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Bill Cosby says those who
oppose Obama are racist

Washington Times, by Cheryl K. Chumley

Original Article

Posted By:KarenJ1, 3/4/2013 1:03:49 PM

Comedy and television icon Bill Cosby slammed Republicans who failed to stand for President Obama’s State of the Union speech, likening them to racists who opposed desegregation. “I think we have people sitting there,” he said, referring to the president’s SOTU speech, during a CNN television interview reported by Mediaite, “who are as bad as the people who were against any kind of desegregation.” His comments came in context of a discussion about racism and the 1965 Bloody Sunday march across Selma, Ala., Mediate reported. Rep. Connie Mack said “it’s just hard to believe,” and “it’s unbelievable,” in

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Oh groan. Just give them time and these fools will show their true colors. You just can´t help but note that the ones who are always screaming raciiisssst are racists themselves. What a disappointment you are Mr. Cosby. I used to have some respect for you.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Keekng, 3/4/2013 1:06:37 PM     (No. 9207777)

If that is true, paint me red and call me racist!


Reply 2 - Posted by: GringoinQuito, 3/4/2013 1:12:23 PM     (No. 9207787)

Unbelievable!


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: civilservant, 3/4/2013 1:12:51 PM     (No. 9207788)

Isn´t about now that one of the many many many Uncles appears to explain what a maroon Bill Cosby is?

You know, the one who wore a sweater........


Reply 4 - Posted by: sillykay, 3/4/2013 1:17:57 PM     (No. 9207793)

No fool like an old fool.


Reply 5 - Posted by: wsdiego, 3/4/2013 1:19:05 PM     (No. 9207797)

With that opinion Bill Cosby show his racism!


Reply 6 - Posted by: mickturn, 3/4/2013 1:19:16 PM     (No. 9207798)

So Bill, there is NO ROOM for dissent against his failures? We have to accept them because he is 50% white, whatever percent Arab with black features...got it!

You USED to be smart!


Reply 7 - Posted by: mitzi, 3/4/2013 1:19:55 PM     (No. 9207799)

I didn´t know Cosby was still among the living. Perhaps he´s just dead from the neck up.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Newtsche, 3/4/2013 1:28:33 PM     (No. 9207811)

Sad old fool, pudding for brains


Reply 9 - Posted by: NorthernDog, 3/4/2013 1:32:34 PM     (No. 9207815)

But I thought dissent was the highest form of patriotism (per liberals, 2001-2008).


Reply 10 - Posted by: Safari Man, 3/4/2013 1:35:50 PM     (No. 9207823)

How original.


Reply 11 - Posted by: stablemoney, 3/4/2013 1:44:28 PM     (No. 9207834)

Let scream it from the mountaintops. I hate Obama and wish he were in another country.


Reply 12 - Posted by: mustang flyer, 3/4/2013 1:50:28 PM     (No. 9207850)

Cosby, you have gone senile...what you are saying is that any Democrat, or blacks that criticize any white president is a racist...please don´t tell me that racism does not apply to blacks...The fact that this country has elected a BLACK PRESIDENT TWICE should indicate that blacks can and have achieved ANY position they convince the voters they can fill up to and including the presidency. So where is the "racism" or are you saying that blacks CANNOT be criticized regardless of their ineptitude??? Go back to sleep...


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: earlybird, 3/4/2013 1:55:06 PM     (No. 9207861)

OK, Bill. Not true, but if you say so.... I oppose you too now. Would no longer walk across the street to see you.

Bye.

(what rubbish)


Reply 14 - Posted by: steveracer, 3/4/2013 2:06:42 PM     (No. 9207889)

Call me a racist Dr Cosby. Say Hey Dr Cosby PhD in Education, can you explain why ´black´ kids still do poorly in school. You´ve had your PhD Dr Cosby for some 20 years. How have you made a difference, how have you improved the education environment for ´your´ people? You and Barack and the other hypocrites, have sent your kids to exclusive expensive private schools. Do you feel guilty? Do you feel like a racist? And why Say Hey Dr Cosby why hasn´t the Chavez wannabe Barack the Destroyer after 4 years of being the president of the US of A, why hasn´t he moved the needle on education? He has the power, and he not shy about using it, so why hasn´t he used it to improve inner city public schools? And why didn´t he appoint you Say Hey Dr Cosby to head the Dept of Education, instead he picked a white guy. Do you think the president is racist?


Reply 15 - Posted by: M Stuart, 3/4/2013 2:09:05 PM     (No. 9207893)

Billy Cosby has never been the same since his son was killed. He lost his mind.

So sad. I always enjoyed his work so much. I even had some of the old Electric Company dvd´s.




Reply 16 - Posted by: Mother of AL, 3/4/2013 2:15:24 PM     (No. 9207908)

Just for information. Cosby appeared in Seattle several months ago, and we went to see him. Saw him several times years ago, and laughed till we hurt. I thought we could use this in today´s world. There was a young man completely in a wheel chair, breathing apparatus, etc. He had learned old Cosby routines, parents must have told people putting on show. Cosby had kid on stage with him, but rather that being impressed the kid learned his routines, he just kept staring at kids equipment, saying *so you can´t get out of this..huh*. It really was pitiful. He let the kid go thro a whole speech. Then there was some woman who was a principle of his as a kid, and he did 20 min on being a student then. Nothing funny, and audience certainly not enjoying it. Finally, after about 60-90 min of this, Cos realized he has lost audience, and went BACK to some routine from his past. It was quite pathetic. It was evident he had prepared nothing, thus had nothing to say. Don´t waste $. If we had heard this before I got tickets, we would not have attended.
None of these people liked either Bush, we should ask if this makes them racist.


Reply 17 - Posted by: Me?Opinionated?Nah!, 3/4/2013 2:22:20 PM     (No. 9207919)

BHO is an unqualified, incompetent fraud. His race is fine. It’s not an issue. I guess that makes me an unqualifiedist, an incompetentist and a fraudist, to all of which I most willingly plead guilty.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: TXknitter, 3/4/2013 2:32:14 PM     (No. 9207945)

The racist bile spewing forth from blacks on behalf of Obama is EVERY BIT as evil as anything the KKK ever did. When will some brave political leaders step forward and say so? Shame on you Mr. Cosby. Many WHITE people helped YOU in the sixties to achieve your great success. Shame on you.


Reply 19 - Posted by: lydwho, 3/4/2013 2:33:04 PM     (No. 9207948)

I think that the Blacks showed their raceism when they over-whellming voted for this buffoon just because he was half black.

Just think where they would be if he were all black!!

Art


Reply 20 - Posted by: krause, 3/4/2013 2:33:51 PM     (No. 9207949)

What would he call the people who voted against Allen West?


Reply 21 - Posted by: zoidberg, 3/4/2013 2:34:42 PM     (No. 9207953)

"Tell Bill to have a Coke and a smile and shut the F up."
-Richard Pryor


Reply 22 - Posted by: fiddle ed, 3/4/2013 2:35:04 PM     (No. 9207955)

Cosby got scalded a few years back when he chastised the younger black generation for their dress, language, and lack of responsibility. He was attacked by every racist organization from the Black Caucus to the NAACP. Cosby is now a fraud and broken man.


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: Italiano, 3/4/2013 2:36:57 PM     (No. 9207959)

Come on, you knew thay´d get to him sooner or later. The perimeter outside the White Liberal Plantation is more heavily mined than the Korean DMZ. He stepped on one when he dissed Ebonics a while back.


Reply 24 - Posted by: Th-Gr-Sil-Majority, 3/4/2013 2:39:11 PM     (No. 9207966)

...because one didn´t stand for a President who can not lead, refuses to govern and can only operated in a campaign mode, they are racist?...

...I do believe he is auditioning to become the next Harry Belefonte...


Reply 25 - Posted by: Teleologicus, 3/4/2013 2:40:17 PM     (No. 9207971)

The racism rap is too useful to retire. Besides being a kind of universal explanation and delegitimating tool for political disagreements, simply tooting the horn that blares RACISM! identifies one as a morally superior, socially progressive person, one who abominates racists with the same fervor that witch hunters abominated witches. And the charge of racism, like napalm, white phosphorus and skunk oil, is all but impossible to wash off by normal means. It sticks to the target long after it is sprayed.

Altogether, it is easy to see why the ready resort to baseless charges of racism is characteristic of intellectually lazy, ignorant, self-righteous, intolerant and malicious people. It makes perfect sense that such people would be running around accusing anybody and everybody who disagrees with them about politics of being a racist. Such behavior perfectly fits their character.

It is less obvious why someone like Bill Cosby, who has hitherto enjoyed a degree of respect that appeared to be deserved, would lower himself to this level. Perhaps he truly believes it. That, in a way, would be even more depressing than if he were only pretending to. Either way, his remarks are a great disappointment. Perhaps their take-home message is a reminder that the opinions of actors, entertainers and celebrities are seldom of much value, despite the inordinate attention paid to them.


Reply 26 - Posted by: fayebeck, 3/4/2013 2:44:55 PM     (No. 9207980)

Now are all of you who praise Cosby for his occasional views on black faults, convinced that he is a POS?


Reply 27 - Posted by: kenecarroll, 3/4/2013 2:52:02 PM     (No. 9208004)

Look Bill....I used to like you because I thought you were full of wisdom...that was before now. Irregardless, just thought you should know. It´s not his black half I´m opposed to...it´s his white half you idiot.


Reply 28 - Posted by: Scribelus, 3/4/2013 2:55:04 PM     (No. 9208009)

The "icon" may have a point. Everyone should have stood up and turned their backs on the Marxist Demagogue.


Reply 29 - Posted by: DocH, 3/4/2013 3:01:20 PM     (No. 9208022)

Why is No. 26 showing such feigned surprise? We could tell he was telling the truth then, and we can tell he is not now. (And that´s not saying only blacks have faults. It´s saying failing to stand when the president spews socialism is not a fault.


Reply 30 - Posted by: Rather Read, 3/4/2013 3:07:10 PM     (No. 9208036)

Oh Bill. I loved you for so long. I still consider you one of the funniest comedians ever. Is it so hard to say the Emperor has no clothes?


Reply 31 - Posted by: jerseyden, 3/4/2013 3:08:17 PM     (No. 9208038)

I didn´t know being against Fascism was being racist.


Reply 32 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly, 3/4/2013 3:14:44 PM     (No. 9208049)

#14
Cosby has an EdD. Not a PhD.

He´s just another Philadelphia race hustler.


Reply 33 - Posted by: TexasRed, 3/4/2013 3:15:01 PM     (No. 9208051)

Re-read #22. Cosby didn´t have enough backbone or integrity to stand up to his racist detractors. He lost and the country lost because of his weakness.


Reply 34 - Posted by: byzantine, 3/4/2013 3:15:14 PM     (No. 9208052)

I wonder just how many people really know what the REAL definition of "Racism" and "Racist" really is.. Even if you think you know what it is, I suggesting finding a dictionary that has not been tainted by political correctness, and looking it up. You may find it truly chilling how well the word fits white liberals and democrats..

::Quote from Merriam-Webster::
"A belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.."
::End Quote::

Incidentally.. While you have the dictionary out, Look up the word "Bigot"... The very definition itself describes the current Abomination we have in the White House today.

I can forgive Bill Cosby´s actions, for like most celebrities, he is stupid, ignorant, and doesn´t really have a clue what he is talking about half the time. ..a sad result (for many stars/celebs) of living life through movie scripts, playing make-believe in front of a camera, and believing the sanitized B.S. that comes out of their imaginary worlds.


Reply 35 - Posted by: Coy860, 3/4/2013 3:15:34 PM     (No. 9208053)

Tyranny knows no color.


Reply 36 - Posted by: rburns, 3/4/2013 3:17:10 PM     (No. 9208055)

Cosby, the Godfather of racism steps in it again. Stick to being funny and stay away from jamming YOUR opinions down our throats.


Reply 37 - Posted by: flatwater, 3/4/2013 3:17:17 PM     (No. 9208056)

When Bill Cosby publicly stated that he was sick and tired of seeing black youths walking the streets with their pants at their ankles, constantly swearing and calling each other "ni**er," he was immediately assailed by the black community as being some sort of sexual predator. The attacks, as false as I believe them to be, succeeded in driving Cosby back into silence.

It is despicable for Bill Cosby to attempt to use the same odious tactics to try to silence Obama´s critics. Dr. Ben Carson isn´t a racist. He simply disagrees with Obama, just like 50% of this nation.


Reply 38 - Posted by: GOPSecretary, 3/4/2013 3:23:24 PM     (No. 9208061)

Most of the people crossing that bridge were Republicans! The Republican party was formed about 1854 for the express purpose of stopping the spread of slavery from the south to the new territories.


Reply 39 - Posted by: TUSKER, 3/4/2013 3:32:37 PM     (No. 9208082)

Well, duh...when left with no other alternative.

Kiss off Cosby.

I could care less about your two-bit blaque/marxist denigration of the "white race."


Reply 40 - Posted by: Clark Kent, 3/4/2013 3:35:17 PM     (No. 9208088)

Guess Bill never watched a SOTU before.


Reply 41 - Posted by: Grady, 3/4/2013 3:38:56 PM     (No. 9208097)

Dear Mr. Cosby.
If Whites are racist then why did you create a fictitious show of a
black family acting like they were hard working, responsible and
successful white family?


Reply 42 - Posted by: vwlarry, 3/4/2013 3:45:15 PM     (No. 9208107)

I´m confused. So where does this leave black people who are even blacker than Obama, like Dr. Ben Carson and many others who openly oppose Obama? Are THEY "racists" too?

Cosby has transmogrified into a complete fool.


Reply 43 - Posted by: Bla Bla, 3/4/2013 3:46:34 PM     (No. 9208110)

Take a breath & read the actual article. The MSM at it again!
He never even uttered the word racist.

#1 In the article he said there were SOME people that were probably against desegregation in the bunch that didn´t stand. Okay. That may true. It may also be true of the ones who were standing, btw.

#2 He probably never noticed that the Dems didn´t stand for GW Bush, either. He has been pretty apolitical in his life -- much to our entertainment happiness!

#3 The MSM can´t wait to to get their straying rich & powerful celeb (who was calling his race out of the welfare plantation) back over to their side. I don´t think he´s on either side! And they know it.


Reply 44 - Posted by: JimS, 3/4/2013 4:00:08 PM     (No. 9208125)

Sorry, #43, but FTA:
Bill Cosby slammed Republicans who failed to stand for President Obama’s State of the Union speech, likening them to racists who opposed desegregation.

I really doubt the MSM pulled this out of tin air. Maybe Cosby didn´t say "racist," but "opposing desegregation" amounts to the same thing


Reply 45 - Posted by: bighambone, 3/4/2013 4:00:38 PM     (No. 9208127)

Cosby is just telling you what the vast majority of black people in this country think at the moment. This is the state of racial politics in the USA today, and don´t ever believe it is not the primary reason that Obama was re-elected.


Reply 46 - Posted by: Smaj, 3/4/2013 4:05:50 PM     (No. 9208135)

He is entitled to his opinion, as am I. He needs to quietly shuffle off the mational stage and retire.


Reply 47 - Posted by: yuban, 3/4/2013 4:09:48 PM     (No. 9208139)

Shut up and tell a joke.


Reply 48 - Posted by: GraniteBayTom, 3/4/2013 4:15:17 PM     (No. 9208146)

Bye, bye, Bill. It was nice knowing you a long time ago. Before you became consumed with race. It must be a pathetic way to live your life.


Reply 49 - Posted by: fritzilou, 3/4/2013 4:47:01 PM     (No. 9208198)

Senile!


Reply 50 - Posted by: Bobn.T, 3/4/2013 5:43:45 PM     (No. 9208270)

There is nothing good about 0bama.
Call it whatever you like.

I´m opposed to 0bama and I hope he fails at everything he tries. Therefore you can call me an Antibamist or a Hatfilnut or a Honknrun or a Calmeskep.


Reply 51 - Posted by: TakeBackAmerica, 3/4/2013 6:25:28 PM     (No. 9208322)

If it´s racist to value the candor, intellect and guts of Ben Carson, Allen West, Walt Williams and Thomas Sowell while saying FU, N..... get off my TV whenever Zippy shows up there, well sign me up.


Reply 52 - Posted by: capt scurvey, 3/4/2013 6:47:03 PM     (No. 9208344)

Despite what they might say to white people, I think you´d be hard pressed to find any blacks that didn´t support Obama...


Reply 53 - Posted by: hamrman, 3/4/2013 8:23:46 PM     (No. 9208444)

I´ve lost all respect for Bill Cosby...a very funny man and he seemed to be very principled until now...not very objective!


Reply 54 - Posted by: Penney, 3/4/2013 8:24:26 PM     (No. 9208445)

Tho who can´t think about ANYTHING but, ´´race,´´ are racist.


Reply 55 - Posted by: 4Justice, 3/4/2013 8:24:35 PM     (No. 9208446)

I know quite a few blacks who didn´t support Obama. Of course most of them were my friends in Oakland that I used to have those long discussions with... But we have a lot of black Republicans too who didn´t support him (at least this time around).

I think they got to him...the lefties and the peer pressure groups. And yes, he hasn´t been anything like he was before his son died. I just chalk it up to the same old garbage. I don´t think he is being intentionally malicious. I just think he has lost it.


Reply 56 - Posted by: TrueBlueWfan, 3/4/2013 8:54:25 PM     (No. 9208476)

I hope Bill Cosby realizes that most of his audience for the 2 hit shows in the 80´s "The Cosby Show" and "A Different World" were white people, and many of them were probably Republican.

The people Cosby says are against desegregation are only doing what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said he wanted: for people to be judged by the content of their characters, not by the color of their skin. Those not standing during the SOTU did so purely because of obama´s character, and therefore policies. (BTW dems didn´t stand for policies of G W Bush that they didn´t like either during the SOTU.)


Reply 57 - Posted by: Hermoine, 3/4/2013 9:17:27 PM     (No. 9208490)

Hmmm...so I wonder what he thinks of Dr. Ben Carson, or perhaps Senator Tim Scott?


Reply 58 - Posted by: ArtieC, 3/4/2013 10:40:52 PM     (No. 9208605)

Then I´m racist. There I said it. Happy now Bill?


Reply 59 - Posted by: broken01, 3/6/2013 7:46:05 AM     (No. 9210779)

Poor William Henry Cosby Jr aka Bill Cosby. This man has not been the same since his only son Ennis was killed back in 97. I do have a question for him though. As a black conservative who did not support the socialist ingrate now in the White House does that make me racist? I really get tired of the same old stupid mess from black liberals about Obama. News flash for you Bill I oppose this president because of his policies and how he has denegrated the office of the POTUS. Now if in your tiny little mind that makes me an Uncle Tom then so be it.



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Michelle Obama has admitted that she is already tired of the bangs she first sported in January. The First Lady said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight: ´Bangs are a day-by-day proposition. They´re starting to grow out, get a little irritating.´ Still, she hasn´t let her hairdo woes get her down. ´It´s okay,´ she said after her initial complaint. ´We´ll be good.´ The first indication that her hairstyle was becoming a burden came about last weekend, when Malia, 14, was spotted adjusting her mother´s hair during the White House Easter Egg Roll.

McCain: ´I don´t understand´
GOP filibuster on guns

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Politico, by Jennifer Epstein    Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx- 4/7/2013 12:18:14 PM     Post Reply
Sen. John McCain says he doesn´t understand the threats from some of his Republican colleagues to filibuster a bill on background checks to buy guns. "I don´t understand it," the Arizona Republican said on Sunday of the threat coming from Sen. Rand Paul,Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Mike Lee and nine other Republicans. "The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand.” "What are we afraid of? ... If this issue is as important as we all think it is, why not take ... it up and debate?"

