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NAACP President Benjamin Jealous reaches out to a changing membership

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:48:04 +0000

William "Billy" Flynn, right, and Joseph "JJ" Jackson are president and vice president, respectively, of Maine State Prison chapter of the NAACP. It is one of the only predominantly white chapters.

NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias found this 8 hours ago on washingtonpost.com

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Landrieu’s Ambivalence on Health Reform Costs Her Keynote at Florida Fundraiser

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:14:40 +0000

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) was orginally scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Palm Beach County Democratic Party’s annual fundraiser. (The fundraiser had previously been known as the Jefferson-Jackson dinner, but this year was renamed the ...

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Landrieu Out as Palm Beach County Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:16:32 +0000

Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Palm Beach County in Florida takes baby steps toward party discipline : Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is out as keynote speaker for the Palm Beach County Democratic Party’s annual fund-raising dinner next week because party leaders dislike her stance on ...

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Podcast: How Hollywood Is Killing Our Culture: The Case Of Michael Jackson

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:33:49 +0000

Have you seen the Michael Jackson flick, yet? Would you feel that you’re participating in the degradation of American culture if you did? Dan Gainor of the Media Research Center joins me to discuss all this and much more. Download MP3 To subscribe on iTunes, just click here! ...

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The Barefoot-in-Mouth Contessa -- By: Jay Nordlinger

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:01 +0000

Well, this was really amazing: Contessa Brewer, an anchorwoman for MSNBC, was introducing the Rev. Jesse Jackson. But she introduced him as: the Rev. Al Sharpton. According to the Associated Press , “Jackson stared at the camera from a studio in Burbank, Calif., and said, ‘I’m Rev. Jesse ...

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New Jersey’s Jesse Ventura

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:33:51 +0000

This morning, I walked up the street to my neighbor Chris Daggett’s house and recorded this video about his independent race for governor in New Jersey, drawing comparisons between his campaign and Jesse Ventura’s. At this stage in the campaign, Ventura was polling 15%; ...

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Race, Rush, and the Moral Pygmies on the Left

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:24:00 +0000

The left has abandoned the philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. for an odious ideology that promotes race envy.

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Michigan's Rooney Seeks to Join Florida Brother in House

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:38:04 +0000

Attorney Brian Rooney is filing the paperwork Friday to join the 2010 race for Michigan's 7th Congressional District seat. And he is seeking to join his brother, freshman Florida Republican Tom Rooney, in the House Brian Rooney, an Iraq War...

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Bank War in the Jacksonian Age: Andrew Jackson, Nicholas Biddle, and the Battle over the B.U.S.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:30:05 +0000

The second Bank of the United States, established in 1816, was a mixed private/public institution with far reaching influence: Biddle, president of the BUS since 1823, had effectively managed the bank, which was partially responsible for the good economy when Jackson became president in 1829. ...

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Horatio’s Drive

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:19:32 +0000

I’ve just finished listening to an absolutely fascinating audiobook, and one that seems uniquely appropriate for listening to in the car. It’s called Horatio’s Drive and is based on a PBS program about the first man to drive a car across the country in the year 1903. The ...

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Defense firms in probe received $30M in stimulus money

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:10:56 +0000

The companies claimed to be small, minority-owned businesses, giving them preference in bidding for government contracts, Air Force documents allege. But government investigators found they were part of a larger minority-owned firm and not eligible for small-business contracts. The Air Force and ...

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Harry R. Jackson, Jr.: Democracy is Shrinking in DC

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:20:00 +0000

This past week, DC city council member Jack Evans vehemently warned DC citizens that if they took their concerns about marriage to Capitol Hill there would be grave "consequences." Knowing that he and his colleagues...

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Harry R. Jackson, Jr.: Marriage on Life Support

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:30:00 +0000

For the last few weeks I have been writing about the battle to defend the foundations of marriage in DC and beyond. Last week several thousand DC residents joined me on Freedom Plaza to protect God's first institution....

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Illinois Filing Deadline Closes

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:46:04 +0000

Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., has filed paperwork to run for both Cook County Board President and for re-election in 2010, as the 2010 candidate filing deadline closed Monday at the Illinois Board of Elections. Davis, who has said he...

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How the Internet Could Make Chris Daggett NJ's Next Governor

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 03:32:48 +0000

Could New Jersey independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett pull off a Jesse Ventura in next week's election? That's the intriguing question posed by Mark Blumenthal over on his "Mystery Pollster" column at National Journal. I think the answer is that it's pretty unlikely--unless the ...

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Tonight & Michael Jackson

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:00:01 +0000

By Debbie Schlussel So, tonight I’m going to screen the much-hyped “This Is It.” No, sadly, not the great classic pop song by Kenny Loggins with back-up vocals by the man with the sexiest male singing voice in contemporary music (Michael McDonald). It’s the Michael ...

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Michael Jackson's incredibly moving This Is It.

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:06:30 +0000

The news in late summer about the plans to release This Is It (Sony Pictures), a movie documenting Michael Jackson's rehearsal process for the stage show he was preparing at the time of his death, didn't bode well. Given that the footage in question wasn't intended for a film but for Jackson's ...

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On 'Hate Crimes Day,' Remembering Media Blackout of Jesse Dirkhising's Death

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:57:24 +0000

On a day in which media liberals will celebrate President Obama for signing a bill against "hate crimes" against gays and lesbians, a bill named for Matthew Shepard, it might be time again to remember the name of Jesse Dirkhising, who died ten years ago this fall to a national media ...

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