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GOP Senator: U.S. Is "Where Germany Was Before WWII"

The Washington Independant | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Demint, Demint, Freedom, Germany, America, Iran, Tyranny, Socialism, Gop, Republican Party, Hugo Chavez, Obama Administration, Obama, Revolution, Politics News

Last night, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) gave a short talk and Q&A at at the National Press Club about his book "Saving Freedom." DeMint told a room of ar...

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In Dependence Day 2009

Larry Gellman | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, American Revolution, US Military, Congress, Social Security, America, Economy, Cheney, George W. Bush, President Obama, Redistribution of Wealth, Obama, Democratic Party, Bush Tax Cuts, Dick Cheney, Deficit, Military, Wealth, Tax Cuts, Enlistment Bonuses, Financial Crisis, Medicare, Republican Party, Taxes, Credit Crisis, Entitlement, Democrats, Fourth of July, Barack Obama, Iraq War, John Ensign, Federal Budget Deficit, Independence Day, Sarah Palin, Military Recruiting, Iraq, Republicans, Politics News
Larry Gellman

We have never been more reliant on the generosity of others and less able to act like grown-ups and fend for ourselves than any time since the Revolution.

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Immigration Detainee's Death Causes Controversy

The New York Times | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Immigration Death, America, Pakistan, 9/11, Immigration, Deportation, World Trade Center, Immigration Reform, Green Card, Visa, Prison, Jail, Immigrant, September 11th, Immigration Policy, Ahmad Tanveer, Politics News

When the 43-year-old man died in a New Jersey immigration jail in 2005, the very fact seemed to fall into a black hole. Although a fellow inmate scraw...

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Remembering Pfc. Barry Winchell on the 10th Anniversary of His Murder

Michael Rowe | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Victor Fehrenbach, America, Pat Kutteles, Independence Day, Sldn, Dan Choi, American Flag, Fourth of July, Calpernia Addams, Barry Winchell, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Politics News
Michael Rowe

The real cost of Don't Ask, Don't Tell has always been the human one -- Barry Winchell's life, of course, beaten out of him with a baseball bat over the 4th of July weekend 10 years ago.

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Studio Notes on the Declaration of Independence

Spencer Green | Posted 07.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Liberty, Independence Day, July 4th, Pursuit of Happiness, Edward Rutledge, United States, Button Gwinnett, King, America, Life, Comedy News
Spencer Green

Focus groups show that only 66 percent of citizens hold these truths to be self-evident; 22 percent hold them to be rather ambiguous; 12 percent are undecided.

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In Search of the "Muslim World"

John Milewski | Posted 07.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Islamic Society of North America, Islam, Isna, Akbar Ahmed, Documentary, Media Criticism, Media, Fourth of July, America, Muslim World, Media News
John Milewski

Journey Into America portrays the experiences of Muslim-Americans, providing much food for thought about how we think about any designated group of Americans.

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New Muslim Cool Forges Path for New America

Bakari Kitwana | Posted 06.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Islam, New Muslim Cool, Youth, America, Puerto Ricans, Propaganda, Pew Research Study, Arab-Americans, Latino Americans, Recession, Pittsburgh, Generation Gap, Culture, Entertainment News
Bakari Kitwana

Fighting against being defined by America's bygone eras, New Muslim Cool points us toward a more complicated future.

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America Doesn't Suck After All: Confederation Cup 2009, South Africa

David Henry Sterry | Posted 06.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Italy, Clint Dempsey, Kaka, World Cup 2010, Confederation Cup, Football, Tim Howard, Fernando Torres, Usa, Fifa, Bob Bradley, Brazil, America, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Soccer, Spain, Entertainment News
David Henry Sterry

America didn't win their first international soccer tournament. But sometimes winning isn't the only thing. Sometimes getting to the finals is the next step toward winning the finals.

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A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, History, Leadership, Love Your Neighbor, Global, Slavery, International, Opportunity, Poll, Trade, Sacrifice, Green, Clean Energy, Congress, Emissions, Priorities, God, Poor, Consumption, Legislation, America, Church of England, Slave Trade, Climate Treaty, Christ, Climate Change, Land, Consumers, Polluting Industries, Security, Christian, Creation, Green News
Jim Wallis

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

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Discovering America

Frankie Martin | Posted 06.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Religion, Islam, American University, July 4th, Politics, Media, Keith Ellison, Isna, Thomas Jefferson, Journey Into America, America, Muslims, Entertainment, Independence Day, Akbar Ahmed, Benjamin Franklin, Entertainment News
Frankie Martin

In every country that we visited, the idea that Americans harbored negative opinions of Muslims was named as the "number one threat to the Muslim world" in surveys we distributed.

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With Friends Like the Brits, Who Needs Enemies?

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Alistair Darling, Alistair-Darling, Johanna Sigurdardottir, America, International Monetary Fund, IMF Funding, Netherlands, England, Johanna-Iceland, President Obama, Holland, Iceland Economic Crisis, Johanna-Sigurdardottir, Obama, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Dutch, Johanna Sigurdardottir Iceland, Iceland Bankrupt, Iceland Banks, Iceland Economy, Nato, Great Britain, Iceland National Bankruptcy, IMF Bailout, Banking Crisis, Imf, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland Bank Crisis, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

The single event that has angered Icelanders the most since Iceland's recent financial collapse was Great Britain's decision to invoke its anti-terrorist legislation against Iceland.

