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The New York Times Is Right
2008-07-21 19:32:00 Drudge is reporting that the NY Times has refused to print an editorial by Sen. John McCain in response to one that they published by Sen. Obama less than a week ago. And they’re right not to do so. To post a piece by the blasphemer McCain that speaks ill of the man ...
INK_BLAST | SMALL TOWNS ARE TARGETING UNDOCUMENTED TENANTS
2008-07-21 08:58:00 Many small towns and cities are acting like vigilantes and taking immigration matters into their own hands. Close to 90 municipalities in 27 states have drafted -- and a handful have enacted into law -- ordinances that prohibit landlords from renting to illegal immigrants. Penalties have also been approved, making a national policy issue a harsh economic reality for local tenants. Among the cities that have received national attention for enacting rental bans are Farmers Branch, Texas, Palm Bay, Fla., Valley Park, Mo., Riverside, N.J., and Hazleton, Pa. The rental bans essentially turn landlords into federal immigration officers. Because they are not provided any training or supervision in this area, these landlords may escalate tensions.
McKinney & Clemente: Black, Brown, Green and True
2008-07-19 02:31:00 Black Agenda Report by BAR executive editor Glen Ford "The overarching necessity for Black America - and therefore, for the entire nation - is the rebirth of a Black-led mass movement for peace and fundamental social change." "The Green Party was against the war when it started, is against the war now, and is against any ...
Media Bias Is Reaching Absured Levels
2008-07-18 07:30:00 We all know that the majority of the media in this country needs to change their underwear every time they talk about Barack Obama, but the bias for him is starting to reach levels that have never been seen. The “Big 3″ are sending their anchors across Europe and the Middle East with Sen. ...
House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush *a total failure*
2008-07-18 02:25:00 WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush has been a “total failure” in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond to video of the president criticizing the Democratic-led Congress for heading into the final 26 days ...
By: TexasFred's
The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand VIDEO
2008-07-17 19:45:00 Barack Obama purges Web site critique of surge in IraqBY JAMES GORDON MEEK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAUMonday, July 14th 2008, 8:10 PMWASHINGTON - Barack Obama's campaign scrubbed his presidential Web site over the weekend to remove criticism of the U.S. troop "surge" in Iraq, the Daily News has learned.The presumed Democratic nominee replaced his Iraq issue Web page, which had described the surge as a "problem" that had barely reduced violence ... Obama's campaign posted a new Iraq plan Sunday night, which cites an "improved security situation" paid for with the blood of U.S. troops since the surge began in February 2007. Barack Obama purges Web site critique of surge in Iraq
Nanny Pelosi should shut her hole
2008-07-17 13:43:00 In one of the most asinine statements to spill out of Nancy Nanny Pelosi's face hole, Nanny P said in an interview
Proof that Digg is an important player in American Politics [Digg]
2008-07-17 10:07:00 While there have been many who have debated the role of new media in politics, particularly social networks and bookmarking sites, over the last four weeks a true testament to the power of Digg and related sites was seen in response to a series of actions by Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA). Now, it appears he's paying the price.
By: Stix Blog
?The Truth About??
2008-07-16 00:29:00 The minute I see subject lines that start with ?The Truth About?? I?m immediately skeptical. I saw this post about John McCain on Excons.org and thought I would post my comments here as well: The comments about McCain’s personal life are irrelevant. Whether they are true or not, we?ve all done things we are ...
Collision Politics
2008-07-14 23:48:00 Anwar SyedIT has been strangely quiet on the political front with no report of any significant development, except that the government may be toying with the idea of launching an ?operation? against militants.More worrisome is the fact that not much is even being said. Asif Zardari and Asfandyar Wali Khan may be believers in silence being golden. Nawaz Sharif, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Mushahid Hussain were all known for their loquaciousness, but they too seem to have taken to taciturnity. It may be that they have chosen to be non-committal on the overriding issue facing the country (dealing with militants).A few sparks have, however, flown out of an otherwise cool pile of ash. Amin Fahim, still a vice-chairman of the PPP, said recently that the ruling PPP was not the old and real PPP but a new one (new presumably because it is now directed by Mr Zardari), and that he had nothing to do with its governance. On July 3 Mr Zardari removed Abdul Qadir Shaheen, a veter...
