Back on Uncle Sam's plantation Star Parker - Syndicated Columnist Six years ago I wrote a book called Uncle Sam's Plantation. I wrote the book to tell my own story of what I saw living inside the welfare state and my own transformation out of it. I said in that book that indeed there are two Americas -- a poor America on socialism and a wealthy America on capitalism. I talked about government programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Trainin...

"The Bigots’ Last Hurrah" (Pro-Sodomite "marriage" article) Quote: : The Bigots’ Last Hurrah By FRANK RICH Published: April 18, 2009 WHAT would happen if you crossed that creepy 1960s horror classic “The Village of the Damned” with the Broadway staple “A Chorus Line”? You don’t need to use your imagination. It’s there waiting for you on YouTube under the title “Gathering Storm”: a 60-second ad presenting homosexuality as a national threat second only to terrorism. The actors are supposedly Not G...

The Bigots’ Last Hurrah New York Times Op-Ed Columnist By FRANK RICH April 19, 2009 WHAT would happen if you crossed that creepy 1960s horror classic “The Village of the Damned” with the Broadway staple “A Chorus Line”? You don’t need to use your imagination. It’s there waiting for you on YouTube under the title “Gathering Storm”: a 60-second ad presenting homosexuality as a national threat second only to terrorism. The actors are supposedly Not Gay. They stand in choral formation before a backd...

My, how quickly the tides change. Have to wonder how many were on the fence to begin with? Or are people actually seeing this as a matter humanity? Either way, the tides they are a changing. by FRANK RICH April 19, 2009 WHAT would happen if you crossed that creepy 1960s horror classic "The Village of the Damned" with the Broadway staple "A Chorus Line"? You don't need to use your imagination. It's there waiting for you on YouTube under the title "Gathering Storm": a 60-second ad presenting homos...

Is there any future for the enfeebled Republic Party in discrimination? Quote: : . Quote: : The Bigots’ Last Hurrah By FRANK RICH WHAT would happen if you crossed that creepy 1960s horror classic “The Village of the Damned” with the Broadway staple “A Chorus Line”? You don’t need to use your imagination. It’s there waiting for you on YouTube under the title “Gathering Storm”: a 60-second ad presenting homosexuality as a national threat second only to terrorism. The actors are supposedly Not Gay....

On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:57:14 -0500, "4943 Dead, 76 since 1/20/09" <zeppp@finestplanet.com http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/opinion/19Rich.html Op-Ed Columinst The Bigots’ Last Hurrah [Zeppnote: time saving tip: the article at NYT links to both the ad, and the Colbert parody, which includes the original ad in its entirety. No point in viewing it twice. It doesn't improve with age.] By FRANK RICH Published: April 18, 2009 WHAT would happen if you crossed that creepy 1960s horror cla...