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Jay Murdock
- Jan 15, 2013
- 3 min
Dead Cold Hands
Matthew Modine, Actor, Activist, Filmmaker Posted 01/14/2013 “I’ll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.” That line was barked by the man who portrayed Moses in Cecil B. DeMille’s epic film, The Ten Commandments. Moses was taking his orders from a higher power and since it was about 2,500 years ago, guns hadn’t even been invented yet. If they had been, Charlton Heston, the actor playing Moses, may have personally added an 11th Commandment, “Thou shalt bea
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Jay Murdock
- Dec 6, 2012
- 2 min
Crossroads GPS Releases New Ad Attacking Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Offer (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post – By Sarah Bufkin,
Posted: 12/05/2012 5:03 pm EST Crossroads GPS, a nonprofit organization founded by conservative strategist Karl Rove, has bought its first television ad since the election, attacking President Barack Obama over his proposed plan to raise the marginal tax rates on the nation’s highest earners. The $500,000 ad buy is set to hit airwaves on national cable networks Thursday, as the negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff come down to
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Jay Murdock
- Nov 25, 2012
- 5 min
CEO Council Demands Cuts To Poor, Elderly While Reaping Billions In Government Contracts, Tax Breaks
Christina Wilkie and Ryan Grim – Huffington Post
Posted 11/25/2012 10:11 am EST – Updated: 11/25/2012 10:312 am EST Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group waits before a meeting with French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici at the French economy ministry in Paris on Nov. 20, 2012. (ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The corporate CEOs who have made a high-profile foray into deficit negotiations have themselves been substantially responsible for
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Jay Murdock
- Nov 23, 2012
- 1 min
Warren Buffett On Fiscal Cliff: GOP Needs To Put ‘Country Over Party’
By Harry Bradford, – The Huffington Post
Posted: 11/14/2012 5:32 pm EST /Updated: 11/14/2012 5:32 pm EST Rest assured. Despite the fiscal cliff hysteria currently gripping the nation, an Oracle has spoken, and he says there’s nothing to fear. Billionaire philanthropist and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, nicknamed the Oracle of Omaha for his investing prowess, says that no matter what happens in the fiscal cliff debate, the Americans won’t “permanently cripple oursel
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Jay Murdock
- Oct 25, 2012
- 5 min
Republicans Filibuster Everything, Romney Blames Obama for Not Working With Congress
The Romney campaign released a shockingly Orwellian commercial over the weekend, which perpetuates something Romney himself has been saying for months now. Honestly, there’s a book-length analysis to be written here, but I’ll keep it as brief as possible given the depth and breadth of what the Republicans have been able to accomplish on this front. The new ad blames President Obama for not reaching out and working with congressional Republicans to get things done. Yes, really
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Jay Murdock
- Sep 12, 2012
- 1 min
Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word
#JeffersonBethke #Islam #Religion #Entertainment #Video
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Jay Murdock
- Aug 30, 2012
- 3 min
Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions
Ryan Grim – ryan@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 08/30/2012 12:29 am
Updated: 08/30/2012 11:19 am TAMPA, Fla. — Paul Ryan pledged Wednesday that if he and his running mate Mitt Romney were elected president, they would usher in an ethic of responsibility. The Wisconsin congressman and GOP vice presidential candidate repeatedly chided President Barack Obama for blaming the jobs and housing crises on his predecessor, saying that his habit of “forever shifting blame to the last adm
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Jay Murdock
- Mar 1, 2012
- 2 min
Gordon Warren Epperly, Alaska Man, Says Obama Is Ineligible To Be President Because Of His Race
The Huffington Post | By Mollie Reilly Posted: 02/28/12 06:14 PM ET A new lawsuit filed by an Alaska man aims to remove President Barack Obama from the state’s ballot, arguing that Obama is not a “natural born citizen” because he is African-American. The complaint, filed last week by Juneau resident Gordon Warren Epperly, reads: As stated above, for an Individual to be a candidate for the office of president of the United States, the candidate must meet the qualifications s
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Jay Murdock
- Feb 23, 2012
- 6 min
Oil Slicks: Who Benefits From Gambling on Gas Prices?
Richard (RJ) Eskow – Consultant, Writer and Senior Fellow, Campaign for America’s Future
Posted: 02/22/2012 5:29 pm Anybody who doesn’t believe that energy speculators can change election results might want to ask Gray Davis, the former Governor of California who was removed in a recall drive partly prompted by voter frustration over California’s ongoing energy crisis. Only afterwards did we learn that the crisis was caused by speculators who backed his opponents’ deregulato
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Jay Murdock
- Feb 17, 2012
- 2 min
Did the Stimulus Work?
