17th May '08Today's Top Blog Posts from the Liberal Movement
1. With H-1B in limbo, Congressional backers push Green Card fix
Source: [b]Computer World[/b]Head of key House committee has introduced three bills in two monthsMay 14, 2008 (Computerworld) Efforts to increase the H-1B cap have been stuck in a legislative swamp, but U.S. Rep. Zoe…
2. Racist Obama T-Shirts for sale: ‘Curious George’
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Hurry, hurry, step right up! Get yourself a cool monkey/Obama t-shirt. Marietta bar owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he’s peddling, featuring a look-a-like of cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with…
3. CU seeks right-wing prof
Source: [b]Daily Camera[/b]BOULDER — How liberal is the University of Colorado at Boulder?The campus hot-dog stand sells tofu wieners. A recent pro-marijuana rally drew a crowd of 10,000, roughly a third the size of…
4. Survey: 1 in 10 boomers borrowing for everyday expenses
Source: [b]Associated Press[/b]NEW YORK - The economic downturn is hitting roughly one in 10 middle-aged and older Americans especially hard, compelling them to borrow money for everyday living expenses and to seek help…
5. More on Luttwak
We had a discussion around the office in the very early days of “Atlantic voices” about when it would and wouldn’t be appropriate to use a profane word on the blog. I think I’m going to say that Ali Eteraz points out…
6. Surprising lessons from the 2006 general election.
A few days before the 2006 election, State Republican Chair Saul Anuzis sent out a taunting email, claiming the Republicans had launched a boldly re-engineered “Get-Out-The-Vote” drive, whose unprecedented effectiveness
7. Mothers day you say?
In Nepal over 500 women were arrested for protesting. The all-female protesters have some big brass ones I say.As for American mom’s below is a humorous video that I got this morning from a friend of mine Fran in an…
8. FOXNews Sunday Panel: Playing The “Name The Veep” Game
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Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather)Where better to get reasonable analysis of the Veep sweepstakes than the GOP Propaganda office.er, FOXNews? As far as FOXNews is concerned (okay, to be fair, p…
9. Harry Reid is planning on holding hearings on the Military Analyst story
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I’ve been posting like crazy about the latest media/military propaganda scam that the NY Times broke a few weeks ago. You know, the one about the paid military generals-turned-analysts that the networks used to…
10. School Slashes, Library Losses, and Rainy Day Raids
Local newspapers all across the state are full of stories about Proposition 2½ .Read as single-serving, town-by-town, vote-by-vote media blurbs, they don’t pack much of a punch.Take a minute to browse through the ONE…
11. What is CSU’s Problem with the Loyalty Oath?
Last week I brought you the story of another CSU teacher who was fired for wanting to change the state’s ridiculous and anachronistic loyalty oath to suit her religious beliefs. Today’s LA Times brings us the update on…
12. Clinton rejects delegate compromise
Camp Hillary is rejecting the new plan floated today by Michigan Dems that would seat the delegation by awarding 69 delegates to Hillary and 59 to Obama.
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13. We’re not just demographics
This whole media bit of trying to split the Democratic electorate among easily identifiable groups that pull for one candidate over another is actually quite annoying, isn’t it? The spin we’ve been hearing is that…
14. Pam’s House Blend:: White dog whistles no more
Last night in another thread, I commented again about how poorly Hillary Clinton has been served by her hired campaign guns. Of course, the senator has stuck her foot in her mouth on her own as well, but nothing…
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15. An Olive Branch from Sadly Land
D. Aristophanes, in an extremely classy gesture, apologizes and asks:…what do Obama and his supporters need to do today to get you into this car?One answer is pretty simple: don’t be jerks about it. That and more…
