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"De-escalate, investigate, troops home now,"

This was the message Cindy Sheehan and a group of protesters gave the Democrats today at a press conference. I have to say, I think it's a fine idea to remind the Democrats, who take over Congress tomorrow, of the most important matters facing Americans today.

Our economic agenda is important, but the most important matter is that meat grinder known as the Iraq War for Oil. This war must end as soon as possible, tomorrow is fine with me. Then Congress can start investigating and prosecuting the bad Republicans who got us into an un-winnable war for oil.

Tomorrow is a new day for America and the world. Let's see what our Democrats can do with a little power in their hands for a change.

The ! really doesn't work any better for Hillary. It suffers the same dilema. Hillary is promoted as the big brain, not big excitement.

The Dems are way too afraid of any backlash or misstep to act with any integrity or passion. And to a certain degree they are half right. After 6 years of W a little intelligence and moderation are in order.

Go Hillary!

Check your personal liberal v. conservative beliefs on this simple little online test:

http://franz.org/quiz.htm

I scored a whopping 8

some of the questions need replacing with much better,specific ones.

Ha.....I got an 11...less liberal than Hillary...But then the quiz maker uses Jesse Jackson to represent the most liberal person.....Jesse? Really?

Ten...I sure thought I was more liberal than that...and I know I'm more liberal than Hillary. Of course...Haiti OR N. Korea? And, I don't think regulating talk radio to ensure a 'fair and balanced' content is necessarily a 'liberal' ideal. Liberalism is NOT about telling people what to say or what to think. As long as our government does its job (ensuring there is an open and fair marketplace and that the 'public' airways remain that way), liberals are willing to let the marketplace of ideas do its thing. On the other hand, conservatives have been after NPR/PBS for as long as I can remember.

I agree zelda, I know I marked a few things that made me sound more conservative due to the poorly worded question. Is not human life worth the same in Haiti as it is in N. Korea? If I really wanted to make this a boring day for all, I'd throw out a discussion on each question that was asked.

As far as the radio question is concerned, it's easy to trace a real nasty turn in American events back to the year Reagan killed the 60 year old Fairness Doctrine.

That little tiny death so long ago is 100% directly responsible for the emergence of those like Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage...and all of Fox News.

It is the moment that allowed truth to be hijacked, it was the moment I could start telling your neighbors that you are a 3 headed skank and get away with it.

To me it was that first little cancer cell that formed and was soon taking over the US media. It was a bad day for America and the world that most people didn't notice. It was such a Republican moment.