Face Book takes on the Libertarian Party!

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Posted to Politics on Fri Aug 27, 2010 at 07:44:33 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

The Libertarian Party sent a press release to its membership and national media organizations after its latest advertisement was summarily ejected from Face Book. It turns out the popular social media & networking website has a active campaign against pro-marihuana viewpoints.

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USA the only western nation banning cousin marriage. Shelbyville Manhattan flees in panic!

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Posted to Politics on Mon Aug 23, 2010 at 06:55:26 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Despite recent genetics studies saying that marrying a cousin may not be all that dangerous for society and some guy who wrote a book on the subject cousin marriage remains illegal in the majority of the United States. In fact, some states (such as Texas) have recently strengthened laws against this subject, taking a play out of Utah's playbook and making it a felony to have sex with a cousin, subject to 10 years in prison and a lifetime on the sex offender registry. Some people think these laws are a horrible idea and point out that even Jesus' parents were probably cousins.

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Gay Soldier Discharged

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Posted to Politics on Wed Jul 28, 2010 at 06:32:36 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Former Army 1Lt. Dan Choi was discharged last week after a series of high profile events in protest over the continued "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policies of the US military.

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SecTreas: Bush tax cuts to be altered

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Posted to Politics on Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 07:25:41 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

The Secretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner, said that the administrations hope is to allow the Bush administration tax cuts to expire and cut taxes on the lowest 95% of wage earners in America.

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Department of Homeland Security, or Ministry of Information?

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Posted to Politics on Fri Jul 23, 2010 at 09:05:54 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

A new report suggests that the way the Department of Homeland Security responded to Freedom of Information Law requests over at least the past year was highly political in nature and exceeded the normal bounds of document release and publication. The story was broken after an investigation by the Associated Press and was promptly investigated by the Inspector General.

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Weekly Political Flamewar, or: Why have Obama's numbers slumped?

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Posted to Politics on Wed Jul 21, 2010 at 06:06:10 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

It is already being called the most successful failed presidency in a generation. A majority of Americans disagree with the President's handling of the economy and other issues. Despite passing major pieces of legislation (such as health care reform, financial reform and bailouts) that are obvious victories for his administration Democrats worry about losing control of the legislative branch in November. Some of his supporters have been disillusioned by his willingness to cut deals and not stick to campaign promises. But is all of this really his fault? Some commentators say Obama is not completely to blame for his problems - that he was handed a presidency without peace & prosperity so the inevitable happened. Why and how did this happen?

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Voters are unsure over Cuban embargo

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Posted to Politics on Tue Jul 20, 2010 at 06:30:07 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Since the 1960's Cuban regime change when hippies took over the government and spread the wealth of US citizens there has been a blockade on the tropical nation. Strengthened into a total embargo in 1962 and lasting about half a century, this blockade has become the longest embargo in modern history. Despite the ban on travel by Americans to this former tourist paradise, it appears many people are ambivalent to this continuing. A recent poll by Rasmussen indicates that voters are evenly split (36-35%) on the question of whether or not the embargo should end.

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Candidate Greene Makes First Speech

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Posted to Politics on Mon Jul 19, 2010 at 04:49:49 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Alvin Greene (D-SC) is a bizarre Cinderella story of politics. He won the South Carolina Senate primary as a complete unknown, a man who recently was discharged by the army and is currently facing felony obscenity charges. After refusing to withdraw from the race after his primary win and fighting a massive uphill battle against entrenched Senator Jim "Thin" DeMint (R-SC) Mr. Greene gave his first speech this weekend.

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Rand Paul: Master Debater or Jerkoff?

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Posted to Politics on Wed Jul 14, 2010 at 11:14:25 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

During the first debate in the Kentucky Senate Race, Dr. Rand Paul (R-KY) made some controversial statements in remarks against opponent Jack Conway (D-KY). In them, Paul cited communist propaganda films to suggest that the poor in America are much better off than the rest of the world. The national media and locals reacted as expected with commentators deriding him as out of touch and relying on anecdotes (which apparently never happens in politics).

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Featured Diary: Billy, How Would You Feel About Showering With A Homo?

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Posted to Politics on Mon Jul 12, 2010 at 10:17:56 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

The Defense Department as part of its in-depth study on the effects of dropping Don't Ask, Don't Tell go right to the heart of the matter and ask all the straight troopers just how creeped out they would be to be in the company of homosexuals.  

http://www.salon.com/news/us_military/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/07/09/dadt_survey

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Obama sues Arizona, Illegals Don't Flee in Panic!

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Posted to Politics on Wed Jul 07, 2010 at 01:03:48 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Source in the Department of Justice announced that the Obama administration will be suing the State of Arizona to prevent its implementation of a tough new anti-immigration law. The government will be asking for an injunction to prevent the law from going into effect on 7/29 as well as a determination on if it is constitutional or not.

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Breaking News: Supreme Court Incorporates Second Amendment

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Posted to Politics on Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 11:11:39 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

In a massive victory for the gun rights side, the Supreme Court just announced it is striking down the Chicago gun ban and ruling that the 2nd amendment applies to all 50 states. Chicago had a long standing handgun ban to prevent crime from occurring - however this was only successful in leading to the disarmament of victims and increasing the murder rate to Detroit-esque levels. Citizens asked for the national guard to be deployed domestically.

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