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the folks featured in this hilarious clip collection presented by Jon Stewart.乡亲精选在这搞笑剪辑收集由琼史都华。 Well worth watching.以及值得关注的地方。

Looks like the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis has the type of security that makes it indistinguishable from a Police State.看起来像共和党全国代表大会已在明尼阿波利斯的类型安全，使区分从一个警察国家。 When your governments starts arresting journalists like Amy Goodman you better watch your civil liberties and rights; they may need to be added to the endangered species list.当您的政府开始逮捕新闻工作者一样， 艾米古德曼您更好地观赏您的公民自由和权利，他们可能需要被添加到濒危物种名单。 Glenn Greenwald has video and audio footage on his blog that details how your tax money is being used to protect powerful interests.格伦格林瓦德了视频和音频片段，在他的博客中的细节如何您的纳税钱是被用来保护强大的利益。 These interests probably do not coincide ... Continue Reading »这些利益可能并不一致...继续读»

Ok, I did not come up with this great headline but I wish I had. This post is my original source.  Senator McCain’s support for female reproductive rights is abysmal.确定，我没有想出了这个伟大的标题，但我想我有。这个职位是我的原始来源。麦凯恩参议员的支持，为女性生殖权利是非常糟糕。 No woman in her right mind should vote for this guy, in my humble opinion.没有女人的权利，在她的心目中，应该投票给这个家伙，在管见。

I do not think it is the role of the government to teach children about the Birds and the Bees…but I do expect Government to follow a rational policy when it comes to providing family planning services and when creating policy frameworks such as ... Continue Reading »我不认为这是政府的角色，教导儿童有关鸟类和蜜蜂…但我确实期望政府遵循一个理性的政策，当谈到提供计划生育服务时创造的政策框架，如...继续读»

Fact: The US has the highest level of inequality, and the most poverty, of any industrialized country.事实：美国最高级别的不平等，和最贫穷，任何工业化国家。

There are many causes for this.原因是多方面的。 America’s cultural anti-Union bias is one.美国的文化反工会的偏见是其中之一。 So is the horrible education system, or lack thereof, for those that do not wish to attend College after High-School.因此，是可怕的教育体系，或缺乏，对于那些不想参加大学后高的学校。 Increased Union influence is one of several steps that would help improve the lives of the average American worker.增加了联盟的影响力是其中几个步骤，这将有助于改善生活的美国人的平均工人。 The question is, who has an interest in such improved conditions for those that actually produce many of the good and services that make this economy run?问题是，谁有兴趣在这样的条件的改善为那些实际上产生的许多良好和服务，使这个经济运行？ The fact is that a large ... Continue Reading »事实是，一个大...继续读»

While questions of faith seem to merit dedicated public debates , more important questions of science and technology policy do not.而问题的信仰，似乎值得专门的公开辩论 ，更重要的问题的科学和技术政策不。 Another example of America’s screwed up priorities.另一个例子是美国的螺纹优先次序。 To make this a better country we need rational leadership, not showmanship.使这是一个更好的国家，我们需要理性的领导，而不是表演。 A showman is what we had for the last 8 years and look where it got us. 1 showman是什么，我们已为近8年并期待它得到我们。

Thus it is with great pleasure that I ran across Senator Obama’s responses to the Science Debate 2008’s questions.因此，这是我很高兴遇到参议员奥巴马的回应，以科学辩论2008年的问题。 These are ... Continue Reading »这些都是... 继续读»

OK, there is some really important stuff going on on this little earth right now…looks like our esteemed General Petraeus is not sure if he really can withdraw as many US troops as he promised…146K US troops are currently in Iraq, plus about the same number of US contractors…making this a very expensive operation to sustain for, ah, 6 years.确定，也有一些真正重要的东西将会就对这个小小的地球上的权利，现在…看起来像我们尊敬的一般彼得雷乌斯是不知道如果他真的可以撤回，因为许多美军士兵，因为他答应… 146 k美军目前在伊拉克，再加上有关同样数目的美国承包商…使这是一个非常昂贵的行动，以维持对啊，六年。 Petraeus is supposed to submit a official report on his assessment on the possibility of further troop reductions next week, but ... Continue Reading »彼得雷乌斯是要提交一份正式报告，对他的评估，对有可能进一步削减驻伊美军下周，但...继续读»

There is a good chance that the Presidential race may be decided by the undecided and uninformed American voter, as happened in 2004.有一个很好的机会总统竞选可能会决定由犹豫不决和无知的美国选民，正如发生在2004年。 This is the kind of woman/man who gets their political information from sound-bites, visual cues and Fox news and that is not above voting against their own economic interests.这是种女子/男子，谁得到他们的政治信息，从声音叮咬，视觉线索和福克斯新闻，这是不高于投票反对他们自己的经济利益。

I think that John McCain’s marketing people did a good job selecting a conservative female whose views on social hot-button issues (she’s pro-life/anti-abortion, anti-environment, anti-gay marriage) would normally put her slightly outside the American mainstream but are favored ... Continue Reading »我认为，麦凯恩的营销人的工作做得很好，选择一个保守的女性的意见，对社会热点问题的按钮（她的pro-life/anti-abortion ，反环境，反同性恋婚姻）通常会提出她的稍外，美国的主流，但最惠国待遇...继续读»

Didn’t watch the speech but read the transcript .不看讲话，但阅读全文 。 What do I like best?我该怎么做最喜欢的呢？ The elevation of the political discourse, as in海拔的政治话语，正如在

“But what I will not do is suggest that the Senator ( McCain ) takes his positions for political purposes. “但我不会做的是建议，参议员（ 马侃 ）他的立场为政治目的服务。 Because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other’s character and patriotism.”因为事情之一就是我们必须改变我们的政治思想，人不能同意，而不具有挑战性的对方的品格和爱国主义“ 。

What did I like ... Continue Reading »什么我喜欢...继续读»

We are killers.我们是杀手。 Women and children are killed in my name  and your name over in Afghanistan on a regular basis.妇女和儿童被杀害在我的名字和您的姓名超过在阿富汗的定期的基础上。 I wonder what it feels like to loose your daughter, your son or your wife in a US bombing raid.我不知道是什么感觉就像失去你的女儿，您的儿子或你的妻子在美国的轰炸行动。 Would you be more or less inclined to be hostile towards American values after such an event?你会更多或更少倾向于被敌视美国的价值观后，这类事件？ You can check these facts for yourself here or here ... Continue Reading »您可以检查这些事实，为自己在这里或在这里 … …继续读»