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The No Labels Approach to Government

David L. Nevins | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: The Constitution, Congress, No Labels Congress Reform, Barack Obama, No Labels Government, Bill of Rights, Congressional Reform, Barack Obama Congress, Congress Broken, No Labels, Politics News
David L. Nevins

This is the No Labels approach: No bias for bigger government and no bias for smaller government. No Labels only goal is effective government.

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PHOTOS: One Of America's Greatest Calligraphers Has Died

Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, Calligrapher, Sam Fink Dies, Sam Fink, Calligraphy, Illustrator, Book of Exodus, Video, Books News

A former art director at top advertising agency Young & Rubicam, Sam Fink was one of America's great calligraphers and illustrators. Born on May 2...

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Florida: Could Photo of Pigpen Get You 30 Years in the State Pen?

Scott Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Constitution, First Ammendment, Industrial Ag, Animal Abuse, Waste Managment, Weird Florida, Hormones, Public Information, Public Records, Second Amendment, Video, Photographs, Illegal, Farms, Cafos, Florida State Senate, Constitutional Rights, Prison, Water Pollution, Sunshine Laws, Antibiotics, Senator Jim Norman, Agribusiness, Dumb Criminals, Florida, SB 1246, Freedom of Information, Green News
Scott Edwards

Senator Norman's misguided bill is yet another attempt to keep a tight, dark lid on the many, many wrongs being committed today by the factory farming industry.

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Bush At War

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Richard Clarke, Ronald Reagan, Memoirs, Decision Points, Ron Susskind, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Media, Dick Cheney, Hubris, Condoleezza Rice, Fdr, Self-Portraiture, Blood Money, American Caesars, Philip Roth, The Constitution, Karl Rove, Afghanistan, The Plot Against America, Robert Byrd, Bart Gellman, Al Qaeda, Biography, Lee Atwater, Dwight Eisenhower, Book Royalties, Vietnam, Lyndon Johnson, Iraq, Jfk, Casualties, The Vulcans, Harrytruman, Books News
Nigel Hamilton

What happens when a great nation -- and this is a great nation -- elects a ruler who is not up to the task of being president? The answer is to be found in George W. Bush's memoirs, Decision Points.

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Ryan Grim

Voters Strongly Back Amending Constitution To Restrict Corporate Political Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Polls, The Constitution, Congress, Citizens United, Politics News

WASHINGTON - By a double-digit margin, voters want Congress to amend the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United that a...

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Judge: Law Penalizing Fake Heroes Unconstitutional

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Hero, The Constitution, US Military, Military, Military Medals, US Marines, Politics News

DENVER — A law that makes it illegal to lie about being a war hero is unconstitutional because it violates free speech, a federal judge ruled Fr...

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Michele Bachmann Overdrive: GOP Accelerates Down Fallacy Lane

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Constitution, Birthers, Tea Party, Death Panels, Swine Flu, Carter, Ford, Gun Control, Co2, Obama, O'Reilly, Beck, Michele Bachmann, Hannity, Health Care, Limbaugh, Cliamte Change, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Reality does not treat conservatives well, so they create a parallel universe in which truth is defined as anything stated more than once by more than one pundit in one news cycle.

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"The Genius Of America" Should Be In Every Classroom

Zanesville TimesRecorder.com | Nat Hentoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Constitution, US Constitution, Genius of America, Lynne Cheney, Founding Fathers, Dick Cheney, Hentoff, Oreskes, Books News

"Consider," [Lynne Cheney] wrote then, "how little history is required of our students. Once it was taught every year kindergarten through 12th grade;...

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David Swanson's Daybreak Is Chart-Topping Inspiration

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Publishing, Best Seller, Democracy, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, Book, Non-Fiction, The Constitution, Amazon, David Swanson, Daybreak, Entertainment News
Linda Milazzo

A journey through Daybreak is an educational awakening, and an alert to the misdeeds of those we've elected. It's a clarification of why these deeds are wrong, why they must be challenged, and how they can be changed.

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Don Lemon & CNN: No to "Real Americans," Yes to Real Journalism!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Constitution, Lila Garrett, George W. Bush, Progressives, Medea Benjamin, Ann Wright, Fox, Norman Solomon, Msnbc, America's Town Halls, Americans for Prosperity, Conservatives, Corporate Media, Health Care Town Halls, Rush Limbaugh, Progressive Democrats of America, Lou Dobbs, Alan Hardage, Marcy Winograd, Barack Obama, David Swanson, Cnn, Brad Parker, Maureen Cruise, Sean Hannity, Dr. Jo Olson, Corporate Media Coverage, Iraq War, Anti-War Protests, Tom Hayden, Real Americans, Don Lemon, Bill O'Reilly, Wayne Williams, Media News
Linda Milazzo

Can anyone tell me of any wall to wall on-site coverage of peace movement events over the past six years where the corporate press offered extensive air-time to listen to progressive leaders? I don't recall that ever happening. Do you?

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What Makes a Human Become a Republican?

John DeBellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, The Constitution, Politics, Political Parties, Political Humor, Environment, Racism, Religion and Politics, Political Satire, Obama, Psychology, Global Warming, Guns, Dick Cheney, Republicans, Politics News
John DeBellis

I have friends from broken homes who grew up to be well adjusted human beings who would cut off their ears rather than listen to Rush Limbaugh even if he was chocking on an illegal painkiller.

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Toil and Trouble
McCain NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

NOTE: After you click a link, click the title of the item to get the full text or video. This week finds our war hero, on Old Hallow's Eve, having fi...

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The Battle Plan

Naomi Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

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Naomi Wolf

History shows that when an army of citizens, supported by even a vestige of civil society, believes in liberty -- in the psychological space that is "America" -- no power on earth can ultimately suppress them.

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Pelosi Gets "Booked" & Confronts Her Own Past

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Milazzo

For a woman who was once at the cutting edge of social progressivism, Nancy Pelosi has lost her way. She has strayed from her former social consciousness into the malaise of power.

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