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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf: the guy who is running the Mosque near the old World Trade Center Building. He is the one that seems to be at the heart of the recent news about a large Mosque being built near the site of the old Twin Towers. I think it is fair to ask who he is and what he believes. After some digging, I found the following: Belief Net Interveiw: Question: Some Islamic charities are being investigated for terrorist ties. Have you seen what you consider to be reputable Islamic charities being financially damaged? Well, it's become very difficult...

I'm just curious - Hoffman was leading in every poll and now Owens is said to have won in double digits? What happened? My conspiracy side is telling me that there is voter fraud going on in New York. It was a national race after all. One more vote for Obamacare would sure help out.

Is there any truth to the rumor that Rep. Daryl Metcalfe sent an email calling Veterans who support cap and tax "traitors"? I can't find any real news stories about it anywhere. Just a bunch of left wing kook blogs ranting about it.

Two million people marching on Washington in protest? Get ready - after the Healthcare fight, they're going to crack down on free speech, free press and people assembling. And they're going to wrap their arguments in innocuous, even reasonable language such as "bringing diversity to the argument", "instilling civility to the debate", "making sure that only the truth gets discussed", etc. They'll do this to try to win the useful "moderate" tools that will go along with it. But I'm warning you: the crackdown on making your opinion known is coming.

I don't know why I've got this phrasing in my head, but: Find everything you can about Glenn Beck, Stu Burguiere, and Roger Ailes. No, even now, I refuse to go all caps. No, sending me links to the last two Countdowns with my own de-constructions of his biblical vision quality Communist/Fascist/Socialist/Zimbalist art at Rockefeller Center (where, curiously, he works, Comrade) doesn't count. Nor does sending me links to specious inappropriate point-underscoring prove-you're-innocent made-up rumors. Tuesday we will expand this to the television audience and have a dedicated email address to accept leads, tips, contacts, on Beck, his radio producer...

Sick of arguing with Conservatives who only use pre-written Republican talking points? Well use the answers in this guide to respond to them. :D Conservative Argument: Tax cuts benefit the Economy. Your thoughtful response: Yeah? Well you're a greedy tool of the corporate military establishment! Conservative Argument: Spending while having a massive deficit is a bad idea. Your open minded answer: Yeah? Well Herbert Hoover did that and you guys were on board! Conservative Argument: The American people don't want national health care. Your tolerant answer: Yeah? Well you're a racist! Conservative Argument: The 2nd Amendment says that private citizens...

The talk in Washington is that Senate Democrats are preparing to push through health care reforms using parliamentary procedures that will allow a simple majority to prevail in their chamber, as it does in the House, instead of the 60 votes needed to overcome the filibuster that Senate Republicans are sure to mount. With the death of Senator Edward Kennedy, the Democrats do not have the votes just among their 57 members (and the two independents) to break a filibuster, and not all of these can be counted on to vote in lock step. If the Democrats want to enact...

There is a rumor flying around that a protester was dragged out of Claire McCaskil's town Hall meeting tore up a picture of Rosa Parks. Anyone else got a real link to this? Or is it just a fabrication of the liberal blogs?

I hate Vanities - but is this true? Did Beck really lose Geico, Men's Warehouse, etc? I thought he had a popular show - it would surprise me if it were true...

Sorry for the Vanity. I got some lib telling me that Obama Care will be as great as Kaiser Insurance which he says is Not For Profit. Anyone know anything about this? Is Kaiser a good system? Where does it get its money?

While arguing with a bunch of Liberals I went and looked at the American Declaration of Independence. The brilliance and insightfullness of the men 200+ years ago is truly astounding. Look at some of the things that the Founders thought worthy of separating from England over (and how many of them are being pushed for today)...

"A typical street whore." "A bunch of ghetto thugs." "Ghetto street trash." "Wonder when she will get her first abortion." These are a small selection of some of the racially-charged comments posted to the conservative 'Free Republic' blog Thursday, aimed at U.S. President Barack Obama's 11-year-old daughter Malia after she was photographed wearing a t-shirt with a peace sign on the front. The thread was accompanied by a photo of Michelle Obama speaking to Malia that featured the caption, "To entertain her daughter, Michelle Obama loves to make monkey sounds." Though this may sound like the sort of thing one...

That's why I love David. He is very reactive as journalist. The more this story is covered, the better is to paint conservatives wingnuts as racists which they really are. Since november 4th 2008, I understand now the true meaning of "conservative : Racist and Bigot" according to some. The Irony is that the Young republicans group picked a racist to lead them :( (TheDailyBeast has a great piece on this story) So according to David Shuster's twitter page, Tam and him will cover the story on Monday. And people can contact Joe Trippi for more. The vancouversun covered this...

Most people on Daily Kos are (painfully) aware of Free Republic, the bottomless digital repository of bigotry, authoritarianism and hatred for most other Americans, all wrapped in 90's-era HTML. Usually, sane people who stop by there to check it out, find something utterly appalling within a few minutes of browsing, and close the page, never to return. Thus, there isn't a lot of detailed knowledge of Free Republic on Daily Kos. One important feature of the site is that it is community-supported through donation drives called "Freepathons." In 2008, Jim Robinson, the site founder, seems to have decided to purge...

Okay, so in a very short time we’ll be having the inauguration of the new President. Being as this candidate is from the American left, we can conclude that the usual yahoos will be out in force doing and saying the typical crap, embarrassing themselves and everyone else in the process.

Right after the election, the Redstate folks set up a new website/forum called Rebuild the Party - A Plan for the Future. The message was clear: Use this forum to post your ideas about how we can rebuild the party. The best ones as voted by the community may be incorporated in the plan we deliver to candidates for RNC Chairman. Being the bipartisan person that I am, I figured I would play too, and decided to post a modest idea. [more under the fold] So this is what I posted: embrace science. I want us to become the party...

A draft resolution scheduled for consideration by a committee of the United Nations General Assembly threatens to criminalize criticism of religion. In its current form, the resolution would declare defamation of religion to be a violation of international law. The resolution’s drafters hope to circumvent free-speech statutes in other countries, including the United States’ own First Amendment. The resolution is the culmination of many years of quiet work by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, representing more than 50 Muslim nations. The OIC has set as a goal the criminalization of any “defamation of religion, especially Islam” — and is...

Just two weeks before the nation moved closer to the possibility of election the first Black U.S. president, a series of racial incidents have suggested that skin color still matters to many Americans.

The video everyone should see. http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcID=2036

To Bob McCulloch St. Louis Circuit Attorney and Jennifer Joyce St. Louis City Attorney, I heard the news story about you threatening to take libel suits against anyone who dares criticize your choose candidate Barack Obama. I note that you did not say “Political Candidates”. You listed only one candidate (BO) in particular. I have a serious problem with you protecting only one single candidate. It seems like a violation of your office to only target what you perceive to be your political enemies. It’s more disturbing that you’re trying to get other elected officials both at the state and...