Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Posted by Knowledge on October 9, 2009 · 25011 CommentBarack+Obama+Wins+Nobel+Peace+Prize+2009-10-09+16%3A16%3A48Knowledge

Congratulations, Mr. President. What an honor. Right wing heads are popping all over the place today. They’re speaking of their disbelief that the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a young, African American, sitting president. He’s only the third US President to achieve such an honor. After Chicago lost the Olympic bid (thank goodness) conservatives couldn’t help [...]

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Say It Ain’t So Senator Joe

Posted by Knowledge on September 10, 2009 · 2135Leave a CommentSay+It+Ain%27t+So+Senator+Joe2009-09-10+17%3A55%3A09Knowledge

While addressing congress and rebutting the many falsehoods concerning health care reform legislation, Pres. Obama explained that illegal immigrants would not be covered under his administrations proposal. This was quickly followed by South Carolina Senator Joe Wilson (R) shouting out, “You lie!” in response, which drew shock and mixed reactions from Democrats and Republicans alike.
According to factcheck.org there [...]

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