liberals

Political liberals generally promote the ideals of personal freedom and equal rights under law. Overall, liberals believe that steps must be taken to ensure freedom and equal opportunities for all members of a society, and that social change should be enacted into law in order to protect individual rights. However, of the millions who consider themselves liberals, there is a wide range of belief and practice. This is consistently evident in the online world.

In the blogosphere, liberals generally oppose themselves to conservatives in political and cultural debates. Just as there are moderate liberals, so are there extremists; in the politically-charged climate of the online world, extreme opinions and pundits can sometimes drown out more moderate voices.

Social liberalism is often concerned with counteracting economic inequality through government action. Liberal economists often advocate increased economic regulation, tax reform, and increased social services.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “liberals”

• Looking for terror in all the wrong places ("Stress" named as chief Ft. Hood suspect)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  Remember when Janet Napolitanos Department of Homeland Security was advising police officers all over the country to watch out for "right-wing extremists" sporting Ron Paul bumper stickers, waving the flag, declaring the Constitution, of all things, as the law of the land and especially those returning war veterans? ...
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• Olbermann Makes Victory Lap in Honor of Dobbs Resignation

  
  Jeff Poor's blog — Authority: 679
  Leave it that bastion of grace and class that waxes poetically on a nightly basis about the wrongdoings of Republicans or conservatives ad nauseum known as MSNBC host Keith Olbermann to do Lou Dobbs resignation from CNN up just right. Olbermann on his Nov. 11 "Countdown" broadcast honored Dobbs 30-year CNN career ...
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• Obama Pretends He Cares About Veterans;Ready to Increase Troops in Afghanistan

  
  David Drake — Authority: 428
  Dear Leader His Excellency...uh...His Flamingness Barack Hussein Obama, Junior pretended he cared about Veterans on Veterans Day . NY Daily News : President Barack Obama paid fond tribute Wednesday to the determination of the U.S. military, from those who served generations ago to todays troops ...
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• Dear Mr Rudd: The Opposite Of Sceptical Is Gullible

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 560
  By Andrew Bolt TonyfromOz prefaces ….. In Prime Minister Rudd’s speech, he singled out Andrew specifically, with three others as those people he terms as the main ‘offenders’, so it would seem that Andrew’s stance on this subject, gaining widespread coverage across Australia, is striking a nerve. ...
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• Jeb Bushs Sons to Hold Fundraiser for Crist Challenger in Florida Senate Race

  
  The Uncooperative Bloggers — Authority: 118
  So many questions are raised by the following article. Ill let you read it first then I will opine. Read on MacBeth. From Fox News ; Crist and Rubio, former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, are facing off to fill the Senate seat vacated by former Sen. Mel Martinez. The race has emerged as one of ...
  8 hours ago

• Code Pink sinks to a New Low

  
  Baltimore Reporter — Authority: 143
  by Laryn Code Pink deliberately targets kids from military families Imagine you’re a youngster, a child of a parent who serves in the military. You are invited to “trick or treat” at the White House on Halloween night. As you are standing in line, a parade of goblins and ghosts passes by. But these are no ...
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• Running away from the president is a recipe for Democratic failure

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 715
  Filed under: Recession The biggest problem with the Democratic Party and its prospects in next years midterms might not be the economy or jobs or health care after all. The problem might be rank stupidity. A new poll from Research 2000 indicates that Democratic turnout on Election Day was low because, quite ...
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• Virginia News Stand: November 11, 2009

  
  FamilyFoundationBlog.com — Authority: 136
  Annotations & Elucidations “Stylistic” Election Coverage The Communications Department didn’t come up with much from conventional news sources today, but I dug around and found, in of all places, in-depth election coverage and post mortems from Richmond’s too-old-to-be-hip-anymore weekly ...
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• Political correctness and the price we pay

  
  DPGI - the aftermath — Authority: 437
  Political correctness is a disease and one of the most debilitating agendas in our military.It can be argued that fear of the backlash allowed the terrorist traitor Major Hasan to be able to murder his fellow soldiers. It can also be argued that it impedes our military leaders in their decision-making and their grasp ...
  16 hours ago

