In the video, Rick Perry is speaking at Cornerstone Action's Annual Fundraising Dinner and Awards Gala in Manchester, New Hampshire, on October 28, 2011. Was he drunk?
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Sarah Silverman is hosting a comedy show titled "Live from N*****head: Stripping the Paint Off Of Good Ol' Fashioned Racism." Silverman's fellow comics will be involved, proceeds will go to the NAACP, and the event will take place in Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's home state of Texas. Of course, the name comes from Perry's family hunting ground, first reported by the Washington Post at the beginning of October and much discussed since then. Perry has said it's an "offensive name that has no place in the modern world."Asked about the title of her comedy show, Silverman told EW, "“This is a never-forget moment. The show’s provocative name holds a mirror up to an ugliness that seems to have become yesterday’s news without having barely even made news.” She also explains that using the loaded N-word in the title of a show to benefit a civil rights organization draws on "the positive thing about N-head and other outwardly racist actions...Like trying to put the Confederate flag on Texas license plates, it's no longer just a gas in the air. It's something you can point it. It's something you can fight against and expose. So I see this as an opportunity that should be taken."Jezebel asks, "But is Sarah Silverman the best person to hold the mirror? She made headlines ten years ago, when describing getting out of jury duty. She joked that a friend suggested writing "I hate chinks" on her paperwork. "I wanted to do it, but then, I'm like, I don't want people to think I'm racist. You know, I just want to get out of jury duty. So I filled out the form and I wrote I love chinks. And who doesn't? Many people — including the president of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans — found the joke, and its language, offensive."Do you think the use of the name of Rick Perry's former hunting grounds delivers a pointed critique or is it unnecessarily vulgar and unintentionally racist?
Texas Governor Rick Perry has released a new campaign ad on YouTube to help boost his slumping numbers in the 2012 GOP Primary Race. The ad targets the Christian Evangelical base of the Republican Party. Specifically, its intentions are to string a cord within the Christian Evangelical community and garner their support by conveying an extremely homophobic and highly theocratic message. Following embarrassing performances in several Republican debates, Perry's numbers have plummeted in the polls. Perry entered the race to become the GOP Presidential nominee on August 13, and he immediately became the front-runner in the polls. He held that spot for five weeks peaking with a 19 point lead over Mitt Romney on the 1st of September, but then his numbers began to steadily decline. Now he finds himself near the bottom of the candidates with only 5% support in the most recent Gallop Poll. Perry needed to act and act quickly in an attempt to re-energize his campaign and create enthusiasm and support from potential GOP primary voters. As one of several Evangelical Republican potential nominees, Perry's campaign needed to create some noise to separate himself from the rest of the group. Therefore, his campaign chose to draw a staunch line in the sand with the following message in his ad: "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.As President, I'll end Obama's war on religion. And I'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage.Faith made America strong. It can make her strong again.I'm Rick Perry and I approve this message."Is such bigoted and theocratic language acceptable in America? Isn't America supposed to represent equality and justice before the law and equal opportunity for all to strive to achieve one's goals? And which Church liturgy would Perry like our public schools that are paid for by tax funds from ALL AMERICANS, including Muslims, Jews, Athiests, Hindus, and other faiths, to forcibly teach our children? Personally, I am an Orthodox Christian, and I don't want Protestant guided prayer to be taught to my children. In particular, I don't want Evangelical Christianity to be taught to my children whatsoever. However, this is besides the point and only an example of why even Christians don't all agree or want schools being involved with guiding our children's spiritual growth. America is a secular country, and has never been a theocracy. The Separation of Church and State is a fundamental underlying principle in our Constitution protecting individual liberties and freedoms. The Constitution grants Americans the right to choose what religion to follow, and whether to follow a religion at all. State institutions are barred by the Separation clause from favoring any religion, and this includes Christianity.In the year 2011 is such homophobic and discriminatory language still acceptable from a politician running for president? Yes, what Perry said is not just homophobic, but also discriminatory to gay and lesbian Americans. Singling out one group (gay/lesbian Americans wanting to serve in the military) and denying them the right to freely participate in any aspect of society that all others are permitted (all other Americans are permitted to serve) is the very definition of discrimination. Finally, is this what defines the fabric of Christian America? Is the evangelical message the message of American Christianity? It definitely is not for me, and I wish it did not define the voice of American Christianity. However, there is no counter Christian block in American politics to the Evangelicals. Unfortunately, those of us Christians that love and accept all people and judge them by the content of their character have no representation in US Christianity and Politics. We are too few and far apart. I obviously don't think Perry's anti-gay ad should be acceptable in America, but I do unfortunately believe his Evangelical Christianity is the American brand of Christianity. Of course, there are small pockets of Christians here and there that do not adopt the Evangelical message, but their voice is not a part of the political discourse that represents Christianity in US politics. Anyways, what do you think?Is Rick Perry's new anti-gay ad acceptable in America? Does this message define the fabric of Christian America?
