July 2010
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Lt. Governor of Tennessee calls Islam a cult →
Via Huff Post:
“At a campaign event in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Lieutenant Governor and gubernatorial candidate Ron Ramsey (R) said that freedom of speech, guaranteed by the First Amendment, may not apply to Islam because it could be considered ‘a cult.’
During a question and answer session, an attendee said that he was concerned with an ‘invasion’ from...
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Judge blocks Arizona law that prevents gays from... →
Via AP:
“A federal judge is blocking Arizona from implementing a state law that eliminates domestic partner benefits for gay and lesbian state employees.
U.S. District Judge John Sedwick on Friday issued a preliminary injunction that requires the state to still make family health insurance available to gay and lesbian state employees who have established relationships that meet...
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Outspoken gay soldier booted from Army →
Via CNN:
“One of the most outspoken gay critics of the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy said Thursday that he has been discharged from the Army. Lt. Dan Choi, who was arrested in March for handcuffing himself to a White House fence in protest of the policy, released a statement saying he had been honorably discharged.
Choi, a 2003 West Point...
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Mississippi school settles prom dispute with... →
redguard:
A Mississippi school district has agreed to pay a recent high school graduate $35,000 in damages and adopt a policy prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, according to a statement released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Tea Party Drama
The National Tea Party Federation, an organization that represents the Tea Party political movement, has kicked out conservative commentator Mark Williams and his Tea Party Express because of a blog post in which he satirized a fictional letter from what he called “Colored People” to President Abraham Lincoln. He had written the letter a few days ago in response to a resolution by...
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Man with neo-Nazi ties leading patrols in Arizona →
Via AP:
“Minutemen groups, a surge in Border Patrol agents, and a tough new immigration law aren’t enough for a reputed neo-Nazi who’s now leading a militia in the Arizona desert.
Jason ‘J.T.’ Ready is taking matters into his own hands, declaring war on ‘narco-terrorists’ and keeping an eye out for illegal immigrants. So far, he says his patrols ...
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"Decisions Based on Rational Economic Information"
Message sent to me by a TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT:
“I don’t know what you’re apologizing for. Be proud of your country, or move to Europe where liberal ideals and huge social programs are more accepted.
America is too generous. We give out exponentially greater amounts to disasters in other countries than other nations. I mean, how much money did China send to Haiti last year? A few...
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WatchGlenn Beck to Liberal Media: ;_;
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WatchSarah Palin’s first campaign ad of the year is out and it is entitled “Mama Grizzlies”. Unfortunately, it is not really about bears.
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Feds sue to overturn Arizona immigration law →
Via CNN:
“The Justice Department weighed in on one of the most explosive issues in American politics Tuesday, filing a lawsuit to overturn a tough new Arizona immigration law that has sharply divided people along partisan, ideological and ethnic lines. It also asked the federal courts to grant an injunction to stop enforcement of the measure before it takes effect late this month.
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GOP Chairman says Afghanistan is 'war of Obama's... →
Via AP:
“Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele says Afghanistan is ‘a war of Obama’s choosing’ and the conflict ‘is not something the United States has actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in,’ comments that drew an immediate rebuke from Republicans and Democrats.
In remarks captured Thursday on camera and posted online, Steele...
June 2010
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Palin fucks up her Reagan shoutout with lies →
Via Yahoo:
“Following in others’ grand tradition of demonstrating gaps in knowledge while addressing a university, Sarah Palin told a crowd at a fundraiser at California State University in Stanislaus last weekend that Ronald Reagan, personal hero and inspiration, was a California college graduate. She told the cheering crowd: ‘This is Reagan country, and perhaps it was...
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Arizona's Governor: Most illegal immigrants are... →
Via CNN:
“A labor union representing nearly 20,000 border patrol agents and staff Friday disputed comments made by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer that most illegal immigrants coming across the southern border are smuggling drugs.
Brewer initially made the comments earlier this month during a debate of Republican gubernatorial candidates. She repeated them Friday when asked by a reporter for...
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McChrystal out, Petraeus in →
Via CNN:
“A day after his disparaging comments about America’s civilian leadership surfaced and dramatically struck a nerve in the White House, the top commander in Afghanistan has stepped down.
President Barack Obama accepted the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal ‘with considerable regret’ and nominated Gen. David Petraeus, the head of the U.S. Central Command....
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The 10 worst BP gaffes in Gulf oil spill. →
Via Yahoo:
1. Who’s in charge? On Friday, BP board Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg presented the news that many Americans had long been waiting for. Hayward was being shunted out of his lead role in the Gulf oil spill crisis, to be replaced by BP Managing Director Bob Dudley. On Saturday, BP media relations personnel said the chairman of the board was wrong. They said Mr. Svanberg was...
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McCain/Snooki 2012 →
Via AP:
“In a preview for the show’s next season, Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi laments that she doesn’t use tanning beds anymore because ‘Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning.’ She says, ‘McCain would never put a 10 percent tax on tanning, because he’s pale and he would probably want to be tan.’
McCain, a skin cancer survivor, replied...
