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Rush Limbaugh Uses John McCain as an Example that Torture Works

Content Keyword RSS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:59:59 +0000

Rush Limbaugh responded to the Obama administration’s release of the four OLC torture memos by, not only defending torture, but by using Sen. John McCain as an example that torture works. He claimed that the North Vietnamese broke McCain, but according to McCain, this isn’t true. Here is the video courtesy of Think Progress : Rush asked, “The idea that torture doesn’t work– that’s been put out from John McCain on down– You know, for the longest time McCain said torture doesn’t work then

What Books Do People Want Banned?

Content Keyword RSS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:51:00 +0000

U.S. Experts: Pakistan on Course to Become Islamist State By Jonathan S. Landay McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — A growing number of U.S. intelligence, defense and diplomatic officials have concluded that there’s little hope of preventing nuclear-armed Pakistan from disintegrating into fiefdoms controlled by Islamist warlords and terrorists, posing a greater threat to the U.S. than Afghanistan’s terrorist haven did before 9/11. “It’s a disaster in the making on the scale of the Iranian

Zanu-PF and MDC celebrate together

Content Keyword RSS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:31:58 +0000

President Mugabe lights up the independence flame to mark the 29th celebration of independence in Harare on April 18, 2009. (Pictures by Zimbabwe Times photographer Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi.) By Raymond Maingire HARARE – Zimbabwe’s former political rivals came together again Saturday to mark Independence Day in yet another public demonstration of their new found spirit of cooperation as political partners. President Robert Mugabe was joined at the celebration for the first time since the fo

Jubilation as Zanu-PF militiamen jailed

Content Keyword RSS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:43:30 +0000

By Our Correspondent CHIREDZI – There was jubilation at the Chiredzi Magistrates’ Court in Masvingo Province when three Zanu- PF militiamen were jailed this week to terms ranging from 24 to 30 months. Vengai Zhihura, 38, Eukeria Muvengwa, 37, Alick Ziwende, 38, who were part of a team that unleashed violence and terrorised MDC supporters, appeared before Chiredzi Magistrate Judith Zuyu charged with assault. Appearing for the State, public prosecutor Edmore Mbavarira, said the three assaila

McCain campaign manager: GOP should back same-sex marriage (CNN)

Content Keyword RSS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:20:44 +0000

A key architect of Republican Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign has urged conservatives to drop their opposition to same-sex marriage.

Sacha punks Paul

Content Keyword RSS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:41:05 +0000

Sacha Baron Cohen is a fraud, says senior Republican tricked into bedroom for gay seduction scene with Bruno By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:03 PM on 17th April 2009 Comments ( 27 ) Add to My Stories After the huge success of Sacha Baron Cohen’s films “Ali G In Da House” and “Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan”, you’d think people would have wised up to the comedian’s disguises. But it appears not everyon

RINO Strategist Says: Time to Go RINO!

Content Keyword RSS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:00:14 +0000

Someone should have told Steve Schmidt that when you have a personal emotional stake in the strategic planning for your political party it’s time to back away from the planning table. Schmidt was John McCain’s top adviser and political strategist in the 2008 contest with Barack Obama.As I recall, the McCain campaign was a tactical and strategic disaster that might have assumed catastrophic proportions if Sarah Palin had not been brought aboard to prevent the conservative base from walking away e

Change you have been told to believe in: A closer examination of Barack Obama’s foreign policy

Content Keyword RSS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:34:29 +0000

Freedom of Information April 17, 2009“What you want in a media system is ostensible diversity that conceals actual uniformity”- Joseph Goebbels The election of Barack Obama has been rightly heralded across the world as a defining moment in the history of the United States. The election of the nation’s first black president is symbolic of the progress made in terms of attitudes towards racial harmony and acceptance in a country where less than fifty years previously basic rights and entitlements

McCain Campaign Received Erroneous Information on Legality of Nominating Lieberman for Vice-President

Content Keyword RSS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:10:01 +0000

On April 17, Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., a well-known attorney who has done work for the Republican Party, spoke to a Republican lawyers group. The talk was broadcast on C-SPAN. The attorney said that John McCain was legally barred from nominating Senator Joseph Lieberman for vice-president, since Lieberman was a registered Democrat. The attorney said that West Virginia law made it legally impossible for Lieberman to appear on the November ballot in that state as the Republican nominee for vi

CNN: Palin Family Issues Like Soap Opera; Downplays Obama Relatives’ Troubles

Content Keyword RSS — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:44:03 +0000

CNN has displayed a double standard in its coverage of the difficulties involving the extended family of Sarah Palin versus that of President Barack Obama. Two programs on the network on Thursday evening used multiple soap opera references to describe recent occurrences in the “Palin family saga.” This contrasts with two incidents involving the aunt and half-brother of the president, which have received minimal coverage from the network. Anchor Roland Martin began the soap opera imagery in his