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The French Presidential Election: the Roles of Fascism and Fukushima

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Nuclear Waste, Marine Le Pen, May Day, Sarkozy, France, Areva, Collaboration, Jobs, Immigration, Nuclear, Wikileaks, Paris, Dsk, Nuclear Industy, Politics, Nato, Unemployment, Regulations, Germany, George W. Bush, Jewish, Assange, Socialist, Fukushima, Hollande, Petain, Francois Pinault, Ump, Election, Japan, Fn, Matthieu Kassowitz, Laval, Entrepreneurship, Unions, Le Pen, World News
Vivian Norris

In general, the French President does not appear to be respected as a statesman. The French do not recognize Sarkozy's way of doing things as being familiar, as representing who they are, whether it be on the left or the right.

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The Pandemonia Phenomenon (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.05.2012

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Crane.tv

The smell of latex fills the air as a leggy blonde teeters towards you on sky-high heels. Dark glasses shade her eyes, a small dog is nestled under he...

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Socialist Sticks & Stones

Arnie Reisman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Tea Party Movement, Socialism, Health Care Socialism, Socialist, Ayn Rand Socialism, Tea Party, Ayn Rand, Barack Obama Socialist, Ayn Rand Tea Party, Politics News
Arnie Reisman

When it comes to Obama, Tea Partiers sound like extras in The Oxbow Incident. When it comes to politics, they just sound like hypocrites.

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Two Roads Diverge In America Today

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Class Warfare, Free Market Capitalism, 2012 Election, Middle Class, Democratic Society, Politics of Envy, Socialist, Free Press, Presidential Debates, Politics News
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

Given the country's current condition and the angst and anger emanating from those controlling the political debate, we can't tell which road is "the one less traveled by."

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Ron Paul Calls Elizabeth Warren A 'Socialist'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.08.2012

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Texas Rep. Ron Paul called Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren a "socialist" Tuesday in a series of Republican presidential candidate inte...

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Greek Prime Minister Faces Critical Confidence Vote

AP | DEREK GATOPOULOS | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Video, New Democracy, Bailout, Prime Minister George Papandreou, Socialist, Greek Default, Greek Debt Crisis, g20, European Bailout, Business News

By DEREK GATOPOULOS, The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's prime minister has survived a confidence vote in parliament, calming a re...

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Texas Gun Safety Instructor Refuses To Teach Liberals And Muslims

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Socialists, Liberals, Firearm Safety, Crockett Keller, Gun Safety Class, Religious Discrimination, Liberal, Weird Texas, Guns, Texas, Video, Firearm Safety Class, Concealed Carry, Mason, Discrimination, Socialist, Weird News News

For Crockett Keller, the customer is always right -- or at least right-leaning. That's because the Texas firearm safety instructor refuses to teach...

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Names Can Never Hurt Me?

John Backman | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Names, Sticks and Stones, Bible, Fascist, Words, Socialist, Hitler, God, Divine, Quran, Religious Tolerance, Religion News
John Backman

By using the metaphors of evil, we belittle our adversaries by placing them in categories that would never fit us. How do we change this state of affairs?

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Friday Talking Points [161] -- April Fools

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: White House, April Fools, Tea Party, Debate, President Obama, Schoolhouse Rock, Obama, Democratic, Im Just a Bill, Friday Talking Points, Sarah Palin, Presidential Candidate, 2012, Republican, Kinetic Military Action, Montana, Midotw, Law of the Land, Domestic Goddess, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Farm Subsidies, Ben Quayle, South Park, John McCain, House, Haley Barbour, Gaddafi, Terrorism, War, Rick Santorum, Terrorist, Democrat, Congress, Lindsey Graham, Newt Gingrich, Dui, Democrats, Barack Obama, Tea Party Republican, Transparency, Michele Bachmann, Constitution, Mddotw, Chris Weigant, Herman Cain, Donald Trump, Hypocrisy, Transparency Award, Libya, Senate, Ghaddafi, Kma, Socialist, Fox News, Politics News
Chris Weigant

To clarify that title: when you pull a prank on this particular day, you're supposed to reveal yourself as the prankster by yelling "April Fools!" (or...

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Texas Textbooks to Finally Tell U.S. History Right

Chris Michael | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas Textbook, Texas, Texas Thomas Jefferson, Satire, Alamo, Socialist, Texas Textbooks, Texas State Board of Education, Public Schools, Education, American History, Political Humor, Comedy News
Chris Michael

"Our children need to be taught how our number one Founding Father, George Washington, was called to action by Jesus and died defending the Alamo," said Republican board member Terri Leo.

