June 18, 2013

Black Conservatives: Obama’s Morehouse Commencement Speech ‘Divisive,’ More of the Blame Game

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According to Conservative group, Project 21, President Obama’s speech to an all-black male college this weekend was “overly fractious and inappropriate for the venue.” Here’s more of what they had to say in this report emailed to EURweb: *As the commencement speaker at the all-male and historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta this past weekend, [...]




Melissa Harris-Perry Defends MSNBC Promo on her Show (Watch)

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*Melissa Harris-Perry passionately defended her headline-making MSNBC promo during her weekend MSNBC show, assuring viewers that she is not trying to steal their kids, yet firmly standing by her ad. Harris-Perry was labeled “communist” by tons of conservatives for saying that society needed to think in a collective manner about its children and that “we [...]




Dr. Ben Carson Excites CPAC with 2016 White House Talk

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*Dr. Ben Carson — who during his speech at February’s National Prayer Breakfast criticized some of President Obama’s economic policies — hinted Saturday that he might be interested in a 2016 presidential run. Speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference, Carson continued his attack on Washington and the rest of the United States, and [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: World Rankings

Trevor Brookins

*According to Mark Twain there are lies, damn lies, and then statistics. Meaning statistics can skew facts to tell a completely different story. With that in mind, and understanding that I did not authenticate the sources for these statistics, it is noteworthy that: The United States receives more immigrants legally (and illegally) than any other [...]




Right Using ‘Zero Dark Thirty’s’ Torture Scenes Against Obama

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*Earlier this year, conservatives just knew that the film “Zero Dark Thirty,” about the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden, would be full of pro-Obama propaganda that would somehow sway the presidential election if released before Election Day.  More controversy followed the revelation that the film’s writer Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow were given special briefings on [...]




The Nation: Conservatives Can’t Handle Obama’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

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*(Via The Nation) – To his credit, Barack Obama puts a modestly enlightened spin on his Thanksgiving proclamations.  This year’s proclamation recalls that “the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony…enjoyed the fruits of their labor with the Wampanoag tribe—a people who had shared vital knowledge of the land in the difficult months before” and notes “the contributions [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: Another Civil War?

Trevor Brookins

*Now that I have your attention, let me start by saying I don’t believe there will be another civil war in the United States. But let me also tell you why it is on my radar. The United States Civil War was a military conflict that arose after several southern states attempted to secede from [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: Religion 101

Trevor Brookins

*Many people subscribe to the faulty premise that one can either be religiously inclined or highly educated but not both. This false dichotomy stems from one of two thoughts: first, that education should not be made to replace the wisdom of God; second, the current political climate in this country pits conservatives who are overly [...]




Video: Conservatives Already Up in Arms Over Sharpton’s MSNBC Show

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*Since activist Al Sharpton’s MSNBC show “Politics Nation” debuted with a punctuated address regarding states’ rights, BreitbartTV has been in a tizzy, crying racism. They say his thoughts about segregation, when it comes to the issue of states’ rights, are out of line. BreitbartTV and other conservative websites has decided to enlist a campaign of [...]




Robert N. Taylor: President Obama Demeans Himself by Trying to Win over Conservatives

Robert N. Taylor

*There was a spectacle in Iowa last week. It was a demeaning spectacle in which President Obama got into a heated argument with Ryan Rhodes – a leading member of the state’s ultra-conservative Tea Party Movement. It makes little difference what the argument was about. My objection flows from the fact that it even took [...]




Don’t Sleep on Herman Cain: He’s the Tea Party’s Main Man

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*OK naysayers, don’t look now, but Herman Cain is on to something on the conservative side. The bottom line is that the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, is doing just fine in his bid to win the Republican presidential nomination. For now. When it comes to the Gallup poll, he’s the one that’s got the [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: The Difference between Liberals and Conservatives

Trevor Brookins

*One of the best things about the United States is the existence of multiple perspectives. To some degree, the existence of different viewpoints and the protection of the alternative viewpoints is at the very center of the country’s establishment. Yet in today’s society supporters of one political ideology consistently supports this central American concept while [...]




Analysis: Obama Bows to Conservative Ideology in His 2012 Budget

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*The liberal or progressive idea of conquering the record federal budget deficit by generating tax-paying jobs appears to have been abandoned by both the Republican Party and the administration of President Obama. The idea essentially involves economic policies which would create millions of new jobs. The newly employed would pay taxes and over time the [...]




Conservative Warns: ‘Don’t Underestimate Barack Obama!’

Charles Krauthanmmer

*To casual observers and Obama haters the past few months have seemingly been not too kind to the president. His overall popularity numbers are tanking and the war in Afghanistan is losing more and more support from the public. And let’s not even mention the Gulf oil spill crises. And even though the oil seems [...]




Joseph C. Phillips: The Error of Rand Paul

Joseph C. Phillips

*Two weeks ago Dr. Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and the Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Kentucky, appeared on the Rachel Maddow show to clarify statements he had made, which seemed to suggest that he would have opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  For 20 minutes Paul and Maddow engaged in a less-than-graceful pas de [...]