"I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.
As President, I'll end Obama's war on religion. And I'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage.Faith made America strong. It can make her strong again.I'm Rick Perry and I approve this message."
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Mike Richards mailed in a question asking the following: "With the controversy surrounding Robert Jeffress, is it acceptable to let the issue of a candidate’s faith shape the debate?" CNN's Anderson Cooper says "this is in reference to a Baptist pastor who, at the Values Voter Summit, after introducing Governor Rick Perry, said of — said that 'Mitt Romney is not a Christian,' and that 'Mormonism is a cult.' Those were his words. Should voters pay attention to a candidate’s religion?"Rick SantorumCongressman Santorum responds saying "I think they should pay attention to the candidate’s values, what the candidate stands for. That’s what is at play. And the person’s faith — and you look at that faith and what the faith teaches with respect to morals and values that are reflected in that person’s belief structure. So that’s — those are important things. I — I’m a Catholic. Catholic has social teachings. Catholic has teachings as to what’s right and what’s wrong. And those are legitimate things for voters to look at, to say if you’re a faithful Catholic, which I try to be — fall short all the time, but I try to be — and — and it’s a legitimate thing to look at as to what the tenets and teachings of that faith are with respect to how you live your life and — and how you would govern this country. With respect to what is the road to salvation, that’s a whole different story. That’s not applicable to what — what the role is of being the president or a senator or any other job."Newt GingrichCooper next directs the question to Speaker Gingrich asking him if he agrees with Santorum. Gingrich responds saying: "Well, I think if the question is, does faith matter? Absolutely. How can you have a country which is founded on truths which begins we are endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights? How can you have the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 which says religion, morality and knowledge being important, education matters. That’s the order: religion, morality and knowledge. Now, I happen to think that none of us should rush in judgment of others in the way in which they approach God. And I think that all of us up here I believe would agree." But I think all of us would also agree that there’s a very central part of your faith in how you approach public life. And I, frankly, would be really worried if somebody assured me that nothing in their faith would affect their judgments, because then I’d wonder, where’s your judgment — how can you have judgment if you have no faith? And how can I trust you with power if you don’t pray? Who you pray to, how you pray, how you come close to God is between you and God. But the notion that you’re endowed by your creator sets a certain boundary on what we mean by America."Rick PerryNext, Cooper says asks Governor Perry to repudiate the comments by the pastor. Perry replies saying: "Well, our faith — I can no more remove my faith than I can that I’m the son of a tenant farmer. I mean, the issue, are we going to be individuals who stand by our faith? I have said I didn’t agree with that individual’s statement. And our founding fathers truly understood and had an understanding of — of freedom of religion. And this country is based on, as — as Newt talked about, these values that are so important as we go forward. And the idea that we should not have our freedom of — of religion to be taken away by any means, but we also are a country that is free to express our opinions. That individual expressed an opinion. I didn’t agree with it, Mitt, and I said so. But the fact is, Americans understand faith. And what they’ve lost faith in is the current resident of the White House."Mitt RomneyGovernor Romney responds to Perry saying: "What I actually found was most troubling in what the reverend said in the introduction was he said, in choosing our nominee, we should inspect his religion. And someone who is a good moral person is not someone who we should select; instead, we should choose someone who subscribes to our religious belief. That — that idea that we should choose people based upon their religion for public office is what I find to be most troubling, because the founders of this country went to great length to make sure — and even put it in the Constitution — that we would not choose people who represent us in government based upon their religion, that this would be a nation that recognized and respected other faiths, where there’s a plurality of faiths, where there was tolerance for other people and faiths. That’s bedrock principle."And it was that principle, Governor, that I wanted you to be able to, no, no, that’s wrong, Reverend Jeffress. Instead of saying as you did, 'Boy, that introduction knocked the ball out of the park,' I’d have said, 'Reverend Jeffress, you got that wrong. We should select people not based upon their faith.' Even though — and I don’t suggest you distance yourself from your faith any more than I would. But the concept that we select people based on the church or the synagogue they go to, I think, is a very dangerous and — and enormous departure from the principles of our — of our Constitution."Which GOP Candidate do you agree with on the issue of the relevance of a candidate's faith?
