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Honduras: Fuera golpistas!

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 04 July 2009 11:42:10 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

An estimated 20,000 protest the coupWell, well, well. The 3-day waiting period is over. And guess what? Nothing's changed, not really. The coup remains defiantly in power, the coup is withdrawing from OAS, Manual Zelaya is still[...]

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Be sure to thank Socialism for the public
fireworks today

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 04 July 2009 11:36:22 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

Crossposted at Daily Kos If you witness a state, county or town fireworks display this Independence Day, you have enjoyed the fruits of American socialism. Social welfare, public programs and any service that is not performed to make a[...]

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Palin Theories

post from TPMCafe on 04 July 2009 11:34:00 AM. © TPMCafe

The word most used to describe Palin's press conference yesterday was "breathless". She sped through her little speech like a student with too much Adderal in her system. Last night at a dinner party the theories ranged between two poles. On one side was the thought that the emails about to come out in one of the corruption lawsuits would be truly embarrassing. On the other pole is the theory that her speakers agent has told her how much money she could earn in the next 18 months if she wasn't tied to the Alaska Governor's mansion, and the thought of making a killing while she was still in her Andy Warhol "15 minutes" was too much for her and Todd to pass up.

Either way, despite the hopes of Bill Kristol, the whole resignation speech didn't do her a bit of good. She just seems like one more nutty, impulsive Republican governor. Mitt Romney is enjoying his breakfast this morning.

Sponsored Topics: Michael Palin - News conference - Sarah Palin - Alaska - United States

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Obama uses holiday to slap down "naysayers"

post from Daily Kos on 04 July 2009 11:30:12 AM. © Daily Kos

If ever there were a holiday that seems expressly designed to display the gift with language possessed by the current President of the United States, Fourth of July would be it. And with this morning's weekly address, Barack Obama took full advantage of the opportunity presented, not just saluting America's peaks and victories, but reminding its citizens of the dark times and despair as well that the nation has overcome with what he called our "indomitable spirit."

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And in passages that echoed his campaign observations about the "unlikely story that is America," he reminded us of how this country, in many ways, a surprising anomaly in history:

We are called to remember how unlikely it was that our American experiment would succeed at all; that a small band of patriots would declare independence from a powerful empire; and that they would form, in the new world, what the old world had never known – a government of, by, and for the people.

He saluted the spirit of America, the will and collaboration that helped us as a country survive the Depression, wars and other challenges. As before, we need that spirit to face our current challenges, he said, and to stake out this generation's place in our history, "understanding that each of us has a hand in writing America’s destiny":

That is the spirit we are called to show once more. We are facing an array of challenges on a scale unseen in our time. We are waging two wars. We are battling a deep recession. And our economy – and our nation itself – are endangered by festering problems we have kicked down the road for far too long: spiraling health care costs; inadequate schools; and a dependence on foreign oil.

He then launched into his trademark rhythmic declarative style, sentence after sentence beginning with the flourish, "Now is the time ...." Now is the time to fix education, to meet the energy challenge, to reform health care, to rebuild our economy. And to those who say all these changes are too ambitious and are ultimately impossible to attain, on this national holiday, the President had a punch-to-the-gut patriotic message:

These naysayers have short memories. They forget that we, as a people, did not get here by standing pat in a time of change. We did not get here by doing what was easy. That is not how a cluster of 13 colonies became the United States of America.

We are not a people who fear the future. We are a people who make it. And on this July 4th, we need to summon that spirit once more. We need to summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall two hundred and thirty-three years ago today.

Yee-haw. Take that, obstructionist naysayer Republicans and weak-kneed Democrats.

Final off-the-wall observation: I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest this may be the first time a President of the United States used the term, "kick back," in an address. Without sounding like an old guy trying to be hip, no less.

The full address can be found beneath the fold, or on the White House website.

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Lady Libertys Crown Is Finally Open

post from Where's the Outrage? on 04 July 2009 11:27:16 AM. © Where's the Outrage?

Well first of all, happy Independence Day to all of our readers!! Secondly, it?s been announced[...]

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All Hats Off To WorldNetDaily (WND) Birthers
More Proof Emerges To Support Their Claim President Barack Hussein Obama II Was NEVER Born In The Continental United States After All

post from The Gun Toting Liberal on 04 July 2009 11:24:13 AM. © The Gun Toting Liberal

Thank You, Snopes, WND And Now PolitiFact.Com For Finally Exposing The Truth Behind BHO II’s “Natural Born Citizen” Eligibility To Serve As President (”POTUS”)As you all know, I’ve been joining the outrage of the “WND Birthers” who’ve called...

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Mike's Blog Roundup

post from Crooks and Liars on 04 July 2009 11:00:00 AM. © Crooks and Liars

The Mahablog: Drama Queen exits, stage right

The Moderate Voice: Happy Motoring America; Shafted Again

The Existentialist Cowboy: Texas: The Gulag wasteland Bush left behind

Bernard Avishai: While Prime Minister Netanyahu scoffs at Ahmedinajad?s beatings of peaceful demonstrators, his government does the same

open Democracy: The archaeology of Iran's regime

Vagabond Scholar: Diagrams On Conservatism

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Happy 4th of July: Let Freedom Ring

In 2006, I wrote that "It's a Hollow Feeling This Fourth of July." Are we any better off this year? We haven't seen much tangible progress, but Bush and Cheney are gone and we do seem to be headed in the right direction, even if we are moving at a snail's pace.

So, yes, I'm going to celebrate. But I'm also not going to forget the freedoms we need to protect and defend, not just for our law-abiding citizens but for all who are living within our country, including those who continue to be detained at Guantanamo, who are languishing in our prisons, and who live in fear of being separated from their families and deported.

If you're looking for something to evoke a feeling of what today is about, here's one of my favorites:

What are your thoughts and plans this Independence Day? (Menu descriptions welcome.)

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Every Woman A Queen!

We were talking amongst ourselves here yesterday afternoon about how difficult it will be to explain the Sarah Palin phenomenon in, say, 30 years to someone who didn't experience it.It's a task made more difficult by the poor quality of the[...]

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I Was Made to Love Magic

Video hereI was born to love no oneNo one to love meOnly the wind in the long green grassThe frost in a broken tree.I was made to love magicAll its wonder to knowBut you all lost that magicMany many years ago.I was born to use my eyesDream with the sun and the skiesTo float away [...]

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