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The Iceberg of Radical Conservatism (reddit comment)

While “Working-class Radical Conservatism” seems oxymoronic, it isn’t. At best it’s misguided, at worst is deluded self-loathing. The net effect is that people …

Tea Party Mad Hatters – Or, Shouting Through the Looking Glass

It’s tragic when ideas worthy of consideration are buried under waves of narcissistic bluster aimed mostly for inciting higher ratings or higher campaign contributions. The time has come, this blogger says, to talk of many things; of tea parties and pundit rants, of bedfellows and flings.

Proposition 8, Health Care Reform – Unconstitutional? | The Faster Times

The thing that annoys me most about many tea-bag-partiers isn’t so much that they disagree–honest debate is expected, but that they so …

How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves, And Beggared The Nation

Discussion between Bill Moyers and Thomas Frank. Sort of like listening to a liberal version of Fox News. Still, some very valid …

Do the “New Republicans” Know What Being an American Is Anymore?

The New York Times has recently speculated that following the defeat in the 2008 elections, that Republicans have found a new voice. That may be so, but should more reasonable old-line voices reassert themselves?

Fear and Loathing of the Right to Free Speech

The provisions in the first amendment protecting various freedoms hasn’t exactly been working how it was intended.

A Judgement on the Gay Marriage Thing

You know, I like to think of myself as a fair-minded individual. In the past few years, courts, and now state legislatures, have begun approving of same-sex marriages. Given the numbers of conservative-minded folk in the United States, is it no wonder that there has been a vocal backlash of sorts? I have to say, I’m totally amazed that this is really an issue at all.

Political Labels, Candidate Fables, Voter Tables, And a Little Reality

As we head into the last month of the latest of the never-ending condition that is the American election process, there are a few things I want to get off my chest.

Blessed Haloes – The Children of Conservative Politics

It’s just been reported that Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin has announced that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant. Commentary …

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