Tag: politics
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August 03, 2006 12:54 AM EDT --
If ever there were a ready made political campaign issue guaranteed to help the Democrats win in November and perhaps even put them over the top wouldn't this be it? It's the political equivalent . . . more
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July 04, 2008 03:12 PM EDT --
In the summer of 1970 I traveled to Europe on a student loan. It was the best educational investment I ever made because of the perspective I gained on both the USA and the countries I visited. . . . more
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August 23, 2008 01:54 AM EDT --
I'm inclined to extend this analogy a little further when it comes to the US versus the Russians in strategic terms: it's more like chess players versus checkers players. But still, this graf . . . more
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July 02, 2006 10:59 PM EDT --
Well, now our Defense Department is into $450,000 blog studies.
Says one scientist involved in this cutting edge project, "Blog entries have a different structure," Ulicny said. "They are . . . more
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February 04, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
What are YOUR predictions for Super Tuesday in Massachusetts?
Nationally, McCain is perceived to be forging ahead of Romney, with Romney possibly leading in California - or perhaps not. . . . more
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September 07, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
The last hurdle has been hurdled. Our passsports now have valid visas for the Islamic Republic of Iran in them. All I need to do now is buy the airline tickets, pack and wait. I am actually going to see . . . more
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June 13, 2006 01:50 PM EDT --
The day before yesterday and a few days before that I made allusions to and wrote about Dr. Brydon and what happened during the First Afghan War. In late 2001 I was pretty darn convinced that what is happening . . . more
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February 05, 2008 08:02 PM EST --
Exit poll results are in for Massachusetts.
UPDATE: 9 p.m. from WCVB-TV- (ABC) DEMOCRATIC SIDE - HILLARY CLINTON, in Massachusetts.
Based on exit polls. These are predictions.
9:15 . . . more
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October 17, 2006 10:57 AM EDT --
Election Day is Nov. 7. If anyone does not think there state
senator, representatives in congress or local leaders reflect
YOUR interests? Well, I urge my fellow Gathers to voice their . . . more
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May 16, 2006 02:01 AM EDT --
On May 2, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Reverend Abernathy and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth lead a protest march in Birmingham, Alabama.
At that time, Birmingham had been one of the most racially segregated . . . more
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August 27, 2006 08:35 PM EDT --
I've never been the type to hold a grudge. I'm usually the first person in an argument to try and solve the problem, as opposed to making it worse. I can't stand open, tense conflict, as a . . . more
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July 05, 2006 10:49 PM EDT --
This post comes from a comment made in this post. It is about why we cannot discuss Israel in this country like mature adults:
If they want to discuss the role of AIPAC on American foreign policy, well, . . . more
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June 30, 2006 12:37 PM EDT --
I'd always thought the point of a university education was to learn how to be open-minded, to learn how to think critically, to learn how to learn. I guess all that has changed. It now looks increasingly . . . more
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September 21, 2006 12:29 AM EDT --
I don't even know where to start with this story. But I'll give it a shot: basically loans sharks, legal ones, have set up shop outside of military bases around the country preying on families . . . more
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September 10, 2006 12:17 PM EDT --
The more I learn about this ABC fakumentary, like the fact that director is a Christianist and that it's got a few scenes of Clinton hate porn, I'm just weirded out by the whole thing. I mean . . . more
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October 04, 2006 01:22 AM EDT --
Just look at the photo attached to this post and see for yourself. Mark Foley is a Republican (R-FL), not a Democrat (D-FL) although Fox News and the Republican Party wish that he were.
This really is . . . more
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October 10, 2006 11:41 PM EDT --
I really, really hope this number is incorrect. 600,000 souls. Six-hundred thousand lives snuffed out. And why? Ignorance? Pride? Hubris? I'm speechless.
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June 02, 2006 12:16 AM EDT --
Several days ago William Arkin wrote up a post at the WaPo about what we discussed last night. I find Arkin's post much better and more thought provoking than George Friedman's, mostly because . . . more
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April 21, 2006 04:40 PM EDT --
Sometimes I read stuff that just amazes me, especially as it is clearer and clearer that Ahmed-i-Nejad is Bush's doppelganger. Seriously, just read it and insert Bush for Ahmed-i-Nejad and it sounds . . . more
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December 16, 2006 01:35 AM EST --
If you were to ask a panel of experts if they considered a nation that has regular elections, elections whose results have a direct impact on the formulation of foreign and domestic policy if that nation . . . more
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