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John Boehner demands Paul McCartney... →
Via CNN:
“House Minority Leader John Boehner is demanding an apology from music legend Paul McCartney after the Beatle took a slap at President Bush during a recent White House ceremony. President Obama on Wednesday awarded McCartney the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song – a lifetime achievement award given by the Library of Congress. Upon receiving the award, McCartney deadpanned,...
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More than half of Tea Party supporters say gays... →
Via Huff Post:
“A University of Washington poll finds that a majority of ‘true’ Tea Party supporters say it’s not the responsibility of government to guarantee equal rights to African Americans and other minorities. Fifty-two percent of respondents also said that ‘compared to the size of their group, lesbians and gays have too much political power.’ The...
May 2010
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Fox host Van Susteren asks blog readers to gauge... →
Via Yahoo:
“Fox News host Greta Van Susteren has surely received audience complaints before — but a recent email exchange irked her enough to take issue with it on her own blog. And in a move that Fox executives probably would have tried to discourage had they been consulted, Van Susteren also urged her blog readers to weigh in on the central point raised by her correspondent: that she...
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Arizona responds to L.A.'s boycott by threatening... →
Via CNN:
“Arizona responded to the Los Angeles city council boycott with a suggestion of its own: cutting power to the nation’s second-largest city. The Arizona Corporation Commission, the overseer for the state’s electric and water utilities, has offered to pull the plug on Los Angeles, noting that Arizona’s power plants supply electricity to 25% of the city.
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Republican congressman resigns after admitting to... →
Via CNN:
“Rep. Mark Souder, R-Indiana, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday, after acknowledging that he ‘sinned against God’ by engaging in a relationship with a member of his staff. The 59-year-old married father of three, who just won a competitive primary, said he will leave office at the end of the week. ‘I believe it is the best decision for my family, the...
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Palin speaks of "new conservative feminist... →
Via CNN:
“Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hit the campaign trail Friday, delivering the keynote address at a Washington fundraiser for an anti-abortion group supporting socially conservative women running for office in the upcoming midterm elections.
‘All across this country, women are standing up and speaking out for common sense solutions,’ Palin said at the Susan B....
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Arizona bans ethnic studies in public schools →
From CNN:
“The new law forbids elementary or secondary schools to teach classes that are ‘designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group’ and advocate ‘the overthrow of the United States government’ or ‘resentment toward a race or class of people.’”
Hmm, it makes you wonder, why would anyone have any resentment towards privileged...
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Michele Bachmann Said What? →
My favorite bit? The name-that-quote game which perfectly illustrates Michele Bachmann’s lunacy.
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Slight Shift
It’s been fun putting together the list of American Apologies these past several months, but for now I’m going to give the manifesto a rest. Do not fear, however, because this does not mean the end of the site to which I hold so dear. I will instead try to experiment with the format and shift the focus of the site to contemporary issues in American culture and politics, and hopefully...
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#150: Joseph McCarthy
The American Apologies list began with Sarah Palin, so I think it’s only fitting that for the 150th post I round things out with another incapable, belligerent, and manipulative politician. After being elected as Senator from Wisconsin in 1947, Joseph McCarthy’s first three years in office were largely unremarkable. From 1950 onwards, however, he would become the most visible public...
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#149: Andrew Johnson
Ranking amongst some of the worst American presidents in history, it’s hard to feel any sympathy or compassion for Andrew Johnson. During the Civil War, Johnson was a unionist Senator of Tennessee, and was the only southern senator not to quit his post upon secession. As a southern unionist, Johnson was enlisted as Lincoln’s Vice President. It’s really just bad luck for all...
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#148: Valerie Solanas
There’s something in the American air that breeds an obsession with celebrities that borders on psychotic, and Valerie Solanas is certainly a product of that environment. After a difficult early life, Solanas arrived in New York in 1966, where she wrote a play titled Up Your Ass about a man-hating prostitute and a panhandler. A year later she met Andy Warhol who decided to take a look at...
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#147: Waco Siege
The Waco Siege was one big clusterfuck of epic proportions. It began in 1993 when the ATF was attempting a search warrant of the compound the housed a Branch Davidian sect led by a cult madman named David Koresh in Waco, Texas. The group had reportedly been stockpiling loads of illegal weapons and apparently Koresh had been engaging in some freakish harem with the female members. When the ATF...
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Submissions #7
Here’s another look at what readers think should be apologized for, as well as other submitted questions and comments.
1. “I’ve recently begun a new blogging cause in the wake of the recently passed Oklahoma legislation: http://oklahomahateswomen.tumblr.com. Mainly the focus is quick access to tumblr posts incensed about the new anti-abortion laws, but with a long term focus...
April 2010
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#146: Capital Punishment
The capital punishment debate always gets heated when people discuss from emotional or moral perspectives, but a little thinking might get one to question whether it’s really an effective system for America. We’re in the same league with China and Iran when it comes to using capital punishment while Europe has all but banned it, so that’s an instant red flag for you. Consider...
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#145: Scientology
Video: Panorama: Scientology and Me