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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Original Technorati articles tagged “liberals”

• in Politics
  Tea Party Community, an Unsocial Facebook Rival?
  Conservatives have their own online gated community, designed to keep out progressive voices. Is this going to be an unsocial network?
  by dopodomani / on Feb 3, 2013
• in Politics
  White House Hispanic Outreach Touts Achievements
  More on immigration reform from the Obama Administration
  by makingsense / on Mar 12, 2012
• in Politics
  Mitt Romney --- A Jello Conservative
  Romney seems to be a Republican 'pragmatist' with no core conservative principles.
  by jturtel / on Feb 8, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “liberals”

 

• The Common Core Straight Jacket

  
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  By Alan Caruba ~ American education was based on some very fundamental principles and, from the 1640s until the 1840s, they were, in the words of Joseph Bast, the president of The Heartland Institute , “real civics, real economics, and real virtues.” Bast is the co-author of “Education and Capitalism” ...
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• Farm Bill Barely Nibbles At Food Stamps

  
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  By Rachel Sheffield ~ Cartoon by Glenn Foden As the debate over the farm bill continues, a great deal of hoopla has been made about cuts to the food stamps program. The Obama Administration has called the proposed cuts “harmful” and “unacceptable,” and has even threatened to veto the bill because ...
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• Gwen Moore cashes in on Wall Street connections

  
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  Well this is something… [Gwen] Moore — a Milwaukee Democrat representing Wisconsin’s poorest congressional district — bucked her own party last week by vocally supporting a bill that would help big banks by exempting them from U.S. regulations when they trade derivatives through foreign subsidiaries. ...
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• Thomas Sowell: The Loss of Trust

  
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  Amid all the heated cross-currents of debate about the National Security Agency’s massive surveillance program, there is a growing distrust of the Obama administration that makes weighing the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 days ago

• Conservatives, Depressed, Angry, And Otherwise

  
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  By Alan Caruba ~ File this under random musings. From what I can determine as I visit various blogs, forums, and websites intended to be read by conservatives, as a group we are very depressed, very angry, or moderately gleeful over the travails of a certain Mr. B.H. Obama. Or all three. Obama has been the ...
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• Obama vs. Reagan Boxing Match

  
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  Obama vs. Reagan boxing match. Conservatism wins every time it’s tried.   The post Obama vs. Reagan Boxing Match appeared first on Common Sense Evaluation .
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• The New American Enemies List

  
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  The vast majority of the annual shooting homicides are committed by inner-city and minority youths below the age of 30. Handguns are involved in 80% of all murders. Rifles and shotguns account for less than 10% of homicides. No matter; the National Rifle Association is now blamed for generic gun violence, especially ...
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• California Passes Ammo Permit Fee

  
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  California once again proved it is one of the least Second Amendment friendly states in America. State legislators just passed a  $50 ammo permit fee  and background check law. If liberals want to derail the right to bear arms and make sure that common citizens cannot afford to defend themselves, the ...
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• Iranians celebrate in streets for new president Hassan Rowhani

  
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  “Long live Rowhani,” tens of thousands of jubilant supporters chanted as security officials made no attempt to rein in crowds — joyous and even a bit bewildered by the scope of his victory with more than three times the votes of his nearest rival. Go here to see the original: Iranians celebrate in streets for ...
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• AP Tries to Frame NSA Surveillance Issue as Far Left and Right vs. Everyone Else -- Part 2 of 2

  
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  In an early Wednesday morning story which seems to have been a strategic trial balloon, Charles Babington at the Associated Press, aka the Administrations Press , ran a story trying to portray the NSA surveillance revelations by Edward Snowden and subsequent developments as matters which have only riled up people ...
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• Irish PM ‘c’atholic Enda Kenny – what a classy guy

  
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  I read at the site of the Cardinal Newman Society (see their great RSS feed on my sidebar!), that that paragon of class the PM of Ireland Enda Kenny – pro-abortion  c atholic – has again stuck his nose into the Church’s business. Irish Prime Minister Tells Church to Stay out of Politics The pro-abortion ...
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• HOLLYWIERDOS CALL FOR OBAMA TO RID THE WORLD OF NUKES!

  
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  NO INTELLIGENT LIFE HERE! Now that global warming has pretty much gone the way of Keith Olbermann’s career, Hollyweird libtarded actors have found their next quest that will never happen. No, they’re not calling for Sean Penn or Barbra Streisand to finish high school…they want Obama to do something he’s ...
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• Bill Schmalfeldt Officially Found To Be A Harasser

  
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  Bill Schmalfeldt, aka Liberal Grouch, was found by a judge in Maryland to be a harasser, Trolls hardest hit . John Hoge has the details . Judge Stansfield ruled in my favor. He found that Bill Schmalfeldt engaged in a continuing pattern of conduct to harass or annoy me, that he continued to do so after being told ...
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• Detroit to default on $2.5B debt to avoid bankruptcy, emergency manager says

  
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  Detroit is bankrupt … Liberal dream on the rocks. As now the admits it’s out of other people’s money to spend. Detroit used to be America’s shining star, so how did it become this? in a word, liberalism. Obama mismanagement, hand outs to all, and then they ran out of other people’s money to give away. USA ...
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• Secret Service Invades Home Of Obama Critic Over Twitter Followers

  
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  Tom Francois was visited by the Secret Service merely because he posted anti-Obama messages for his “large” Twitter  following to read. I am sick and tired of looking out the window to see if Old Glory is still flying to reaffirm my shaky belief that I still reside in America. Francois never threatened the ...
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• Activism, Not Journalism? Radical Filmmaker Laura Poitras Shares Washington Post Byline on NSA Story

  
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  -By Warner Todd Huston The Washington Post recently made waves with a story on the National Security Agency’s domestic data mining project “Prism,” but interestingly one of the co-authors of the article is a radical, left-wing filmmaker who has been a loud critic of U.S. counterterrorism policies. The article, ...
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• Obama and the Callous Kanye Culture

  
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  Egotistical musicians often exaggerate their political influence, none more than the nattering, narcissistic rapper Kanye West. He has compared himself in global stature to Apple founder Steve Jobs... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Does Immigration Bill Make You Want To Puke? That’s By Design

  
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  If that Gang of 8 immigration bill makes you want to puke, you aren’t alone. But the thing is, for the Democrats that’s a feature, not a bug. Wes Pruden explains how they don’t really care if this bill passes or not. Sure, they’d like all of the new Democrat voters, but they’re happy as long as they have ...
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• Unbelievable Pandering to Homos from of all places – The NFL?

  
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  Celebrate Diversity! NFL Players Union Selling Gay Pride T-Shirts… The amount of pandering to such a minuscule fraction of the population (1-2%) is mind boggling. NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) – The union that represents NFL players has launched a line of LGBT pride shirts. The NFL Players Association announced the launch on ...
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• Sillybus Spouting The Usual Government Bullshit…They Just Want Your Kid Early to Brainwash Them

  
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  HHS Secretary Sebelius: Kids “So Far Behind” Without Pre-Kindergarten Education “May As Well Drop Out” By 3rd Grade… Is she insane? (CNSNews.com) – Children who don’t get a pre-kindergarten education, ideally from birth to age 5,  might fall behind and “may as well drop out” by third grade, ...
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