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The Origins of That Eisenhower 'Every Gun That Is Made...' Quote
Tweet Share on Facebook September 30, 2011 Comment (9)Perhaps my favorite quotation from the late President Dwight Eisenhower is making the rounds on Facebook in the form of a virtual poster produced by a progressive Facebook group called “The Other 98%.” If you’ve got any progressive friends, you’ve probably seen it (pasted below), though it’s too bad they didn’t use more of the quote. It’s a really remarkable and eloquent piece of rhetoric:
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Onion-Like, Al Qaeda Protests 9/11 Conspiracy Theories
Tweet Share on Facebook September 29, 2011 Comment (4)Has al Qaeda’s leadership been so decimated that it's reduced to taking cues from The Onion? That thought popped into my head this morning when a friend sent me a New York Times article headlined, “Al Qaeda tells Iran to stop 9/11 theories.”
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More Speculation About a Sarah Palin Third Party 2012 Bid
Tweet Share on Facebook September 22, 2011 Comment (5)The Sarah Palin presidential speculation machine is ramping up again, with some at least one prominent conservative commentator even examining the possibility of an independent Palin bid, even as her PAC ask supporters to express their love financially.
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Poll: Most Americans Support Obama Deficit Plan to Tax Rich
Tweet Share on Facebook September 20, 2011 Comment (24)It’s important to keep in mind that the deficit reduction portion of President Obama’s new economic plan—and specifically the part about raising taxes on the wealthy—is not a wild-eyed sop to his progressive base, but enjoys broad support public support.
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Obama's Deficit Speech Marks a Compromise With Reality
Tweet Share on Facebook September 19, 2011 Comment (11)President Obama's deficit speech today is garnering praise from progressive quarters which had long grown weary of bemoaning his tendency to chase compromise. With the president laying out a progressive vision short on preemptive concessions, the left is celebrating a long-awaited change of course from the White House.
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The Contrast Obama Wanted to Draw With the GOP Debate
Tweet Share on Facebook September 1, 2011 Comment (23)President Obama agreed last night to House Speaker John Boehner’s preference that he address a joint session of Congress on Thursday, September 8, rather than while the Republican presidential candidates debate at the Reagan Library on Wednesday the 7th.