By: Light Within
A-Z Guide to Political Interferance In Science
2008-07-14 04:46:00 Real Climate published a great graphic on the ‘political interference of scientific data’ from 2001 - 2008. I suggest everyone take a look at this, so that you can know just how bad it’s been trying to get the word out on environmental issues. If you don’t like pictures, check out that A-Z List (text), something ...
Destroying The World?s Food Supply
2008-07-12 16:25:00 Lyndon LaRouche on what is going to happen next, primarily, the phony election and the destruction of the world food supply.
Green Party Presidential Candidate Forum
2008-07-12 05:38:00 The Green Party Presidential Candidate Forum was held tonight in at the Green Party US Annual Meeting/Convention at the Palmer House in Chicago. It was moderated by former Green Party of Illinois candidate for governor, Rich Whitney. The large ballroom was packed with Greens, and interest shown by the large amount of media present. All ...
Divisive Politics
2008-07-11 18:42:00 -By Thomas E. Brewton Senator Obama’s campaign is based upon a fantasy: his claimed ability to transcend politics-as-usual and thereby to unite the nation for a common purpose. It isn’t just that Senator Obama lacks his claimed power. It’s that the secular religion he represents is entirely antithetical to everything that led to the foundation of ...
By: Publius Forum
Green Party Annual Meeting
2008-07-11 12:55:00 Well the Green Party Annual Meeting is underway in Chicago. On Thursday there were workshops and meetings of GP-US committees as well as state caucuses. The Presidential Nominating Convention is all day Saturday at the Chicago Symphony Center. There are more workshops and caucuses scheduled ...
Vets ethics crusade targets Texas lawmakers, judges
2008-07-08 19:15:00 AUSTIN ? A California disabled veteran who spends six days a week sifting through campaign finance reports has filed complaints against 10 Texas legislators and 15 judges with the Texas Ethics Commission, ranging from failing to identify campaign donors to using campaign money for personal use. One of the complaints takes aim at state Sen. John ...
By: TexasFred's
Dealing With the Militants
2008-07-07 09:34:00 Anwar SyedPrime Minister Gilani presided over a meeting of ministers and other officials on June 25 to devise ways of subduing the militants, mostly the Taliban, in the NWFP.The Taliban used to be located mainly in our northwestern tribal region, but of late they have spread to other places in the province and the country. They are Islamic fundamentalists, extremists and terrorists. They have two main objectives. First they want to expel American presence and influence from Afghanistan. To this end they attack the American and Afghan government forces in that country.They want the government of Pakistan to dissociate itself from the American campaign against them. Since it will not do so, they regard it as a friend of their enemy and, therefore, an enemy. But their hostility to the state of Pakistan will not cease even if it abandons its American connection. For their second objective is to have Islamic law and morality, as they know them, to be enforced in this country.Islamic law ...
By: Light Within
Straight Talk McCain
2008-07-06 19:31:00 Embedded Video Tags: McCain, Video, Falwell, Religious Right, Gay Marriage
Don?t Support Obama? You Racist
2008-07-06 18:26:00 That’s what Tulsa World Associate Editor Mike Jones seems to think anyway. In an editorial he wrote today entitled Just say what you mean, Jones talks about political mudslinging saying Let’s not be so naive to believe that rhetoric, false charges and name-calling have not always been and likely always will be an integral part ...
Obama remarks on Iraq prompt flip-flop charge - CNN.com
2008-07-04 23:37:00 (CNN) — Sen. John McCain’s campaign again called Sen. Barack Obama a flip-flopper after the Democratic candidate held two news conferences to clarify his remarks on the Iraq war. Obama on Thursday denied that he’s shying away from his proposed 16-month phased withdrawal of all combat troops from Iraq, calling it “pure speculation” and adding that ...
