A number of prominent conservative and libertarian Republicans have been blasting the 'invasive nature' of the 2010 census for months. But are their fear tactics and protests against 'Big Brother' now going to cost them Congressional seats due to a lower than normal census count??
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(Kudos to Knight In Ink Illustrations for the amazingly detailed artwork.)
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Is the United States a Democracy? Or is it, rather, a Republic? Are we, as a country, headed toward Anarchy… and inevitably Oligarchy? There are several schools of thought on this subject. What is your take on the matter?
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These statements, questions, opinions, and answers (along with a few more questions) were passed on from Hannah, a 17 year old reader in South Carolina. Anyone want to take a stab at clarifying and help Hannah understand some of the ‘specifics’? - America is good place, not perfect, but good. (America is a failing...
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Bob Corker, the Republican Senator from Tennessee, talks more sense than has come from the mouths of most in Washington for months. “Voters want to see the end of ‘too-big-to-fail’ financial firms but don’t care about the other, more arcane details that divide the two parties.” Has Congress allowed themselves to become so polarized...
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I keep trying to come up with a caption worthy of this video. Not gonna happen. There are no words to describe how enlightened I was after dedicating just a few minutes of my time to this interview on Health Care Reform. This should be required watching for everyone whose lives will in any...
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House minority leader John Boehner has teamed up with Will.i.am to produce the GOP's campaign video, and rallying cry, for 2010: “Hell No You Can't!"
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Do you know your rights? You might want to look inside and double check.
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Gay rights groups say the plan to require high-level scrutiny for discharges under "don't ask, don't tell" is a step in the right direction but add that Congress must still act to lift the ban. "Service members would still be leaving the services under 'don't ask, don't tell' every day, so what we need is...
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The Republicans have resorted to a ‘vote-a-rama’ in an attempt to show that they are still the bullies on the playground.  By proposing frivolous and controversial amendments, they are trying to set the Democrats up to take embarassing votes, knowing that they are trying to vote en bloc against amending the bill so as...
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Biden will never, ever, ever in his life live that particular media moment down. Never. (Via Buzzfeed)
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