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By nikflorida on May 17, 2010 Kathleen Parker, who up until now people have considered to be relatively sane and thoughtful, though of course she leans towards the right in her politics, demonstrates fairly obvious hypocrisy in her recent criticism of Elena Kagan (“Kagan is not like ‘normal’ people,” a recent column is headlined). I don’t know about you, but I [...] [...]
By nikflorida on April 23, 2010 The blogosphere this week is just full of “conservatives” freaking out over the Army’s decision to rescind Franklin Graham’s invitation to speak at a Pentagon National Day of Prayer event. My guess is, not because he’s a Christian, but because they’re not interested in encouraging hate-mongering, intolerance, or anti-Islam bigotry. In fact, the [...] [...]
By nikflorida on April 15, 2010 Well, it appears that the writer on Fox News Channel that created the story about Obama’s effort to appease the Iranians with the DoD’s new Missile Defense Logo wasn’t fired after all. This week, Fox and Friends sees the recent Nuclear Summit was not a historic event that leaves the world more secure than [...] [...]
By nikflorida on April 10, 2010 This segment on Fox and Friends about new proposed (or already enacted) excise taxes really bothered me, not just because it grossly misrepresents a bag tax in Washington DC, but because it misrepresents excise taxes in general. You can watch the video of the segment for yourself after the jump. The big question that nobody’s [...] [...]
By nikflorida on April 9, 2010 So, yesterday, Anita Vogel on the Fox and Friends morning show claimed that the local government in Washington DC is taxing disposable plastic grocery bags in an effort to “raise some money” with a “ridiculous tax”. In fact, the Anacostia River is horribly polluted, more than 20%, say reports, from those very plastic bags, [...] [...]
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