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Archive for April, 2010

Islamist Web Site Posts Threat To South Park Creators Over Mohammed References

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under Islam, Religion, South Park, Television

South Park’s 200th episode has gotten the attention of some radical Islamists:
The radical Islamic Web site Revolutionmuslim.com is going after the creators of the TV cartoon series “South Park” after an episode last week included an image of the Prophet Mohammed in disguise.
Revolutionmuslim.com, based in New York, was the subject of a CNN investigation last [...]

Mid-Term Madness

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Congress, Democrats, Elections, Nancy Pelosi, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

Virginia’s own Larry Sabato talks about the upcoming Mid-term elections:

H/T: United Liberty

Ron Paul Talks Financial Regulation And Goldman Sachs

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, April 20th, 2010. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Quote Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, April 19th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

“I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you’re not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration.”
— Hillary Clinton, 2003
Here’s the audio:

Those words still apply today, Mr. President

Ron Paul vs. Sarah Palin: The Contradictory Halves Of The Tea Party Movement

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, April 19th, 2010. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin

Politico commissioned a poll of the people who showed up to the D.C. Tax Day Tea Party last Thursday, and the results are, to say the least, very interesting:
Tea party activists are divided roughly into two camps, according to a new POLITICO/TargetPoint poll: one that’s libertarian-minded and largely indifferent to hot-button values issues and [...]

Is Charlie Crist About To Bolt The GOP ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, April 19th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

There’s been a boatload of speculation today that Florida Governor Charlie Crist is about to drop out of the GOP Senate primary and run as an Independent.
This morning, for example, the Crist campaign canceled major ad buys in several big media markets in the Sunshine State.
At the same time, Hotline reported that GOP officials in [...]

Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani Renew Sparring Over 9/11

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, April 19th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, September 11th

In one of the early Republican debates in the 2008 election cycle, Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani sparred over the September 11th attacks and the role that U.S. foreign policy choices may have played in inciting the attacks:
On Iraq, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, the Libertarian candidate for president in 1988, stood alone in railing [...]

White House, Top Democrat Both Deny That Value-Added Tax Is Being Considered

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, April 19th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Democrats, Economics, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

During today’s briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs denied that the White House was considering the idea of a Value-Added Tax:

At virtually the same time, the head of the House Ways and Means Committee was saying that a VAT was a non-starter in Washington:
WASHINGTON – The prospect of Congress adopting a value-added tax – a sort [...]

Photo Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, April 19th, 2010. Filed under Economics, Politics

KY Senate: Trey Greyson Lies About Rand Paul’s Position On Guantanamo Bay

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, April 19th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Republicans

Trey Grayson is out with another hit piece against Rand Paul and, like his 9/11 commercial from a few weeks ago, it’s full of distortions:

Nice try, Trey, but here’s what Rand Paul said about this issue back in November:
For Immediate Release
November 19, 2009
BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY – Leading United States Senate candidate Rand Paul today criticized [...]

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