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DeMint and the Speech Lie - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
What is a Speech Lie ? As someone who has addressed groups thousands of times, I am uncomfortably familiar with the Speech Lie. The Speech Lie is an anecdote, or statistic invented to illustrate and support a point within the speech. A Speech Lie may also be an actual lie, but it is not... ( added 1 year 16 days ago.)

When Our Belief’s Go Wrong - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
I’m not sure how I became a progressive (liberal) thinker, because I come out of a family that is almost totally made up of ultra conservative people. I’m not sure if this is new, or not, but it seems like there is a lot of intolerance going on among both republicans and democrats.... ( added 1 year 58 days ago.)

Keep Your Government Hands off my Medicare! - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
If there is one quote that sort of says it all for me regarding the health reform debate it is this one: At a recent town-hall meeting in suburban Simpsonville, a man stood up and told Rep. Robert Inglis (R-S.C.) to "keep your government hands off my Medicare." At a recent town-hall... ( added 1 year 30 days ago.)

GOP Lies About Health Care Reform - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
GOP Lie #1a: The health reform bills force Senior Citizens to submit to an end-of-life consultation every five years. SAY WHAT?: This is NOT ONLY A LIE but it is a perfect example of how the GOP is using fear and lies to kill health care reform. The best lies take something that is true and... ( added 1 year 31 days ago.)

Glenn Beck Must Be Punished - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said, on camera, that he believes President Barack Obama is a racist . Beck made the statement during a guest appearance Tuesday on the " Fox & Friends " morning show. He said Obama has exposed himself as a person with " a deep-seated hatred for white... ( added 1 year 39 days ago.)

Radical Republicans and Democrats: Whaduhyuhdew? - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
I have been told by angry siblings that I am the only liberal in the entire family, that I have been fooled by Clinton and Obama camps. I have recently been told that the symbol of the Democratic party is the jackass which is appropriate because all Democrats are jackasses. I have been told that... ( added 1 year 61 days ago.)

What should the US do about the Iranian Crackdown? - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
What I want to do, and wish we could do, and really wish was a good idea, would be to voice official US support for the protestors of Iran , and, should a revolutionary act take place, I would hope that we would do everything possible to support that act of rebellion. I also wish it rained beer... ( added 1 year 79 days ago.)

Senator Jim Inhofe is an Embarassment to ALL America - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
When I lived in Oklahoma 20 years ago, we had a Senator named Jim Inhofe. When I returned to Oklahoma in 2008 I registered to vote, went to vote, and there on my ballot was a familiar name: Jim Inhofe. I voted for Rice. Almost daily I realize that I voted for the better candidate, and I am so... ( added 1 year 94 days ago.)

Republicans and People of Color - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
I recently heard some things that disturbed me, because I thought they were untrue. I have read, and heard on news casts that the Republican Party is primarily a white person’s party. I remember someone making that point at the convention when the camera scanned the delegates and hardly... ( added 1 year 140 days ago.)

Rad Rightwing Rhetoric - Maxwell Smart⁽⁶⁾
There are a lot of scary words being regurgitated by conservative commentators, baloney blogers and Rad Republican political people that need to be curtailed. The Rad Right has gone from crazy, to incendiary, to out right revolutionary talk. If the Republican Party is to retain any value at all... ( added 1 year 149 days ago.)

Explain this Filibuster and Reconciliation Stuff to Me! - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
There has been a lot of news talk about the 60 vote threshold vs. the budget reconciliation process. Unless you are a political junky these terms may be baffling. A brief definition of these two terms is in order. Actually the terms have to do with procedural rules of the Senate (akin to... ( added 1 year 164 days ago.)

Man of Steele - Spine of Jello - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
Because I am overt and clearly pro-choice when it comes to abortion and stem cell research, I get a lot of negative feedback whenever my writing contains those views. I am used to mostly religious and mostly Republican commenter blasting me for even discussing the topic. For most religious right... ( added 1 year 179 days ago.)