Governor and Republican Presidential nominee, Rick Perry, is a racist and discriminates against the Palestinians in his discussions and dealings with the Middle East Conflict. The question, however, is why?In the attached video above, we hear Perry actually say the following: "The Obama Policy of moral equivalency of giving equal standing to the grievances of Israeli's and Palestinians...is a very dangerous insult." The very fact he says the grievances of one group are superior to another and that they should be given preferential treatment by the US is de facto racism and de facto discrimination. He carries it as far as to call it a "dangerous insult" to say the two humans are equals.In response to the Palestinian decision to seek statehood via the United Nations, Perry calls Obama's Middle East policy "appeasement" for "encouraging such an ominous act in bad faith." He argues Obama's policy is naive, uninformed, arrogant, and dangerous, yet, he never tells us why he believes in such. After listening to these words, I can't help but chuckle because if you describe someone using such terms, you would think all of your statements made it clear these terms do not apply to you. However, Perry clearly has no clue what appeasement truly means. Appeasement refers to diplomatic policies that make concessions to avoid war. What concessions does the US have to make to avoid war? What concessions has the US made recently or ever to the Palestinians? Obama has been going around trying to persuade people into voting against the Palestinian state, not for it. So who exactly is Obama appeasing? The Palestinians? No, Israel? Exactly, because Obama has definitely not acted in a way that favors the Palestinians by any means, and he surely isn't giving them anything in exchange for no war.However, the clear expression of Perry's ignorance and that of his audience comes from his statement that a state can't be founded by the UN. He obviously doesn't know how Israel was founded in 1948, does he? I actually truly doubt it. In listening to him discuss this issue, it is clear he knows absolutely nothing on the factual subject matter. This is an example of American fascism. Perry either knows the truth and is lying because he knows his audience doesn't know the subject or he has received and learned such bad information that he, as a Governor, does not know the basic facts. It is a cycle of falsehoods being repeated so often and so adamantly, they become facts. Perry talks about the Palestinians as terrorists and people accept this because this is hammered and repeated in the media and by our politicians so often that nobody questions it. At the same time, Israel's war and human rights crimes are not discussed or mentioned. Often our media and politicians will go out of their way to defend Israel even when she commits heinous crimes. The American public never gets an accurate portrayal of what is going on. They get the version of the story those in power want them to, and this leads them to blindly support horrific foreign policy decisions made by the US government. And after being labeled and universally accepted as a terrorist, to dare agree or even reach out to the Palestinians is treated as conspiring to commit terrorism. It is by this manner, the Palestinian voice is never heard and US policy makers do as they please while misleading the uninformed public.In the video, Perry is seen openly recognizing Israel as having a right to continue to kick Palestinians out of their homes and land so they can build "Jewish Only" settlements in their place. Only a racist thinks it is okay to kick a person out of their house because they are the wrong ethnicity and that only people of a certain ethnicity may live there. And this is the very definition of discrimination. Perry also supports sanctioning the Palestinian Authority if they go forward with the UN vote. He even believes, the US should threaten to withhold US financial support to the UN if they allow the vote to happen. In other words, he hates the Palestinians so much, he is willing to sacrifice the livelihood of tens of millions of people that depend on UN assistance to survive just so he could put the already 45% of the Palestinian population in the West Bank and 80% of those in Gaza living under the international poverty line in an even harder situation. Or, then again, Perry might just be that clueless.Perry says his Christian Evangelical faith guides how he handles the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. He says "I, as a Christian, have a clear directive to support Israel." He continues, that from his "perspective, it’s pretty easy. Both as an American and a Christian, I am going to stand with Israel." Cenk Uyger from The Young Turks explains Perry's religious lust for Israel in the video below. In essence, Perry and the approximately 55 million American Christian Evangelicals believe the land of Palestine must be completely ethnically cleansed of all races of human beings other than the Jewish race. After this happens, Christ will return to Earth. The Jews are then confronted with the decision of either converting to Christianity or burning in hell, and the Evangelicals and the converted Jews live happily ever after. In other words, they want Armageddon to occur.Earlier in June, when the flotilla's filled with humanitarian aid were sailing for Gaza, Perry called on the Justice Department to criminally charge all people involved in delivering aid to the Palestinians via this manner. The following are a few quotes of his surrounding the whole debacle:"As an American citizen and governor of one of its largest states, I write to applaud your recent efforts to warn and discourage those who have supported or plan to support a flotilla intended to interfere with Israel's maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip""More importantly, I write to encourage you to aggressively pursue all available legal remedies to enjoin and prevent these illegal actions, and to prosecute any who may elect to engage in them in spite of your preemptive efforts."Perry addresses the Palestinians as a sub-species. Their ambitions, rights, and dignity are so secondary to others, Perry doesn't even mention or acknowledge they have them. To Perry, as long as they have enough food to stay alive, then they are fine. Who cares that Israel has literally built a wall that encloses them from the entire world. Who cares that one family has their house bulldozed by the Israeli Defense Forces so a Jewish immigrant can build a new home in its place. Who cares if the Palestinian children are suffering from chronic malnutrition. Who cares when Israel kills Palestinians at will. Apartheid is cool and the good idea to those in the Evangelical Christian community. It was supported by their first political leader, Ronald Reagan, in the case of South Africa; so supporting it here is merely a favorite past time.So is Christianity the driving force behind Rick Perry's racism towards the Palestinians?
Rick Duckett, a Winston-Salem native and a former head coach at Winston-Salem State, has been named an assistant basketball coach at Tennessee State. Duckett, who was fired after one season at Grambling State in 2009, spent the past two seasons working for UNC Greensboro as the color analyst for men's basketball games on radio station WZTK-FM (101.1). He went 6-23 in his one season at Grambling. One of his players died after a conditioning drill in August 2009, and Duckett was fired with three years left on his contract. Henry White, a 21-year-old junior-college transfer, became ill during a preseason workout at which Duckett was not present, and White died 12 days later. After two seasons out of coaching, Duckett said he's thrilled to be back. Duckett said by telephone Saturday that he hopes his batteries are recharged after being out of coaching for awhile. "If they aren't recharged now, then they never will be," Duckett said. "I'm looking forward to getting back into it, so I'm very appreciative of this opportunity." Duckett said he never lost faith he would get another coaching job, even though he had gone through many interviews for assistant and head-coaching jobs the past two years. "I knew I would eventually get back into it because it's something I really love to do," Duckett said. Duckett, 54, said that what he missed the most was the teaching aspect. "It gives me clarity and purpose to have a chance to work with young people," Duckett said. "During my two years away from coaching, I missed the day-to-day interaction with coaches and players. What is also important is the relationship I have with (head coach John) Cooper and I believe in his vision and admire his coaching philosophy." Cooper and Duckett have worked together before. Cooper was a player at Wichita State in the late 1980s and early 1990s when Duckett was an assistant there. Cooper was Duckett's assistant for two seasons at Fayetteville State in the mid-1990s. "We are extremely excited to have him join our staff with his vast array of experience and success during his coaching career," Cooper said in a statement. "He was shaped and molded in one of the great basketball families (North Carolina). We can't wait to benefit from his experience on the bench. He is a first-class person and fierce competitor with an incredible ability to identify with student-athletes." Duckett, who graduated from North Carolina in 1979, started out as a student manager for Dean Smith before getting into coaching as a graduate assistant with the Tar Heels. After his stint as head coach at Fayetteville State, where he went 76-57, he coached three seasons at Winston-Salem State (1998-2001). The Rams won two CIAA titles and compiled a 73-19 record. Duckett has more than 30 years of coaching experience. "It also means I'm getting old," Duckett said. In his first season at WSSU in 1998-99, the Rams — who were predicted to finish last in their division — won the CIAA title. Duckett received the Division II South Atlantic Coach of the Year award that season. Duckett, a graduate of Reynolds High School, then moved to South Carolina to be an assistant with Dave Odom for seven seasons. Duckett said he's working on a one-year contract but that at this stage in his life, that's OK with him. He also will get a chance to visit two of his former coaching stops this season when Tennessee State plays at South Carolina on Nov. 22 and at North Carolina on Nov. 24. "I'll know my way around those two places," Duckett said.
Rick Duckett, a Winston-Salem native and a former head coach at Winston-Salem State, has been named an assistant basketball coach at Tennessee State.
Duckett, who was fired after one season at Grambling State in 2009, spent the past two seasons working for UNC Greensboro as the color analyst for men's basketball games on radio station WZTK-FM (101.1).
He went 6-23 in his one season at Grambling. One of his players died after a conditioning drill in August 2009, and Duckett was fired with three years left on his contract. Henry White, a 21-year-old junior-college transfer, became ill during a preseason workout at which Duckett was not present, and White died 12 days later.
