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Clinton's rhetoric 2008-05-19 01:35:06 Clinton: 'Think about this as a hiring decision' - CNN.comClinton encouraged her Kentucky supporters to vote in the upcoming primary, saying Sunday, "If we get everybody turned out, it's going to send a great message to our country that you don't stop democracy in its tracks.""You don't tell some states that they can't vote and other states that have already had the opportunity that they're someho Read more:Clinton
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Is it any better? 2008-05-21 02:21:15 Has life in Iraq improved? | Salon News"They say it's better
, but I wonder if it's really better," muses Maj. Kelly Dickerson, a U.S. Army reservist and a civil affairs officer who is trying to help the 4-64 Armor Battalion of the 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division reinstate basic services in southwestern Baghdad. Dickerson's current project is to bring sewage-pumping trucks into the lowlands of R
Wait, I'm confused 2008-05-21 01:57:14 House passes bill to sue OPEC over oil prices | Politics | Reuters"This bill guarantees that oil prices will reflect supply and demand economic rules, instead of wildly speculative and perhaps illegal activities," said Democratic Rep. Steve Kagen of Wisconsin, who sponsored the legislation.The lawmaker said Americans "are at the mercy" of OPEC for how much they pay for gasoline, which this week hi Read more:confused
The stuff of nightmares 2008-05-26 02:35:58 Does Constitution apply to enemy combatant on U.S. soil? - CNN.comIn early 2003, he was indicted on charges of credit card fraud and lying to the FBI. Like anyone else in the United States, he had constitutional rights. He could question government witnesses, refuse to testify and retain a lawyer.On June 23, 2003, Bush declared al-Marri an enemy combatant, which stripped him of those rights. Bush Read more:stuff
On the elections 2008-05-28 02:10:25 So the primary season is drawing to a close. The final week is FINALLY here. What does that mean exactly? Well, Hillary is still putting up the good fight, and if it weren't for her less than honest tactics I might even be rooting for her at this point. Unfortunately, she's out there fighting for bringing back Florida and Michigan, which she opposed until she needed the votes, and now her husb
I'm not really sure 2008-05-30 02:01:47 Obama played hardball in first Chicago campaign - CNN.com"That was Chicago politics," said John Kass, a veteran Chicago Tribune columnist. "Knock out your opposition, challenge their petitions, destroy your enemy, right? It is how Barack Obama destroyed his enemies back in 1996 that conflicts with his message today. He may have gotten his start registering thousands of voters. But in that first ra
More about gas prices 2008-05-29 02:24:05 Gasoline prices | Salon TechnologyEven the people who have spent their entire lives studying the price of oil don't know for sure how to weigh each factor for responsibility in the total equation. Perhaps the safest thing to say is that it's all in there, in my $65 receipt. Kidnappings of oil executives in Nigeria and the nationalization of Exxon-operated facilities in Venezuela. Chinese economic
Sad state of affairs 2008-06-03 02:34:55 BBC NEWS | Americas | Medical charity helping US poorSome 60% of RAM's work is now carried out in the United States.On a wet, spring weekend he lands his vintage World War II aircraft - once used to drop American troops on D-Day - in Lafayette, Tennessee.He bought the plane to parachute medics into the jungle.Today he is unloading dentists' chairs from the plane into a pickup truck.It bothers me t
Election Year 2008-06-03 02:01:30 Senate Opens Debate on Politically Risky Bill Addressing Global Warming - NYTimes.com“There’s a great feeling all across America by people in small villages and towns to large cities to state legislatures and others: we must move and move now,” Senator John W. Warner, Republican of Virginia and a co-sponsor of the bill, said as debate opened on the floor. “Do something. Doing nothing is no Read more:Election
Beaming power from space 2008-06-02 01:50:27 How to harvest solar power
? Beam it down from space! - CNN.com"A single kilometer-wide band of geosynchronous Earth orbit experiences enough solar flux in one year to nearly equal the amount of energy contained within all known recoverable conventional oil reserves on Earth today," the report said.The study also concluded that solar energy from satellites could provide power for global U.S. milita
Gay marriage battle 2008-06-04 02:38:15 California set for gay marriage
ballot showdown | Politics | Reuters"Values voters have even more reason to go to the polls in 2008," said Tony Perkins, a leading religious conservative who is president of the Family Research Council.Initiatives to ban gay marriage played a role in President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election as they propelled the Republican Party's conservative Christian base to t
It's over 2008-06-04 01:53:59 So the final votes have been cast, and I have the advantage of being awake six hours before the East Coast. The last two primaries went as expected as Obama took Montana, and Clinton took South Dakota. The counts of delegates I've read show Obama with enough to clinch the nomination.Now Clinton could argue that Obama only has enough when you count his super delegates, and that they can still cha
What's amazing is that people don't see it 2008-06-05 02:53:12 McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, Too | Threat Level from Wired.comMcCain's new position plainly contradicts statements he made in a December 20, 2007 interview with the Boston Globe where he implicitly criticized Bush's five-year secret end-run around the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act."I think that presidents have the obligation to obey and enforce laws that are passed by Congress a Read more:people
Oh for f**k's sake 2008-06-06 03:41:39 Philip Pullman leads author revolt against age banding for children's books - TelegraphMr Pullman told The Daily Telegraph: "I don't mind anybody having an opinion about my books. I don't mind a bookseller deciding they are for this age group or that, or a teacher giving one of my books to a child because they think it is appropriate."But I don't want to see the book itself declaring officially, a
Wouldn't it be nice? 2008-06-09 01:48:23 Why the oil boom will eventually bust - Jun. 6, 2008The oil bulls are correct in their explanations of why prices have jumped. It's indisputable that worldwide demand has surged, chiefly driven by strong growth in China, India and the Middle East. It's also true that most of the world's reserves are controlled by governments in places like Russia and Venezuela that mismanage production, thus curta
Te death of the Neocon? 2008-06-10 00:51:59 Relax, liberals. You've already won | SalonFor 40 years, the radical right tried to destroy the domestic and international order that American liberals created in the central decades of the 20th century. The people who are known today as "conservatives" are better described as "counterrevolutionaries." The goal of Barry Goldwater and the intellectuals clustered around William F. Buckley Jr.'s Nati Read more:death
It's the economy stupid 2008-06-11 02:18:49 McCain, Obama present different views on taxes | Reuters"We're going to scrub every agency of government and we're going to make them justify their existence. And if they can't, they're going to go out of existence," he said on CNBC.Democrats argue not enough cuts could be made in the federal budget to pay for McCain's tax cuts, which Obama said would total $300 billion.So here we are in the race Read more:economy
Fight the smears 2008-06-13 02:56:35 I'm not entirely sure it's in the best interests of a candidate for the US Presidency to create a webpage outlining all the lies and smears that his opponents have created. On the other hand, perhaps it is in fact the best way to diffuse the situation.The Obama camp has created a site that details the smears, and rebuts them with truth. I read through it, and was both surprised at the absurdity
Don't buy it 2008-06-20 02:16:52 With High Gasoline Prices, Offshore Drilling Is Gaining Favor - NYTimes.comSeveral elected and appointed Florida Republicans have publicly shifted their positions in the past week. Senator Mel Martinez said Tuesday that he would consider drilling as long as it is at least 50 miles off the coast. Nicki Grossman, vice chairwoman of the Florida Tourism Commission, said Wednesday that the high price o
McCain's sleight of hand 2008-06-19 01:49:00 McCain on Iran: Bush all over again | SalonThe problem with McCain's alarmist rhetoric throughout the presidential primaries and now in the general campaign is that he's got the Iran problem almost entirely wrong. Notwithstanding his deep résumé on national security matters, his statements seem to reflect little understanding of the realities America faces in terms of dealing with Iran. Moreover Read more:McCain
Why didn't I think of that? 2008-06-29 03:48:02 How gun makers can help us - Los Angeles TimesHow would gun companies go about reducing gun deaths? The main thing to emphasize is that this approach relies on the nimbleness, innovation and experimentation that come from private competition -- rather than on the heavy-handed power of governmental regulation. Gun makers might decide to add trigger locks to their guns, or to work only with dealers Read more:think
Watching the news 2008-08-03 11:00:42 I was wathcing the morning shows this morning (I can do that now that I'm back in the States), and I came to a few interesting conclusions.First is that George Stephanapolous is a terrible interviewer. I watched him spend more than ten minutes on a a single questioned asked, answered and re-asked trying to force that answer that he wanted to hear. Instead of covering the depth and breadth of the Read more:Watching
Republican consistency 2008-09-05 11:37:29 I have to admit, it's the consistency of their positions that really endears me to Republican
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Who's really better for the economy 2008-09-03 08:08:16 Is A Republican President Really Better For The Economy? | Boom2Bust.comThe University of Nevada-Reno economics professor also uncovered the following while conducting the economic comparison between Republican and Democratic presidential administrations from 1949 to 2005:• Unemployment Rate- Republicans 6.0%, Democrats 5.2%• Change In Unemployment Rate- Republicans +0.3%, Democrats -0.4%• G Read more:better
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FACT CHECK 2008-09-21 19:22:12 CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Fact Check: Did Obama vote 94 times for higher taxes? « - Blogs from CNN.comThe effort to convince voters that Sen. Barack Obama would support higher taxes is a central part of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign. McCain and the Republican National Committee have repeatedly cited 94 alleged votes by Obama to bolster their argume
Fighting for the middle 2008-10-20 11:05:23 Obama fends off Palin charge of 'socialist' tax plan - CNN.com"That's the reason why we have governments, to help those who need help, who can't help themselves, and in a time of crisis, to step in and do what's necessary to preserve the lives and futures of innocent people. It wasn't Main Street America that caused this; it was Washington and Wall Street."I always find it vaguely amusing when the Read more:Fighting
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Joe the plumber can kiss my a** 2008-10-16 10:47:49 Nobody wants to pay taxes. In an ideal world we could all go about our business and keep the fruits of our labor. Go to work, work hard, keep our profits. Unfortunately, society doesn't work that way. Someone has to pay for the military, the schools, the roads, etc.There are in my opinion only three ways to collect that money. The first is to collect from everybody based on spending in the for
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