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Article by missy on October 27th, 2008 at 3:46 pm 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 store and target [...]
Article by missy on October 24th, 2008 at 2:40 pm 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 a false police report, [...]
Article by John on October 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm 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 Congresspeople [...]
Article by missy on September 4th, 2008 at 9:37 am 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 the credit crisis, [...]
Article by missy on August 26th, 2008 at 10:47 am 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 be the first of its [...]
Article by John on June 30th, 2008 at 8:52 am Image via Wikipedia 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 by Wall Street, so [...]
Article by missy on April 8th, 2008 at 9:30 am 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 said. Tyler was the child [...]
Article by John on September 11th, 2006 at 9:27 pm Transcript of video Sept. 11, 2006 | 8:32 p.m. ET This hole in the ground Keith Olbermann Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was yet to happen, as a reporter. All the time, I knew that the very air I breathed [...] | |
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