Tag: us politics
member name: Rob Port
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February 03, 2006 07:43 PM EST --
One thing that has struck me about all the controversy surrounding Cindy Sheehan of late is the way the mainstream media and liberals tend to ignore certain aspects of her personality. Like the way she . . .
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January 29, 2006 12:37 PM EST --
I just stumbled across this story about marijuana activist Steve Kubby being arrested on drug charges in California after returning to the U.S. from Canada to turn himself in. He had appealed to the Candian . . .
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January 07, 2006 08:38 PM EST --
Apparently the big story of this news cycle is going to be about military body armor. The New York Times, Washington Post, and several of the wire services have stories out on the subject today, most of . . .
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January 08, 2006 02:54 PM EST --
Good grief…
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday said the United States will not be successful in Iraq unless the political landscape better represents the country's minorities. . . .
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November 04, 2005 03:23 PM EST --
Before the election I heard many on the right talk about how the President should be elected so that the GOP could have a "super majority" in the leadership of this nation. After the election, when the . . .
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December 19, 2005 01:15 PM EST --
An interesting graphic from the New York Times.
Note that the figure for civilian casualties resulting from internal conflict in Iraq does not include the Iran/Iraq wars or either of the Gulf Wars. That's . . .
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October 28, 2005 10:19 AM EDT --
Excellent.
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. economy grew at a 3.8% seasonally adjusted annual rate in the third quarter of 2005, the Commerce Department estimated Friday. Consumer spending . . .
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November 21, 2005 08:25 PM EST --
This is a growing and troublesome trend.
Washington Times - Pentagon officials say they are increasingly worried that Washington's political fight over the Iraq war will dampen what has been high . . .
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December 19, 2005 01:16 PM EST --
Sigh…
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement tonight in response to President Bush's speech on Iraq:
"Tonight . . .
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December 20, 2005 07:28 PM EST --
Interesting…
In a little-remembered debate from 1994, the Clinton administration argued that the president has "inherent authority" to order physical searches — including break-ins . . .
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December 22, 2005 12:46 PM EST --
Invasion of privacy, anyone?
THE public are to be told not to smoke in their own homes as part of plans to protect public sector workers from the effect of passive smoking.
The move is the latest part . . .
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December 23, 2005 04:41 PM EST --
Hmm…
Friday December 23, 2005–Fifty percent (50%) of American adults approve of the way George W. Bush is performing his role as President. That's up six points since the President's . . .
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January 02, 2006 08:56 PM EST --
I think this is right on. Sort of.
Let me explain.
First of all, I don't think America will ever have three truly viable political parties. I don't think the electorate would support it. For . . .
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January 25, 2006 02:30 PM EST --
As armed conflict with Iran becomes more and more of a possibility in the near future many Americans, heck make that many citizens of the world, are worried about what such a conflict could mean for our . . .
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January 27, 2006 11:40 AM EST --
John J. Miller:
The fallout from the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal has all of Washington atwitter about congressional reform--everything from proposals to restrict travel perks and lunches with lobbyists . . .
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October 29, 2005 02:54 PM EDT --
Wired - The much-awaited disclosure of a federal grand jury indictment in the Valerie Plame investigation Friday looks to have been a bit of a letdown for blogosphere political hounds.
One indication: . . .
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November 12, 2005 02:32 PM EST --
This is hardly surprising:
Talk about negative feelings, but according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, this is the first time since 1994 that a majority of Americans — as a generation proposition . . .
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December 01, 2005 06:27 PM EST --
Sigh…
WND - The Supreme Court of Hawaii has ruled that unborn children are not "human beings," and therefore women cannot be prosecuted for causing the death of babies by harmful behavior . . .
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October 26, 2005 12:30 PM EDT --
Good grief...
(CNN) -- A majority would vote for a Democrat over President Bush if an election were held this year, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll released T . . .
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November 01, 2005 10:21 PM EST --
I recently purchased The FairTax Book for two reasons: Because I believe that Americans could be paying far less in taxes if a more efficient way of taxing them existed and because the FairTax has been . . .
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