Look For Something To Celebrate

Blissologist KB has been noticing a little bit of negativity on Liberaland, and so has some good advice: Look for something to celebrate.

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GMA Invites Chris Brown Back

If you want to get invited back to a television show, is the model that you go into a blind, shirtless rage after an interview and throw a chair at a window so it shatters and glass falls on the street? Chris Brown, who was barely coherent when Robin Roberts spoke to him on GMA earlier this week, has been offered a chance to return.

While Brown was noticeably upset at the outcome of the interview, he was already invited back. This morning (March 23rd), Robin Roberts voiced that the GMA producers would “love to have him back”. It …

Dick Durbin To Hold Muslim Hearings; To Protect Their Civil Rights

Like Congressman Peter King of Long Island, Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois will hold hearings focusing on Muslims. Unlike King, Durbin will focus on protecting the civil rights of Muslim Americans.

Durbin said the hearing is necessary following an increase in anti-Muslim bigorty in the United States, including “[Koran]burnings, restrictions on mosque construction, hate crimes, hate speech, and other forms of discrimination.”

While Durbin aides deny that the hearing is in reponse to Rep. Peter King’s (R-N.Y.) investigation into “radicalization” within the American Muslim community, the contrast between the two is hard to miss.

“Our Constitution protects the free …

On Wednesday’s Radio Show…

• Former Gov. Gary Johnson (R-NM), a possible 2012 presidential candidate, tells Alan why he fears the US may be “playing cop to the world” in Libya.

• Former NPR analyst Juan Williams defends his call to defund National Public Radio.

• On the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Nancy Metcalf of Consumer Reports joins Alan to debunk common myths about health care reform.

• J. Edward Wright of The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies explains recent research suggesting that God’s wife was edited out of the Bible.

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Newt On Libya March 7: “Exercise A No-Fly Zone This Evening”; March 23: “I Would Not Have Intervened”

When asked by Greta Van Susteren on March 7 what he would do about Libya, Newt Gingrich said:

GINGRICH: Exercise a no-fly zone this evening, communicate to the Libyan military that Gadhafi was gone and that the sooner they switch sides, the more likely they were to survive … This is a moment to get rid of him. Do it. Get it over with.

On March 23, after the no-fly zone was started, speaking to NBC’s Today Show, he said:

GINGRICH: I think that two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is a lot … I would …

Donald Trump Wades Further Into Birther Territory

Donald Trump, who said the other day he has doubts that President Obama was born in the U.S., expressed further doubt on The View, claiming, “there’s something on that birth certificate he doesn’t like.”

Trump repeated his now frequent question about Obama, “why doesn’t he show his birth certificate? And you know what? I wish he would, because I think it’s a terrible pale that’s hanging over him.” Trump continued claiming that “nobody from those early years remembers him” and asked the ladies to show him a picture of Obama when he was young. Although when Trump declared …

Apple Discontinues Anti-Gay APP After 150,000 Sign Petition

Apple pulled an anti-gay app after 150,000 signatures appeared on an online petition asking for its removal.

Released in mid-February by the Orlando, Fla.-based Christian group Exodus International, the free app provided video, podcasts, blog posts and other content that reflect the group’s mission as a “refuge for people looking for help in their journey out of homosexuality.”

“Exodus is a Christian ministry that supports those wanting to reconcile their faith with their sexual behavior,” the group says on its site, adding that it believes that changing homosexuality is possible because thousands of people in its network can attest to …

Arizona Anti-Aborton Law Could Put Doctors In Jail For Years

The Arizona Senate voted to make it illegal to have an abortion based on the race or gender of the fetus, and added provisions that would send anyone knowingly involved in such a procedure to jail. It’s already been passed by the Arizona House and is likely to be signed by Governor Jan Brewer. This bill is considered more restrictive than the just-passed South Dakota law, forcing women into anti-abortion counseling and a three-day wait period.

HB 2443 does more than make criminals out of doctors who terminate a pregnancy knowing the woman’s reason is to select the race …

Elizabeth Taylor Dead At 79

Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor had died in Los Angeles at age 79.

On Feb. 11, it was announced that she had been in taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles earlier that week for symptoms caused by congestive heart failure, and she “peacefully died there,” according to her publicist. “Though she had recently suffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilized and it was hoped that she would be able to return home. Sadly, this was not to be.”…

South Dakota Governor Signs 3-Day Wait Law For Abortion

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard has signed a law that forces women in that state into the longest waiting period in the country if they choose to have an abortion. Most states that have waiting periods — about half of them — mandate a 24-hour period. They will also be forced to have counseling where they will be discouraged from having the procedure.

Within minutes of Daugaard’s announcement that he had signed the measure, abortion rights groups said they plan to file a lawsuit challenging the measure, which one said could create particular hardships for women who live in rural …

And Worst Of All, You Never Call, Baby, When You Say You Will

From: YoungerRider
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 5:57 PM
To: Alan
Subject: Opinion

I watched you when you were on Fox with Hannity, and occasionally listen to you on your radio program. I can honestly say I have disagreed with you 100% of the time. I don’t know how somebody like yourself can have the views, which in the long run, will destroy America…why don’t you allow the callers who disagree with you time to speak their views? Your talking over them and playing your sound effects, show me you can’t debate on an even playing field, which shows me …