Tag: politics
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March 22, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
With the bill for additional funds for the war in Iraq before the Congress, there is much debate over the various strategies to put some kind of time limit on US troops in Iraq vs. the strategy to . . .
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May 04, 2007 11:29 AM EDT --
Pentagon officials reported recently that the Pentagon plans to shut down a controversial domestic-intelligence database. James Clapper, the Defense Department's senior intelligence official, . . .
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May 31, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
GREAT SAVINGS PLAN
(Actual letter from an Iowa resident and sent to his senator)
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August 14, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said last week that he would push for a constitutional revision that would allow him to remain in office beyond his scheduled departure, in 2012. After the change's . . .
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September 10, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
From The Hartford Courant, Sept. 10, 2007:
"Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of the way . . .
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January 14, 2008 11:12 AM EST --
It's been quite a year for the economy:
The Federal Reserve, lawmakers and central banks scrambled to ease the resulting credit crunch caused by the sub-prime morgage meltdown;
Oil climbed . . .
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April 26, 2007 10:20 AM EDT --
This is a letter to all the men and women in the media who are responsible for making the decisions about what gets communicated to the American public under the guise of “news”. This . . .
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May 03, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
It hit me right in the gut last night. I was discussing our recent read, Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje (author of The English Patient), with my library book club and all of us agreed . . .
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July 13, 2007 09:31 AM EDT --
Exactly how clueless does Bush think the American people are? He continues to talk about U.S. citizens as if we were as ignorant and naive as he is. The latest is that we are all suffering . . .
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August 28, 2007 11:23 AM EDT --
One by one, the loyal group of Texans that accompanied George W. Bush to Washington are mounting their ponies and moseyin' off into the sunset. Paul C. Light, a New York University political . . .
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October 09, 2007 11:30 AM EDT --
I recently read an editorial by Melinda Gates, wife of Bill Gates and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She cited this stat:
Number of students who dropped out of U.S. high . . .
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December 12, 2007 03:29 PM EST --
According to a report in this week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , a team of scientists which includes Henry C. Harpending, an anthropologist at the University . . .
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May 25, 2007 11:20 AM EDT --
In the recent discussions about immigration issues I have seen on Gather and in the larger media, I have seen/heard very little about the problems unique to highly skilled immigrants, most with higher . . .
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June 20, 2007 02:59 PM EDT --
I recently watched a Frontline show outlining the first few weeks following the fall of Saddam in Iraq. It was one of the most frustrating shows I have ever seen. The main focus was on Paul . . .
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July 16, 2007 11:21 AM EDT --
Yesterday evening I attended a forum for the constituents of U.S. Representative John B. Larson (D-CT), my federal Congressman. The forum was specifically held to address H.R. 2956, Responsible . . .
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November 08, 2007 11:11 AM EST --
Yesterday, the House passed by a 235-184 vote the first Federal ban on job discrimination based on sexual orientation, something gay rights groups have been lobbying for for years. The "Employment . . .
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March 20, 2008 12:49 PM EDT --
In a speech delivered to an audience at the Pentagon yesterday , President Bush remarked,
"The surge has done more than turn the situation in Iraq around -- it has opened the door to a . . .
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July 22, 2008 06:20 PM EDT --
Pretty much everyone knows by now that our airwaves are going digital as of February 17, 2009, right? There have been numerous articles and public service advertisements already on TV (mostly featuring . . .
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December 28, 2007 12:32 PM EST --
I was waiting in line in a city bank the other day when I noticed two small African-American boys, probably around 5 or 6 years of age, sitting in a small waiting area in the center of the bank. . . .
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August 06, 2007 12:22 PM EDT --
According to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (an oxymoron if I ever saw one), the Pentagon has lost track of about 190,000 AK-47 assault rifles and pistols given to Iraqi security . . .
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