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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 Onion: Landmark Supreme Court Decisions Lets Americans Cram Cash Down Politicians Throat

Source:The New Democrat  What the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance did last week was, essentially, to make bribery legal so that members of Congress will no longer have to feel guilty about taking money for voting for this … Continue reading

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Drew Carey: Whose Line Weird Newscasters

Source:The New Democrat  “Whose Line is it Anyway?” for anyone who’s interested in the full title of the show and, if you are,  you probably keep score at home when you are watching bowling on TV.  This is a show … Continue reading

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Drew Carey: Video: Whose Line SuperHeros: Made Up Don’t Exist

Erik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Who’s Line is it Anyway had a segment called Superheros in which several comedian contestants … Continue reading

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Tony Baretta: Myra Breckinridge (1970) Starring Raquel Welch

Source:The New Democrat  Myra Breckinridge may be the best movie that ever flopped at the box office.  It lost more than the 1962 New York Mets who lost something like 120 games that season.  I don’t believe the movie made … Continue reading

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Alfred Hitchcock: North by Northwest (1959) Starring Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint

Source:The New Democrat  North by Northwest is my favorite movie of all time.  Cary Grant is my favorite actor of all time and Alfred Hitchcock is probably my favorite director of all time.  I have a couple versions of this … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Issac Chotner: Ross Douhat Column on Young People: Individualism & Liberalism

Source:The New Democrat  This blog talks a lot about labels, especially what they mean in politics.  Thus, when I read a column in the  New Republic, that no longer looks like that great liberal magazine that once questioned the influence … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Dave Weigel: Sarah Palin vs. Beltway Republicans: Conservatism in America 2014

Source:The New Democrat  If Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin are the faces of Conservatism in America in 2014, then we might as well start planning its funeral and Liberals can declare victory in this ongoing ideological war of some 50 … Continue reading

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The Hill: Judd Gregg: Dems Now Look Ahead to Hillary

Source:The New Democrat  At risk of sounding like a sexist, even though I’m not, I’m not on the so-called HRC Bandwagon just yet, because the campaign to elect Hillary Clinton president in the third month of 2014 is more than … Continue reading

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AP: Raw Video: Sen. Rand Paul Fires Up ‘Liberty Lovers’

Erik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter Rand Paul might have been the only actual Conservative at CPAC today, someone who is actually interested in conserving freedom, including privacy, as he mentioned in … Continue reading

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NFL Films: NFL 1975- NFC Divisional-St. Louis Cardinals @ Los Angeles Rams Highlights

Source:The New Democrat  In the 1970s especially, the NFL was about running the football and tough defense and not giving up big plays when it came to winning championships, and, in a lot of cases, just winning, period. The very … Continue reading

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