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Rick Sanchez Fired – Is Jon Stewart The Definition Of A Bigot? – Late last night it was announced that Rick Sanchez had been fired from CNN’s “Rick List,” after making comments about Jon Stewart and Jews while appearing on Pete Dominick’s radio show.

Rick who also blasted Stephen Colbert and Keith Olbermann said during the interview:

“I think to some extent Jon Stewart and [Stephen] Colbert are the same way. I think Jon Stewart’s a bigot.”

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The comment prompted millions of people who heard the news to search for the definition of the word bigot.
A bigot is a person who is intolerant to another group’s religious, racial, or political views.

Is Jon Stewart a bigot? Is Rick Sanchez a racist, since he also called Obama the cotton picking president few weeks ago?

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DisneyChannel.com/halloween is the hottest website on the web this October since everyone has Halloween on their minds. The October Takeover at DisneyChannel.com/halloween will happen on October 4!

What is DisneyChannel.com/halloween?

Disney Channel is the ultimate television destination for fun. The Disney Channel is taking the Halloween good times online at DisneyChannel.com/halloween. Starting on October 4, the October Takeover will include a variety of exciting games and features to make Halloween even more exciting!

Who is Hosting DisneyChannel.com/halloween?

The October Takeover of the Disney Channel started in 2005 and has been a major success. The October Takeover 2010 will be hosted by Selena Gomez, a Disney favorite. Activities on television and online include scary movies, frightful games and special television episodes with a Halloween theme.

When Does the DisneyChannel.com/halloween October Takeover Start?

The official start of the October Takeover is October 4 but the Jonas LA show kicks it all off during the season finale on October 3. Kids and grown-ups all over the country are waiting to celebrate Halloween Disney-style! Click here to find out the Disney Halloween October Takeover schedule!

Disney Knows How to Do Business

For decades, Disney has delivered a rare brand of fun and entertainment for children and adults. The DisneyChannel.com/halloween October Takeover is a profitable way to keep kids off the street for Halloween while still having a fun-filled time. Nobody does it better than Disney and the October Takeover with Selena Gomez promises to be a family-friendly good time.

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• “One Nation Working Together” rally starts Saturday morning at Lincoln Memorial
• Liberal coalition wants more economic opportunities and better education
• Rally comes five weeks after conservative Tea Party rally at same spot

Washington (CNN) — Five weeks after Tea Party enthusiasts rallied in Washington and one month before mid-term elections, a coalition of liberal groups will have their turn on the streets of the U.S. capital.

The “One Nation Working Together” together rally kicks off Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall.

The alliance of progressive and liberal groups say they’ve joined together to demand more economic opportunities and better education.

Organizers claim a wide range of supporters, some of whom are already associated with liberal causes — like union workers, environmentalists, gay activists and student leaders. But “One Nation” also claims backing from less obvious quarters — like senior citizens, veterans and faith leaders.

The group’s website sets out a list of basic principles and priorities. These include direct assistance for unemployed workers and assistance for small businesses and local governments trying to hire new workers; a minimum wage increase; health care reform; immigration policy changes; increased bankruptcy and foreclosure protection; and more money for education, from kindergarten through college.

The rally comes on the heels of another rally by conservatives in August.

Commentator Glenn Beck drew tens of thousands Tea Party activists to the Lincoln Memorial for his revival-style rally August 28. The timing and site of the rally provoked controversy among civil rights activists because it was on the 47th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and in the same place.

The “One Nation” rally will begin with an interfaith service at 11 a.m. (ET). At noon, a variety of speakers and performers will take to the stage — the program mixes speeches by activists and orators with music, historical readings, and even video clips.

Among those scheduled to appear are actor Harry Belafonte, opera singer Angela Brown, the Rev. Al Sharpton, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, NAACP President Ben Jealous, and Diana Ortiz, a Catholic nun who was abducted and tortured by security forces while working in Guatemala.

The program is scheduled to wrap up by 4 p.m.

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By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Tuesday, September 28, 2010 – 5:27 p.m.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – A website that encourages volunteerism is looking for help during the Farm Aid concert in Milwaukee.

SERVE 60 wants volunteers to conduct surveys that would better focus Farm Aid’s resources as well as aid in sponsorship development for future concerts.

In a news release, SERVE 60 says volunteers will collect information on music preferences, favorite foods and knowledge of farming practices.

