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The Egyptian Revolution Twitter Style

February 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Democracy, Middle East, News, Politics

This is awesome. A visualized Twitter hash cloud, chronicling the Egyptian uprising. It illustrates the power and triumph of the human spirit in the age of social media. H/T: Daily Dish

They Protest Without Fear

February 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Democracy, Middle East, News, Politics

Self immolation. Absolutely astounding. The dichotomy of human beings wanting to control their lives, even at the expense of them is simply striking. Here is more context on the protest: The video is popularly credited with helping inspire fellow Egyptians by the thousands to participate in protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, calling for an end [...]

The Paul Doctrine Part Two: A New Strain Of Intolerance

May 25th, 2010 · No Comments · america, Democracy, Politics

Rand Paul is the new face of the republican party. Rand, the son of longtime republican congressman Ron Paul, is the candidate who’s the culmination of the angst and anger felt by voters in the country today. Paul the younger has benefited from the anti-establishment rancor, and has developed a significant following amongst the ever [...]

Is The Tea Party Movement Nationalism In Whiteface?

April 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · america, Democracy, News, Political Fringe, Politics, Republicans

The Tea Party movement’s influence and rabid energy is being felt throughout the corridors of the capitol in Washington, D.C. as well as the hot pavement and dusty plains of America. The group, who believe in less government, is the driving force behind the republican party’s efforts to retake congress in this year’s midterm elections. [...]

How Racial Profiling Gets It Wrong All Of The Time

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments · america, Democracy, Politics, Racism, War on Terror

I’m, for one — I know it’s not politically correct to say it — I believe in racial and ethnic profiling. I think if you’re looking at people getting on an airplane and you have X amount of resources to get into it, you get at the targets, and not my wife. And I just [...]

Barack Obama Is Silas Lynch, Part One: The Color Of Fear

March 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments · america, News, Political Fringe, Politics, Racism, Republicans

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 [...]

Maureen Reed Speaks To Delegates In Sauk Rapids, Minnesota

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · america, Democracy, Democrats, Elections, Politics

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.

Healthcare Meeting- Live Streaming Here At 10:00 AM

February 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Democracy, Democrats, Health Care, Politics, Republicans

UPDATE: I apologize to those of you who tried to play the stream and found it was unavailable. Apparently, the White House site was down. Is that a bad omen? I mean think about it. How can the government run health care, if the damn white house server can’t even sustain streaming video? I kid. [...]

The Tea Party Convention Part II: Birthers, Homophobia, And Black Sharpies

February 9th, 2010 · 5 Comments · 2012 Presidential Election, america, Elections, News, Politics, Racism, Republicans

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 [...]

Barack Obama, Year One: The Good, The Bad

January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · america, Democracy, Elections, News, Politics

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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