Archive for September, 2007
Friday, September 21st, 2007
Twenty two Democratic Senators broke ranks and voted with the GOP to issue a resolution condemning the recent MoveOn.org advertisemen t in the New York Times. The advertisemen t asked the question, “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?”, insinuating that the report of the General was little more than carrying ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
During the President’s press conference this morning, he accused Democrats of “putting poor children at risk” in order to score political points. Unfortunatel y, the accusation is absurd since the Democrats intend to submit legislation to expand health care to more children through the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Republicans in the Senate blocked legislation that would have increased the amount of time that troops spend out of Iraq by requiring that they spend the same amount of time back home training as they do on deployment. Currently, troop combat tours are about 15 months with a 12 month ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
You know, our strategy in dealing with these extremists who still want to attack us is on the one hand, chase them and find them and bring them to justice; and on the other hand, help change the conditions that caused 19 kids to get on airplanes and come and ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Found this link to a National Geographic web location that has pics of bodies recovered from the bogs of Northern Europe. It’s definitely proof that, while the weaponry may have “improved,” the brutality of people toward other people doesn’t change much.
Tags: General, Contributors , BIO, Brutality, National Geographic, Photographs, ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
A friend of mine from Canada sent me this comment in an email. Thought I’d share it with folks in the blogosphere. Let me know what you think:
Today the Canadian dollar is trading on par with the US dollar, something not seen since 1976. That’s bad for me ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
After vowing to veto a San Diego council vote that would put the city on board an effort to overturn the California ban on gay marriage, San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders did an abrupt 180 degree turn around late yesterday, tearfully acknowledgin g that his own daughter was gay and ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
“It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.” – James Baldwin
Reading the news articles stemming out of Jena, Louisiana these last two months, it’s hard to ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
He does know the next president/ru ler will have the same rules to play by right?? Guess spying on Americans for their own good might become permanent since this Congress gives BushCo anything it wants..From Jurist:
US President George W. Bush Wednesday urged Congress to make permanent a law broadening ...
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
If you want to understand the grim situation in Iraq, you need to read the following excerpt…at least once…maybe twice. Keep in mind that we’re talking about the oil produced in the Kurdish region of Iraq…the region that is almost always referred to as the most secure and peaceful region ...
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