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        Attempts to harness the moral dynamics of America's racial past to support new conservative ventures continue.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        May 31, 2005 -
        
  
        Check out this post by Andrew Dobbs of Burnt Orange Report on how Texas Republicans treat the poor both as their "punching bag" and as "their personal ATM" (how versatile these poor folks are!):
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        May 31, 2005 -
        
  
        In the wake of the cross burnings that marred Durham last week, there is going to be a city-wide Unity Rally on Sunday, June 5th at 4 pm. The location is still being finalized. The rally is being put on by the Durham Human Relations Commission. We'll keep you posted as we learn more details.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        May 31, 2005 -
        
  
        We're back from the Memorial Day weekend, luckily without any new cross burnings to report.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        May 27, 2005 -
        
  
        As we sign off the Memorial Day weekend, here's wishing you a good holiday. We also remember the 1,654 U.S. troops and 180 troops from other "coalition" countries killed in the Iraq tragedy, as well as the tens of thousands of Iraqi dead.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        May 27, 2005 -
        
  
        It's offical: David Wilkins, Speaker of the South Carolina House, has been confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Canada, a country with which the U.S. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        May 27, 2005 -
        
  
        A couple smaller points I didn't make in my last post about the Durham cross burnings, because that post was getting way too long: