The unprecedented report the Obama Administration submitted to the U.N. High Commissioner detailing the so-called failures of America on human rights is one of the most sickening actions taken by this president. While America is not perfect by any stretch, it still has the best human rights records EVER. That’s right. In the history of the world.
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Chris Matthews played Joe McCarthy today on Hardball. Furiously commenting on Glenn Beck’s rally taking place today in Washington DC, he went absolutely berserk.
“Who stole America? I want to know, who stole America? Give me the names. Who stole America?”
We teach our children to be honest and forthright, to be upstanding and mean what they say, even sometimes using clever idioms to help guide the way. We also understand human beings are prone to moral failures. Hopefully, we are forgiving and supportive to those who fall off the path. But what happens when the some of the most powerful people in America—people who wield serious amounts of influence—are actually willful, two-faced hypocrites? We call ‘em on it.
How about a little gefilte fish to celebrate the good news?
In a recent survey by respected pollster Pew Research Center, the largest religious demographic shift in political party identification came from Jews. About 12% of Jews surveyed said their party affiliation was no longer the Left-leaning Democratic Party and about 13% more now identified as Right-leaning Republicans. About 3 times more Jews recently went to the Right than most other religious denominations. According to Pew:
