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Blog Entries by Mark Olmsted from 08/2010

Wingnuts in Space

| Posted 08.02.2010 | Politics
Read More: Michelle Bachmann, Obama, Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Racism, Rush Limbaugh, Dadt, Slavery, Anti-Semitism, Civil War, Superman II, Politics News

The only way to understand the frothing of the right and of the Tea Party is through a historical lens. There really is no arguing with them anymore than you could argue with a southerner in 1844.

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"You Lie": Myths the Right Tells About the Left

| Posted 08.06.2010 | Politics
Read More: Left, Conservatives, Ron Paul, Progressives, Liberals, Low Taxes, Right Wing, Defense Spending, Free Enterprise, Democrats, Republicans, Politics News

One of the most irksome aspects of the current political divide is the conservative caricature of progressive stances on economic thinking.

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Paying Taxes: The Old Patriotism Meets the New Philanthropy

| Posted 08.11.2010 | Politics
Read More: Tea Party, Super Rich, Rich, Income Inequality, All About Eve, Postwar Years, Paying Taxes, Politics News

Don't fight higher taxes, Rich People; pay them. Just tell yourself you're giving it away to a poor relation. After all, Uncle Sam is family.

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An Open Letter to Dr. Laura

| Posted 08.24.2010 | Media
Read More: The N Word, Racism, Dr-Laura-Schlessinger, Media News

So you object to the double standard that African-Americans can use the n-word, but whites can't. Dr. Laura, get over it.

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