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Category Archives: Politics
Dennis Prager Says New Mammogram Guidelines Are A Taste Of Obamacare
Dennis Prager opened his radio show today: "This latest announcement that women should not get mammograms until they are 50 is a telling statement of what is in store for you if the House and Senate bills are paid. "Do … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Health, Politics
Tagged breast cancer screening, cathy mcmorris, cathy mcmorris rogers, Dennis Prager, marsha blackburn, united states preventive services task force
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Penny-Pinching Jews
The AP reports: COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two Republican county officials in South Carolina have apologized after they disparaged Jews in a newspaper op-ed in support of a fiscally conservative U.S. senator. The chairmen, Edwin Merwin Jr. and Jim Ulmer, wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Dennis Prager, Jews, Politics
Tagged congressional earmarks, Dennis Prager, harold kushner, jim demint, joel lourie, times and democrat
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Dennis Prager: ‘You Can’t Be A Good Person And Oppose A Radio Broadcaster Buying Into A Sports Team’
On his radio show today, Dennis said about the prospect of Rush Limbaugh buying a part of the St. Louis Rams: "You can not be a good person, your moral character is shown by the opposition to a radio broadcaster … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Dennis Prager, Football, Forward, Politics, Radio, Rush Limbaugh, Sports
Tagged assassin of martin luther king jr, keith olbermann, pulitzer prize, radio broadcaster, Rush Limbaugh, st louis rams
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Yisroel Pensack: The New York Times Reports On Senator’s Aid To An Aide
The New York Times is currently running this headline on its home page: "Senator’s Aid After Affair Raises Ethics Flag". The sentence on the home page under that headline says, "Experts say Senator John Ensign may have violated ethics laws … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, AIDS, Infidelity, New York Times, Politics, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged aide, Ethics, Senator John Ensign
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What Happens When You Give A Woman A Man’s Job
From RealClearPolitics.com: Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw … I saw this myself in the late ’70s in San Francisco,” Pelosi said, choking up and with tears forming … Continue reading
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Tagged nancy pelosi, realclearpolitics, rhetoric, speaker nancy pelosi, tears of a clown
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Tom DeLay Dancing With The Stars
At first I was angry that Tom beat me out for a spot on this TV show, but now I realize the best man one. Here’s Tom tugging at his trousers and getting ready for his scene:
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Is Judaism Right-Wing Or Left-Wing?
It is neither. Judaism was thousands of years old before the modern political terms of Right and Left developed any meaning. In the New York Times Sunday Book Review, Leon Wieseltier disects Norman Podhoretz’s new book, "Why Are Jews Liberal?" … Continue reading
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Tagged Facebook, gil student, leon wieseltier, new york times sunday book review, norman podhoretz, oslo accords, religious connotations, rsquo
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Let’s Debate Fundamental Principles
Thomas Frank, who’s left of center, writes for the Wall Street Journal: What’s dragging the Democrats down in the health-care debate isn’t confusion about details. On this the president and his supporters have proven themselves the ablest of technocrats, easily … Continue reading
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Tagged ablest, american council on science and health, Dennis Prager, flow charts, health care debate, jeff stier, thomas frank, town hall meetings, wall street journal
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