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A Clunky Way to Spend Billions

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Karel Bouley

The recent Cash for Clunker legislation passed by Congress as part of the $106 billion war funding bill is a complete and total waste of a billion dollars short term, four billion long term.

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Two Parties No Party for America

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Karel Bouley

Our leaders have all morphed in to one large, non-identified, political animal that proports to stand for something but has ended up standing for very little at all.

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New Tunes On Monday: Elvis Costello, Marshall Crenshaw, eels, Alex Woodard, and Buckwheat Zydeco

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

You've heard Elvis Costello sing country music before, but not like this. The lad who gave us Almost Blue is quite mature and worldly wise now.

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The IFC Premiere of Bob Dylan's "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

2009-05-13-dylanvideo.jpgHowever one feels about the new video, when Dylan is up to something intentionally different or bizarre like this, it sends a little shockwave through the culture.

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Marine's Deaths Focus Pentagon and Civilians on Motorcycle Safety

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Karel Bouley

As America retools and rethinks the way we move about, motorcycles have got to be part of the national solution.

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HuffPost Exclusive: The 40th Anniversary of Carpenters / Interview with Richard Carpenter

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Richard Carpenter: "So many people have said to us, 'We can understand every word to your songs,' which, with all the pop and rock records at the time, was difficult to do."

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Joe the Plumber is Queer

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Karel Bouley

Time to evolve past Joe the Plumber, past Rush Limbaugh, past the politics and ideology that verge on those that launched the Spanish Inquisition.

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The Majority of Muslims Who Attend Mosque Weekly Feel Torturing For Their Cause Is Just**

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Karel Bouley

It's time America wake up to the fact that Christians in this country have become just as radicalized (albeit in other ways) as those who pervert Islam (or insert religion here) elsewhere.

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A Terrorized City and Traumatized Nation

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Karel Bouley

Never again, we won't be terrorized, we can't let them win, we're more prepared than ever before.

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HuffPost Reviews: The Annie Lennox Collection/Simply Red 25 - The Greatest Hits

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Spanning seventeen years, a proper Annie Lennox retrospective of her solo material finally arrives -- a mix of grooves, ballads, and two new recordings.

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"The Twist" Named Most Popular Single Of 50 Years

AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — How's this for a twist: Of all the No. 1 songs in the 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Chubby Checker's "The Twist" ranks as ...

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Grand Theft Auto: D-Cup Edition

Leslie Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leslie Goldman

Somewhere between Qbert and Legend of Zelda, video games became candy-colored, illustrated versions of Playboy.

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