Progressive Soup

The following post was written by Rick Wells at the conservative/libertarian blog The Free Patriot. My commentary follows it. MEGYN KELLY VS RACHAEL MADDOW; THE OBVIOUS ANSWER TO A VERY STU...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/10/conservativelibertarian-author-explains.html

On Aug 28th 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream Speech ". There's not much for me to say other than, "Take it away Dr. King".

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/08/on-this-day-mlk-delivers-his-i-have.html

This is the first installment of a periodic series in which I post about events from the past. One year ago today during a segment of Morning Joe, the hosts and their guests discussed the t...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/08/on-this-day-chris-matthews-vs-reince.html

On Piers Morgan's program last night, Lee Daniels  (the director and producer of the hit movie Lee Daniels' The Butler) was a guest along with two of the film's cast members (Lenny Kravitz ...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/08/lee-daniels-america-is-more-racist.html

In June of this year, a Cheerios ad featuring an interracial family  generated some controversy. In response to the backlash, comic filmmaker Kenji  created the following parody (which has...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/08/sunday-funnies-cheerios-ad-parody.html

According to a UPI.com story , Fox anchor Megyn Kelly  will be taking over the 9 pm timeslot on Fox News once she returns from maternity leave this fall. This doesn't come as a big surpris...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/08/megyn-kelly-set-to-take-9-pm-slot-on.html

left to right: Priebus, Clinton, and Brock On August 5th in a response to announcements late last month by NBC and CNN that they would be producing Hillary Clinton-related specials (a mini...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/08/media-matters-founder-joins-rnc-head-in.html

On July 26, author and religious historian Reza Aslan was a guest on "Spirited Debate", a FoxNews.com webcast about religion hosted by Lauren Green . Aslan was on the program to promote his ...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/07/religious-scholar-takes-fox-news-host.html

As readers of this blog may recall, I have occasionally done humor-based posts called "Sunday Funnies". Now today's post has its share of humor, but it's of the unintentional variety. Recentl...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/07/victoria-jackson-voices-her-concerns.html

One of the goals of Progressive Soup is to allow people with differing viewpoints on a variety of issues to share them here. Last week, I came across a blog post (Which Group is Most Identi...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/07/guest-post-which-group-is-most.html

SHOW THEME: PEACE AND PROTEST SONGS FROM THE 60S AND EARLY 70S Normally I wouldn't post my radio show playlists here. However, because of theme of my show last Saturday, I thought I'd share...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-retro-mix-playlist-for-71313.html

Last night, George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of Travyon Martin. Zimmerman's supporters and his detractors will never come to a consensus on his guilt or innocence. However, ...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/07/final-thoughts-on-george.html

On Saturday night's installment of the Fox News program Geraldo at Large, liberal pundit Sally Kohn and Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) debated the issue of gay marriage. Their discussion sto...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-liberal-pundit-and-gop-politician.html

From l-r: Grace Colbert, Whitney Avalon, and Charles Malik Whitfield A recent Cheerios commercial featuring a bi-racial family has elicited strong reactions, both pro and con. In the commerc...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/06/cheerios-ad-featuring-interracial.html

On Saturday April 27th, the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner was held at the Hilton Hotel in D.C. Below are the speeches given by President Obama and WHCD host Conan O'Brien. Enjoy! ...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/04/sunday-funnies-highlights-from-2013.html

Get 'em Cenk!

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/04/cenk-uygur-takes-on-right-wingers.html

In the "Keeping Them Honest" segment of his CNN show, Anderson Cooper shines a spotlight on people in the media who have issues presenting factual statements. In a segment this week, he calle...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/03/michele-bachmann-runs-from-truth.html

On March 14, 2013, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) announced he had changed his stance on same-sex marriage. The change came as a result of his son Will coming out as gay to Portman and his wife in 20...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/03/rob-portmans-flip-flop-on-gay-rights.html

I found this on Facebook today so I thought I'd share it here. When I heard that Michelle Obama had made a surprise appearance (via satellite) during the recent Oscar telecast, I knew some on...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/03/bill-mahers-response-to-obama.html

During her husband's race for the White House in 2008, soon-to-be First Lady Michelle Obama made a controversial comment about her being proud of her country for the first time in her adult l...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-tale-of-two-michelles.html

On the January 13th edition of Meet the Press, David Gregory questioned Colin Powell on whether or not he's still a Republican. Along with saying he still is, Powell also outlined why he thi...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2013/01/colin-powell-discusses-problems-of-gop.html

Leading up to the 2012 presidential election, I had planned on doing some gloating if President Obama won. Some would argue I should be bigger than that and it's a fair point. However, after ...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2012/11/lawrence-odonnell-pulls-wheels-off.html

Four more years, four more years! Come on righties, say it with me!! Although it was touch and go for awhile, President Obama managed to defeat Mitt Romney. Although it wasn't a blow out, I t...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2012/11/president-obama-defeats-mitt-romney.html

On Fox and Friends this week, Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson, and Brian Kilmeade made a big deal out of a photo President Obama tweeted in honor of "Talk Like a Pirate Day" (which was Wednesda...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2012/09/fox-and-friends-epic-fail-over-phony.html

  In the latest polls,  President Obama has been increasing his lead over Mitt Romney in the race for the White House. Although anything can happen between now and November 6th, members of t...

http://diversityink.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-righties-are-getting-desperate.html