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Eric Hananoki: Huckabee Explains Obama’s "Different Worldview": "Our Communities Were Filled With Rotary Clubs, Not Madrassas"

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In a radio interview today, Mike Huckabee claimed that President Obama “has a different worldview and I think it is, in part, molded out of a very different experience. Most of us grew up going to Boy Scout meetings and, you know, our communities were filled with Rotary Clubs, not madrassas. And I just do think that there is – again, I am not saying he’s not a citizen, I’ve never said that, I’ve said… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Media Matters for America Discovery Date : 03/03/2011 00:46 Number of articles : 2

Eric Hananoki: Huckabee Explains Obama’s "Different Worldview": "Our Communities Were Filled With Rotary Clubs, Not Madrassas"

Rhymefest Explains How Hip-Hop Career Helps Him In Politics

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Tattle-Tale On Bad Drivers With DriveMeCrazy App

Photo by realSMILEY via Flickr Creative Commons Need another reason to quit driving everywhere and take the train instead? How about an app that let’s drivers rat each other out to the DMV and insurance companies for driving mistakes. The DriveMeCrazy app encourages drivers to report bad behavior by voicing the offender’s license plate into a smartphone, which records the date, time and location of the offense. And that information is shipped off to two places drivers really don’t love interacting with. It’s a n… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Can Trolls Be Green? The Role of Debate in the Green Movement, Pt. II

Image credit: EraPhernalia Vintage , used under Creative Commons license. From discussing the role of debate in the green movement , to advocating that environmentalism must remain tolerant of differing viewpoints if it is to succeed , I like to think that I am a supporter of rigorous, even heated, discussion as a vital means to finding answers to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Elon Musk and SolaCity Donate Solar System to Hurricane Response Center in Alabama

Elon Musk hard at work in his office. Photo: OnInnovation , CC It’s the Time for Giving Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX and chairman of Solarcity (yeah, he’s a busy man), and Solarcity have donated a 25-kilowatt solar power system to the South Bay Communities Alliance’s (SBCA) Hurricane Response Center in Coden, Alabama. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Highway Approved for Moscow’s Khimki Forest

The Khimki Forest in Russia. Photo: Defence of the Khimki Forest . Celebrity support and public outrage have failed to keep a highway from being built through one of the few forests left in the Moscow region. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who lifted activists’ hopes when he halted the road construction in Aug… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Climbing a Tree Every Day for a Year. With Interesting People.

Image credit: UpTrees We like trees here at TreeHugger. And we like to do interviews too. So it’s only natural that UpTrees caught my eye. It’s a project by Norwegian Henrik G. Dahle, an artist and “social engineer”, who has decided to climb a tree every day for a year, and to have a conversation with someone interesting while he’s doing it. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Climbing a Tree Every Day for a Year. With Interesting People.

Image credit: UpTrees We like trees here at TreeHugger. And we like to do interviews too. So it’s only natural that UpTrees caught my eye. It’s a project by Norwegian Henrik G. Dahle, an artist and “social engineer”, who has decided to climb a tree every day for a year, and to have a conversation with someone interesting while he’s doing it. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Extreme Container Gardening – Prinzessinengartens in Berlin (Video)

Image credit: Anstiftung und Ertomis Emma has already shown us some beautiful edible container gardens , courtesy of our readers; we’ve seen a gorgeous urban orchard complete with a repurposed dumpster/ping pong table , not to mention an under-used train statio… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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WaPo Sponsors Gay Business Advocacy Group

The National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce held their seventh annual Business and Leadership Conference in Washington from Thursday to Saturday. One of the “Manager Level” corporate sponsors was The Washington Post. The Post didn't just fund it. They participated. On Friday afternoon, the program touted their Communities of Color Business Initiative, with speaker Jonathan Capehart (page 18 of the program): MSNBC contributor and Washington Post editorial writer Jonathan Capehart will lead a discussion among business owners and professionals of color about their experiences in the marketplace and how the LGBT business community can help break down barriers empower diverse businesses. Roundtable attendees are encouraged to share stories of success and challenge and bring ideas that will help the NGLCC grow the CCBI. The keynote speaker for the conference was Obama's Commerce Secretary, Gary Locke . There's no question that what the Post is funding here is a socially liberal advocacy group : read more

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