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Thomas Jefferson On Religious Freedom
“The clergy converted the simple teachings of Jesus into an engine for enslaving mankind and adulterated by artificial constructions into a contrivance to filch wealth and power to themselves … these clergy, in fact, constitute the real Anti-Christ.” - attributed to...
#Bring Back Our Girls
On the night of 14-15 April 2014, approximately 275 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. The kidnappings were claimed by Boko Haram, an Islamic Jihadist terrorist organization based in...
Federal Court Strikes GOP’s Voter ID Sham
For the first time, a photo ID law is struck down under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Here's why that matters. Very big news out of a federal court in Wisconsin, where the state’s polling place Photo ID law (Act 23) has now been struck down as both a violation...
Call to Caucus
MADISON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE CAUCUS TO NOMINATE DELEGATES TO THE 2014 FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT NOMINATING CONVENTION The Madison County Democratic Committee has issued a Call to Caucus to elect Delegates to the Fifth District Democratic Convention. Monday,...
Teapublican Mouthpiece Says ‘Negros’ Were Better Off Under Slavery
I want to tell you one more thing I know about the Negro,” he said. Mr. Bundy recalled driving past a public-housing project in North Las Vegas, “and in front of that government house the door was usually open and the older people and the kids — and there is always at...
Home On Derange(d)
In case you haven't heard about cattle rancher Cliven Bundy in Nevada, he's the guy who has become the latest anti-gub'mint celebrity for the libertarian gun crowd. Ol' Cliven Bundy and I have a lot in common. (Except for the backwards racist part.) Both our families...
America’s Mad Dash Toward Oligarchy
Bill Moyers criticized both political parties on Friday for furthering the “protection racket” built to protect the mega-rich from paying their fair share of taxes while extending their influence over politics. “Sad that it’s come to this,” Moyers said. “The drift...
Scientific Study Says We Are an Oligarchy
The United States of America is no longer a democracy, but rather an oligarchy. The anecdotes are plentiful, from modest gun control proposals that saw 90% public support, to unemployment compensation, to infrastructure spending, to women's rights; where a plurality...
SCOTUS Righteously Defends Free Speech
Delegate Scott and the Republican “No” Chorus
While I can think of hundreds of thousands of people who will be hurt if we don’t “Close the Health Care Gap” with health insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act, I cannot think of one person who will benefit if we turn it down. Unfortunately, between the...
