Think Angry Black Man meets Mussolini. How is it possible to distort volunteer efforts to strengthen communities into an evil, oppressive government forcing its citizens to do its bidding? TownHall.com will show you how!

Notice the quotes around ‘encouraged’ in the article; suggesting that the government is taking note of and will punish those who want comply. Does anyone take these guys serously?

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If you are a glutton for idiocy, read the TownHall article here.

Barack Obama’s campaign arm, Organizing for America, released on Tuesday a major new online tool designed to personalize the debate over health care reform and galvanize grassroots support for the president’s plan.

The organization, started during the 2008 election, launched a new web page that officials are describing as a “health-care story bank.” The site, officially titled “Health Care Stories for America,” allows OFA’s 13-million member list — as well as countless others — to share and find tales of individual health care struggles. Visitors can search for the stories by geography (using an online map), amplify the ones they find compelling through a voting mechanism, and describe experiences of their own. The goal, according to the site, is to illuminate a “common thread in crisis that affects us all.”

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Short Video on Fatherhood:


President Obama’s Entire Father’s Day Message:

From Politics Daily:

Facing a tough Republican primary fight next year in his bid for a third term, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is brandishing the heavy artillery: Sarah Palin’s endorsement of his campaign. “If there’s a bigger endorsement in the Republican universe, I don’t know who it is than Sarah,” he declared in a telephone interview over the weekend. He described the Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee as a “close personal friend” who knows my heart.”

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Iranian Guards Issue Warning as Vote Errors Are Admitted - More than 100 percent of those eligible to vote voted in 50 cities.

Obama to sign anti-smoking bill in Rose Garden - President Barack Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.

Ensign Lover’s Hubby Wanted Money — But Through His Lawyer - Team Ensign is continuing to walk back its original claim that Doug Hampton, the husband of the senator’s girlfriend, tried to extort Ensign.

Schumer: Dems May Have To Go It Alone On Health Care - Without “dramatic” changes, Schumer said he would oppose the co-ops deal and urge other Democrats to do so as well.

From TPM:

OK, we know it’s not exactly breaking news that Pat Buchanan holds some views that are borderline racist, to put it mildly. But this one is just too blatant to pass up.

In his latest column for Human Events — a forum he often uses to air opinions that wouldn’t fly during his regular gigs as a commentator on MSNBC — Buchanan writes that he “prefers the old bigotry” to the Ivy League affirmative action policies that may have benefited Sonia Sotomayor, because “at least it was honest.”

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Obama’s Stimulus Promise: More Than 600,000 Jobs - President Barack Obama promised Monday to deliver more than 600,000 jobs through his $787 billion stimulus plan this summer, with federal agencies pumping billions into public works projects, schools and summer youth programs.

North Korea sentences 2 U.S. reporters to prison - Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for San Francisco-based Current TV, were sentenced by the top Central Court in Pyongyang in a two-day trial that started Friday as U.S. officials demanded the release of the two women.

U.S.-Backed Alliance Wins Election in Lebanon - An American-backed alliance has retained control of the Lebanese Parliament after a hotly contested election billed as a showdown between Tehran and Washington for influence in the Middle East.

If Hutchison leaves Senate, down-ballot frenzy could begin - The movement could provide an opening for Democrats finally to recapture a statewide seat and more local races, which could mean the difference in taking the state House.

Report: Before Congressional Run, Scarborough Represented Killer Of Abortion Doctor - Scarborough publicly addressed the story, for what appears to be the first time. But what he talked about was his own past ties to an anti-abortion killer. And his comments — which seemed designed largely to minimize those ties — appear to conflict with other reported facts about the incident.

In 2004, Manuel Miranda was forced to resign as an aide to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) when a Senate panel found that Miranda hacked into files “from folders belonging to Democratic staff.”

Now Manuel Miranda, is leading the conservative opposition to Judge Sotomayor and at a Heritage Foundation luncheon, Miranda said this:

“Hispanic polls, Hispanic surveys, indicate that Hispanics think just like everyone else. We’re not like African-Americans. We think just like everybody else. When I was on the leader’s staff, someone called me once and asked me: ‘What’s Senator Frist’s Hispanic agenda?’ I said, ‘low taxes, better education, more jobs … what are you talking about?’ And that’s how Hispanics are. This is an opportunity to educate them on all of our issues and they will resonate in the way that they resonate with everyone else.”

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