Monthly Archives: May 2009

Krauthammer: “Empathy is the Opposite of Justice”

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Glenn Beck Cites Hitler as an Example of “Empathy”

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President Bush Uses “Empathy” As a Selling Point for Clarence Thomas

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The Return of the “Social Security is Going Broke” Myth

As if there wasn’t enough panic coming from the Republicans in D.C. (along with some Democrats like Harry Reid) about detainees from Gitmo being re-located to American suburbia, now comes the obligatory ‘Social Security is going broke’ myth from one … Continue reading

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Colin Powell on Face the Nation

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The Cost of “Keeping Us Safe”

There is an often-repeated phrase that I’ve been hearing lately in the debate over the actions of the Bush administration, and in relation to the closing of Guantanamo and what to do with the people being held there. President Obama … Continue reading

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Who’s In Control of the Senate?

It’s beginning to look more and more like there was an even swap in the United States Senate, the Democrats got Arlen Specter and the Republicans got Harry Reid. No check that, after seeing Jim Webb on This Week this … Continue reading

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Did Torture Work? It Doesn’t Matter

Former Vice-President Cheney’s recent appearances attempting to defend and justify the Bush administration’s use of the so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques” has seemed a bit puzzling to me. What is he trying to do? He has admitted that techniques for which … Continue reading

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Gingrich: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Newt Gingrich was in fine form on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace yesterday. He took a page from the Sarah Palin playbook, accusing the Obama administration of “pallin’ around with terrorists,” and actually had the audacity to point the … Continue reading

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Cheney: No Room for Colin Powell in GOP

It appears that Colin Powell has committed the unpardonable sin in the Republican Party, he dared to speak critically of Rush the Great. Thirty-five years of military service, National Security Advisor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Secretary of State—nah, no … Continue reading

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