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Archive for April, 2010

WaPo’s David Weigel Talks Birtherism On Hardball

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

The Washington Post’s David Weigel, who blogs about all things conservative at Right Now, was on Hardball last night talking about the latest rants from the birthers:

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First Lawsuits Filed Against Arizona Immigration Law

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed under Immigration, In The News, Individual Liberty, Legal, Politics

And so, it begins:
PHOENIX — An Arizona police officer and a Latino group filed the first legal challenges of Arizona’s sweeping new law cracking down on illegal immigration Thursday.
Fifteen-year Tucson police veteran Martin Escobar argues there’s no way for officers to confirm people’s immigration status without impeding investigations. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District [...]

Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Turning Into Major Disaster

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed under In The News, Politics

Last night it became clear that the oil leaking from a destroyed drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico was an even bigger problem that first realized:
NEW ORLEANS — Government officials said late Wednesday night that oil might be leaking from a well in the Gulf of Mexico at a rate five times that suggested [...]

Has The Arizona Legislature Read What The Bible Has To Say About Immigrants ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed under Immigration, In The News, Individual Liberty, Religion

One has to wonder if they have:
Leviticus 19:33-34
“When an alien resides with you in your land, do not molest him. You shall treat the alien who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you; have the same love for him as for yourself; for you too were once aliens in the land [...]

Arizona’s Immigration Law: Either A Menace, Or A Hoax

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed under Immigration, In The News, Individual Liberty

Steve Chapman has a piece over at Reason this morning on Arizona’s new immigration law which, he explains, is either going to turn out to be a threat to individual liberty or a largely symbolic waste of paper:
When I called University of Arizona law professor Marc Miller and told him I wasn’t sure what some [...]

President Obama Nails The Coffin Shut On The American Dream

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Touring the Midwest, President Obama said he was “very pleased” a deal had been reached, and he criticized Wall Street lobbyists for trying to dilute the bill’s most stringent provisions. Obama said he did not “begrudge” wealth that is “fairly earned.” But in a departure from his prepared remarks, he added, “I think at some [...]

Marco Rubio Puts Out Ad Slamming Charlie Crist For Party Switch

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

This is gonna hurt:

H/T: PoliPundit

Two New Polls Show McCain Leading Hayworth In Arizona Senate Race

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, John McCain, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

There are two new polls out in the Arizona Senate race that show John McCain leading J.D. Hayworth in the race for the GOP nomination, although the numbers are very different.
First, a new Rocky Mountain Poll shows McCain with a 26 point lead:
PHOENIX (AP) – A new poll shows Arizona Sen. John McCain is leading [...]

Arizona’s Immigration Law Is Un-American

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed under Immigration, In The News, Individual Liberty, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

Reason Magazine’s Shkha Dalmia has a great piece at Forbes about the European roots of Arizona’s immigration law:
If universal health coverage was part of the longstanding liberal agenda to implement a European-style welfare state in America, Arizona’s tough new anti-immigrant law represents the conservative agenda to install a European-style surveillance state. Indeed, the very same [...]

Gordon Brown Tries To Get Beyond “Bigoted Woman” Gaffe As Labour Continues To Fade

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed under England, Foreign Affairs

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is doing his best to try to get beyond yesterday’s open mic gaffe:
Labour launched a tightly managed attempt to rescue its flailing election campaign today with the prime minister seeking to draw a line under his “bigot” comments by declaring: “Yesterday was yesterday.”
Gordon Brown visited a factory in the West [...]

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