The consequences of failure. Utter failure:
Judgment Fail
by failblog
From Josh Green:
According to Peter Clarke, a Navy shipmate, Massa was notorious for making unwanted advances toward subordinates. He tells the story of his friend Stuart Borsch, with whom Massa shared a hotel room while on leave during the first Gulf War. “Stuart’s at the edge of the [...]
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For those who haven’t seen the seminal film The Birth of a Nation, it remains to this day revered by some as a significant cinematic achievement– because of its usage of technical innovation– the usage of lighting, editing and close-ups was ahead of its time. It’s also despised for its graphically stereotypical portrayals of Black [...]
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wrightandleftreport’s candidate for the sixth congressional district in Minnesota, Dr. Maureen Reed, speaks at the Senate District 14 Convention. Dr. Reed is challenging incumbent Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann.
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Senator Jim Bunning, R-(KY):
Last week, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., asked to pass a 30-day extensions bill for unemployment insurance and other federal programs. Earlier in February, those extensions were included in a broader bipartisan bill that was paid for but did not meet Sen. Reid’s approval, and he nixed the deal. When I saw [...]
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Who is Vernon Hunter? I wouldn’t have known the answer to that question if it weren’t for a few dedicated writers. They decided to spotlight the real hero of last week’s domestic terrorist attack against an Austin IRS building. Vernon Hunter was a father. He was a husband. He was a Vietnam veteran, who was [...]
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The nerve of this man! How dare he show any level of comfort around these white men? He’s clearly asserting his uppity-ness. And in the people’s house no less! Here’s more real down-home American invective from the above email:
Here, here sir! Who does this ebon-skinned Kenyan think he is? President? What American leader would [...]
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The National Tea Party Convention concluded this past weekend, and If you’ve already read part one, then you know that the tone of the convention was set very early on. Racial paranoia wafted heavily in the air over the weekend, dampening the intended message of anti-tax, and anti-government intervention the movement was trying to focus [...]
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If you watched or heard anything from Friday’s monumental meeting between President Barack Obama and House Republicans, then you may have come away impressed. In today’s heavily covered political landscape, pure political gamesmanship is going the way of the dodo and the brontosaurus. The art of deftly pointing and counter-pointing your political rival doesn’t make [...]
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FULL SPEED AHEAD!
I always enjoy the spectacle of State of the Union speeches. They are a sitting president’s coming out party, replete with flesh pressing, cheers, flashbulbs, and unadulterated airtime. They are quite the show, especially if the president doing the speaking has a modicum of intellect and speaking ability. Add to this the circumstance [...]
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Okay, let’s take a closer look at President Barack Obama’s first year in office. Realizing that every possible medium is doing the same thing one year after the historic inauguration, I plan on taking a different approach here. After this turbulent year in politics, who do we have in the oval office? Is President Obama [...]
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