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I don't understand why the issues of abortion and gay marriage have to color almost every decision made by the state and federal governments. These two issues skew and delay action on almost everything from health care reform to selecting and approving a supreme court judge. There is no law in the USA that tells a woman she has to choose abortion, nor is there one that requires any religion or church denomination to perform or sanction gay marriages. That's how separation of church and state works.

Racism will only disappear in private...behavior.

After the now infamous arrest of an educated black man who acted like a thug, by a racially sensitive white policeman, who forgot what he just preached in his racial sensitivity sessions, and an American president who spoke before thinking, all three professed that this is a teaching moment of some sorts.

Bull hockey.

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In order to salvage the bad interviews she gave while running for VP of the United States odf America, Palin is now giving worse interviews while trying to explain why she was a bad pick for that position.

It was the media's fault. It was Katie's fault. It was McCain's fault. It was her handler's fault.

She is making sure that if there was any chance for her to have people forget how dumb she came across, and maybe believe that she was not ready this time around, that impression will never fade.

I wrote a letter to the editor in Austin that discussed the election. The republicans who disagreed with my letter and wrote to me referred to me as a lesbian or a derogatory slur associated with lesbianism, even though the content of my letter had to do with sexism and equality, not gay marriage.

"Despite not being natural persons, corporations are recognized by the law to have rights and responsibilities like actual people. Corporations can exercise human rights against real individuals and the state,[1] and they may be responsible for human rights violations.[2] Just as they are "born" into existence through its members obtaining a certificate of incorporation, they can "die" when they lose money into insolvency. Corporations can even be convicted of criminal offences, such as fraud and manslaughter."

Hi guys, my name is Freddy Wexler. I'm an independent musician. I've written a song and created a music video as a call to action for young people everywhere, regardless of their backgrounds or political beliefs, to get out and make their voices heard.

"Controversial filmmaker admits he's delighted to see a natural disaster potentially interfere with the Republican event."

OK, regardless of whether you hate her, like her, or are indifferent (notice I did NOT say “don’t know her”, cuz come on, who doesn’t know her!), Paris Hilton has shot back at McCain for using her in the “Celebrity” ad. The Paris "ad" is fall-down hilarious because she is using actual sarcasm and a bit of wit to completely make fun of “the old wrinkly white-haired guy”. Methinks that Paris’s mother had a hand in this, it is just too damn clever and funny.

Why only two...political parties covered in the media?  Why do we allow the political discourse to be framed only in terms of Republicans and Democrats--two parties void of anything new to say or different from one another--when there are at least two other parties with something to say and add?  I refer to my party, the Greens; and, while I don't agree with them, the Libertarians?