• TOO many liars in Canada

  
  The non conformer's Canadian Weblog — Authority: 419
    Hey I STILL DO TOO often read contradicting news on the internet from the news media.. it is not real factual news, rather too often it is spin doctoring lies… lies about how good Bell is, lies about how many cell  phones are being sold, lies about how good the economy is, lies about how good the Medicare ...
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• Campus Protests

  
  Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher — Authority: 483
  Most college protests are lame. Of course, most of the protesters are lefties, so lameness is to be expected, but thats a different story. This protest is lame , too, although the subject matter is deadly serious. Youve got to love the stifling of free speech in this case because it might offend somebody. And ...
  17 hours ago

• Five Japanese Gardens

  
  Colorado Right — Authority: 117
  clipped from merriemarie.amplify.com portland japanese garden Nestled in the scenic west hills of Portland , the Portland Japanese Garden is a ...
  17 hours ago

• The NY Times Finds the Democratic Party Simply Crammed with Gifted Orators

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 830
  New York Times reporter Peter Baker questioned whether President Obama’s soaring rhetoric ("the most gifted orator of his generation") was still getting through in his Sunday Week in Review piece " The Words That Once Soared ," and even let Obama aides suggest the presidents Cairo speech "was responsible for ...
  17 hours ago

• Veterans Day 2009, Obama’s Homosexual Slur + More

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 560
  The Patriot Post -  Wed Chronicle The Foundation “Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.” –George Washington Veterans Day Today is Veterans Day. We encourage all Patriots to set aside time and reflect on the ...
  18 hours ago

• Queens Makes History

  
  Reflections From a Murky Pond — Authority: 421
  New York City’s Borough of Queens made American history on Tuesday November 3, 2009. It elected the first openly Pagan public official in America. Dan Halloran, who is openly Pagan or Heathen – specifically he’s a Théodsman – won the race for City Councilman in New York City’s 19th District in northeast ...
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• The American Spectator : The Man Who Despises America

  
  Eastaustinvoice's Weblog — Authority: 120
  The American Spectator : The Man Who Despises America . By Mark Hyman on 11.11.09 @ 6:09AM The very next paragraph is going to make the nut jobs on the far left excitable beyond belief. I am not referring to all Democrats or even a majority of liberals. I am singling out the ...
  18 hours ago

• Chgo’s Mayor Daley: Guns, Not Islam, Caused Fort Hood Massacre

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 478
  -By Warner Todd Huston Just like an unprincipled, self-interested, tin-eared politician, Mayor Richard Daley decided to use the massacre at Fort Hood to flog his prosaic anti-gun message in Chicago. When asked if Islam had anything at all to do with the Fort Hood massacre and if Muslims might expect some sort of ...
  19 hours ago

• Fox News Is Ready for Your ( Update: Birther ) Protest [Internal Memos]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 868
  This memo went out to News Corp employees today, advising them of a protest that should be going on right now. [UPDATE: Its birther queen Orly Taitz and her Birther Brigade!] Please send us dramatic...
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• Mumia’s Time May Be Drawing Near

  
  WesternFront America — Authority: 137
  Remember, folks, that the louder the left screams, the less common sense it makes. To obligate the residents of Pennsylvania and the United States to foot the bill for Mumia Abu-Jamal for over 20 years is criminal in and of itself. Now that the left is whining about how this could be it for Mumia, we can only gather ...
  20 hours ago

• Stephen Harper’s often one step forward, two backwards approach

  
  The non conformer's Canadian Weblog — Authority: 419
    For all kind of detail examples, reasons, explanations Canadian Senator Mike Duffy is a TREMENDOUS example, illustration  of the wrong type of managerial DECISIONS Stephen Harper OFTEN MAKES:   Duffy P.E.I.’s most expensive senator. during his first three months in the red chamber, Conservative Senator ...
  20 hours ago

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