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Gwen Iffl Makes A Hell Of A Point

The perfect defense against the critics of Sonia Sotomayor Ifill "never hear[s] people say that for a white male that it's identity politics if he is shaped by his white maleness" Update: Maybe she should tell this to the clueless Bob Schieffer of CBS

The Sleep Time and Rise "n" Shine Thread for 10/4-5/08: The Tina Fey-Queen Latifah Ticket

Classic. Absolute classic. My Sister's wedding Sunday, yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy. Have a good sleep, a good wake up, and morning.

10/1/08- TWD's Agenda For the Day- Conservative America is Starting to Show Its True Colors

This election just keeps getting uglier and uglier . And it shows how alarming, even 44 years after Lyndon B.Johnson made Civil Rights official, racism still runs deep in this country. But what makes this even worse is the fact that the pains of the past has not been fully embedded in most heads. Even more egregious is how "direct racism" has transfored Especially and regrettably for on the Conservative side: In the aftermath of the financial crisis, conservative commentators have blamed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), low-income people, minorities, and past Democratic administrations for the sub-prime mortgage meltdown: - Laura Ingraham : “When Bill Clinton decided to tell Robert Rubin to re-write the rules the Community Reinvestment Act and push all of these institutions to lend to minority communities .” - Neil Cavuto : “I don’t remember a blaring call that said, Frannie and Freddie are a disaster, loaning to minorities and risky folks is a disaster .” - Gov. M...