Red State of Denial

A Closer Look At The Red/Blue Cultural Divide

2004-12-08T11:07:00.000-08:00

FindLaw's Writ - Dean: A Closer Look At The Red/Blue Cultural Divide : "In truth, it is not the overwhelming majority of Americans who are pushing the claim of these rifts -- cultural and political differences supposedly tearing our country apart. Rather, for this theory, we can thank the chattering class: the journalists, writers, religious leaders, politicians, along with various advocate activists and some social commentators. It is, as Vice President Spiro Agnew once famously said, the nattering nabobs of negativism."

Homeless Iraq vets showing up at shelters

2004-12-08T10:35:00.000-08:00

United Press International: Homeless Iraq vets showing up at shelters: " U.S. veterans from the war in Iraq are beginning to show up at homeless shelters around the country, and advocates fear they are the leading edge of a new generation of homeless vets not seen since the Vietnam era."

Putin Denounces American "Dictatorship" in Guarded Language

2004-12-08T10:14:00.000-08:00

t r u t h o u t | Putin Denounces American "Dictatorship" in Guarded Language: "The Russian President took a shot at United States' policy Saturday, evoking a 'dictatorship coated in beautiful pseudo-democratic phraseology.'"

Soldiers in Iraq Complain to Rummy

2004-12-08T10:12:00.000-08:00

And he don't care.: "CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (AP) - Disgrunted U.S. soldiers complained to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Wednesday about the lack of armor for their vehicles and long deployments, drawing a blunt retort from the Pentagon chief.

'You go to war with the Army you have,' he said in a rare public airing of rank-and-file concerns among the troops."

AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth

2004-12-08T01:45:00.000-08:00

AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth: "Ooh, this is getting good. The religious right is started to get peeved about all the open homosexualists working in the senior ranks of the Republican party. And they're coming right out and saying that the GOP shouldn't hire gay staff!
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