It's Not Always Wise to Privatize - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
In recent years I have seen this assumption result in a lot of privatization schemes such as privatized prisons, privatized child abuse social workers, the privatization of many of the support and protection functions needed in our wacky war in Iraq , and there was even a costly effort to turn... ( added 1 year 184 days ago.)

Saturday Night Live Obama Skit Overlooks Accomplishments - Beth Kade⁽¹⁾
SNL is famous for taking on past and future presidents in a parodical nature. Though many feel that their skits have underlying truth, the above skit overlooked many of Obama's accomplishments. What they failed to realize is that despite Obama taken measures to address several... ( added 337 days 10 hours ago.)

Is Obama Right? Does The Financial System Need Changed? - Beth Kade⁽¹⁾
Obama will speak on Wall Street in an effort to convince Congress to move ahead and approve a complete overhaul to the financial industry. It has been one year since the collapse of the Lehman Brothers bank and he is set to not only defend his economic policies but urge Congress to carry out... ( added 359 days 14 hours ago.)

Banning The President From Speaking To Kids In Schools Is Absurd - Beth Kade⁽¹⁾
For decades, Presidents have addressed families speaking of important issues. It is called education. Families of kids and adults alike would gather around radios, televisions, etc. crossing party lines to hear the President speak. My mom often talked of sitting with her siblings listening... ( added 1 year 4 days ago.)

Winners, and True Believers - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
I was once elected president of a teacher’s association and one of my responsibilities was to be the chair of our PAC (our Political Action Committee). The main responsibility of our Teacher PAC was to interview candidates for the school board and to endorse a candidate, giving that person... ( added 1 year 5 days ago.)

Can a Liberal Change His Mind? - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
I find it very difficult to be open to other positions or ideas when I am sure my own position or idea is the right one. Doesn’t this make sense? Why would anyone that is sure he is right stop and give an open honest listen to something you already think is wrong? What I try to do in my... ( added 1 year 16 days ago.)

Health Care Townhall Mobs: It’s AstroTurf not Grassroots - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
To be fair, officially, the Republican Party, through the elected head of their party, denies that these town hall protests are not created by the Republican Party, but are actually real, grass root, spontaneous outrage pouring out unbidden from average American’s opposed to Obama’s... ( added 1 year 31 days ago.)

More Health Reform Q&A - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
Q: Can't a liberal like you see anything wrong with socialized medicine, the thing you call a single payer option? &nbs ( added 1 year 39 days ago.)

Sotomayor Faces Dumb Questions - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
The Republicans at the Sotomayor Hearing have heaped shame upon their party as they flooded the atmosphere with stupid, stupid, stupid questions that way too often held a magnifying glass over the secret racism that runs through the Republican Party like marbling in a rib eye state.... ( added 1 year 51 days ago.)

Why A Progressive Democrat Like Me Hopes the Health Reform Fails! - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
The more I hear about the Health Reform legislation is starting to look like, the more I am wanting the Obama Health Care Reform to fail. Now don’t get me wrong. I desperately want use to have National Health Care for everyone. I am not wanting the plan to fail because I don’t want a... ( added 1 year 51 days ago.)

Health Reform and This Progressive's Response - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
As we approach the Health Reform Moment of Truth, those against changing the American Medical System are ratcheting up the fear rhetoric. Those that want to maintain the status quo are pulling out the same tired arguments used in the past to fight National Health Care, and any other health reform... ( added 1 year 52 days ago.)

All Presidents are Narcissists - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
I was recently sent an article by I srael Psychologists Dr. Sam Vaknin, the author of the Malignant Self Love, and it was all about how Obama was a Narcissist. Dr. Vaknin then compares Obama to Jim Jones, the charismatic leader of People's Temple, the man who led over 900 of his followers to... ( added 1 year 58 days ago.)

Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern is a Blackbelt Fundamentalist - RR Tex Norman⁽¹²¹⁾
Oklahoma Representative Sally Kern is best known for her uncompromising statements advancing America’s historic Christian roots and for condemning immorality. She fancies herself as the tool in the hands of Christ to be used for implementing and enforcing God’s will through the use... ( added 1 year 61 days ago.)

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