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Is DHS’s ‘If You See Something, Say Something’ campaign helpful or burdensome?

By | 02.16.11 | 4:36 pm

Image by Matt MahurinThe message “If you see something, say something,” will be plastered on television and posters throughout the Staples Center this weekend at the NBA All-Star game as part of a recent partnership announced Tuesday between the National Basketball Association and the Department of Homeland Security. Officials said the campaign partnership More…

HOLDER HEARING: If Called, Will You Kick the Prez’s Butt at Basketball?

By | 01.15.09 | 11:12 am

Glad to know someone is asking some hard-hitting questions. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) closed his unremarkable, pandering questioning with the fluffiest of fluffy inquiries, asking Eric Holder if he’d do his best to “defeat” President-elect Barack Obama if Holder faces him on the basketball court: