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Response to a smear

Rhetoric & Rhythm 8.12.09 6:03 PM | Since Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel has been besmirched here in the comments recently, I thought it would be good to repost this article from TIME that lets him respond to the smears and the craziness. ...
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The Conservative Pledge

Rhetoric & Rhythm 8.12.09 1:37 PM | Rightwingers are really big on making pledges and so I found this "Conservative Pledge" to be most interesting. Following is the pledge with my comments and interpretations in bold... I will...
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John Hughes favorites

Rhetoric & Rhythm 8.7.09 4:07 PM | The Breakfast Club and Ferris Beuller’s Day Off have always been high on my list of “movies I want to own some day,” but alas upon learning of the untimely death of director John Hughes it...
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Healthcare lies

Rhetoric & Rhythm 8.7.09 3:19 PM | This Steven Pearlstein column is one not to be missed -- Republicans Propagating Falsehoods in Attacks on Health-Care Reform > The recent attacks by Republican leaders and their ideological...
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Fiesta Texas

Rhetoric & Rhythm 8.7.09 10:43 AM | We had a good time at Fiesta Texas yesterday. My son got a free ticket through a reading program at his school this year so even though we have season passes to Sea World, we ponied up for a day at...
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Disney movie collection

Rhetoric & Rhythm 8.5.09 4:17 PM | Here is my Disney movie collection which has grown exponentially over the years and which I am still looking to add to: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (VHS) Pinocchio Fantasia (VHS) ...
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New Weird Al video!!!!

Rhetoric & Rhythm 8.4.09 10:48 AM | Weird Al Yankovic does White Stripes! Too cool!
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Radical Right - Today’s Hippie protesters

Rhetoric & Rhythm 8.3.09 3:25 PM | The video of an angry mob chanting “Just Say No!” over and over again in an effort to harass U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett during a forum on health care is a prime example of how Radicalism has...
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Wow! Government really can do something right!

Rhetoric & Rhythm 8.3.09 10:51 AM | Via The Washington Monthly comes an excellent article about the Corrupt, Bloated, Private For-Profit Fire Fighting Industry of the 1800s before we replaced it with government-run fire protection....
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TPA Roundup 8-3

Rhetoric & Rhythm 8.3.09 8:46 AM | Here we are in August, and like every other week it's time for another Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. TXsharon needs your help to Expose This Dirty Video. **CouldBeTrue** of...
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The Sarah Palin of South Texas

Rhetoric & Rhythm 7.31.09 4:12 PM | If you go to this web site you will find a professionally produced video touting Debra Medina’s campaign for governor. Medina is a small businesswoman from Beeville who is gearing up to...
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See ya later....

Rhetoric & Rhythm 7.30.09 11:02 AM | While we were touring a private wildlife preserve on Avery Island in Louisiana we stopped at a small pond where some alligators were swimming. Before long we had five medium-sized gators all...
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Back from vacation

Rhetoric & Rhythm 7.29.09 5:16 PM | I’m back from our vacation trip to Louisiana to see my sister and her family in Crowley. It was our kids’ first trip to Crowley and their cousins had a great time showing them around the farm,...
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Crazy Birthers

Rhetoric & Rhythm 7.22.09 11:48 AM | President Barack Obama has a birthday coming up soon. I know because I have his birth certificate right here showing that he was born on Aug. 4, 1961 at 7:24 p.m. on the island of Oahu in...
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Why I’m a Liberal

Rhetoric & Rhythm 7.20.09 1:51 PM | I understand why so many people consider themselves to be “conservative” having been there once myself. The term “conserative,” unlike its political counterpart “liberal,” has appeal to both sides...
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History books next target of culture warriors

Rhetoric & Rhythm 7.15.09 3:20 PM | If you thought the Texas Board of Education’s battle over science curriculums in public schools wasn’t entertaining enough, take a look at this story in the Wall Street Journal the other day. ...
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To Censure or Impeach

Rhetoric & Rhythm 7.8.09 3:37 PM | I noticed in South Carolina that Republicans have voted to “censure” Gov. Mark Sanford, rather than demand his resignation. This, of course, is precisely what Democrats proposed to do with Bill...
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Symbolic Patriotism

Rhetoric & Rhythm 7.6.09 12:19 PM | So much good news during the past few days I don’t know if I can stand it. First Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., and Gov. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., reveal themselves to be enormous, massive hypocrites and...
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Hypocricy on full display

Rhetoric & Rhythm 7.1.09 9:31 AM | Via Political Wire here is one of the campaign ads from 2002 for Republican Mark Sanford when he ran for governor of South Carolina. So it's not just that he cheated on his wife with multiple...
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Losing Michael Jackson

Rhetoric & Rhythm 6.26.09 11:10 AM | When Ed McMahon passed away at 86 it wasn’t too surprising considering his age. And even when Farrah Fawcet died a couple of days later it was not unexpected because of her long struggle with...
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