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Father, I Forgive You

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

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Pedro C. Moreno

What is it with Father's Day? And, what is the blessing and curse of being a father?

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Thank You, Bill Maher, For Asking Where in the World is Barack Obama and What is He Going To Do About Healthcare?

Anne Dunev | Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Debt, Socialized-Medicine, Car Accidents, America, Restless Leg Syndrome, Exposure to Chemicals, Lobbyists, Cheney, President Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Restless-Leg-Syndrome, Fat, Health Insurance, The Matrix, Dick Cheney, Television, National Debt, Insurance, Vice President Dick Cheney, Washington, Universal Health Care, Cheney Torture, President Bush, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Vice President, Michelle Obama, Lindsay Lohan, Bankruptcy, Lobbying, Surgery, Washington DC, The-Matrix, Chemicals, Capitalism, Kodak, Don Rumsfeld, Toxic Chemicals, Dumb as Hell, Pharmaceutical Companies, Bill Maher, Pharmaceutical Industry, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Health, Caveat Emptor, Prescription Drugs, Doctors, Florida, Prescription Medication, Vice President Cheney, Politics News
Anne Dunev

Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.

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'Post-Race America' or Recovering Racist?

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: King Anyi Howell I'm hearing the phra...

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A Prisoner of Hope for 50 years and Still Going!

Byron Williams | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: America, Vietnam War, Civil Rights, Jack O'dell, Birmingham-Alabama, Vancouver-Canada, Canada, Politics News
Byron Williams

Jack O'Dell is truly one of the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement and, thus, one of America's unsung heroes.

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Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

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Chris Weigant

This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

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Repositioning America: Obama's Cairo Speech as the Ultimate in Event Marketing

William Bradley | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, 9/11, Iraq, America, Dick Cheney, Iran, Jihad, Event Marketing, Muslim, Modernity, Indonesia, Guantanamo Bay, Saudi Arabia, Marshall McLuhan, Neoconservative, Islam, Bibi Netanyahu, Hosni Mubarak, Tradition, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Samuel Huntington, African American, Cairo, Israel, Afghanistan, Kenya, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Torture, Paletine, King Abdullah, Riyadh, Al Jazeera, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
William Bradley

Not only did no one throw shoes at Obama, the crowd of 3,000 in Cairo gave him a standing ovation. Watching the speech, I had the feeling that the world might be changing again.

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ONE QUESTON FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD BOOST OUR NATION'S ECONOMY

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 06.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Fortune 1000, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Americans, Abuse, America, Economy, Fortune 500, Middle Class, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Office of Inspector General, Fraud, Small Business Act, Barack Obama, Small Business Administration, American Small Business League, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Seven years ago this summer, I began working with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on what turned out to be the first federal investigation ...

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Autopsy Shows Corporate America Dead. Cause: Timidity

Mike Hegedus | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Lewis Black, Nuclear Weapons, America, Corporate America, Middle East Politics, Jeff Zucker, Nbc, Business News
Mike Hegedus

Every marketing and branding guru worth his or her salt will tell you that in the vacuum created by a down economy is where market share is to be gained.

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Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson Takes a Stand for American Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Abuse, Economy, Middle Class, h.r. 2568, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Washington Bureaucrats, Loopholes, Stimulus, America, Fraud, Small Business Administration, Federal Agencies, White House, Reinvestment and Recovery, Barack Obama, Freedome of Information, Hank Johnson, Contracting, American Small Business League, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

America's 27 million small businesses have a new hero and his name is Hank Johnson. Last Friday, Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced ...

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Russia Breaks "Wall" Into US Nuclear Market

Reuters | Simon Shuster | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, America, Russia Supplying America With Nuclear Fuel, Russia America Nuclear Market, Russia America Nuclear Fuel, World News

Russia signed a landmark deal to supply nuclear fuel directly to U.S. companies on Tuesday, setting itself up to control 20 percent of the U.S. uraniu...

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School Lunches Around the World

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Health Care, School Lunches, Diabetes, America, Green News
Marlene H. Phillips

We're getting ripped off twice: once by paying to feed our American kids a junk food diet, then again when those same kids develop health problems that could have been prevented with better understanding of the nutritional value of food.

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American Open

Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Nonprofits, Globalgiving, America, Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Living News
Dennis Whittle

Participating in the American Open makes nonprofits in the US eligible to leverage our network of donors, our technology and partner relationships.

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America's Triple-A Rating Is At Risk

Financial Times | David Walker | Posted 05.13.2009 | Business

Read More: America Moody's Rating, Moody's Rating America, America's Rating, America Credit Rating, America, America Triple a Rating, America AAA Rating, Business News

Long before the current financial crisis, nearly two years ago, a little-noticed cloud darkened the horizon for the US government. It was ignored. But...

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What the Hell is Going On?

Adam McKay | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, America, Bush Years, 2009, Culture, Politics News
Adam McKay

What happened to hissing? It works, and people like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and John Yoo should get a wave of it every time they enter a restaurant. That's borderline civic duty type of stuff.

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