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Remembering MLK’s Prophetic ‘Mountaintop’ Speech

40 years… From NPR: Remembering MLK’s Prophetic ‘Mountaintop’ Speech…
Watch…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP-DsxmbtGc

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On The Trail Clinton Tells Tales of Real Life Struggles in America

The WaPo has an interesting piece about Hillary Clinton’s speeches on the campaign trail that portrays Clinton the listener.
Early on in the campaign Clinton defined herself as a candidate who listens to the voters and she’s made a point of letting voters know in her speeches and her ads that she is listening and that […]

TV Alert: Hillary on The Tonight Show (Video)

Head’s up Clinton supporters — Hillary Clinton will be on The Tonight Show tonight. Fox News has a wrap-up on what to expect on the show:
In an intro at the top of the show, she did a sketch skewering her 3am phone call ad, fielding a call from Leno asking her to appear on the […]

Thought for the day

Have Democrats and progressives crossed the point of no return? That’s a serious question.
Why is deciding if voters in FL and MI should count such a difficult decision? That does not bode well. The progressive community has alienated about half of the Democratic Party and have made it such that non-Obama Dems have to go […]

Edwards Would Say No to VP Nod

After a keynote speech at CTIA, the annual wireless industry showcase, John Edwards was asked in a Q&A session if “he would accept the nomination for vice president.” Edwards made it clear he would not: “No,” said Edwards.
He also “declined to say whether he would endorse Clinton or Obama.”
Although it was hinted recently that Edwards might […]

Randi Rhodes Suspended for Clinton Comments

Randi Rhodes has been suspended from Air America for ”making inappropriate statements about prominent figures, including Senator Hillary Clinton” at a recent public event, that were caught on a YouTube video (WARNING: Strong language):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfdhWi5MILo

I’ve never been much of a talk radio fan, but I used to enjoy listening to Randi’s show occassionally, until I grew tired […]

The First Amendment: A Tale of Abandonment

The First Amendment in the United States Bill of Rights ensures the following:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress […]

Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up

Crazy, crazy days, these have been. Reading the headlines crossed over from April Fool’s Day and finding that the stories that seemed like jokes were not laughable, at all. Little kids plotting to kill their teacher. Bernanke speaking in hushed voice about the current impending great depression recession. A Democrat actually […]

Murder in an Alaskan Forest

No one—at least no human—knows his name, or even if he had a name. 
We don’t know where or when he was born. We know nothing about his life. 
But we know a lot about his death. A politician/trapper from northeast Pennsylvania went to Alaska and killed him. We know this because the local newspaper opened almost […]