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The Obama Hates America theme is not hyperbole. It has been relentlessly played for all it’s worth from the second that then Democratic presidential candidate Obama announced in February 2007 that he would seek the White House. It almost certainly will be played hard again in the days leading up to the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Obama’s one little step that could feed the wacky line is not telling yet where and how he’ll commemorate the day.

I assume you recall the summer of the “death panels.” That was last year when a few right-wing demagogues, led by Sara Palin, (who else?) warned that the health care reforms under debate would lead to deaths of patients whom doctors considered too old or ill to treat. Now we know they probably helped hasten the deaths of the desperately ill. Read More…

From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE… They’re back! After three months on the lam, Margaret and Helen—two sassy, brassy 80-somethings (the former a Mainer, the latter a Texan)—are back in action on their blog. A snip of their must-read thoughts on the Beck “I Have A Scheme” event: I just can’t believe 87,000 people are dumb enough to buy that crap. If Beck and Palin want a government so focused on one God and one religion, they should visit the Middle East and see how that concept is working out.

The US District Court decision on August 4, overturning California’s Proposition 8 and its ban on same sex marriages was a watershed moment for proponents of equal rights for gay and lesbian Americans. Within hours of the landmark decision , pundits ranging from MSNBC’s liberal Rachel Maddow to Fox’s ultra-right wing Glenn Beck, began postulating that the ruling signaled a new “post-homophobic” era in America.

Celebration is indeed in order. The health of our society, our democracy, hinges on equality, not just for some but for all. However, the ink isn’t even dry on Judge Walker’s decision to undo the wrong passed by California voters and already we’re onto how weak Obama and Democrats are on gay marriage. Obama may have brought this one on himself. There was really no need to rain on the gay marriage parade with a statement about not supporting gay marriage. And I suppose, there is a lot he and Democrats could do.

The decision by CNN anchor and Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria to return the 2005 Hubert Humphrey Award for First Amendment Freedoms to the Anti-Defamation League, along with the $10,000 honorarium, added a much-needed layer of intellectual and moral honesty to the national debate over the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” to be built a few blocks from the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

“If you prick us do we not bleed?” The Merchant of Venice Last summer the image of a 23-year-old Iranian girl, named Neda, dominated the media and internet as the world witnessed on the television and internet screens her being shot and killed while participating in a protest against Iran’s rigged presidential elections. Over a year later, as we celebrated Neda’s life and mourned her death, another very different image caught the world’s attention: that of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two.

JUNEAU, Alaska — You might call it Sarah Palin’s introduction to the cubs. A biography of the former Alaska governor and self-described “mama grizzly” is set for release in September by Christian book publisher Zondervan. “Speaking Up: The Sarah Palin Story,” is one in a series of biographies aimed at 9- to 12-year-old readers. Others feature 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and U2 frontman Bono.

This is just embarrassing: Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin is an independent group of academic, religious and political leaders, dedicated to promoting consideration of Gov. Sarah Palin’s political positions in the wider American Jewish community. We find Ms. Palin’s policy positions on Israel, Iran, national security, fiscal responsibility, energy, and social policy – as well as her record on these issues as governor of Alaska and candidate for Vice President of the United States – to be serious, substantive and politically mainstream.

“Black America stands at the precipice. African American unemployment is at its highest in 25 years. Thirty-five percent of our children live in poor families. Inadequate healthcare, rampant incarceration, home foreclosures, and a general sense of helplessness overwhelm many of our fellows,” said Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D.