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A Falsehood Wrapped in an Enigma Stuffed Into a Burrito

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Patriotism, Trent Lott, Tom Delay, Tom Daschle, Obama, Socialist, Health Care, Kenya, Dissent, Rush Limbaugh, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

When Bush was president, criticism was unpatriotic. Under Obama, dissent is now the highest form of patriotism. That itself is absurd enough, but we have only just begun.

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Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Upton Sinclair Fights Back Against Hollywood Scare Tactics

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Greg Mitchell

Sinclair finally wrote an angry letter protesting unprecedented tactics by Irving Thalberg, Louis B. Mayer and others.

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Treacherous Politics

James Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Democrat, Goerge Bush, Pragmatism, Founding Fathers, Compromise, Thomas Jefferson, Libertarian, Sarah Palin, 2000 Election, Barack Obama, Ideology, Ideological, Politics, Luke Skywalker, Change, 2008, Republican, King George, Socialist, Muslim, Constitution, John Adams, Founding Brothers, 14th Amendment, Death Star, Politics News
James Miller

Anyone who has read Founding Brothers, or any other great read about the men who founded this country, can't help but be blown away by how different p...

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Obama Is A 'Communist,' 'Socialist' And 'Anti-American Extremist,' New Book By Aaron Klein Claims

Media Matters for America | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his book, The Manchurian President: Barack Obama's Ties to Communists, Socialists and Other Anti-American Extremists, Klein -- who has distinguishe...

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Socialist!

Roy Zimmerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roy Zimmerman

Ever visit a public library? 'Course you have, 'cause you're taxatin', appropriatin', regulatin', nanny-state-in' Socialist!

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Come Here, Republicans, I Think You Need a Hug

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert J. Elisberg

Sometimes, all people want to know is that their voices are being heard. That others care, even if it's only for acknowledging the hurt they feel.

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Socialism for the Tea Parties

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Tea Parties, President Obama, Food Stamps, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Veterans Benefits, George H.W. Bush, Health Care Reform, Bloomberg, Head Start, Socialist, Medicare, Socialism, Health Care, Red-Baiting, Social Democracy, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

The Tea Party movement has an intense hatred for anything they deem to be socialist, while both appreciating and wanting more government support for programs they like.

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President Obama Should Embrace the Socialist Label

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sheldon Whitehouse, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Socialist, Joseph Biden, Vermont, Bernie Sanders, Capitalism, Politics News
Mark Joseph

If Obama wants to be a transformational President like Ronald Reagan, inspiring a new generation of Americans to believe as he does, he would be wise to own the label and change the public perception of it rather than running from it.

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Republican Leaders Join In Honoring New Rotunda Statue Of Radical Socialist Woman

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

A woman whose name we all know was a proud Red, a committed Socialist, and an unapologetic Wobbly. And now she's not only buried in the National Cathedral, she's got her own statue in the Capitol.

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When 'Mad Men' Types -- and Hollywood-- First Played a Key Role in Politics

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Greg Mitchell

When pundits labeled last year's presidential campaign "divisive" and "dirty," I had to laugh. The champion of all dirty races in this century, in fact, was the 1934 contest between Upton Sinclair and Frank Merriam.

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Obama's Presidency Isn't Too Big to Fail

Robert Scheer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Scheer, Henry Paulson, Bush, Bailout, Goldman Sachs, Afghanistan, Health Care Reform, Obama, Socialist, Wall Street, Politics News
Robert Scheer

A president has only so much capital to expend, both in tax dollars and public tolerance, and Barack Obama is dangerously overdrawn.

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The Republican "Do Not Resuscitate" Plan to Let Medicare Die

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Social Security, Death Panels, Medicare Part D, President Barack Obama, Congress, Medicaid, Democrats, Organizing for America, Senior Citizens, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Medicare, Socialist, Republicans, Health Care, President George W. Bush, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

This is philosophical warfare, and for the Republicans, Medicare is an appropriate casualty.

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Manufactured Protesters Are Killing Democracy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shannyn Moore

The "Tea Party" movement flies in the face of what the true patriots in Boston stood for. Corporate lobbying-run groups are creating the illusion of grass roots protests at the health care town hall meetings.

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What Does an Extremist Look Like?

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Geri Spieler

Is an extremist tall, short, young, old, thin, fat? Would you know if the person standing next to you was about to pull out a gun and shoot? Scary ...

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WATCH: Republicans Debate "Socialist" Resolution

David Murdock | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Murdock

The RNC concludes a special session this afternoon with a much-anticipated vote on a resolution to re-brand the Democratic Party as the "Democrat Socialist Party."

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