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• ‘Disconcerting & Dangerous’: House Passes Amendment That Allows Gov’t-Backed Propaganda

  May 21, 2012 at 3:12pm

  “Effective strategic communication and public diplomacy should be front-and-center as we work to roll back al-Qaeda’s and other violent extremists’ influence among disaffected populations.”

  Another way to roll back the influence of extremist: Stop dropping bombs on their children. The people tend to get upset when their families are made into thousands of bloody little pieces.

• NATO Protest Recap: Police Clash with Black Bloc; Shotgun Shells; Protesters Using Bottles of Urine and Feces?

  May 21, 2012 at 11:46am

  In reply to Whtwulf.

  “Had they conducted themselves as peaceful protesters instead RIOTERS, then there would have been no need to apply a riot baton upon any of them.”

  This has been disproven by past protests, where people who were not only following police commands but not even part of the protests were arrested and beat upon. People simlpy turn a blind eye because it is not happening to them.

• NATO Protest Recap: Police Clash with Black Bloc; Shotgun Shells; Protesters Using Bottles of Urine and Feces?

  May 21, 2012 at 11:43am

  In reply to Whtwulf.

  The feces throwers and such are an incredibly small part of the overall demonstration. But most of you will ignore that. Most of you will ignore that standing on the sidewalk and not even participating in any of the deomnstrations will get you an equal chance of being beat by police. To your minds, the police state can do no wrong.

• NATO Protest Recap: Police Clash with Black Bloc; Shotgun Shells; Protesters Using Bottles of Urine and Feces?

  May 21, 2012 at 9:10am

  In reply to Whtwulf.

  Some of them probably expected to exercise their 1st amendment rights without the fear of being beat with a club by agents of the State. So much for that.

• Utah Rep. Bishop Lectures Colleagues on the Constitution After 2nd School Fined $19K for Selling Soda

  May 18, 2012 at 4:19pm

  In reply to Mark0331.

  Fining a school for selling soda is nuts. Selling soda at schools is also equally nuts.

• Utah Rep. Bishop Lectures Colleagues on the Constitution After 2nd School Fined $19K for Selling Soda

  May 18, 2012 at 4:17pm

  “It is wrong to violate federalism”

  I completely agree. It is also wrong to give your kids soda, or to have soda sold in your schools for any reason. The stuff is some of the most unhealthiest stuff sold in the US today. Now, it should not be up to the Feds to force this. It should be up to the States who, if they possessed even the smallest amount of caring for the people of their school systems, would not provide this stuff to any of their schools.

• Chomsky Accuses Obama of ‘Murder’ and Defends Convicted Al Qaeda Terrorist as ‘Defending His Village’

  May 17, 2012 at 8:35am

  The propaganda and misinformation in this article concerning Omar Khadr is incredible. But when that most horrible of words is used by the government, “terrorisism!”, facts and situations then become utterly irrelevant. And yet, somehow, you people are for limited government? It simply boggles the mind.

• After 49 Mutilated Bodies Dumped at U.S.-Mexico Border, Beck Slams Obama Over ‘Basically Complete’ Fence

  May 15, 2012 at 7:56am

  A fence is going to stop or reduce things such as this? A fence??!?!?! Hahahahahahahahaha you guys crack me up.

• Semi-Pro Football Player Dies After Blind Hit During Charity Game

  May 14, 2012 at 3:18pm

  In reply to rickc34.

  The guy was violently struck in an manner to cause the greatest amount of injury. Seems like we can explain this one.

• Semi-Pro Football Player Dies After Blind Hit During Charity Game

  May 14, 2012 at 3:15pm

  In reply to maverick2270.

  Or maybe performing hits designed for the sole purpose of causing injury need to be banned.