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One of the highlights of the state dinner was a performance by Lang Lang, a Chinese pianist who has been a sensation in music circles. Mr. Lang played a duet with the American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, then a haunting traditional Chinese melody called “My Motherland.” In China, it turns out, “My Motherland” is better known as the theme from the film “Battle on Shangganling Mountain,” a 1956 Chinese classic about a Korean War battle in which a vastly outnumbered band of Chinese soldiers held off American and United Nations forces for 42 days. If, in retrospect, “My Motherland” might...

Whoever thought this was a good idea needs to be fired.

Andrea LeBlanc's thoughts after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, didn't exactly mirror those of the status quo, especially the flag-waving, chest-thumping Americans who were calling to "Kill them all!" From Sept. 12 on, her words have focused on forgiveness, on opposition to war and on understanding a people who were not inherently violent, as politicians and media implied, but rather were pushed to the brink by decades of skewed U.S. foreign policy. Most would have dismissed LeBlanc's ideas; that is, until they learned that her husband of 29 years, Robert LeBlanc, a cultural geography professor, was aboard United...

Ive been a member of this website for almost a year now and I am appaled by the biases that are against our president! SO WHAT IF BUSH WANTS ILLEGALS IN AMERICA! I DONT CARE! AS LONG AS THEY ARENT MUSLIMS! WE NEED THEM TO CUT OUR GREASSE and MOW THE LAWN! This new port deal I believe is also a good idea as is going to iraq! I also support Bush giving tax cuts to buisnesses that send their labor overseas so that they can also learn to be good capitalists. IF YOU DONT FULLY SUPPOT BUSH AND WHAT...

I just got done reading the entire Stafford Act, as well as other laws. Here's the skinny: Bush never needed Governor Blanco's nor Mayor Nagin's consent to do [b]ANYTHING[/b] in New Orleans. Posse Comitatus Act of 1878: Basically says that the Army, Navy, Air Force, etc. cannot be used to police a city "except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress" As it's been explained to me, the NG operates under the Governor's control if they're used domestically, unless they're federalized (however...

Are conservatives usually just grumpy people who just plain suck? Well, yes. Yes they are.

Why has everyone stopped discussing "Dead Head Ed"? No one cares anymore? Could it be because so many have exposed him in one way or another...99% negative but real stuff on him? Or is it all of the lies the man gives everyday? Notice all the changes he now has about him as compared to when he started 7 months ago? Thats because we exposed him over and over. Like, He isnt a radio station manager. He really never played NFL Football. he never has received a national radio award, like the Peabody or Marconi. He will never beat Rush...