AlterNet Blogs: PEEK

California Councilman: "I'm a Proud Racist"

Andrea Nill — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:30:01 PST

Santa Clarita councilman Bob Kellar made the remark at an anti-immigration rally, but insists he did not mean to "express animosity towards non-whites."

California School District Bans Dictionary Over Phrase "Oral Sex"

Deeky — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:15:01 PST

Hopefully they'll check for the inclusion of these words before deciding on a replacement: Pooh, coccyx, vagina, titular, penalize, asinine, hump, and Lake Titicaca.

Health Insurers Spent $38 Million Lobbying Congress in 2009

Zaid Jilani — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:45:01 PST

These are the same companies that fought hard against the public option.

5 Out of 5 Gasbag News Commentators Agree: Obama's a Failure, Not Republican Enough

Digby — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:45:01 PST

In case you were wondering, the consensus on all the Sunday gasbag shows is that Obama is an abject failure because of his radical leftist ideology.

150,000 Bodies Buried in Haiti; Death Toll Could Top 300,000

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:45:01 PST

Haiti Communications Minister: "Nobody knows how many bodies are buried in the rubble."

Hey Corporate Media, "Looting" Is a Racist Code Word

Chloe Cockburn — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:45:01 PST

When the news camera captures footage of a Haitian man taking rice, what does it show? Theft? Survival? What if that man is white?

Will the Citizens United Ruling Give Unions As Much Political Power As Corporations? Don't Bet On It.

John Nichols — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:45:01 PST

"A union leader who supports the <i>Citizens United</i> ruling is like a steer who talks up a steak restaurant because they're both in the same business."

Chuck Todd: 'The Tea Party Gets a Big Benefit' From Fox News' Promotion

Matt Corley — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:32:01 PST

Fox News has repeatedly rallied their viewers to support the Tea Parties.

South Carolina Lt. Gov. Compares Poor People to Animals

Steve Benen — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:19:01 PST

So much for "compassionate conservatism."

Football Player Tim Tebow on What Should Happen in Your Womb

Tana Ganeva — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:00:01 PST

CBS, which previously turned down ads by MoveOn.org, has agreed to run an anti-abortion ad starring Tebow and his mom.

Uganda's "Kill the Gays" Movement Organizing in Newark, NJ

Bruce Wilson — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:56:01 PST

Tied to Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill, "Transformation" movement fields Newark volunteer army

Osama Bin Laden as Che Guevara, and Other Dumb Narratives

Joshua Holland — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:32:01 PST

Whatever we do, let's make sure it all fits neatly into a simplistic Cold War analogy.

A Rumble with Wall Street ... That's a Fight We Should Welcome

Isaiah J. Poole — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:01 PST

One of the lessons of Tuesday's election is that voters don't want to see their elected leaders capitulating to the very people who brought the economy down.

Pelosi Says She Lacks Votes to Pass Health Bill

Steve Benen — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:45:01 PST

Allowing the health bill to fail now is insane.

It's Time to Put Howard Dean Back in Charge

jhawklefty — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:31:01 PST

What we have now are Dems that are afraid of their own shadows.