Milwaukee-based SERVE 60 promotes community service nationwide for at least 60 minutes at a time, especially during daylight saving time weekends. They are accepting volunteers through Friday.

Among the performers at Farm Aid on Oct. 2 are Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews. Also there are Kenny Chesney, Norah Jones, Jason Mraz and Jeff Tweedy. ––

Online: http://www.serve60.com

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Country Singer Willie Nelson and rock singer Bob Dylan, right, perform on stage before more than 78,000 people attending the Farm Aid benefit concert on September 23, 1985 at the University of Illinois football stadium.

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In the 1980s, American farmers were hit hard by what were, at the time, the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression. Droughts ravaged the fields, property values plunged, loan interest rates soared, thousands were forced off their land and faced foreclosure and bankruptcy. The number of suicides among male farmers in the Upper Midwest reached double the national average, according to a study by the National Farm Medicine Center. And in 1985, the Los Angeles Times dubbed farm policy one of the “toughest issues confronting Congress.”

The farm problem was widespread, but the issue was thrust into the spotlight on July 13, 1985 when Bob Dylan took the stage at Live Aid, a multi-site benefit concert for African famine victims. “I hope that some of the money that’s raised for the people in Africa, maybe they could just take a little bit of it, maybe … one or two million … to pay the mortgages on some of the farms,” said Dylan from the stage of Philadelphia’s JFK Stadium.

Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof later called the folk-legend’s comments “crass, stupid, and nationalistic.” But where some saw insensitivity, musicians Willie Nelson (who worked picking cotton as a child), John Mellencamp and Neil Young found inspiration to host their own benefit concert — Farm Aid — which will hold its 25th anniversary concert Oct. 2 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

At Farm Aid’s inaugural concert, more than 50 artists — including Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King and Johnny Cash — performed (at their own expense) for 78,000 rain-drenched ticket-holders at the University of Illinois’ stadium in Champaign. ”The concert was one of those moments where farmers walked in and had … this feeling of elation and you just almost wanted to cry,” said Rhonda Perry, who runs the Missouri Rural Crisis Center and Patchwork Family Farms. “It made us at least know that people are watching.”

The 14-hour show and telethon raised more than million for relief aid, a farming hot line service, counseling, and assistance for destitute farmers in need of legal help and job placements. While the proceeds from the first show were significantly less than Nelson’s original goal of million, the founders and farmers, who insisted they didn’t want a “bail out,” said Farm Aid’s greatest benefit had nothing to do with monetary profit. “If nothing else, forget the money,” Mellencamp said after the concert was first announced. “We are here for awareness.”

In addition to raising awareness about farmers’ struggles, Farm Aid founders also sought to draw attention to what could be done to solve the problems — mainly, improving farming laws in Washington. “We found out what the real problem was and that reform is the only way out,” Young told the Washington Post in 1985. However, after debate and criticism from the American Farm Bureau, Nelson and the founders ultimately decided against using Farm Aid’s proceeds to lobby support for the controversial 1985 farm bill. However, Nelson and Young personally appealed to Congress three days before the first Farm Aid concert. Young also placed a full-page ad in USA Today on Oct. 4 of that year, asking President Ronald Reagan: “Will the family farm in America die as a result of your administration?”

Farm Aid has maintained its political presence over the years. In 2008, Nelson, Young, Mellencamp and Dave Matthews (who joined the board of directors in 2001) wrote an open letter urging Congress to invest in family farms when considering the recovery package. The following year, Farm Aid staff met with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to address the drop in milk prices. Farm Aid also tries to promote locally grown food and hawks such produce on concert grounds with “homegrown” concessions.

“It is a hugely different environment today than at the beginning,” said Farm Aid Executive Director Carolyn Mugar, noting that the growth of loca-vore and organic diets has been a “big advantage” for Farm Aid. “But we still have a lot of problems.”

Perry, who was one of the first Farm Aid grant recipients and the first on-site local food vendor at Farm Aid concerts, said the focus in the 1980s was on fighting government foreclosures. “Now, it’s much more of an anti-corporate fight back,” Perry said. “We want government … to be a referee and ensure that we have a level playing field.”

Twenty-five years later, the annual benefit concert — which Nelson told the New York Times he thought “would only last one year” — has raised more than million, the majority of which has gone straight back to the farmers.

“We realized what the value is of Farm Aid and it’s something that shouldn’t be abandoned,” Mugar said. “It’s more important than ever.”

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