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Hugh Thompson, Jr., a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War who is credited with stopping the My Lai Massacre, was shunned for years by fellow soldiers, received death threats, and was once told by a congressman that he was the only American who should be punished over the massacre? [W] [1] past editions
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- 2009-06-29 :more:talk: 'Gayby boom': Children of gay couples speak out § “Jesse Levey is a Republican activist who says he believes in family values, small government and his lesbian mothers' right to marry.” more...
- 2009-06-27 :more:talk: Deniers § “If the left and right disagreed on how best to address policy challenges, that would at least open the door to constructive dialog. But we're still stuck in a political environment in which prominent conservative voices at high-profile conservative outlets a) don't recognize the difference between climate and weather; b) find meaningless anecdotes compelling evidence of global trends; and c) are entirely comfortable delaying necessary solutions while trying to continue an already-completed debate.” more...
- 2009-06-24 :more:talk: Ability To Literally Imagine Oneself In Another's Shoes May Be Tied To Empathy § “New research from Vanderbilt University indicates the way our brain handles how we move through space—including being able to imagine literally stepping into someone else's shoes—may be related to how and why we experience empathy toward others.” more...
- 2009-06-17 :more:talk: Speaking at Netroots Nation § “I have agreed to appear on a panel. But I do not agree with the premises of the panel, "A New Progressive Vision of Church and State, as described: "The old liberal vision of a total separation of religion from politics has been discredited..."” more...
- 2009-06-16 :more:talk: GOP 2012 hopeful Sen. Ensign admits extramarital affair § “Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign, considered a possible contender for the GOP's presidential ticket in 2012, has confessed to an extramarital affair.” more...
- 2009-06-10 :more:talk: The Health Insurance Mafia Deserves a Good Screwing § “Even calling it "insurance" is a sick joke. Insurance implies a guarantee, and no matter what we pay, there are never any guarantees.” more...
- 2009-06-03 :more:talk: Project Expose MSM Reports § “Mr. Isikoff's story [in Newsweek] instead advanced the FBI's already-discredited point of view that the FBI's Translation Division's problems could be summed up as a 'shortage.' The article completely ignored and omitted established cases, problems, and severe weaknesses in the FBI's background security check of applicant translators, security measures in preventing espionage and security breaches, and quality control for translated work.” more...
- 2009-06-02 :more:talk: Governor Bush told Houston Journalist: If Elected "I'm Going to Invade Iraq" § “(Bush) said he wanted to [invade Iraq], and the reason he wanted to do it is he had been led to understand that you could not really have a successful presidency unless you were seen as commander-in-chief, unless you were seen as waging a war.” more...
- 2009-05-31 :more:talk: Why do people persist in voting Republican? § “I happened to read University of Virginia Psychologist Jonathan Haidt's thoughtful essay on what makes people vote Republican ... Read the whole thing. You might even conclude, as I suspect Haidt does, that Republican voters tend to be more nuanced and sophisticated than Democratic voters.” more...
- 2009-05-28 :more:talk: Holier than thou § “...[faith + evolution is] an aggressively dishonest site, too. It consists of lots of people claiming that modern scientific evidence points more strongly than ever to a cosmic designer, which is a flat lie – finding natural mechanisms for complex processes means their designer god is increasingly superfluous.” more...
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