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Jay Murdock

Mar 28, 2012
4 min

Boogeyman 3.0

D.L. Hughley –Actor and Stand-Up Comedian Posted: 03/26/2012 12:21 pm When we were kids, we all feared the boogeyman. He’d be waiting under the bed to grab us as soon as we fell asleep. He’d be hiding in the closet, counting down the seconds until our parents turned off the light and left us defenseless. Our parents would roll their eyes and tell us that we were being silly. They knew the boogeyman simply personified the typical childhood fear of the dark. Now that I’m a pare

Jay Murdock

Mar 21, 2012
2 min

The License to Kill in Florida

Tom Hayden – Former State Senator and leader of sixties peace, justice and environmental movement When I spoke to hundreds of students in central Florida last week, only one mentioned the recent murder of Trayvon Martin, a story now blazing across the global media. “You have no idea how bad it is down here,” the student told me in a one-on-one conversation. “They have a license to kill you if they think you’re a threat to them, and that’s what happened in Sanford.” He expect

The Republican Myth of Obama’s “Entitlement Society”

Jay Murdock

Feb 6, 2012
2 min

The Republican Myth of Obama’s “Entitlement Society”

Robert Reich – Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy University of California at Berkeley. Wednesday, February 1, 2012 One of the few things Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich agree on is that President Obama is turning America into “European-style welfare culture.” In his standard stump speech Romney charges Obama with creating a nation of dependents. “Over the past three years Barack Obama has been replacing our merit-based society with an entitlement society.” Gingrich calls

Kids Count: Tallying the High Costs of the Economy for Children

Jay Murdock

Aug 27, 2011
4 min

Kids Count: Tallying the High Costs of the Economy for Children

Marian Wright Edelman – President, Children’s Defense Fund Posted: 8/26/11 04:28 PM ET “I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.” This passage from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s acceptance speech for the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize is part of the Inscription Wall of the new memorial honoring Dr. King on the National Mall. But as we

Wash. Times Celebrates Reagan’s Birthday By Rewriting His Economic Record

Jay Murdock

Feb 5, 2011
7 min

Wash. Times Celebrates Reagan’s Birthday By Rewriting His Economic Record

The Washington Times is celebrating Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday by advancing the falsehood that Reagan ended the 1981 recession by cutting taxes and making misleading claims about Reagan’s record on taxes and spending. Wash. Times: Reagan’s “Tax Cuts … Worked An Economic Miracle” Wash. Times: Reagan’s “Tax Cuts Also Worked An Economic Miracle, Kicking Off An Economic Expansion That Lasted 93 Straight Months.” In a February 3 editorial, The Washington Times wrote that Reaga

Today’s Civil Rights Struggle: Saving Health Care Reform

Jay Murdock

Jan 29, 2011
2 min

Today’s Civil Rights Struggle: Saving Health Care Reform

By Mark Ridley-Thomas – Supervisor for the Second Districtmin Los Angeles County Posted: January 27, 2011 02:48 PM Don’t be fooled. The superficial display of civility during the State of the Union speech Tuesday night was just that. President Barack Obama’s annual address to Congress may have been received without blatant hostility from Republicans — we were thankfully spared another apoplectic outburst from South Carolina Republican Joe “You Lie” Wilson — but the GOP is mob

The President Ignored the Elephant in the Room

Jay Murdock

Jan 27, 2011
4 min

The President Ignored the Elephant in the Room

Robert Reich Wednesday, January 26, 2011 The President’s new emphasis on the importance of investing in education, infrastructure, and basic research in order to build the nation’s long-term competitive capacities is appropriate. For the last three decades the federal government’s spending on these three essentials has declined as a percentage of its total spending, arguably threatening America’s technological and economic leadership. But the President’s failure to address th

Jay Murdock

Jan 14, 2011
1 min

The “Isness” of Man

I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man’s present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the “oughtness” that forever confronts him.Martin Luther King Don’t give in to the “isness” when there is so much “oughtness” all around us. Peace, Tenthltr2u #Arizonamassshooting #justice #MartinLutherKingJr #race

Right-Wing Media Consistently Downplayed Violent Threats Toward Obama, Dem Lawmakers

Jay Murdock

Jan 11, 2011
23 min

Right-Wing Media Consistently Downplayed Violent Threats Toward Obama, Dem Lawmakers

While the right-wing’s violent rhetoric is not directly responsible for the recent tragic shooting in Arizona, the current political rhetoric has reached an unacceptable level. Yet, the right-wing media has consistently downplayed displays of violence toward Democrats, portraying Democrats who received threats following the health care vote as overreacting or lying, while also downplaying the significance of protesters who attended rallies and events while armed. Right-Wing M

Jay Murdock

Jan 8, 2011
5 min

Media Matters: Fox’s 2012 GOP Influence

In a November ad for their special series “Fox News Reporting: The Challengers for 2012,” Fox News promised “unrivaled access” to “the GOP’s top White House contenders.” Such access, however, isn’t hard when correspondents just have to walk down the hall. That Fox News helps Republicans get their message across to their conservative base — long documented and publicly acknowledged by Republican officials — is nothing new. But what’s unprecedented is the level of influence one