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Rick Perry is Strong. Bullshit Strong.

Good grief. Rick Perry is losing support among likely Republican voters, polling just ahead of herpes Rick Santorum. What’s a fella to do? Why, play the religion card, of course! Here’s “Strong,” the new TV ad he’s running in Iowa. … Continue reading

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Obama releases long form birth certificate

President Obama has finally released his long-form birth certificate, and it should come as no surprise to any thinking person that it shows he was born in the United States. How many “Birthers” will now publicly agree that they were … Continue reading

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Obama to make Easter prayer breakfast an annual event

What happened to the crypto-Muslim (or crypto-atheist) that Obama’s detractors so loved to hate? For that matter, what happened to the change Obama promised those who voted for him? To be sure, there has been SOME change, but other things … Continue reading

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Mike Huckabee: Mendacious Huckster

The presidential election isn’t for another year and a half, but already a rogues gallery of challengers to Barack Obama are already putting their toes in the water.  Even the twice-divorced, massively low-popularity-polling Newt Gingrich is thinking of running.  Who … Continue reading

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Obama disappoints (again) at NPB

The news from Egypt overshadowed everything else today, but… President Obama spoke yet again at the infamous National Prayer Breakfast, the only public event organized by the organization known as “the Family,” a group that seeks to co-opt the American … Continue reading

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Obama disappoints at NPB

It’s disappointing that President Obama would attend the National Prayer Breakfast at all.  The NPB is organized, you may already know, by “the Family”–a secretive and power-hungry cult that attracts congressmen (as well as international totalitarians and fascists) with their … Continue reading

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Obama’s Cairo Speech

I’m pressed for time today, but there’s lots I would like to say about President Obama’s speech in Cairo.  If you missed it, here’s a link to the text of the speech, which includes embedded analysis by a BBC commentator.

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Obama says “America not a Christian nation”…

…and in front of foreigners, no less.  At a joint news conference in Turkey with Turkish president Abdullah Gül yesterday, Barack Obama said: “Although…we have a large Christian population, we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation, or a Jewish … Continue reading

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The Stem Cell Wars have only begun

No sooner does President Barack Obama lift certain restrictions on stem cell research funding, than Georgia Republicans introduce a bill that will restrict such research in my adopted home state.  From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

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Meet the new boss…

…(hopefully not) the same as the old boss.  Despite the waves of adulation for our new President still washing over the land, it seems appropriate to quote the lyrics of the classic song by The Who: I’ll tip my hat … Continue reading

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