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Racial Divisions vs. Public Social Spending
openleft.com - 8/10/2009
Racial Divisions vs. Public Social Spending
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This is a follow-up to my diary yesterday, "Obama Quandary Comes Into Sharper Focus: Part Two, Economic Substance" , in which I faulted Michael Lind for misperceiving the role of race in the story of New Deal liberalism.  But I originally began pulling it together several months ago. ...
If you don't like our health care, get the hell out!
silentmajority09.com - 8/16/2009
If you don't like our health care, get the hell out!
— silentmajority09.com — I found this jewel lurking on one of my favorite sites (sarcasm) Crooks & Liars. It attempts to malign the health care system in the United States while holding up those in other countries. Let’s look at this logically. The article begins: I guess the UK is sick of hearing we ... (more) If you don't like our health care, get the hell out!

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pajamasmedia.com - 8/10/2009
The last syllable
— pajamasmedia.com — Michael Yon has a long and photograph filled dispatch from Afghanistan. He describes the slog. “People like Secretary Gates and General Petraeus think we create some sort of success here, and I do, too, but only with sincere, strategic ... (more) The last syllable

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The Republic of T.:  Digest for August 8th through August 10th

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Digest for August 8th through August 10th
The Republic of T. — Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for August 8th through August 10th: The Conservative Movement Has Launched World War Z – The Economic Fallout Has Decimated the Black Middle Class – Meet The Birthers – Race, Taxes, Birth Certificates, and Eugenics – Forgetting His Place – The consequences of a conservative 'victory' – Racial Divisions vs. Public Social Spending – Op-Ed ...

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