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Authenticity and the Paradox of Power 2007-11-13 22:29:00 Guest bloggers Anne Fifield and Sam House Contributing authors to Winning Without Compromising Yourself (2007) www.nocompromising.com Authenticity and the Paradox of Power To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up. - Oscar Wilde Being forthright, or forthcoming, is an active form of truth-telling. This is what people mean when they speak of transparency—an active revealing of... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Joe Klein and TIME Magazine Engage in Blatant Hillary Clinton Damage Control 2007-11-13 10:56:00 In the most recent issue of TIME Magazine, Joe Klein wrote a puff piece titled: “What Hillary Stands For.” This was the most brazen use of damage control by a purportedly objective magazine that I have seen in the last decade. After reading Joe Klein’s journalistic negligence, I finally understand why TIME Magazine is losing subscribers. Not only should Joe Klein be ashamed for what he wrote,... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Huckabee Hearts Taxes. . . . 2007-11-13 09:05:00 Governor Mike Huckabee has probably had the best 2 months of any candidate on either side of the aisle. Huckabee has done this with little money and little organization. Simply because of this he is worth considering. Upon looking into the former Governor's fiscal record, however, Huckabee cannot be considered as possible GOP nominee. While it is clear the party certainly has its divisions when... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Liberalism Is Unsustainable 2007-11-12 23:23:00 Over the last few years, liberals have created a buzzword that you should become more conscious of the next time you hear it. That word is “sustainable.” “Sustainable” tends to be used by liberals when they describe their economic or energy policies. What is most ironic about this word choice is that the easiest argument against liberalism is the fact that it is objectively... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Barack Obama Wants to Raise Taxes to Protect Social Security 2007-11-11 20:48:00 Few taxes have harmed poor people more than the payroll tax. The payroll tax is roughly a 12.4% tax on a worker’s wages. An employer withholds 6.2% of the employee’s wages, and then the employer matches that amount before giving it to Uncle Sam to pay for Social Security. The wage base for the social security tax is $97,500 for the year 2007. The amount is scheduled to rise to $102,000 next... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Open Thread (New Design) 2007-11-11 16:45:00 As many of you probably recognize already, we have changed the design of our blog. The load time should be significantly faster, and we have added two sidebars on the right to make everything easier to read. Thanks for putting up with any technical difficulties over the last few days as we were changing things around. Consider this an open thread. Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ... Design

Is Bill Kristol Correct? Should Joe Lieberman Be the Republican Vice Presidential Nominee? 2007-11-10 22:26:00 Bill Kristol of the Weekly Standard made a very provocative comment toward Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee this week. He said the following: “Take a break from kissing babies to pick up the phone and congratulate Joe [Lieberman]. Seek his endorsement after you win the nomination. What the heck--offer him the vice presidency. (Rudy, you might try State... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Moveon.org Misinforms Their Base Again: Distorts the Capital Gains Tax 2007-11-09 13:47:00 I received another Moveon.org email this week. As usual, the email contained lies, damned lies, and no statistics to back up its assertions. It focused on the Alternative Minimum Tax and the Capital Gains Tax. Because the Alternative Minimum Tax, a tax created by liberal Democrats, is now harming the middleclass, the Democrats want to repeal it. Go figure! But, of course the Democrats cannot... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Hillary Ain't That Tough. . . 2007-11-09 08:45:00 Peggy Noonan crystallizes the true nature of Hillary Clinton in today's Wall Street Journal. Because Hillary has long cultivated the persona that she is a bitch (well she is) she has also been able to portray herself has tough politically. No doubt this woman has been through a lot and survived a political war field that has destroyed many. Nevertheless, to what end is this toughness? What has it... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Economic Illiterates In The MSM Keep Telling Us It's The 70's. . One Problem. . It's Not The 1970's 2007-11-08 22:06:00 Worldwide stocks are sending us a pretty clear message that surging oil prices will not lead to the return of the 1970's, as far as the economy goes. But because most of the people in the MSM haven't escaped the legacy of Great Society liberalism, they keep telling us that high oil prices mean that we are back in the stagflation years (that their policies re-created). These people simply cannot... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Thank You for All of Your Support; We Really Appreciate It 2007-11-08 21:54:00 Dear Copious Dissenters: From time to time we like to thank our fans for their unbelievable support. We have almost reached our six-month anniversary (Since May 27, 2007), and we could not have made it this far without you. We have really enjoyed your comments, and appreciate them even when you disagree with our opinions. Please keep them coming. We especially would like to thank your kind... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Huffington Post Reports that Keith Olbermann is a Liar: Retaliation for Embarrassing Arianna? 2007-11-07 22:42:00 All Conservatives/ Libertarians should read the liberal blogs from time to time. In order to make a valid argument for Conservatism, you must understand the other side. This is true even if the other side is devoid of any rational thought. I digress. As many of you know, I often read the Huffington Post and Media Matters to point out when they are blatantly lying to their own constituency. ... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Sarkozy More Pro-America Than The Democrat Party. . . . 2007-11-07 16:55:00 Apparently Nicolas Sarkozy does not echo Democrat sentiments that George Bush has ruined our reputation abroad nor does he believe America's presence in the world has been bad. Here are his remarks in Andreas at the House of Representatives: "To the millions of men and women who came from every country of the world and who -- with their own hands, their intelligence, and their hearts -- built... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ... America

Alan Dershowitz Highlights Democrat Adolescence With National Security. . . 2007-11-07 16:22:00 Alan Dershowitz had this today in the Wall Street Journal: "The members of the judiciary committee who voted against Judge Mukasey,because of his unwillingness to support an absolute prohibition on waterboarding and all other forms of torture, should be asked the direct question: Would you authorize the use of waterboarding, or other non-lethal forms of torture, if you believed that it was the... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...

Since When Was Democracy a Good Thing? 2007-11-06 12:53:00 It once was understood by most Americans that the United States is not a democracy. The Untied States is a Constitutional Republic, and this is not a minor distinction. The distinction is the difference between tyranny of the majority and the protection of individual liberty. Nevertheless, our children today are brainwashed to believing that our Country is a democracy, and that democratic form... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story. ...