Must Reads

Morning Must Reads

By Alex RogersFeb. 04, 20130

Karen Tumulty on the lessons to be learned from Reagan’s 1986 immigration overhaul
Obama encourages Boy Scouts of America to end ban on gays
The Senate will most likely introduce a gun control bill with many of Obama’s proposals this week.
In last night’s Super Bowl, the lights went out. Weekly Standard looks at stadium’s desire to be eco-friendly
Questions arise if Sen. Robert Menendez can survive the scandal.
Obama has broad power to conduct a pre-emptive cyber attack
Hillary Clinton was denied becoming a truly great Secretary of State by both history and Obama, writes George Packer.
Is the media too soft on President Obama?
Super Bowl MVP and Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco is going to Disney World

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apr2563

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Why the Republican's must never be a majority party again:

http://www.mediaite.com/online/former-sc-gop-exec-director-fires-off-racially-charged-tweets-during-the-super-bowl/

http://pinterest.com/pin/2221541940

Bush's former FEMA director makes fun of the people he abandoned after Katrina.91023342/

roknsteve

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@apr2563 I'm reading "Blues People, Black Music in White America" from 1963 and I found a quote that's still true today. "One of the most persistent traits of the Western white man has always been his fanatical and almost instinctive assumption that his system and ideas about the world are the most desirable, and further, that people who do not aspire to them are savages or enemies".

apr2563

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@roknsteve I'll have to look for the book. A book that has had a huge impression on my is The Warmth of Other Suns. It records the experiences of 3 African Americans who experienced the Great Migration from the south to the north and the west. It confirms what your quote.

apr2563

@roknsteve @apr2563 Found it on Amazon. Not on Kindle so I will have to actually buy the paperback. Sounds fascinationg.

apr2563

@roknsteve @apr2563 Thanks for the information.

roknsteve

@apr2563 @roknsteve It's written by Leroi Jones and the publisher is Perennial/HarperCollins. This reprint is from 2002 so it's still in print. I think I read it in the sixties but my musical knowledge now makes for better understanding.

nflfoghorn

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@apr2563 Musta taken that desensitivity course a couple times.

SirDonQuixotic

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@apr2563

Now let's all be paulejb and apply this racism to every single member of the GOP base. Fair is fair.

apr2563

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@DonQuixotic It is a pattern that is supported by a party that remains silent or insinuates support for the craziest elements of the party. When you allow Limbaugh, Hannity and other extremists speak for you, you are culpable.

Ohiolib

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@DonQuixotic @apr2563 Actually, i think that was 3x. But maybe paulie jumped on the bandwagon. He's never been what you might call sane.

SirDonQuixotic

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@apr2563 @DonQuixotic

I don't disagree. Paul harps about an "unreported" race war whereas we report on one that is right out there for everyone to see.

Tero

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@DonQuixotic @apr2563

"...apply this racism to every single member..."

Well, they ARE a hive...

SirDonQuixotic

Donald Trump to sue Bill Maher for proving that he's not the son of an orangutan

Before you ask, no I'm not making this up. This is really happening.

nflfoghorn

@DonQuixotic I'm thinking Trump owns the rights to the son of the other thing.

SirDonQuixotic

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I've noticed I have a blue arrow in my profile now. Does anyone else see one in their own or is this just some new LiveFyre thing?

sacredh

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Sometimes my icon looks like Linda Blair from The Exorcist. It either spits pea soup at me or pees on my rug. Is this happening to anybody else?

Hollywooddeed

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@sacredh No, sacred. Just you. :0)

kbanginmotown

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@DonQuixotic I hadn't noticed this before, but you appear to have your location given in your profile. I just updated my profile with my location and have a blue pin as well. That and a buck will get us a cup of coffee, apparently...

Ivy_B

@kbanginmotown @DonQuixotic Sorry guys, I don't see any blue pins in either of your profiles. Was it too much coffee this morning?

SirDonQuixotic

@kbanginmotown @DonQuixotic

Huh. Well, thanks for the insight.

nflfoghorn

She missed her opportunity to become a "truly great SOS"? Where would he place her predecessor??

sacredh

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At the piano?

nflfoghorn

@sacredh FTW!

paulejb

"Can Robert Menendez survive?"

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/02/can-bob-menendez-survive-87109.html

Perhaps Bobby can get Hillary to vouch for him?

roknsteve

@paulejb Hey Paulie, Michael Brown of FEMA infamy just reported on your race war at the Super Bowl. There really is a race war and it's sponsored by Tighty Whitey.

Hollywooddeed

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@paulejbPerhaps you can vouch for the Republican offenders.

http://www.republicanoffenders.com/

apr2563

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@paulejb He could always get advice from "diaper" Vitter.

paulejb

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BCJc0WZCUAAFFH4.jpg:large

A picture is worth a thousand words.

MementoMori

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@paulejbI've said it before, I'll say it again.

Rightwingers suck at Photoshop.

Tero

@paulejb

I agree paulie! Fur IS murder!

mantisdragon91

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@paulejb No wonder Bobby Jindal called you the Stupid Party if idiot cartoons is all you can offer.

nflfoghorn

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@paulejb Looney Tunes fan that I am, even I don't get this.

kbanginmotown

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@nflfoghorn @paulejb Obviously 'Shopped.

SirDonQuixotic

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@nflfoghorn @paulejb

Yeah, it's not the usual conservative political cartoon without a word to identify every single thing in the picture and an absurd caricature of Obama.

nflfoghorn

@kbanginmotown @DonQuixotic @nflfoghorn @paulejb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e1hZGDaqIw

SirDonQuixotic

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@kbanginmotown @DonQuixotic @nflfoghorn @paulejb

I'll take the mystery box.

nflfoghorn

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@kbanginmotown @DonQuixotic @nflfoghorn @paulejb Explain now! EXPLAIN NOW!!!!

kbanginmotown

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@DonQuixotic @nflfoghorn @paulejb

Would you like paulejb to explain now? Or, wait 'til you get home?

paulejb

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"Chicago murder rate far worse than during Al Capone 'gangland' days"

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news%2Fiteam&id=8977635

Al Capone would be horrified. Chicago now has a St Valentine's Massacre every week.

UMMLocal12

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Chicago now has a St Valentine's Massacre every week.

Thank you Wayne LaPierre

apr2563

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@paulejb Paulie, although not true, does that make your racist republican heart flutter with joy?

MrObvious

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@paulejb

Not true. But then you're not into that sorta accuracy.

SirDonQuixotic

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@paulejb

In January 1929 there were 26 killings. Forty-two people were killed in Chicago last month, the most in January since 2002, and far worse than the city's most notorious crime era at the end of the Roaring Twenties.

Dumb. Per-capita the 1929 rate is much higher. And then there's this:

The 42 murders in January is nowhere near the most ever in a month, but even that figure is not from the rat-a-tat-tat years. It is from the early 90s, when police also said a mix of gangs and drugs fueled the tremendous number of killings.

In January 1992 there were 77 murders in Chicago. That is the January record. Most of the murders then and this year were with guns. That was also the case in 1929.

paulejb

"Chicago marchers urge Obama to come home to address gun violence"

' "When the president shows up, it shows ultimate national seriousness," said Jackson, a Chicago resident. He also called for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help patrol the streets of Chicago.'

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/03/us-usa-crime-chicago-idUSBRE91200X20130203?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=574655

Big Sis to the rescue in Barry's hometown.