Cenk hosting. 2 Cat fights. CNBC anchor Steve Liesman shouted down Rick Santelli about how wrong he always is when he predicts the future. 2nd catfight pits Rand Paul against the upstart Rick Perry on foreign policy. Perry called Paul an isolationist, prompting Rand to point out that his new eyeglasses haven’t allowed him to see the world more clearly. The Morning Joe Crew talked about how Rand Paul doesn’t have a chance to win the Republican primary, that Mitt Romney will be there again to take the mantle from Rand. Cenk predicts that Elizabeth Warren and Rand Paul could be the nominees for President in 2016. Citigroup has settled on a $7 billion payoff for their part in destroying the economy. Cenk points out how their obvious criminal activities are negotiated to a settlement rather than jail time the way any other American would if they were caught stealing. Citigroup’s decision to pay a settlement shows that they know they did something illegal. Republicans are still talking about impeachment for President Obama. 68% of Republicans are on board to get it going. The fake IRS scandal investigation spearheaded by Republicans has scared the IRS into announcing that they will no longer investigate 80% of tax-exempt charitable organizations. These are the kinds of groups that crooked politicians mimic to funnel tons of money into their campaigns. An Arizona charter school has chosen to use textbooks written by a “Controversial anti-Communist” backed by the Tea Party that push Christian Nation propaganda. Their interpretation of early American history skews it in a racially biased direction. Its teachings on slavery claim that it was beneficial to the captured Africans and that Southern racism was prompted by abolitionists. It also claims that White children were envious of the “freedom” slave children enjoyed since they didn’t have to go to school and wear clothes. The fighting between the Palestinians and Israel continues with over 175 Palestinians killed with 0 Israelis dead. Video of PM Netanyahu pointing out to FoxNews that what they’re going through is the equivalent of 80% of America being bombed. He also claimed that Israelis are protecting civilians while Palestine is putting them out to be bombed to protect their missiles. 17,000 Palestinian people have sought refuge in UN shelters.
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Netanyahu: ‘We Use Missiles to Defend Civilians, Hamas Uses Civilians to Defend Missiles’
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IRS Surrenders, Won’t Check Whether Political Nonprofits Are Breaking The Law
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CNBC Reporter Torches Rick Santelli: Nothing You’ve Predicted Has Ever Come True
http://goo.gl/4b2QnY
Rand Paul Has Snappy Insults for Rick Perry
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Citigroup to pay record fine in $7-billion mortgage settlement
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Comments
you would put the un first and god second and then turn around and thank god for the un
I read plenty of historybooks which stated that the racism in the south as it was at the end of the 19th century through the mid 20th century started after the civil war because the white population was afraid of the freed slaves. Popular examples are the white babies, who were born to slaveowners, which usually gave their children to black housemaids to suckle them.
This was before big breasts got popular. In the 19th century big breasts were not considerd beautiful. If they had thought the milk of black mothers infierior to white milk they would not have done so.
Most slaves were not badly treated at all. They were seen as part of the family, like a pet. They were often loved by there owners. Many slaves continiued to serve there old masters after they had been freed. Also a houseslave had a higher standard of living than most white factoryworkers in the North. The had acess to better food and a doktor for example (something the average worker had to make due without).
I am not defending slavery here, it is wrong as an institution but you can’t say all slaveowners were malignant sadists. The issue is, like everything else in this world, complicated because even in this evil system ther was a lot of human interaction.
And if you were successful in impeaching Obama, what would that solve? “What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.”
Obama should be impeached and put in prison. I don’t care what they ( Reps.) think is the main reason. And yes Bush too. Im a lefty.
Appreciate your coverage of the Israel bombardment of Gaza
I always wonder what I’d say if a poll-taker asked me if the President should be impeached. I might just say yes, because of his ridiculously selective application of the law… his hiring of federal prosecutors that not only refuse to put the largest and most effective criminals of our time- bankers, war criminals, in jail, but are almost PROUD of that fact.
On the other hand, with the media and partisanship being what it is, my number on any poll won’t have any context, and will be used as ammunition to say he’s too “liberal,” obviously, or that everyone’s dying for a new Republican in office.
Oh, I forgot to say, one may consider countries like Japan a mess as far as politics go, but I sort of respect their complete willingness to quickly dispose of a Prime Minister or other government official, even if they do something even remotely shady, once.