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Al Gore's Current TV Calls Sarah Palin a 'Gun-Ho' and a 'TWILF'

Days after announcing another huge layoff, Al Gore's Current TV referred to former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as a... more

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Climate Change: The Hacked CRU Emails

So far one of the most circulated e-mails from the CRU hack is the following from Phil Jones to the original hockey stick authors... more

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Fox News Analyst Actually Gets it Right?

TYT on Judge Napolitano, he get's it right, not them if you ask me.

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Senate Democrats win vote to begin debate on healthcare bill

Sweeping health carelegislation has cleared its first hurdle in the U.S. Senate on a party-line vote. The 60-39 vote clears the... more

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Health Care Senate Debate: Why Should We Pay For Abortion?

HEY SENATOR HATCH! How Bout Those Of Us Who SINCERELY BELIEVE WAR IS WRONG?

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Al Gore On 30 Rock

Hilarious with a hint of good information.

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Senate's healthcare plan includes tax on Botox

If you're considering Botox to erase frown lines or liposuction to get rid of love handles, you might want to move fast. The... more

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Chaz Bono: Gender is between your ears not your legs

It was heartwarming to see Chaz in this interview. So often our media portrays the trans community as negative stereotypes. Rarely... more

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Utah Politician Outrageous Comments About Gays

TYT's report on UTah Senator Butters comment on "The Gays."

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Franken Talks Down Angry Mob

I got to witness something really special. About a dozen tea party activists had staked out Sen. Al Franken's booth, and... more

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Quest For the Truth - Contrast Essay: War Versus Peace

This is the final essay I wrote for my English Composition I class. I got a perfect score on it. I thought I might share it with you all. Enjoy the read

Since the beginning of mankind, there has been conflict and unrest among us. The undeniable differences that separate men from other men escalate and devolve into violent outbursts. Fighting, rioting, murders, assassinations, and war are all by-products of man’s inability to relate and empathize with different cultures, ideas, and beliefs. It is our human stubbornness and stupidity giving way to violence and genocidal extermination as opposed to looking for compassion and understanding within each other. We use war to strive for peace under the false assumption that killing those who disagree will give us peace. It is a logical fallacy to believe that those who suffer the murdering of their loved ones will simply lay down their arms and accept a shaky peace. However, it is abundantly clear that when given the choice between peace and war, peace is the more desirable option among the two choices. This is because peace is more prosperous for all than war, which leads to the bloodshed of many.
Peace is the end result of war, and its desired outcome. It’s also the state that occurs before wars begin. This is a preferred state of living for all people, because peace can allow for happiness and tranquility to blossom and flourish. Peace is a state where people are at their happiest and their most productive. More energy tends to be focused on the advancement of humanity through various aspects of human culture. The money that would be invested into war would instead be invested into that country’s economy. There is also a considerably less death and destruction to the infrastructure and cities within a country without the destructive elements of war. It would be intellectually dishonest to say that there would be no violence within a peaceful country’s borders; however, it would be acceptable to assume that the violence within a peaceful country’s border would pale in comparison to one whose borders are engulfed in the flames of war. Diplomacy could be the reason behind the increase of non-violence within a peaceful nation. Problems are solved by discussion and compromise rather than military might, and everyone may not be in agreement with each other at the end of the discussion, but everyone lives on.
War is the opposite of peace, and arises from conflicts from different or even the same country. War is bred by violence, and leads to more violence. Within that initial violence it creates survivors, who within their survival can become vengeful and create more violence. The energy that would be used to create and build is now used to kill and destroy anything perceived as an enemy. Death and destruction are abundant and surround the streets that children played or people ventured down during their everyday lives. The playgrounds have now become the killing fields; corpses lay where kids once ran and played. Mortar shells destroy school buildings and national libraries, destroying the histories and educations of the population. While force has been touted as the ultimate trump card since the creation of the bronze spear, violence seems to create more problems than it solves. For centuries, we have used war as the solutions to conflicts and yet we still have more conflicts that we attempt to solve through war.
Is war inevitable or can we stop the eternal suffering caused by the death, destruction, and annihilation of the seemingly unstoppable conflicts caused by our differences? It seems that despite our advancements in technology, medicine, and society, we cannot escape the violence and terror that inspires war. We do not strive to lay down arms and eliminate nuclear armaments; we instead find ways to build deadlier guns, rockets, and bombs. The terrorist attack of September 11th, 2001 is a prime example of how far people are willing to go to commit atrocities against one another. While one of the greatest strengths of humanity is to learn from its mistakes, war is a mistake we continually make over and over again.
As long as war continues, there can be no world peace. Peace is a fragile state that needs consistent stability to flourish and prosper. The world cannot be at peace when people are fighting each other. The chaos created by war does nothing to help bring stability to any country. Each time there is hope that we will not have to resort to wars again, because peace is a desirable state. There have been several shining examples of peaceful people making a difference, and non-violent movements creating social changes on both a community and a nationwide scale. There are more ways to change the world than putting people down the cross-hairs of a gun; however, there are people unwilling to see it in terms of pacifism. The new generation of leaders must find a way to provide peace to the constituents of their communities, and promote peace and tranquility above all else.
The youth of our current generation has finally been exposed to war. They have seen the televised horrors of terrorism, and experienced the horrific images of battle. While we have always justified the use of force to end conflicts, perhaps the youth have finally realized that it is time to change our ways. We possess the power to change the fate of the world for the better through peace. It is through our compassion and understanding for our fellow man that we can bring ourselves to the next stage in human and social evolution. Without our compassion and empathy for one another, we are nothing more than animals lashing out at the throat of our own against our own betterment. There is a better way to solve our problems than with a gun; it is to use our hearts and our minds.This is the final essay I wrote for my English Composition I class. I got a perfect score on it. I thought I might share it with... more

