Yearly Archives 2012

These are the headlines on CNN.com as of pre-dawn today. I don't see how I even need to editorialize to convey the problem.I've bolded the items that seem newsier.3 killed in shootings near Texas A&MSystem fails to spot man on JFK runwayZimmerman team wants judge removedPolice: Girlfriend locked away for yearsChina's 'most wanted' man killedPolice: Thai pol kills ex-wife with UziWildfire threatens 100 Wash. homesTeacher on FBI child porn list  17-foot python found in Florida'Weirdest thing' floats in South PacificMars 'Mohawk Guy' inspires ObamaPolice: Bride stabs groom in heart HLNIslamic group poised to suspend Syria'Imperial' Egypt leader or step forward?A Saudi city exclusively for women  Neo-Nazis flash mobs raid Germany  'Onion Field' killer dies in prisonWhy Brangelina buck tradition  Facebook helps free jailed brothers  Pit bull adopts goat as puppy  YouTube escapes Google crackdownScanners tracking your car? TimeRed Sox legend Pesky diesTricky post-Olympics for U.S. hoopsGreatest Olympian of 21st century?VH1…

Imagine someone saying something in a personal conversation about America's "Anglo-Saxon heritage." Would it be a person you wanted to hang out with? Would it be a person you wanted running anything? A school? A prison? The country?It's at moments like this that I find myself thinking about Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.From Think Progress via Jacob Clifton:Romney Adviser Says Obama Doesn't 'Fully Appreciate' Our 'Anglo-Saxon Heritage'"By Judd Legum  An adviser to Mitt Romney told a London paper that Obama has not been an effective partner for Britain because he doesn't "fully appreciate" America's "Anglo-Saxon heritage." The racially tinged comments come hours before Romney lands in London for a series of high level meetings and the opening of the Olympic Games.Jon Swaine of the Daily Telegraph has the story:In remarks that may prompt accusations of racial insensitivity,  one suggested that Mr Romney was better placed to understand the depth of ties between…

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