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Any attempt to judge our history by today's standards -- out of the context in which it occurred -- is at best problematic and at worst dishonest.For example, consider the following quotations:"So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.""[T]here is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality."By today's standards, the person who made the first statement, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, would be considered enlightened. The person who made the second,...

OBSCENE ON TV! FCC OK with sexual content on tube Group hammers agency that allowed language newspapers rejected. A television watchdog group is hammering the Federal Communication Commission for refusing to take action against two networks for featuring sexually graphic content on TV shows. The Parent Television Council, or PTC, says the content is so explicit that when it submitted an ad including the language to major newspapers, all publications rejected it. According to a statement from the group, PTC members filed complaints with the FCC about the content of FOX's "Keen Eddie" and the WB's "Off Centre" in 2003,...

Whoever said that liberal radio couldn't be entertaining certainly hasn't listened to the first hour of this "monumental event". This show is so bad. Just to amuse yourself with what the liberals want to air in a head-to-head showdown against Rush Limbaugh, give it a listen. It will make your day. Needless to say, no worries of success here.

SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH ON THE EVE OF APRIL FOOLS’ DAY, the new “liberal” network Air America Radio is to begin airing on stations in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland and, maybe, San Francisco, five liberal cities where it can rouse the already-converted. Several of its key programs can also be heard via XM Satellite Radio’s new “America Left” Channel 167, also launching March 31.  (Air America’s Vice President of Programming Dave Logan was programming executive at XM.)  Its streaming internet audio might also be available at airamericaradio.com.Experts are betting that the new network will fail to make money...