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Your Brain On Politics: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Liberals and Conservatives

by Chris Mooney This is an invited guest post by Andrea Kuszewski, a Behavior... more

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ABC Unpatriotic? You decide...

Hello rational people. The following is an email circulating from the Right-Wingnuts... more

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Palin says "room for more" in GOP race

"Sarah Palin tantalized supporters on the eve of her appearance at a tea party... more

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Don’t eat the brown acid: trying to make sense of Richard Nixon and the Tea Party

Nixon was very much like the Tea Party. His brain was a mélange of vicious... more

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Another disaster: conservatives' attack on FEMA

Republicans also said they wouldn't do anything to help the economy and the... more

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Conservative Morons Continue to Annoy

Seems they Love American Symbols More than They Love Their Fellow Americans!... more

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Three groups pick up where ACORN left off

When conservatives successfully dismantled ACORN, a powerful voice for the... more

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Generation Opportunity revealed as conservative front

Most of us who are actually in the youth movement had never heard anything about this... more

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Which is Worse? Silly Pictures, or Anti-Gay Hatred?

Seems some of my conservative friends have a problem with a movie and some pictures I... more

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THE TEA PARTY VS WKUK

FUNNY AND TRUE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmb5sIotmhQ

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The Enemies Within: The 20 Most Dangerous Conservatives and their Organizations

Danger sign. Image from http://www.traditioncreek.com/storefront/danger-p-606.html... more

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Conservawonky

http://jackholesrealm.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/conservawacky1.jpg 'Twas... more

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Obama Seduced by Evil Spirit of Compromise

Compromise? That's almost like LOSING! Sure we got some of what we wanted, but... more

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GOP on verge of huge, unprecedented political victory

By all accounts, it looks like a deal is about to be announced in which the debt ceiling is hiked in exchange for the promise of major spending cuts, including to entitlements, totalling at least $2.4 trillion.

Anything can happen, but it apppears the GOP is on the verge of pulling off a political victory that may be unprecedented in American history. Republicans may succeed in using the threat of a potential outcome that they themselves acknowledged would lead to national catastrophe as leverage to extract enormous concessions from Democrats, without giving up anything of any significance in return.

Not only that, but Republicans — in perhaps the most remarkable example of political up-is-downism in recent memory — cast their willingness to dangle the threat of national crisis as a brave and heroic effort they’d undertaken on behalf of the national interest. Only the threat of national crisis could force the immediate spending cuts supposedly necessary to prevent a far more epic crisis later.

Under the emerging deal, President Obama can hike the debt limit in two stages — the first in exchange for equivalent cuts; the second after a Congressional committee comes up with second round of yet more cuts, including to entitlements. The talks appear close to resolving the spending cut“trigger” that would force the committee to act — without giving the GOP an incentive to deliberately sabotage its work. The remaining question is how to get it through the House. But a deal seems immiment.

Again and again, Dems drew lines in the sand that they promptly erased as the threat of default grew. A clean debt ceiling hike? Dropped. Cuts to Medicare benefits? They’ll likely be in that committee’s crosshairs. The insistence on revenue hikes? Withdrawn.

What make this all the more remarkable is that throughout this process, Republicans themselves conceded not just that a debt ceiling hike would be disastrous for America, but also that it was inevitable. Yet they were still able use the threat of default as leverage. How?

The simple answer: Dems weren’t prepared to allow default — no matter what. Republicans, by contrast, treated the debt ceiling hike as a necessity, but one that had to happen on their terms. In a remarkable act of political cynicism, they recast the debt ceiling hike itself as a GOP concession — even though they had already agreed it had to happen to avert an epic national crisis. And Dems made this possible by accepting the dynamics of the situation as Republicans defined it. Whether there was another alternative for Dems is another question.

If Dems had refused to budge from the demand for a clean hike, would Republicans have blinked — or would they have allowed default? The bottom line is Dems weren’t prepared to take that risk, and the fast-approaching deadling meant moving to negotiations was imperative. Should Obama have waged a far more aggressive P.R. campaign to saddle the GOP with potential blame for default? Maybe, but public opinion in recent days was running strongly for compromise and against Republicans — and they still continued to use the threat of default as leverage. Could Dems have had more success with a more aggressive approach? We’ll never know. Call it the road not taken.

The road that was taken is leading to a deal in which Dems are aggreeing to take huge amounts of money out of the economy when the recovery is shaky at best. It also seems to ensure that Dems will agree to entitlements cuts heading into an election where the GOP was supposed to be deeply vulnerable over their drive to end Medicare as we know it. Dems will promise to salvage victory in the form of “smart” entitlement reform. Maybe so. For now, it appears the GOP is on the verge of a huge and unprecedented victory.

http://t.co/FaOpjYbBy all accounts, it looks like a deal is about to be announced in which the debt... more

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25 Reasons Why I Call Myself a Liberal

My (hopefully) thought provoking and somewhat entertaining list if why I self-identify... more

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This is the result of over 30 years of spewing poison by Rightwing monsters!

The years of propaganda aimed at Liberals has wrought the whirl wind! Monsters like... more

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Consevatives More Loving, Caring, Honest, and Charitable than Liberals

If you talk to most liberals, they’ll tell you that conservatives are insensitive, callous and selfish. To their own detriment, leftists tend to believe that those on the right simply don’t care about the less fortunate. While this doctrine has been embedded in left-leaning gospel for decades, research and reality paint a very different picture — one that has perplexed many of the left’s self-proclaimed “compassionates.” With one of the worst economic downturns in American history still impacting the lives of millions of Americans, understanding this subject is paramount.

Out of all of the left’s discombobulated theoretical constructs, the ludicrous assertion that conservatives simply do not care about society’s downtrodden is particularly frustrating, as it vehemently denies both reality and logic. On the surface, the notion that liberals are the world’s most charitable individuals could easily be accepted. After all, many on the left talk quite a bit about helping the poor and providing social safety nets. However, the left rarely explores the negative consequences of its policies. Furthermore, liberals fail to analyze and comprehend their own deficient charitable giving patterns
In 2006, independently-registered researcher and author Arthur Brooks tackled the issue of political ideology as it pertains to giving. According to a 2006 ABC News piece by John Stossel and Kristina Kendall, Brooks’ research has shown that conservatives donate about 30 percent more than do liberals. Interestingly, on average, conservatives earn less than liberals.

Brooks also claims that financial donations aren’t the only difference at hand. When it comes to an issue as random as blood donations, conservatives are about 17 percent more likely than their liberal counterparts to donate blood! But, that’s not all. In 2008, George Will covered some of Brooks’ other findings. As it turns out, in 2004, George W. Bush carried 24 out of 25 of the states in which charitable giving exceeded the national average. According to Will,

“In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent, donated just 1.9 percent.”

Clearly, there are a number of factors that influence the disparity between conservative and liberal giving. Two reasons that Brooks mentions in his own work are religious affiliation and the way in which liberals and conservatives view the government’s role in society. To address the former, a higher proportion of conservatives are religious and, thus, report routinely giving to churches and faith-based ministries.

In terms of the latter, it’s no secret that liberals are more prone to accept the notion that it’s the government’s responsibility to provide direct services to the people. While conservatives are by no means opposed to essential state-sponsored programs, they place a higher value on personal responsibility and the building of self-driven social capital. According to Brooks, “…You find that people who believe it’s the government’s job to make incomes more equal, are far less likely to give their money away.” Compassion, however, should be rooted in personal engagement; liberals fail to match conservatives in this area.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/23/surprise-conservatives-are-more-generous-than-liberals/#ixzz1Sey2MdiHIf you talk to most liberals, they’ll tell you that conservatives are... more

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The Bible According to Tea Partiers

Blessed are those who love their Bible, but hate the poor: 3 revisions Tea Party style.

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Will you vote for Obama (again)? | Scholars and Rogues

I have observed in the past that our political system often affords us the opportunity... more

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My Take: On Adoption, Christians Should Put Up or Shut Up

CNN..... June 16th, 2011 03:11 PM ET My Take: On adoption, Christians should... more

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