After two seasons out of coaching, Duckett said he's thrilled to be back.
Duckett said by telephone Saturday that he hopes his batteries are recharged after being out of coaching for awhile.
"If they aren't recharged now, then they never will be," Duckett said. "I'm looking forward to getting back into it, so I'm very appreciative of this opportunity."
Duckett said he never lost faith he would get another coaching job, even though he had gone through many interviews for assistant and head-coaching jobs the past two years.
"I knew I would eventually get back into it because it's something I really love to do," Duckett said.
Duckett, 54, said that what he missed the most was the teaching aspect. "It gives me clarity and purpose to have a chance to work with young people," Duckett said. "During my two years away from coaching, I missed the day-to-day interaction with coaches and players. What is also important is the relationship I have with (head coach John) Cooper and I believe in his vision and admire his coaching philosophy."
Cooper and Duckett have worked together before. Cooper was a player at Wichita State in the late 1980s and early 1990s when Duckett was an assistant there. Cooper was Duckett's assistant for two seasons at Fayetteville State in the mid-1990s.
"We are extremely excited to have him join our staff with his vast array of experience and success during his coaching career," Cooper said in a statement. "He was shaped and molded in one of the great basketball families (North Carolina). We can't wait to benefit from his experience on the bench. He is a first-class person and fierce competitor with an incredible ability to identify with student-athletes."
Duckett, who graduated from North Carolina in 1979, started out as a student manager for Dean Smith before getting into coaching as a graduate assistant with the Tar Heels.
After his stint as head coach at Fayetteville State, where he went 76-57, he coached three seasons at Winston-Salem State (1998-2001). The Rams won two CIAA titles and compiled a 73-19 record.
Duckett has more than 30 years of coaching experience.
"It also means I'm getting old," Duckett said.
In his first season at WSSU in 1998-99, the Rams — who were predicted to finish last in their division — won the CIAA title. Duckett received the Division II South Atlantic Coach of the Year award that season.
Duckett, a graduate of Reynolds High School, then moved to South Carolina to be an assistant with Dave Odom for seven seasons.
Duckett said he's working on a one-year contract but that at this stage in his life, that's OK with him.
He also will get a chance to visit two of his former coaching stops this season when Tennessee State plays at South Carolina on Nov. 22 and at North Carolina on Nov. 24.
"I'll know my way around those two places," Duckett said.
One big issue discussed in the GOP debate on 10/18/2011 in Las Vegas, NV was how the candidates would deal with illegal immigration. CNN's Anderson Cooper opened the first question of this series to Herman Cain by simply asking if Cain would attempt to build a border fence across the entire border between the US and Mexico? Herman Cain"Yes, I believe we should secure the border for real, and it would be a combination of a fence, technology, as well as possibly boots on the ground for some of the more dangerous areas. I don’t apologize at all for wanting to protect the American citizens and to protect our agents on the border, no. Secondly, the second thing that I would do — see, I believe in let’s solve the whole problem. We must shut the back door so people can come in the front door. Secondly, promote the existing path to citizenship by cleaning up the bureaucracy in Washington, D.C.Thirdly, enforce the laws — the immigration laws that are already on the books. And here’s another one of these bold ideas by the non-politician up here. Empower the states to do what the federal government is not doing in terms of enforcing those laws."Rick PerryAfter Cain's response, Cooper asks Governor Perry whether it was "possible to build a fence...across the entire border" of Texas? Perry replied that you could build a fence, "but it takes anywhere between 10 and 15 years and $30 billion. There’s a better way, and that’s to build a virtual defense zone...along that border, which...you can do it with strategic fencing in the obvious places where it matters. But the way you really stop the activities along that border that are illegal...is to put boots on the ground...You use Predator drones to use that real-time information to give those boots on the ground that information, and they can instantly move to those areas. And that is the way to shut that border down, to secure that border, and really make America safe."Michele BachmannNext, Cooper asks Congresswoman Bachmann agreed with Governor Perry? Bachmann replied saying "last Saturday, I was the very first candidate that signed a pledge that said...I will build a double-walled fence...with an area of security neutrality in between...on the entire border, and I’ll tell you why. Every year, it costs this country $113 billion in the costs that we put out to pay for illegal aliens. It costs the state and local government of that amount $82 billion. For every household of an American citizen, it costs us $1,000 a year...I will build the fence. I will enforce English as the official language of the United States government. And every — every person who comes into this country will have to agree that they will not receive taxpayer-subsidized benefits of any American citizen...I think there’s a very real issue with