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 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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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 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 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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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 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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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 06, 2005 10:39 AM EST --
Austin Bay:
Poverty exacerbates all problems, but poverty in and of itself does not produce violence. Migrants from France's former Muslim colonies initially came for jobs, not to assimilate . . .
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November 19, 2005 12:20 PM EST --
403 - 3.
And Democrats are calling it a "stunt."
I guess calling on the Representatives in the House to vote on a proposed resolution is more of a stunt than, say, utilizing rarely-used Senate . . .
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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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November 26, 2005 09:18 AM EST --
Ellen Ratner:
"If you got [Dem leaders] in a room off camera everyone agrees, but people are trying to look tough on security so the Democrats can win the House back in 2006."
In other words, . . .
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November 27, 2005 03:16 PM EST --
Interesting…
Washington Post - Democrats fumed last week at Vice President Cheney's suggestion that criticism of the administration's war policies was itself becoming a hindrance to the . . .
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December 05, 2005 10:56 PM EST --
Hmm…
BISMARCK - North Dakota's teacher pay ranking has dropped to 50th among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, a National Education Association report says.
The report, released . . .
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