Michael Linden – Director for Tax and Budget Policy, American Progress
Posted: 02/17/2012 8:40 am Three years ago today, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Though, at the time, everyone agreed that the economy was in serious trouble, three years on, the law — better known as the stimulus — has become incredibly controversial. President Obama’s political opponents insist that the stimulus did nothing to help the economy and some even claim that
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Jay Murdock
- Feb 9, 2012
- 4 min
Jesus Concerned About the Poor? You Must Be Joking, Says the Christian Right
Clay Farris Naff – Science writer, journalist, author
Posted: 02/ 8/2012 6:44 pm When President Obama used the occasion of the National Prayer Breakfast to say that for the fortunate to pay a little more to help the less fortunate “coincides” with Jesus’ teachings, he must have touched a nerve. How else to explain the volcanic eruption of hate that has spewed from the right in response? Exposure to the pyroclastic flow of rightwing political lava for more than a moment can ca
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Jay Murdock
- Feb 2, 2012
- 4 min
‘African Americans For Obama’ Launched By President’s Campaign To Rally Black Vote
Trymaine Lee: trymaine.lee@huffingtonpost.com – Become a fan of this reporter In the latest push to energize and engage black voters, President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign this morning launched African Americans for Obama, with a video introduction from the president himself. “This month we are announcing the 2012 launch of African Americans for Obama,” the president announced in the video provided to The Huffington Post by the campaign. “I don’t think there’s a better
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Jay Murdock
- Jan 6, 2012
- 2 min
“The Wire” Star Tray Chaney Promotes Fatherhood in New Music Video
In a time when Fatherhood is a hot button issue in the African American community actor/rapper Tray Chaney releases a music video for his new song titled Fatherhood that hits the mark. Many will recognize Chaney from his role as Poot Carr on HBO’s hit show The Wire. The video which was produced by Don Cox and directed by yours truly has created buzz all over the web. In the 24 hours since it’s release, the “Fatherhood” video has been well received gaining thousands of views a
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Jay Murdock
- Sep 26, 2011
- 9 min
Super PACs And Secret Money: The Unregulated Shadow Campaign
Paul Blumenthal – paulblumenthal@huffingtonpost.com
First Posted: 9/26/11 10:40 AM ET – Updated: 9/26/11 01:32 PM ET This article is part of a collaboration with MSNBC’s The Dylan Ratigan Show for the series “Mad As Hell: Get Money Out,” airing Monday and Tuesday at 4 p.m. EST. WASHINGTON — In the span of a week in September, two independent political committees announced unheard-of fundraising plans for the coming campaign season. The Karl Rove-linked American Crossroads, al
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Jay Murdock
- Sep 19, 2011
- 1 min
Dick Durbin: GOP Candidates ‘Bow And Genuflect’ To Tea Party
Senator Dick Durbin: First Posted: 9/18/11 10:40 AM ET
Updated: 9/18/11 12:55 PM ET GOP candidates “bow and genuflect” to the Tea Party, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “As I listen to the Republican presidential nominee candidates come forward and spot their ideas and bow and genuflect to the Tea Party and their agenda, I remember the Tea Party is not very popular in America,” Durbin told host Candy Crowley, when she asked about President
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Jay Murdock
- Sep 18, 2011
- 3 min
Paul Ryan, Herman Cain Push For Tax Increases On Middle Class
Ryan Grim: Huffington Post – ryan@huffingtonpost.com , First Posted: 9/18/11 10:24 AM ET
Updated: 9/18/11 12:53 PM ET WASHINGTON — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said on Sunday that House Republicans would oppose President Barack Obama’s payroll tax cuts for both employers and employees, arguing that the policy had already failed to provide a sufficient boost to the economy. “It hasn’t worked,” Ryan said, suggesting the current temporary tax cut should be allowed to expire, which w
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Jay Murdock
- Sep 8, 2011
- 3 min
Rick Perry On Death Penalty And ‘Ultimate Justice’ In Texas: ‘I’ve Never Str
Jason Linkins : jason@huffingtonpost.com , Become a fan of this reporter
Posted: 9/7/11 10:42 PM ET Brian Williams becomes the next reporter to almost, but not quite, hold Rick Perry to account for the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham. During the GOP debate Wednesday night, Williams asked without naming Willingham, or going at Perry armed with the science that undermined the prosecution’s case. (A pity: this came on the heels of the moderators trying to get Perry in a spa
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Jay Murdock
- Aug 26, 2011
- 4 min
Memorializing The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Prophet of Progress
Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush – Senior Religion Editor for the Huffington Post – Posted 8/25/11 Many would say that the Washington Mall’s recognition of the most important religious and civic figure of the 20th century is long overdue, and they would be right. But what is clear is that America needs this monument to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — right now. The MLK Monument is meant to encourage the visitor to move, literally, from despair toward hope. The design is c
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