President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize today in Oslo, Norway. In my opinion, this was one of the best speeches Obama has given since being elected President. Watch the video of his entire speech: CNN (w/ transcript) NY Times Here are a few select quotes that resonated with me: I understand why war is [...]
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3,000 innocent civilians were killed on 9/11. They didn’t deserve it. Over 7,000 innocent civilians have been killed in Afghanistan. They didn’t deserve to die either. The difference is that al-Qaeda kills civilians on purpose. And that is a huge difference. My country has done horrible things in my name. Fighting terrorists is not one [...]
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Everybody needs a good rant from time to time. Cenk Uygur didn’t like the fact that a protester was allowed to openly carry a handgun at an anti-Obamacare protest. It’s pretty obvious why protests and guns don’t mix, but this happened very close to the location where Obama was scheduled to appear. Watch the video [...]
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President Obama has recently declared that the United States is not a Christian nation at war with Islam. He also bowed to the Saudi King, shook hands Hugo Chavez, and promised the world that America would not torture. For this Obama has been criticized as showing weakness, a criticism most famously made by former Vice [...]
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