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President Obama's approval rating drops below 50%

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an... more

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Jack Layton Demands Public Inquiry on Torture Allegations

"What Does the Government Got to Hide, Let Colvin Speak." Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin testified before a special... more

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In New Orleans, Elation Over Katrina Liability Ruling

NEW ORLEANS — Since the first days after Hurricane Katrina, when the streets were still under water, many residents of New... more

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Anti-War Republican Running Against Nancy Pelosi in 2012

Rough Cut of my interview with John Dennis.

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Spare Sarah Palin the self-righteousness

WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin hardly needs defending.

She prides herself on being a supportive hockey mom, but she can lace on skates and deliver hard checks into the glass with the best of them.

Still, while watching and listening to a lot of the media discussion of the rollout of her book, I can't help noting that some of the coverage is more than a little selective, and hypocritical..........

.......Still, the widespread suggestion in some of the media commentary that she simply isn’t qualified enough to be considered a viable presidential candidate is ridiculous.

For male politicians, it’s always been a rule of thumb in politics and the media that once you were on a presidential ticket, you were automatically elevated onto the short list of contenders for future races.

If George H.W. Bush had lost in 1988, does anyone think Dan Quayle would not have been talked about as a potential candidate for 1992, even with all the political flaws he revealed in that race? Would the media have taken John Edwards as seriously in 2008 if he hadn’t been John Kerry’s running mate in 2004?

Call it sexism or what you will, but why should the media only compare ambitious women to impressive men, when so many ambitious but underwhelming men get so far in this world?

Media debate about why Palin is getting all this attention is also pretty laughable. Cable and network news producers cover her on television to boost ratings, print editors put her on their front pages and magazine covers to sell newsstand copies, and then everyone turns around and tsk-tsk’s: “What’s all the fuss? Is she good for the GOP? Is she good for America?”

At least in the having-it-both-ways department, Palin is a good match for the media. She is milking all the attention for book sales and political exposure while simultaneously using it to appeal to her base of rural, working-class Americans who feel neglected and disrespected by media elites.

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This article is very fair and raises a lot of important points . Some points that people totally ignore on this site. They focus too much on what their party tells them to focus on.WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin hardly needs defending. She prides herself on being a supportive hockey mom, but she can lace on... more