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• Have an Obscene Christmas!

  
  Gene's Blog — Authority: 430
  Christmas may sometimes involve obscenities such as atheists’ continuing war against its celebration and its degradation to a greed fest and old Uncle Charlie getting looped and re-telling the dirty jokes of his youth but Christmas has never been called obscene by a clergyman.  Until now. The Right Reverend ...
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• Which way will Landrieu go?

  
  Facing South — Authority: 557
  Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana -- one of three Democratic swing votes in the Senate over health reform -- says today is the day: She will announce whether she supports the bill unveiled by Sen. Harry Reid this week ("support" meaning whether shell help Democrats get the 60 votes they need to override a Republican ...
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• The Washington Times Confederate (fifth) columnist

  
  Facing South — Authority: 557
  A column by Wesley Pruden that appeared in yesterdays Washington Times is generating anger and controversy because of its views on race and President Obama. Writing critically about Obama greeting the Japanese emperor with a deep bow, a move the State Department said was meant to show respect, Pruden opined ...
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• Is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce losing its grip on Washington?

  
  Facing South — Authority: 557
  When news broke yesterday that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was shopping for a "respected economist " they could pay $50,000 to produce a study opposing health care reform, it likely wasnt a surprise to readers of Facing South. This past March, Facing South was one of the first media outlets to break the story ...
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• Free health clinic in New Orleans highlights need for reforms

  
  Facing South — Authority: 557
  This past Saturday, more than 1,000 uninsured people showed up at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans for a free health clinic organized by the National Association of Free Clinics and the Louisiana Free Clinic Association . Many of the patients who came had not seen a physician since ...
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• Reps. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) and Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) speak from the same page on health reform

  
  Facing South — Authority: 557
  The New York Times reported last week that during the historic House debate on health care reform, statements made by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten in whole or part by lobbyists working for one of the worlds largest biotechnology firms. The lobbyists for California-based Genentech -- a wholly ...
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