 10, 2011 11:35AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: high crimes and misdemeanors, crime, bad judgment, poor judgment, judgment, unethical, ethical, ethics, gays in the military, litmus, war, elected official, election, elected, resignation, resign, stepping down, step down, hounding, hounded, hound, plutocracy, citizens united, money, consent of the governed, due process, immoral, moral, immorality, morality, embarrassment, embarrasing, embarrass, harrassment, harrassed, harrassing, weinergate, anthony weiner, weiner, politics

    • 15 Ratings
    • 947 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Point of No Return

    JANUARY 19, 2010 12:06AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: condoning, condone, not proper, improper, impropriety, bad character, character, standards, bad role model, not a role model, role model, setting a bad example, setting an example, fraud, stuffing, stuff, ballot, vote, election, lying, lie, innuendo, hinted, hint, recommendation, low road, high road, moral high ground, right from wrong, right vs wrong, right and wrong, wrong, right, analysis, morality, moral, immoral, unethical, unacceptable, not accepted, accepted, acceptance, breach of trust, inappropriate, over the line, crossing the line, cheater, cheating, politics

    • 28 Ratings
    • 1214 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    My Brother’s Reality Intrudes

    JANUARY 4, 2010 7:15PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, adoption, unethical, moral, immoral, keep, keeper, catholic, birth control, dui, dwi, drunk driving, accident, crash, welfare, jail, prison, lost job, losing job, adopted, ward of the state, foster child, foster children, unwanted, pregnant, pregnancy, abortion, pro-life, pro-choice, pro-abortion, unwanted child, unwanted pregnancy, carry to term, finances, financial, economics, afford, care for, raise, child, children, health care, health insurance, universal coverage, public option, responsible, irresponsible, ethical

    • 29 Ratings
    • 2749 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    My Brother Is Pregnant

    OCTOBER 29, 2009 5:59PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, birth control, catholic, keeper, keep, immoral, moral, unethical, ethical, irresponsible, responsible, public option, universal coverage, health insurance, health care, children, child, raise, care for, afford, economics, financial, finances, carry to term, unwanted pregnancy, unwanted child, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life, adoption, abortion, pregnancy, pregnant, unwanted

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1241 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Closing of Gitmo "On Track" Despite Delay of Key Reports

    JULY 21, 2009 9:37AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: liberty, freedom, civil liberties, aclu, news, politics, government, cia, cheney, interrogation, detention, prison, guantanamo bay, gitmo, guantanamo, intelligence, republicans, democrats, moral, immoral, illegal, legal, rule of law, law, detainees, torture, bush, obama

    • 13 Ratings
    • 1320 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Injecting Hope into Stem Cell Research

    MARCH 8, 2009 2:00PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: grant money, federal funding, paralysis, alzheimer's, parkinson's, heart disease, insulin, diabetics, immorality, morality, immoral, moral, catholic church, vatican, pope, human embryos, gene therapy, taxpayer money, bush, obama, hope, dogma, religion, medical ethics, fetus harvesting, cloning, embryonic stem cell research, stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, stem cells, health care

    • 0 Ratings
    • 429 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    This is the reason Lieberman must go

    NOVEMBER 24, 2008 12:48AM

    By therebis


    Topics: lieberman, katrina, children's health, immoral, open call

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