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Electing Change Tell Rall style

January 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics, Shoot the Messenger

 tags technorati : Ted Rall, Clinton, Obama, politics, election 2008

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Ted Rall explains accountability

August 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Got War, Politics

tags technorati : Iraq, accountability, Ted Rall, soldiers death, War

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US Government vs. Michael Moore, Part 2: Revenge of the Thought Police

May 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Embedded In America, Movies, Politics

Us government trying to seize new Michael Moore film says producer.

Harvey Weinstein fires latest shot in battle over healthcare documentary

Charlotte Higgins in Cannes
Saturday May 19, 2007
The Guardian

Cannes is smacking its lips in anticipation of filmmaker and provocateur Michael Moore’s latest jeremiad against the US administration, which receives its [...]

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‘My War’ Wins Blooker Prize

May 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Audio, Books, Colby Buzzell, Politics, Video

Congratulations are in order! Colby Buzzell’s My War: Killing Time In Iraq won the 2007 Lulu Blooker prize,which recognizes the best book that began as a blog on the Internet. This comes in the same week that U.S. military abruptly blocked soldiers’ access to Myspace, Facebook, MTV, YouTube, and other sites because of “bandwidth” issues.

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Oooh, things are gonna get brighter

May 15th, 2007 · No Comments · Politics, Shoot the Messenger

tags technorati : Ted Rall, politics, Don Imus

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Watch out Don Imus–Milwaukee radio trades one hatemonger for another

May 5th, 2007 · No Comments · Grievances, Milwaukee--A Place To Be, Politics

WNOV-AM (860) Milwaukee has barred talk show host Michael McGee for comments about the death of Katherine Sykes. Sykes, the mother of conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes, WTMJ 620 AM, died earlier this week in a fire at her Mequon home.

...”Mother Sykes, she dead. To me it’s the vengeance of God. I ain’t got [...]

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The Martin Luther King you don’t see on t.v.

April 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Audio, Embedded In America, Politics

Countless times each year we remember Martin Luther King Jr. We recall King’s battle to end segergation, marching for racial harmony, and articulating his dreams with that rhythmic booming voice.

For a man whom we memorialize, it is a great disservice to his legacy that we just focus primarily on a few years of Dr. King’s [...]

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Chris Rock on the 2008 Presidential Race

March 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Politics, Shoot the Messenger, Video

tags technorati : Chris Rock, Saturday Night Live,2008-Presidential-Race, humor, politics, video

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The Greatest Picture Ever: ‘Is that my reflection or a horse’s ass?’

March 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Embedded In America, Politics

Sometimes all things just seem to align in the world for one shinning moment.

For those of you who don’t believe in a higher power, fate, karmatic justice, or even just coincidence consider this:

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tags technorati : George Bush, horses-ass, funny, pictures, coincidence, fate, proof-of-a-higher-power

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Colby Buzzell article in Penthouse

March 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Colby Buzzell, Embedded In America, Politics, Writing

In this month’s issue of Penthouse, friend of the site Colby Buzzell proves that there words between the pictures are worth your attention.  Check out the scans below as Buzzell weighs in on the current situation in Iraq.

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tags technorati : Colby Buzzell, politics, War-in-Iraq, The-Withdrawl-Method, Penthouse, military, war

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