Bill O'Reilly on Fox News took his rhetoric in fighting against the imaginary "War on Christmas" a step too far last week and his timing could not have been worse as I show with the clips in this video

In response to Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's identification of corporatism as a soft form of fascism on the December 23 edition of NBC's "Meet the Press," I made this video offering my analysis of that danger and a possible solution.

You can see Tim Russert's entire interview of Ron Paul from the December 23 edition of NBC's "Meet the Press" at: www.msnbc.msn.com

2008 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul in discusion with Google executive Elliot Schrage as part of the company's Candidates@Google series.

"The Religious Right Then and Now" shows the Religious Right near the peak of their power at the 1992 Republican National Convention at the Houston Astrodome. The short film highlights the extreme views of the Religious Right and includes footage of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and numerous right-wing activists: Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Ralph Reed, Gary Bauer, Phyllis Schlafly, James Robison, etc. It was produced in the early 90s by People For the American Way.

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When asked how the federal government is treating his city, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had no hesitation.

"Whether it's poverty, work and opportunity, bolstering the middle class, housing or infrastructure," Mayor Villaraigosa said, "it is absolutely criminal that the federal government has failed to address these issues."

Villaraigosa has long been associated with policies that strengthen the middle class. He's insistent that the government, both local and federal, help people move up from poverty. Not exactly the Bush administration's primary agenda; so no shock that Villaraigosa doesn't get the funding or support he'd like.

But even on homeland security -- the Bush administration's signature issue -- Villaraigosa says the feds have fallen flat. "The federal government talks a good game about homeland security. And yet cities, like Los Angeles, are constantly struggling to get the resources we need to provide that security."

Villaraigosa is endorsing Senator Hillary Clinton for president, in part because "she understands the need to invest in infrastructure in cities across the nation." Will her relationships with mayors across the country encourage her to discuss that investment strategy on the campaign trail?

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