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Congressman Charlie Rangel who is quick to slander the tea party with charges of racism, was a guest on Monday's "The Ed Show" on MSNBC, where he made a statement that appeared to be startingly racist: "I was in combat, and I’m telling you, I saw more dead people, but I never was moved until I saw dead people that looked like me in my uniform." Rangel was on the show to discuss the police who turned their backs on Mayor De Blasio during Sunday’s funeral for slain New York Police Department officer Wenjian Liu. When asked to comment, Rangel...

STATE GOVERNMENT: Disorderly conduct charges stemming from protests would be felonies BY MIKE SMITH AP Political Writer This story ran on nwitimes.com on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 12:32 AM CDT INDIANAPOLIS | A state senator angered about a recent protest at an Indiana soldier's funeral wants to make disorderly conduct a felony offense if it occurs at military funerals. Sen. Brent Steele, R-Bedford, said he would propose legislation in response to an anti-gay group's protest at the Aug. 28 funeral for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Doyle, an Indianapolis native killed in Iraq. Six members of the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro...