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This Kirby Delauter thought what he did as an elected official was none of anyone's business? Really? :doh: Kirby Delauter, Who Didn't Want His Name In A News Story, Is Now A Story : The Two-Way : NPR He threatened to sue The Frederick News Post for using his name without his permission...

I believe a few of you might find this interesting: GOP States Are The Most Dependent On Government The link has a map. What I find particularly interesting is that the most aid is provided to states, that in many cases are refusing Medicaid expansion. But people are going hungry, and...

Urgent -- if anyone is looking at this right now, please pray for Fred Phelps right now. Right now. Apparently he is dying. Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps Sr. “on the edge of death,” son says - CBS News

Quoting from this link: Nathan Deal: Tighten access to hospital emergency rooms - The Newnan Times-Herald The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act is a 1986 law that requires hospitals to provide emergency health care treatment to anyone who needs it, regardless of citizenship or...

Do you mean NOBODY started a thread for the new Apprentice that started last night!!! Seriously?! OK, I couldn't BELIEVE what happened on Celebrity Apprentice the last time, but it turns out I always find myself tuning in. What did any of you think about Brett Michaels being fired last night...

Science is perhaps my weakest area (worse than even MATH!!!), but I am tired of waiting for someone else to do a thread on this subject. Today I read what was perhaps the best summary on what has been going on in public debate on this so far...

Ronald Brownstein is suggesting that Republicans listen up, and prepare to contend with the fact that at least in the Senate, Democrats are no longer going to support tax cuts for wealthy people: The Senate's Democratic Coalition Is Growing More Unified - NationalJournal.com Quoting from the...

Hiltzik: Poor management, not union intransigence, killed Hostess - latimes.com Quoting from the link: Let's get a few things clear. Hostess didn't fail for any of the reasons you've been fed. It didn't fail because Americans demanded more healthful food than its Twinkies and Ho-Hos snack...

Here it is, believe it or not (and this is the second time in a row that they have endorsed him): Our American endorsement: Which one? | The Economist Quoting from the link: Mr Obama’s first term has been patchy. On the economy, the most powerful argument in his favour is simply that he...

Read it for yourself: Daily Kos: Mitt Romney asked Paul Ryan for one decade of tax returns Quoting from the link: As part of its vetting, the Romney campaign required at least some of the candidates on the short list—including the eventual winner of the GOP veepstakes, Ryan—to...

Quoting from this link: Michael Tomasky on the Media’s Foolish Elizabeth Warren Witch Hunt - The Daily Beast So now Elizabeth Warren has to prove that she’s 1/32nd Cherokee? The temperature on the story is rising. There was a huge article in the Boston Globe on Friday written to raise a...

This question is not whether Christians should USE marijuana. Christians are not going to be doing anything and everything that is legal - we would certainly hope not! No, this question has to do with how we control the fact that our voracious demand for marijuana has attracted a steady...

Is Romney interested in representing the interests of middle-class Americans? Or is he more closely aligned with entrenched special interests that are diametrically opposed to those of the rest of us? Quoting from this link: Hardball Blog - Matthews: Romney's business record does not qualify...

OK, Fast & Furious is back in the news: Fast And Furious: Issa Makes The Case For Holder Contempt Resolution | TPMMuckraker Quoting from the link: Fast And Furious: Issa Makes Case For Holder Contempt Resolution House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) on Thursday...

Conservative Nonprofit Acts as a Stealth Business Lobbyist ....Despite its generally low profile, ALEC has drawn scrutiny recently for promoting gun rights policies like the Stand Your Ground law at the center of the Trayvon Martin shooting case in Florida, as well as bills to weaken labor...

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Here's the latest: ManpowerGroup to take part in Obama youth jobs program - Milwaukee - The Business Journal Quoting from the link: Manpower Group will be part of a summer jobs program for youth announced Thursday by President Barack Obama. The program has been dubbed “Summer Jobs+” and...

Quoting from this link: Congress Really Is As Bad As You Think, Scholars Say : NPR Congressional approval ratings are on the rocks, hovering in or near single digits for the first time since pollsters started measuring them. But just how bad is the current congressional stalemate? Thomas...

DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD - DUPLICATED IN ERROR It's time to switch gears in our discussion of this link: Real Americans redistribute: The payroll tax debate’s dirty secret - The Washington Post Quoting again from it: Can we talk for a minute about redistribution of income? Just...

Quoting from this link: Real Americans redistribute: The payroll tax debate’s dirty secret - The Washington Post Can we talk for a minute about redistribution of income? Just between us? Republicans were aghast when President Obama’s original proposal to extend and deepen payroll tax...