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A listing of the worst states for crime just came out. Here's the ten worst:
Did your state make the list?
Crime Rate Rankings(out of 50 states)
(1 = Worst, 50 = Best)

No. 1: NEVADA
Assault:8
Burglary:12
Murder:13
Motor Vehicle Theft:1
Rape:8
Robbery:1

No. 2: NEW MEXICO
Assault:5
Burglary:3
Murder:6
Motor Vehicle Theft:7
Rape:2
Robbery:23

No. 3: LOUISIANA
Assault:4
Burglary:9
Murder:1
Motor Vehicle Theft:14...
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God hates a hypocrite.

This weekend, Christians celebrate what is considered the holiest day in Christianity, Easter Sunday. And right on time a juicy scandal coming out of the Vatican about how the current Pope and many other heads of the Catholic Church were aware of far more cases of molestations and child abuse by priests for much longer than had previously been reported. Some...
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Tea Party protesters shouting the n-word at Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, and yelled "Faggot" at congressman Barny Frank.

Broken office windows and death threats left on the phones of Democrats who voted for health care reform.

Throughout this year-longhealth care debate,many of our friends in the progressive community have received a steady stream of hateful calls and emails, manydirectly referencing Glenn Beck....
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I hate to break this to the Tea Party members...
The millionaires and billionaires you hope to impress or emmulate, who control the Republican Party and Conservative movement, aren't going to give a rat's ass about you when you need help or they no longer need you. You're being played for fools and Patsies!
Think about it, if you're not pulling down over $250,000 a...
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If you are a fan of Stephen Colbert and the Colbert Report and your head explodes every time you hear Glenn Beck's paranoic fiddle faddle, you'll like this video.
Glenn Beck Attacks Stephen Colbert
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On February 18th the CEO of our company was voted out after doing a great job in that position for over 20 years and working for the company for almost 30. The next day people in another state who put themselves in charge started laying people off, including me after serving that company for almost 9 years. Because I did the work of so many...
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This morning, while I was on the treadmill, I watched a news story about a 15 year-old girl who was severely beaten at a bus stop in Seattle by another teen girl while 4 security guards stood just a few feet away and did nothing to stop it. One guard eventually called the police. I was outraged
The story didn't go into a lot of...
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Do you think corporations are persons? The U.S. Supreme court does in a decision handed down yesterday. Going way beyond giving corporations free speech, the highest court has given corporations unlimited rights to say whatever they want about a person, place or thing (even if it's a lie) and spend as much of their profits and investors money to do so as well as spend...
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Do you think corporations are persons? The U.S. Supreme court does in a decision handed down yesterday. Going way beyond giving corporations free speech, the highest court has given corporations unlimited rights to say whatever they want about a person, place or thing (even if it's a lie) and spend as much of their profits and investors money to do so as well as spend...
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Tuesdays election in Massachusetts to decide who occupies the U.S. Senate seat long held by Ted Kennedy, could have an immediate impact on not only the first meaningful healthcare reform in 50 years as well as significant regulations on Wall Street Tycoons if that seat goes to Republican candidate, Scott Brown.

But, too few people realize that by upsetting the delicate voting numbers could also...
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