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CAMP PAIN 2012: Jon Stewart’s ‘Fairness’ Scoop
by Richard Hébert
By Richard Hébert
This past Tuesday was a busy day on television. That evening President Obama delivered his fourth State of the Union address, one that focused in good measure on the unfairness of our tax code. That morning, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney finally coughed up his income tax returns. Horrendous timing, to be sure.
Then, after the day-long brou-ha-ha over how much Romney did or didn’t pay, it took Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show to put his finger on the central nerve of the 2012 political debate, and back it up with facts.
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SAUL ALINSKY, NEWT GINGRICH, AND ME
by jonetta rose barras
It’s not surprising, Gingrich was able to scrape himself off the ground and move forcefully into South Carolina, winning the Republican Primary. My current beef with him doesn’t relate to his days as an apparent “ladies man” but in his characterization of Saul Alinsky as a political radical. That great American icon may have used unorthodox tactics, but he was not some “radical” aiming to destroy this country as Gingrich seemed to imply during a recent appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
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CAMP PAIN 2012: Colbert v. Runaway Romney
By Richard Hébert
As if the Republican primary season circus hadn’t already descended into unrestrained comedy, now comes Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central’s late night comic-in-chief. On his Thursday night show he announced that he, too, is running for president of the United States. Sort of.
What he actually said was that he is “forming an exploratory committee to lay the groundwork for my possible candidacy for the President of the United States of South Carolina!” An “exploratory” committee to lay “groundwork” for a “possible” run. And whatever “president of the United States of South Carolina” means is anyone’s guess.
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HEALING THROUGH ABSTRACT PAINTING–Self Portrait
Award-winning abstract painter Afrika M. Asha Abney will teach this exciting workshop, which is designed to attune your mind to your unique, individual flow and allow your body to feel fully alive and spontaneously express itself. The event will be held Feb. 18 from 11AM through 1 PM at Pyramid Atlantic—8230 Georgia Ave, Sliver Spring, Md. For more information contact: Afrikamaabney@yahoo.com or call Jose Dominguez 301.608.9101 (click the title for details)
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