Upon hearing the hoopla over the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, I realized that I’m so old now that I actually remember a time when the Berlin wall was there. I was 11 when the wall came down and I can still remember thinking at that very moment that I had [...]
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Conservatives: They Were Always Nuts
November 9th, 2009
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One of Andrew Sullivan’s readers tries to make the case that the conservative movement was sane in 1994 when they took over, even more hilariously they claim Rush Limbaugh’s critiques of the Clinton administration were “pointed”. Are you kidding me? As Sullivan points out, that was the fevered swamp of nuttiness. Limbaugh led the charge [...]
WWII in HD
November 4th, 2009
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Oh heck yeah. Glad to see History Channel showing some history for a change.
Kind Of Like The Current GOP Party Platform
October 26th, 2009
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This 1962 high-school textbook, “When You Marry,” is a long, mind-bendingly awful manual for marriage, including sticking to traditional gender roles, staying away from race-mixing, resisting communism and saving yourself for your wedding night.
George H.W. Bush and The High Horse
October 17th, 2009
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Interesting
Former President George H.W. Bush told CBS News that President Obama ‘is entitled to civil treatment and intellectual honesty when it comes to critics.’
Referring to the tone of national discourse he said, ‘I don’t like it. The cables (TV) have a lot to do with it.’
Very interesting.
Hey George H.W. Bush, shut up.
94 Years Later, Tom Joyner Gets Justice
October 14th, 2009
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Too late, but still good.
Two great-uncles of syndicated radio host Tom Joyner, sent to the electric chair for the 1913 murder of a Confederate Army veteran, were unanimously pardoned Wednesday by South Carolina.
Officials believe the men are the first in the state to be posthumously pardoned in a capital murder case.
Black landowners Thomas and Meeks [...]
Pat Buchanan: Allies Forced Hitler Into War
September 2nd, 2009
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This defender of Nazis is a prominent pundit on the “liberal” MSNBC.
Hitler Vs. Social Democrats, Communists
August 10th, 2009
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In light of recent conservative b.s. about the political ideology of Nazism, I thought this bit from Wikipedia would be of interest.
To a lesser extent, the Sturmabteilung (SA), a Nazi paramilitary organization, remained somewhat autonomous within the party itself. The SA evolved out of the remnants of the Freikorps movement of the post-WWI years. The [...]
Fox News ‘62: Wacky Jack Makes “Moon” Speech
July 20th, 2009
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Sep. 12, 1962
(HOUSTON) — Amid increasing evidence of his unstable mental condition, President Kennedy today announced in a speech at Rice University that he was beginning a program to send America to the “moon”. The audience in attendence seemed mostly puzzled by the President’s moon talk.
“A man on the moon? That’s a ridiculous idea.”, said [...]
Buzz Aldrin Explains Life To A Moon Landing Conspiracy Theorist
July 18th, 2009
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Houston, the eagle has landed… on your stupid face. (via Cory)
MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan: White People Built This Country
July 17th, 2009
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That’s not an interpretation of what he said. That’s a direct quote from resident MSNBC crazy racist Pat Buchanan.
Black slaves picking cotton
Chinese Railroad Workers
Hispanic Farm Labor
Transcript Of President Obama’s Remarks At The NAACP Centennial
July 16th, 2009
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As prepared for delivery…
“Here We Are On Air Force One”
July 15th, 2009
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President Obama shares a moment with Willie Mays.
The Same Right: Ralph Reed Edition
July 14th, 2009
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One of the continuing themes we’re seeing with the conservative movement’s attempts to recover from the last two elections is a search for leadership. The problem is that structurally conservatism has a strong tendency to gravitate towards the known – a mindset that’s part and parcel of an ideological movement that thinks America’s best days [...]
June 6, 1944: D-Day
June 6th, 2009
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One of our finest hours, yet God willing the kind of thing we’ll never have to do again.
Why Are We Honoring Traitors?
May 25th, 2009
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I didn’t know there was a ceremony in which the president sent a wreath to the Confederate war memorial, and I have to say President Obama’s compromise of sending one to the African American Civil War Memorial is pretty weak tea.
The confederate army was a traitorous organization. Their very existence was in defense of the [...]
The Pinnacle?
April 9th, 2009
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Some are saying that this is a historical high for blacks in America. Well, that may be true but I’d like to think its just the beginning. I hope we’ve reached a point where black kids turn away from the fantasy of being a hip hop star or a basketball player and instead realize that [...]
