The Arizona shooting is a reminder that America is a Wild West society. Without hesitation, we can speculate on the connection between inflamatory political rhetoric and what happened in Arizona. We have seen the “White Talibans” in the US inciting people to violence, claiming their country back. I wonder what Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, or the Tea [...]

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What is wrong with America? Sarah Palin, the ultimate self-promoter, is on TV again, this time with a special series on TLC. The first show had an estimated 4.6 million viewers. Like a wind sock, 4.6 million people did not resist the temptation to see the show. If you do not want to see something on TV, then [...]

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Rush Limbaugh — the ears, eyes, and mouth of the conservatives in America — just got married. The 59 year old extremist, the “angry white man”, and the icon of the conservative movement is a very divisive and controversial personality. The shock is that Elton John, the gay extreme liberal, sang at the wedding for $1,000,000. [...]

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Star of the GOP and leader of the Tea Party, Sarah Palin is visible everywhere. She is offering her support to political candidates who think like her and believe in her vision of America. Now, she is endorsing the Arizona anti-immigrant laws. It is unclear if Palin is running for president in 2012. She seems to be [...]

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Florida governor Charlie Crist, a moderate Republican, has announced that he is running for reelection as  an independent. He is seen by many as “the other John McCain” for not being too conservative. Crist’s support for the Obama economic stimulus has cost him support within the Republican party. There is a war between the conservative and moderate [...]

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The health care summit organized by the White House ended as a fiasco. The Republicans and the Democrats could not reach an agreement about how to reform health care. It’s too early to say if the American public was more convinced by Obama‘s detailed exposition of policy or the Republicans’ same visceral argument in favor [...]

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The attitude of people of color who do not feel offended by Senator Harry Reid‘s racist comments about President Obama is incomprehensible. Clearly, there is a double standard. When a racist comment comes from the GOP, the media makes it a big deal, whereas when a Democrat makes a racist comment, an apology is enough to [...]

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Rudy Giuliani, the GOP ” leading expert” on terrorism and national security, seems to be making a lot of gaffes lately. Most notable is his claim that “We had no domestic terror attacks under Bush. We’ve had one under Obama” (referring to November’s shootings at Fort Hood). The former New York mayor forgot 9/11 and [...]

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Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio commentator, was hospitalized in Hawaii after complaining of chest pain. President Obama is vacationing in Hawaii as well with family. I am not sure if I should call Limbaugh’s illness as a punishment of God or simply karma. The Hawaiian spirit certainly does not appreciate Limbaugh’s obsession for seeing Obama [...]

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Tom Ridge, former Homeland Security secretary for the Bush administration claims in a coming book that they pressured him to adjust the terror threat level for political gain. On the one hand, it is not a surprise because George W. Bush and his guru Karl Rove understood that 9/11 was a blessing for his administration. [...]

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