magnets in this country. And I think the issue...is the issue of anchor babies. And that’s an issue that...the state is very concerned, because when someone comes illegally across the border, specifically for the purpose of utilizing American resources for having a baby here, then all of the welfare benefits then attach to that baby."Mitt RomneyFormer Governor Romney just sort of jumps in with his opinion saying "in terms of how to secure the border, it’s really not that hard. You have a fence, you have enough Border Patrol agents to oversee the fence, and you turn off the magnets. And that’s employers that hire people who they know are here illegally. That’s why you have an E-Verify system so they can know that. And, number two, you turn off the magnets like tuition breaks or other breaks that draw people into this country illegally. It is not that hard. We have to have the political will to get the job done."Ron PaulCongressman Paul says "when we approach this immigration problem, we should look at the incentives and that — or the mandates from the federal government saying that you must educate, you must give them free education. You have to remove these incentives. But I don’t think the answer is a fence whatsoever...But I might add about the border control...is we lack resources there. I think we should have more border guards on it, a more orderly transition, and run it much better. But where are our resources? You know, we worry more about the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. We need to bring the guard units home and the units back here so we can have more personnel on our border."Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum did not answer this question during the debate.Which of the stated Border Fence Policies do you support the most?
Hasan Abu Nimah wrote an article titled Why is it Open Season on Palestinians in US Presidential Race? for the Electronic Intifada recently. Nimah says "it seems that the Palestinians, or more precisely bashing and demonizing them, preoccupy a disproportionate amount of the candidates’ attention. Even more extraordinary is the fact that the Palestinians never sought to make Americans or the US their enemy nor did they do anything to harm the US." In many of the Republican Primary Debates, it appears as though the candidates are fighting over who can say the most racist and hateful things towards the Palestinians. Here are a following of the things each candidate has said:Newt Gingrich said the Palestinians are an "invented people." Mitt Romney claims they are taught terrorism and to hate Jews in their schools.Rich Santorum said "All the people who live in the West Bank are Israelis. There are no Palestinians. This is Israeli land"Michele Bachman believes Palestine should die so Israel can live.Rick Perry attempted to have all persons aboard the Palestinian Freedom Flotilla's arrested for terrorism.Ron Paul is the only candidate that hasn't said any racist and hateful comments towards Palestinians. Those are just examples of a few of the candidates comments. Look up some more and then decide, Which Republican Presidential Candidate hates the Palestinians more?
President Obama laid out an ambitious, expensive plan to create jobs for Americans during his speech last Thursday night. He also called out Republicans during his speech, by reminding them that some Republicans have supported stimulus measure in the past and assuring them that he knew their objects came from a "sincere belief" that spending cuts are the only way to go. On Friday, Slate published an article asking, "Does the GOP oppose Obama's jobs plan for ideological reasons or political ones?" The Slate journalist plays off Obama's tactful address to the Republicans to introduce his point, asking, "But was what Obama said actually true? Are Republicans, in fact, sincere in their belief that the way to restore economic growth and lower unemployment is to cut spending and regulation? Or are they—as Democrats generally assume—pursuing a cynical strategy of trying to keep the economy as weak as possible into 2012 in hopes of defeating Obama?" To analyze this question, the journalist looks at the proof the government spending does help during an economic slump -- and why some Republicans reject this logic. Rick Perry of Texas is an example of a fundamentalist-type of rejected. Perry claims he would never spend money on a stimulus and embodies "the Tea Party's know-nothing view that all government spending makes all things worse, always."Libertarians like Paul Ryan "don't necessarily think stimulus won't grow the economy; they just worry that it will grow the government at the same time and that it won't ever shrink back." And the third group, "the cynics, by contrast, don't offer any economic analysis at all. They simply reject whatever President Obama proposes." This group, which includes Mitt Romney, want to see Obama's position as weak as possible so they can boot him out of office.Do you agree with this journalist's analysis? Which mentality do you believe dominates the Republican field in response to Obama's proposed Jobs Act?
We're calling this one early - Usher's "Hot Toddy" featuring Jay-Z and Ester Dean may be the second hottest song of Summer (hard to compete with Katy Perry's "California Gurls"). What do YOU think of Usher's "Hot Toddy"?? Hot or not so much?
Are you looking forward to Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, or Katy Perry most? All three are first time performers at the 2010 American Music Awards Sunday, November 21.
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