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Military did conduct surveys about racial integration in the military prior to changing the policy in the '40s. aimed with that clue, the folks the think progress deserve props for digging up some of the surveys that the military conducted around racial integration in the 1940s, ahead of president truman's 1948 order to desegregate. remember, the basic history is that in 1948, after generations of african-americans had served in separate all-black units in the u.s. military, president truman, as commander in chief made the decision to end legal racial discrimination in the military. remember, ...

So let's do that. how many times have you read in the media things like, oh, here is one. beck distorts obama administration language. this is from george soros media networks but it's also, it's also on think progress, george soros. and huffington post, all the -- you know. how about things like glenn beck and fixed news launch another smear campaign. glenn beck takes fred out of context. he basically distorts. crazy man jumps to conclusions. ahh, yeah. most of the blogs and the media outlets weren't all owned by george soros and paid as much attention to the administration and government as ...

Their safety record as spotty. "the washington post" reports that massey has been frequently cited for safety violations, 50 citations at the upper big branch nine march alone. three fatalities in this one mine over the past 12 years. in 7 of the last 10 years, according to the a.p., its nonfatal injury rate is worse than the national average for similar operations. researchers that think think progress is compiling information on the mine. they found that the mine has been cited for more than 3,000 safety violations since 1995. the ceo of massey energy is a man named don blankenship, on the b...

Not tell us all along that a mandate for insurance companies would never work unless there were cost controls? and you and i both know there are no cost controls. the difference between you and me is you want a federal bureaucracy to set up those cost controls. i want the free market to do it. but i think we both want the antitrust exemption lifted and want insurance companies to compete. there is no more competition for insurance companies. in fact, i know you know matt iglesias would think progress. he said this, quote, special interest groups were able to get 85% of what they wanted in exch...

Night. he's with think progress and he's somebody who i read every day. it is mandatory. one of the fun activities at day two of cpac, the annual convention of conservatives near washington is the nancy pelosi pinata. take your best swing, everybody. at the speaker of the house. that's coming up. and later, since it was tiger woods' apology day, i thought we should hear from somebody other than me about this. one of the smartest people about sports there is. max kellerman joins us shortly. please stay tuned. y coat of pai? a list of features? what about the strength of the steel? the integ...