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Moron brags about adding Estate Tax to Min. Wage package

Oh, I hate people who spit on your shoes and tell you it’s raining. 

 
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Republican blather about the death tax

I got this e-mail from the GOP the other day. They should ashamed of themselves but they aren’t. 

Dear  ,

emi14a Republican blather about the death taxFamily-owned small businesses are taxed enough. They do not need to be double taxed when the business passes on to the next generation.

This week, the Senate is taking up a bill to end the unfair death tax. Earlier this year, a minority of Democrat senators blocked putting the death tax on the road to extinction. This is the last chance to stand up for economic growth, small businesses, and family farms burdened by the unfair death tax.
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There is no justification for us giving Paris Hilton more money.  No family farms have ever been lost. None. Not one.  Confuse, deflect, obfuscate.  The politics of the Republicans.

Former President calls for lasting peace in the Middle East

President Carter continues to be a thoughtful leader.  His Op-Ed in today’s WaPo points the way out of this mess.

It is inarguable that Israel has a right to defend itself against attacks on its citizens, but it is inhumane and counterproductive to punish civilian populations in the illogical hope that somehow they will blame Hamas and Hezbollah for provoking the devastating response. The result instead has been that broad Arab and worldwide support has been rallied for these groups, while condemnation of both Israel and the United States has intensified.

John Woodruff ran and won in Berlin

With all of the attention that Jessie Owens got most people forgot that other Black American Athletes ran and won in Berlin in 1936.  At 91 John Woodruff still remembers triumph against racism.

Mel Gibson has an image problem

Gibson donned the saint suit with The Last Temptation of Christ.  It appears that the suit really doesn’t fit.  Anti-Semitic rant?