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Poland in 1980 and Wisconsin in 2011: History Rhymes
By Gerald J. Beyer - Politics DailyMentioning the campaign against unions by a Republican governor in 2011 in the same breath as the anti-labor repression by Communist authorities in Poland in 1980 is sure to raise eyebrows. Yet as Mark Twain supposedly said, if history doesn't repeat itself, it sometimes rhymes. And there are some striking similarities between that Communist-era episode and the ongoing standoff between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and the state's public employees. They were not lost on the current president of the Solidarity trade union in Poland, who sent a letter of support for public workers on behalf of ...
Opinion: Thankful for What Can Happen Only in America
By Alan Colmes - AOL News(Nov. 23) -- We have so much to be thankful for in America, so count me among the grateful. I'm thankful to live in a country where you can call the president an American-hating, Kenyan-born Muslim Marxist and not in any way have to worry about the government infringing on your right to do so. You can compare the president, or anyone else, benign as they may be, to Adolf Hitler, and still live a happy life with no knock on your door at 3 a.m. by a man with a badge and a uniform. You can become a U.S. senator even though you oppose a civil rights law that bars discrimination based on race, ...
Rush Limbaugh's Emotional Apology to His Family
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyRush Limbaugh's cousin, Julie Limbaugh, shares what it's like growing up a liberal Limbaugh. The opening paragraph sounds like a dream I had last time I mixed tequila with Strawberry Yoo Hoo: (h/t Allahpundit)I find myself in Rush Limbaugh's library standing next to a leather couch upon which Ann Coulter is perched. The room is festive -- crowded with relatives, wineglasses, cigar smoke and loud conversation. I am glaring silently at my mom from across the room with my arms crossed in the "unapproachable way" I know she hates.Of course, in my dream, Ozzie Smith then tags me out, and all of my ...
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