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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

Phil Clark: Football Championships Still Won by Complete Team

Source:The New Democrat  Roger Goodell and company may want to try to outlaw defense in the National Football League and try to make the NFL look like flag football, where perhaps even tackling may soon become illegal, because they believe … Continue reading

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Associated Press: U.S. Senate Blocks President Obama’s Pick For Civil Rights Post

Source:The New Democrat  Wow, President Obama losing a vote on one of his executive nominations in a Democratic Senate with a clear 55-45 majority, where the minority can no longer block executive nominations by themselves. This loss has to do … Continue reading

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CBS Sports: NFL 1976-NFC Divisional Playoff: NFL Today Pre-Game Show

Source:The New Democrat  An interesting game comes after this pre-game show, with this being the last playoff game for George Allen, not only as head coach of the Redskins, but also in the NFL as well as against the Minnesota … Continue reading

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Slate: Opinion: Dave Weigel: Why the Left is Stronger Without the Democrats: The Current Democratic Coalition

Slate: Opinion: Why the Left is Stronger Without the Democrats  Erik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter It’s generally not a good idea to compare American politics with British politics because the center … Continue reading

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AP: Video: Harriman Institute Director Timothy Frye: Analysis: Economic Sanctions Might Hurt Russia

Erik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter Maybe we could see an international coalition of America, Canada, Britain, United Nations,  European Union, the Slavic states, not including Russia, but also Ukraine stepping up … Continue reading

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CBS Sports: NFL 1978-NFL Today Complete Episode 11/12/78

Source:The New Democrat  1978 was one of the best NFL seasons of all time, and I believe the National Football League was at its best with rule changes as they relate to blocking and pass defending to equalize the defense … Continue reading

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Marilyn Monroe History: The Jack Benny Show (1953)

Source:The New Democrat  There is no better way to kick off the Jack Benny program than with Marilyn Monroe highlighting her excellent comedic abilities, which includes playing the dumb blonde but doing it intentionally for entertainment. Jack Benny is living … Continue reading

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CNN: The Newsroom- AJ Hammer On the Death of Great Comic Writer/Actor Harold Ramis

Source:CNN– talking about the life and career of Harold Ramis. You can also see this post at FRS FreeState, on WordPress. “R.I.P. Harold Ramis, Dead At 69” From Federal Jack Tube Harold Ramis will be missed for his comic writing and acting … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Helen Vera: Against Solitary Confinement: State are Finding it’s Impractical as well as Immoral

Source:The New Democrat  The current use of the process of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons is deplorable.  There are no guidelines relating the length of confinement to severity of offense.  The process is used at the discretion of onsite officials. … Continue reading

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Film Society at Lincoln Center: Q&A With Raquel Welch on Myra Breckinridge

Source:The New Democrat Myra Breckinridge is not the movie that made Raquel Welch a star. Myra Breckinridge was a loser at the box office no matter how funny it was.  It was one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. … Continue reading

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