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    militia-madness is back

    And Sarah Palin is their poster girl:

    Federal agents have broken up a plot by two neo-Nazi skinheads to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives said Monday.

    In court records unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Tenn., federal agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun [...]



    i don’t want to hear the name tawana brawley ever again

    And I’m going to make a point of remembering the name Ashley Todd.

    (CNN) — A Republican campaign worker who told police she was assaulted by a man angered by a John McCain sticker on her car admitted she made up the report, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, assistant police chief said Friday.

    Ashley Todd, 20, of College Park, Texas, will be charged with filing [...]



    The Day Hank Paulson Lied

    Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that there is a pattern with Congress passing legislation that the American people do not want and know is not in their interest?  First they kick it around a little and then have a vote or two that fails to pass the proposed bill.  Then they tweak the bill a little while some of the [...]



    la belle dame sans merci

    The fevered dream of the GOP continues.

    I was going to quote some of Sarah Palin’s odious speech, but its Dr. Laura sarcasm and patina of lies made it impossible to stomach.

    The GOP has nothing but god, guns, abortion and war. There was nothing in last night’s speech – or in this entire convention – about how a McCain/Palin administration would solve [...]



    i’m against home-schooling on principle,

    but if we lived in Harrold, Texas, I would keep my son at home – or, more likely, move:

    HARROLD, Texas (AP) — Along with normal first-day jitters and excitement, students in this tiny district started school Monday wondering which teachers might be toting firearms. … While some parents said they felt their children were safer, others opposed the plan, which appears to [...]



    Is Obama Selling Us Out or Simply Selling Himself to the Media?

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    Over at OpEd News in an article titled What’s the Matter in Madison?, the author makes the comparison of the Christian Right being to the Republicans what Progressives are to the Democrats:

    …essential to an election victory, easily rallied and a dependable source of funds, but not to be considered seriously in any policy decisions. As Evangelicals are mocked [...]



    what was that about guns in the home protecting your family?

    On Sunday, a 3-year-old boy killed himself with his father’s service weapon in Sacramento:

    A Sutter County family with deep roots in law enforcement is facing heartbreaking tragedy after the 3-year-old son of a deputy accidentally shot himself with his father’s service pistol.

    The boy, Tyler Whiteaker, died Sunday night in his Yuba City home of a single gunshot to the head, authorities [...]

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