“No Viet Cong ever called me nigger.” -Muhammad Ali
But al-Qaeda murdered my friend.
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 [...]
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Tags: Afghanistan, foreign policy, Obama, protest, terrorism, war
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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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Here’s where I think the tea parties really missed a huge opportunity: bailouts. I heard a lot of talk about wasteful spending, skyrocketing debt, and unjust taxes; I didn’t hear much about the gigantic sums of taxpayer money going straight to failed banks run by highly questionable CEOs. Oh, and good luck getting any details [...]
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Tags: bailout, business, economy, protest, recession, reform, tax
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