Posts in July 2010

Tea Party Federation Expels Mark...

By ToPhOrN on July 18, 2010
Tea Party Federation Expels Mark Williams Over ‘Offensive’ Response To NAACP’s Racism Charge

The National Tea Party Federation has expelled conservative commentator and Tea Party Express spokesman Mark Williams over a fictional letter Williams wrote on his blog last week from “Colored People” to Abraham Lincoln. “We, in the last 24 hours, have expelled Tea Party Express and... [+]

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18Jul

Cap Removed From Gushing Well

By ToPhOrN on July 11, 2010
Cap Removed From Gushing Well

Robotic submarines working a mile underwater removed a leaking cap from the gushing Gulf oil well Saturday, starting a painful trade-off: Millions more gallons of crude will flow freely into the sea for at least two days until a new seal can be mounted to... [+]

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11Jul

Why We Must Reduce Military Spending

By ToPhOrN on July 6, 2010
Why We Must Reduce Military Spending

As members of opposing political parties, we disagree on a number of important issues. But we must not allow honest disagreement over some issues to interfere with our ability to work together when we do agree. By far the single most important of these is... [+]

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06Jul

Punishing the Unemployed NYT

By ToPhOrN on July 5, 2010
Punishing the Unemployed NYT

There was a time when everyone took it for granted that unemployment insurance, which normally terminates after 26 weeks, would be extended in times of persistent joblessness. It was, most people agreed, the decent thing to do. But that was then. Today, American workers face... [+]

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05Jul