Thanks For Nothing Paula Abdul, Is American Idol Rigged?

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Poor Jason Castro, he made it to the top 5, but Paula Abdul’s screw up proves American Idol is no different than our US elections. It is all rigged.
No matter how Ryan Seacrest spins it, Paula Abdul continues to dig the hole deeper. Normally, I wouldn’t care what happens on American Idol, however, this season [...]

Rev Wendell Anthony Defends Rev Wright

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The Rev. Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, introduced Jeremiah Wright during the NAACP’s 53rd annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner. Rev Anthony address the racism that has been lauded at Rev Wright and those who dare to speak truth to power. As he [...]

California Bill Aimed at Assisting Immigrant Victims of Domestic Abuse

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As many of you know, I have written a couple of posts on the plight of two immigrant victims of domestic abuse, Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez and Ana Bertha Arellano. Late last week Alexis Moore asked me if I blog about a bill introduced by Assemblymember Juan Arambula to the California State Assembly, CA AB 2405, [...]

Texas Progressive Alliance Blog Round-Up: 04/28/2008

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This is another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance weekly blog round-up. This week’s round-up was compiled by Vince from Capitol Annex based on submissions from Alliance-member bloggers.
North Texas Liberal analyzed the arguments from Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Flower Mound, and Newt Gingrich in favor of the flat tax. See our conclusions here.
The Commissioner of the [...]

Paraguay Votes Left

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Congratulations to Paraguay’s new president and former bishop Fernando Lugo and the and Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC), a coalition of center and center-left opposition parties, grassroots political movements, farmers groups and other social organizations, for ending the country’s 61 years of rule by the right-leaning party, Colorado Party - the longest in office [...]

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