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Tea Parties in American History – RealClearPolitics

February 17, 2010 By Jacob Laksin 2 Comments

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Are this year's “tea parties” really tea parties? What could today's protesters have in common with the “Indians” who dumped 90,000 pounds of tea in Boston harbor in 1773? Quite a bit, actually. What do today's tea partiers want? According to the Christian Science Monitor, the movement “is about safeguarding individual liberty, cutting taxes, and [...]

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A Profile in Arrogance

February 17, 2010 By John Perazzo 58 Comments

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Jack Murtha’s sleazy political legacy.

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Dave Barry’s year in review: 2009 – MiamiHerald.com

December 30, 2009 By Jacob Laksin 3 Comments

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It was a year of Hope — at first in the sense of “I feel hopeful!” and later in the sense of “I hope this year ends soon!”It was also a year of Change, especially in Washington, where the tired old hacks of yesteryear finally yielded the reins of power to a group of fresh, [...]

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Senator Max Baucus In A Drunken Tirade On Senate Floor

December 26, 2009 By Nancy Morgan Leave a Comment

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During the general debate on the health care legislation that recently passed the Senate, Senator Max Baucus, Democrat from Montana, took to the floor of the Senate and engaged in a drunken tirade. Oblivious to the fact that he was slurring his words and mangling his sentences, Senator Baucus shouted down opponents as he [...]

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Jonathan Schanzer and Madeleine Morganstern: Rashid Khalidi Headlines Taxpayer-funded Palestinian Fest – Jewish Policy Center

December 17, 2009 By Jacob Laksin Leave a Comment

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The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC), a U.S. taxpayer-funded organization noted for the virulent anti-Israeli attitudes of its academic members, held a conference in October at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. Most of the conference was apolitical, but two lectures in particular raise (again) the question of whether PARC should be the [...]

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Duck-and-Run Obama – by Floyd and Mary Beth Brown

December 15, 2009 By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown 8 Comments

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The Obama White House has become like a bad reality TV show.

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Lieberman and Nelson Doubt Medicare Compromise – WSJ.com

December 14, 2009 By Jacob Laksin Leave a Comment

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WASHINGTON — Two key senators on Sunday raised concerns over one aspect of a proposed compromise on the health-care bill, putting up a hurdle to passage of the measure in the Senate.The proposal to open Medicare to individuals below the age of 65 was a crucial part of a compromise reached last week among senior [...]

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An Important Statement from Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed – by Tom Trento

December 1, 2009 By Tom Trento 18 Comments

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I’m on my way back to Ground Zero … make sure I get this stuff:

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