Tag Archives: American history

Today’s Money Beg From Tony Perkins

From KKK-affiliated hate group leader Tony Perkins: Dear Joe, The very future of America is at stake. What kind of country will we give to your children and grandchildren? Will we adhere to what Thomas Jefferson so eloquently called “the laws of nature and of nature’s God” in the Declaration of Independence? Or will we twist and distort that which …

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Quote Of The Day – Brian Brown

“The struggle for civil rights in America as envisioned by Dr. King is ongoing, and I am personally very honored and proud to be able to call some of its greatest leaders my close friends and allies: people like Bishop Harry Jackson, Bishop George McKinney, Bishop David Hall, Pastor Eugene Rivers and so many others. And of course, there is …

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The 124 States Of America

An interesting map from the Washington Post: Secessionist movements are all the rage these days. A handful of counties in Colorado tried to secede from the rest of the state earlier this year. There’s an attempt to create the State of Jefferson (northern California/southern Oregon) via ballot initiative in 2014. And there’s plenty more. What would the U.S. look like …

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JFK And The Roots Of The Tea Party

“The president is a socialist. He is neutering the United States on the world stage. He is spending us into bankruptcy. He is hellbent on expanding national health care, which will surely lead to government death panels. He is advancing big-government agendas everywhere from Main Street to Wall Street. And do we really know the truth about his personal history …

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50 Years Ago Today

I was four years old when JFK was assassinated and lately I’ve wondered how real my memories of my mom, my aunt, and my grandmother crying in front of the TV are. We were at my grandparents’ house in Newark for Thanksgiving that week and my mother later often told the story about everybody rushing home from work that day …

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Today’s Outrage In Teabagistan

Actually the president was asked to record the Nicolay version of the Gettysburg Address (there are at least ten versions) and that one does not include the phrase “under god.” Further, it is the Nicolay copy that is preserved at the Library of Congress.  Outraaaaaaage!

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Limbaugh Has Written A Children’s Book

Rush Limbaugh has written a children’s book that he says will correct the American history being taught in public schools by godless communists. Via World Net Daily: Called “Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims: Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans,” the book is designed for young people, but Limbaugh stressed it will appeal to patriotic Americans of all ages. “For twenty …

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LIVE: President Obama Speaks At March On Washington 50th Anniversary Tribute

The president is slated to begin around 3pm.

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50 Years Ago Today

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TRAILER: The Butler

Oscar buzz for Oprah, say the tabloids.

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You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught

Via JMG reader Darius. Post title reference.

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Ranking Of Two-Term Presidents

Nate Silver yesterday contemplated the place that President Obama might one day hold among the presidents that historians consider to be the “greatest.” As common sense might dictate — and as the statistics will also reveal — it is far too soon to conclude very much about this. Second-term presidents may be derided as lame ducks, but it is often …

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MORE HISTORY: Out Gay Military Members Attend Obama’s Inauguration Ball

In yet another moment in our movement’s history, tonight openly gay members of the military attended the Commander In Chief Inaugural Ball with their partners. In the center of the above photo is Army Gen. Tammy Smith, who last summer became the first out soldier to achieve that rank. To the general’s right is her wife, Tracey Hepner. Photo by …

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LGBT Groups Praise President Obama’s Inaugural Call For Full Equality

Freedom To Marry In his second Inaugural today, President Obama traced the moral arc from Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall, and rightly exalted the struggle for the freedom to marry as part of America’s moral commitment to equality, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom to Marry applauds our president and the moral leadership he has shown, the moral …

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Richard Blanco Reads Inaugural Poem

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President Obama’s Inauguration Speech

Never before has a president mentioned us in an inauguration speech. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. We, the people, declare today that the most …

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Tweets Of The Day

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LIVE VIDEO: Inauguration Day

From the official White House channel.

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President Obama Sworn In

The public swearing-in will take place tomorrow.

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A Congress Of Firsts

Think Progress has posted a fantastic infographic recap of the freshman members of the next Congress: “The 113th Congress will be more representative of the United States from race to religion, and from gender to sexual orientation. It will look more like America with 3 new African American representatives, 10 new Latinos, 5 new Asian Americans and 24 women in …

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