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About Erik Schneider

I use the American Liberal photo as the cover photo for this blog, because that’s exactly what I am. And no, not in the stereotypical, sort of pop culture sense of what an American Liberal is supposed to be. But someone who represents what American liberalism, as well as European liberalism, and perhaps the liberalism of the rest of the world outside of the United States. Liberals are people who believe in defense of liberal democracy, as well as the preservation of liberal democracy. And of course we also believe in liberal democracy with all the individual rights, and other liberal values that come from liberal democracy, the liberal democratic form of government, like equal opportunity, equal rights, equal justice, property rights, individual freedom and freedom of choice for everybody, as well as limited but responsible government, and fiscal responsibility

The Charlie Rose Show: Christopher Hitchens On Bill Clinton

Source:The New Democrat This just in- Christopher Hitchens does not like Bill Clinton. Now we return you to your Insomniac Nightly Movie The Attack of the Killer Popcorn. Ha, ha. This is no secret and as Chris Hitchens said early … Continue reading

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HSN: The List With Colleen Lopez

Source:HSN– The List With Colleen Lopez. You can also see this post at The Action Blog, on Blogger. You can also see this post at The Daily Press, on WordPress. “Colleen takes the guesswork out of shopping for fashion and jewelry. Watch … Continue reading

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New America Foundation: Alice Mary McCarthy: America’s Job Training System: Better Than You Think

Source:The New Democrat  There are plenty parts of the Federal budget that I would like to cut back on and reform. Like in defense, agriculture subsidies, corporate welfare, red tape, but one area where I would like to see America … Continue reading

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Allan Gregg: Christopher Hitchens- On Bill Clinton

Source:The New Democrat  I’m not a mindreader obviously, but Chris Hitchens was an admitted Socialist and was his whole life. Even though late in his career he became more of a Neoconservative on foreign policy and national security. He supported … Continue reading

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Jamelle Bouie: John Fund’s Distorted History of The Democratic Party

What right-wingers of today and John Fund of the Wall Street Journal and National Review is one of them, don’t seem to understand is that even though it is true that Congressional Republicans supported the civil rights laws more than … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Ed Donahue: US Employers Add 209K Jobs, Unemployment Rate 6.2%

Source:The New Democrat Two-hundred-thousand jobs in a month even if it is not a high as the previous month of two-hundred-eighty-thousand jobs is a very good number. And when you have a slight uptick in unemployment from 6.1% to 6.2% … Continue reading

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CBS News: President Jimmy Carter on Hostage Crisis on Face The Nation (1980)

Source:The New Democrat I give President Jimmy Carter a lot of credit for all the time and effort that he put into seeing that the American hostages in Iran were brought home. Which includes the rescue attempt in the spring … Continue reading

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Associated Press: President Obama Chides House GOP For Lawsuit

Source:The New Democrat  Barack Obama- The do nothing Republican House of Representatives. I agree with the President when he says that House Republicans rather sue the President and try to go back in time and repeal legislation then do their … Continue reading

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CBS Evening News: John Dickerson: President Jimmy Carter’s ‘Malaise Speech’

Source:The New Democrat  I covered most of this yesterday, but John Dickerson’s comment about President Carter’s speech being ‘tone-death’ was spot on. This speech sounded like a President who was out of ideas and that his administration was also out … Continue reading

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James Miller Center: Video: President Jimmy Carter Crisis of Confidence Speech July 15, 1979

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Just to start out and to give you an idea of where I’m coming from. This is one of the most depressing speeches in American history. Especially coming from … Continue reading

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