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President Obama, who campaigned with the heady pledge, “Yes, We Can!” has firmly stated “No, We Can’t” when it comes to using the executive office to correct injustice. A posthumous pardon of boxing’s first black heavyweight champion can’t be done because – as The Los Angeles Times puts it: [Posthumous pardons] consume precious time and resources [...] Today in the manufactured outrage department, we have – and hold on to your hats, because this is an outrage – President Barack Obama bowed to Japanese emperor Akihito!
Seriously, this is like getting upset because a president donned the traditional garb of a nation he happens to be visiting. But of course, there is [...] Reason’s Hit & Run commenters do not disappoint. Here’s some more:
*explanation here UPDATE : Here’s a few more:
A popular Hit & Run meme gets props:
as does a blast from Hit & Run’s past:
Update II: A few more:
To the person who did this one… I love you:
In honor of the recent Media Matters (and Rachel Maddow) versus the Heritage Foundation controversy, I’d like to point out that Reason.com is having a “Webathon” in an attempt to get 500 donations in 8 days. Let it be known that I am on record as being a little curious about the juxtaposition of asking [...] I try to be grateful for living in a part of Texas not completely overrun by religious kooks*, but the Letters to the Editor section of my local paper continually tests my patience. In fact, sometimes it’s a little bit frightening to realize I’m surrounded by people just smart enough to be aware that religious [...] As the world celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of Communism, it’s only fair that we should honor those who played a part in its downfall. Tex Ritter may be best known for singing classic cowboys tunes such as “High Noon”, “Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle” and “Rye Whiskey” or perhaps you [...] Dallin H. Oaks, an Elder in the Mormon church – you know, the organization that pumped millions of dollars into preventing gay people from getting married in California – has something to say: The plight of the Mormons is a lot like the plight of blacks during the Civil Rights movement. That’s right; the church [...] Conservapedia’s latest debacle – a proposed conservative translation of the Bible – has been making the rounds lately. Oddly enough, I first read about it at WorldMag.com, a conservative Christian site. They weren’t too happy about it, either. My initial reaction to the story was, “Cool! Conservapedia finally relaxed their registration policy and now the trolls [...] Last week, an opinion piece appeared in my local paper, The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, entitled, “For the record, we back Perry 100 degrees … er, percent”. The local paper doesn’t have it archived online, but it can be read in its entirety at Austin American-Statesman. The piece is a tongue-in-cheek endorsement of Governor Rick Perry’s re-election [...] |
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