Raising Taxes By the Mile by Ak'Bar A. Shabazz (bio) During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama endeared himself to many voters with a promise that 95 percent of Americans would get a tax cut and those making under $250,000 ... READ MORE
Here's hoping he feels the need to pick a black Latino Native American gay transgendered Wiccan, and the only one he can find is 96 years old. (And healthy enough to live to be 100.) ... READ MORE
Writing on U.S. News and World Report's website, Peter Roff notes that MSNBC's Keith Olbermann negotiated a $3.5 million raise at the very time his employer was receiving a taxpayer bailout. Peter reports the "Stop the Worst Bailout in the ... READ MORE
Washington, DC - As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in the voting rights case Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder, the Project 21 black leadership network is joining with other organizations to ask that this ... READ MORE
Infidels Are Cool has reprinted Joe Roche's letter, with main points highlighted. Joe's letter also appears to be getting some nice diggs over at Digg.com. Thanks to those of you who have reprinted it, dugg it, or passed it along ... READ MORE
It's been a while since I've published a letter from Sgt. Joe Roche, my old friend whose letters from Iraq during 14 months in 2003-2004 garnered so much attention. Since last year, Joe is once again overseas in active duty ... READ MORE
"What does a banana republic do? It tries to jail political opponents after defeating them and spends more money than it will ever have." -Fred Barnes, Twitter, April 25, 2009 E-mail any comments to [email protected] Subscribe to this blog's feed ... READ MORE
Johnny Dollar's Place has a lot of fun with Keith Olbermann's inability to get the facts straight in its latest Fox Haters Week in Review. This edition has several links back to this blog and coverage of our General Electric-related ... READ MORE
Blogger Charlie Martin offers to be waterboarded for charity. Dittos here. I'd do it on the same terms for autism research. Assuming the U.S. government waterboarding experts are willing to do it for charity (I DON'T volunteer to have it ... READ MORE
Raising Taxes By the Mile, by Ak’Bar A. Shabazz
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So President Obama is to Have a Supreme Court Pick
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Outrage of the Day: Keith Olbermann Got a Big Raise While His Employer Got a Bailout
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Black Activists Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Invalidate Outdated Section of Voting Rights Act
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Infidels Are Cool Reprints Joe Roche Letter
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Outrage of the Day: “Change Has Come. It’s Very Demoralizing.”
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Quote of Note
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Fox Haters Week in Review
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First Things First
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Waterboarding for Charity
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