Who are these Americans obsessing over the falsehood that Barack Obama is a Muslim? And how can we remain silent as the right wing continues to twist the word "Muslim" into a pejorative? In the midst of the last presidential election, I spoke with friends of mine who are Muslim. They were understandably disappointed with [...]
As the nation still struggles to emerge from the Bush Recession and avoid a double-dip, we discover yet another industry suffering: restaurants (…and why, by the way, are my conservative friends hoping for a double-dip, exactly? They’re not rich, and they’re likely to end up in tents with the rest of us if we do [...]
Ground Zero is sacred ground. You better believe it is. So where is the voice of the G.O.P. shouting a unanimous and bombasitic, “NO!!!!!!” regarding the Ground Zero Strip Club? The G.O.P. wants us to believe that it is wrong for a religious group to openen a community center close to Ground Zero. The religious [...]
From Robert Ebert: As some chant "Death to America," what a mighty message we send if we support the mosque. THAT is the meaning of Freedom. Also, another Tweet from Roger: The NYC mosque exposes many on the right who don’t have a clue about the Constitution. I can’t believe the weird right is protesting [...]
Doing another post on this because I’m, frankly, delighted that the President has issued such an unequivocal statement on this issue. From Anti-War.com: Finally breaking his administration’s official silence on the matter, President Obama today insisted that he supports the so-called Ground Zero mosque, insisting that Muslims have “the right to build a place of [...]
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From AOL News: The 16-year-old Canadian pop star, who teenagers either undyingly love or massively loathe, has been singled out for protest by the notorious Westboro Baptist Church, just like his top-charting rival Lady Gaga. When Bieber plays the Sprint Center on Wednesday night in Kansas City, fans can expect to see Westboro church members [...]
The NAACP today stepped up it’s criticism of what the organization perceives as "racist acts of Tea Party protesters." In an email to members today, President and CEO of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization asked Americans to unify and "stop the racism." From Ben Jealous at the NAACP: We are not backing down. Yesterday, [...]
From ENEWSPF: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters today discussions with Democratic leadership included talk of extending unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed. Gibbs emphasized that this recession was different than previous lulls in the economy, "I think I’ve said this over the past couple days as we’ve gotten into more of this [...]
I had the opportunity to see a preview of 9500 Liberty about a year ago. Met Eric Byler and Annabel Parker. Liked them both. Roger Ebert just published a review of the film, not yet released in Chicago, although it should be, soon. Here’s the question to ask yourself: What if all the illegal aliens [...]
