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7 hours ago ago from voxunion.com
December 21, 2009 by freemixradio As African Americans, we know firsthand the experiences and consequences of denying civil freedoms on the basis of race, and we certainly understand what racial discrimination is and does to people. We have not tolerated it for ourselves, and will certainly not acquiesce in its perpetration against any other people. For that reason, we are even more obligated to voice our opinion on what is happening to ...
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21 hours ago ago from Cognitive dissonance in Pittsburgh and beyond
You may remember my description of the Tsongas/Tootsie effect. If not, you can go search for it on this blog. Obama is not suffering through that. Rather he seems to have a different problem I think I might call the attractive person effect (bear with me, I am making this up as I go). I was going to call this the romantic girl effect, but guys are just as vulnerable to the effect. I was going to call it romantic girl because I have been ...
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22 hours ago ago from The Collective Conscious
So The Black Congressional Caucus feels President Obama isn’t doing enough for African Americans in these tough economic times. Obama has the right mind set by not getting into a race issue at all. The fact is everyone is hurting and even when the Black Caucus is right, their half right. They have the facts right that urban inner city blacks and browns are really left out in the cold but miss the point that so are many whites in those areas ...
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13 hours ago ago from Walking the Path of Madness
America Under Barack Obama hat tip to banner JW: Do you think Obama is shallow? NH: It's much worse than that. Obama has little, if any, principles except to aggrandize and make himself more and more important. You see that in his foreign policy. Obama lacks a backbone—both a constitutional backbone and a personal backbone. This is a man who is causing us and will cause us a great deal of harm constitutionally and personally. I say ...
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18 hours ago ago from hopelessly partisan
Buy Our Book Here! Monday, 21 December 2009 HEALTH CARE: THE BOTTOM LINE Ken Berwitz There is a terrific opinion piece about the health care monstrosi..er, bill, in the "review and outlook" section of today's Wall Street Journal. It's long, but definitely worth the read, so I urge you to click on the link I've provided above and do so. But if you read nothing ...
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Obama defends self against black critics
6 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Obama defends self against black critics WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday rebutted critics who say he isn't showing enough compassion toward black America, citing his health care effort as one example he says "will be hugely important" for blacks. Obama said another example is the billions of dollars in aid to states included in the economic stimulus bill, money that was used to save thousands of teachers, firefighters ...
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6 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is defending himself against criticism from some black leaders who say he isn't showing enough compassion for the plight of regular blacks. Obama said Monday that polls show overwhelming support for what his administration is trying to do. The president said the health care bill moving closer to final passage in the Senate will help the one in five blacks who don't have health insurance. He says it will ...
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16 hours ago ago from NPR
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14 hours ago ago from Washington Post - U.S.
Conservatives love to hate Nancy Pelosi: for them, she personifies the grasping hand of big government in the Age of Obama. Now, some liberals are disappointed, too--over the troop surge in Afghanistan, and compromises on health care. The House speaker talked to NEWSWEEK's Eleanor Clift about what it's like to be in everyone's sights. Excerpts: CLIFT: You are seen as this far-out liberal, when you actually are quite traditional in your ...
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21 hours ago ago from The New York Times
COPENHAGEN On any list of tough sales jobs in American politics, tax increases, higher energy prices and foreign aid would rise to the top. Doug Mills/The New York Times President Obama in Copenhagen on Friday. He and Congressional Democrats have seen poll ratings sag. The worldwide negotiations on curbing climate change involve all three while Americans suffer 10 percent unemployment. Yet talks here in Copenhagen ...
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