Why Obama´s ´Best-Looking Attorney
General´ Comment Was a Gaffe

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The Atlantic, by Garance Franke-Ruta    Original Article
Posted By: Oblio- 4/6/2013 6:51:15 AM     Post Reply
President Obama´s biggest gaffe yesterday when speaking of California Attorney General Kamala Harris was not in flirtatiously complimenting her as "the best-looking attorney general," but in introducing an observation from the system of beauty into a forum that was about the system of power.What´s that, you say? Irin Carmon does a great job in Salon in laying out the bounds of propriety for when it´s appropriate to talk about a woman´s looks as a general matter. But I´ve long felt we lack a solid theoretical underpinning for easily discussing these issues, and why precisely it is that

Christians, here´s why we´re
losing our religion

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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel    Original Article
Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM     Post Reply
Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”

Broadcasters worry
about ´Zero TV´ homes

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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima    Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM     Post Reply
Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from

Mother Of Slain Benghazi
Officer To Sean Hannity:
‘They Want Me To Shut Up’

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Mediaite, by A.J. Delgado    Original Article
Posted By: StormCnter- 4/7/2013 5:00:16 AM     Post Reply
On Friday, Sean Hannity brought Pat Smith, mother of the late Sean Smith, on his radio program. The 34-year-old information management officer was one of four Americans murdered in the Benghazi embassy attack on September 11, 2012. In the chilling interview, a distraught Ms. Smith, in tears, pleaded for answers and spoke of the efforts to silence her. Ms. Smith first relayed how her son, prior to the attack, requested additional security in advance and warned the State Department: He did tell them, ahead of time, he typed it into his little typewriter over there,

Vanishing workforce
weighs on growth

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Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley    Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:28:59 PM     Post Reply
Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth. The vanishing trend is more than a decade old, but it accelerated during the Great Recession. Throughout 2012, economists held out hope that it had stopped. But then came Friday’s jobs report, and hopes were dashed. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. labor force — everyone who has a job or is looking for one — shrank

Hillary Clinton Would Not
´Clear the Field´ for 2016

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New Republic, by Tod Lindberg    Original Article
Posted By: StormCnter- 4/6/2013 5:22:36 AM     Post Reply
No one is more preoccupied these days with Hillary Clinton´s 2016 plans than the Beltway political class—not even the former presidential candidate herself. To hear some tell it, her decision will be dispositive for all other Democrats thinking of entering the race. And pundits and reporters aren´t the only ones positing the "The Hillary Factor": No less than the House Democratic whip, Steny Hoyer, told BuzzFeed, “I don´t know that anybody would run against Hillary…. If she runs, she clears the field.” It´s an understandable conclusion, given Clinton´s stature in the Democratic Party and her 70 percent

Obama critic apologizes for
his ´poorly chosen words´
on gay marriage

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The Hill [Washington DC], by Alexandra Jaffe    Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx- 4/6/2013 12:18:19 PM     Post Reply
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, considered by some to be a potential Republican contender for president, apologized to Johns Hopkins University for the "poorly chosen words" he used in expressing his opposition to gay marriage last month.“I am sorry for any embarrassment this has caused,” Carson said in the letter, reported in New York Magazine.(Snip) "Although I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman, there are much less offensive ways to make that point. I hope all will look at a lifetime of service over some poorly chosen words.” Carson will remain as commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins,

The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat    Original Article
Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM     Post Reply
Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —

Is going gluten-free
healthier for everybody?

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The Week, by Staff    Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/7/2013 11:28:27 AM     Post Reply
Gluten-free diets are all the rage, but they can be dangerous if not done right. What is gluten? It´s the spongy complex of proteins, found naturally in wheat, rye, and barley, that gives elasticity to dough and allows it to rise. When flour is moistened and either kneaded or mixed into dough, gluten molecules form an elastic, microscopic latticework that traps the carbon dioxide produced when yeast ferments, causing dough to inflate like a hot air balloon. Baking hardens the gluten, which helps the finished product keep its shape. Wheat — and gluten — is ubiquitous in the American diet.


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