Glenn Beck Explained – And Maybe Us, Too

By Robert Aber

I had an epiphany an instant before signing a petition about Glenn Beck: WHY?

It followed the inkling: “I HEARD that voice decades ago as a punk LA teen!”  

Obama kills amendment to defund Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

On July 29th, on the MSNBC Rachel Maddow segment, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – Don’t Try? – Maddow interviews Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings who introduced an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act that would have prevented the government from spending money on kicking gays and lesbians out of the military. The next day he withdrew the amendment “due to pressure from … the White House.”