Jesse Helms quotes on life and politics
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2008-07-04 15:18:00 AP - Some quotes of Jesse Helms, who died on the Fourth of July at age 86:
Zennie62 News and Politics Videos For July 2, 2008
2008-07-03 04:14:00 Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com
How Will Obama Be Different?
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Democrats Try To Tie High Gas Prices To Republicans
2008-06-30 23:02:00 Some Democrats from the House will have found themselves a Bush impersonator for a radio ad that tries to blame Republicans for the high price of gas in the country. Really? The national average today is over $4/gallon. In January 2007, when Democrats took control of Congress, it was around $2.20/gallon. ...
Fla. vandals tag 60 cars with anti-Obama messages
2008-06-29 17:34:00 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Vandals have spray-painted 60 city vehicles in Orlando, Fla., some with messages against Sen. Barack Obama. The cars were parked across from city hall late Saturday night. Investigators say the culprits tagged notes such as “Obama smokes crack” and a racial epithet. They even left business cards on each vehicle. Mike Lowe, a ...
By: TexasFred's
Facts Stranger Than Fiction
2008-06-29 06:32:00 Anwar SyedThere is the impression in certain quarters that Mr Asif Ali Zardari is running this country, that is, to the extent that any running visible to the naked eye is taking place.This is in spite of the weird fact that he holds no public office, elective or appointive. How did he get to have such a role?He is co-chairman of the PPP, the ruling party at the centre and in Sindh, and a partner in the Punjab government. It may be said that he is therefore entitled to a directive role in governance. Such is not the custom in democracies. Ms Sonia Gandhi in India is president of the ruling Congress party and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh probably consults her on major issues of policy and strategy, but she does not intervene in his government?s day-to-day operations. Mr Zardari?s placement as the PPP?s co-chairman was itself a strange affair.Two days after Benazir?s assassination, he met with members of the party?s central executive committee, who were in Larkana to mourn her death....
By: Light Within
McCain backs gun decision, Obama straddles issue
2008-06-26 16:26:00 WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain welcomed a Supreme Court decision invalidating a District of Columbia handgun ban. Barack Obama sought to straddle the subject by saying he favors an individual’s right to bear firearms as well as a government’s right to regulate them. The hotly contentious issue surfaced in the presidential campaign Thursday after the Supreme ...
By: TexasFred's
Senator Dodd?s Speech at the U.S. Senate
2008-06-26 14:53:00 Suggested reading, just so you can keep everything in proper perspective: But when you?re through, the facts will still be waiting for you. Controlled death. Outsourced torture. Secret prisons. Month-long sleep deprivations. The president?s personal power to hold whomever he likes for as long as he?d like. It is as if we woke up in the ...
Disappointed in Obama
2008-06-20 10:15:00 I?m disappointed in Barack Obama?s decision to opt out of public financing in the general election. As the candidate of ?change? and ?hope? he should be providing leadership on this issue, not making excuses. Political reform and public financing have been hallmarks of his campaign, so this is no small decision. He?ll ...
Who?s Playing Politics?
2008-06-20 09:45:00 Obama thinks that bin Laden is still free because of Republicans? Sen. Obama, who’s been in charge of Congress for the past two years now? And what have you done to try and capture him? In fact, what have you all done period? I like this line from Richard Clarke I’m a ...
Vincent Bugliosi: The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
2008-06-16 10:47:00 About the book Visit the Bugliosi website In The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting the war in Iraq. Bugliosi sets forth the legal architecture and incontrovertible evidence ...
By: Today's Talk
Anderson Bay Teacher gets a Lesson in Politics
2008-06-12 16:58:00 Gmail - benson_pope.jpgIt's a pity MP David Benson-Pope didn't take the offer, it would have improved his chances!However, he will still be retiring on 80% of his salary, pity he couldnt have held on to his Ministerial portfolio's, he could have stiffed the public purse for even more! Blair Andersonhttp://mildgreens.blogs-pot.comGet Blairs Brain on Newsfeed... http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bla-irsBrain-CanvassingForOpinion
Dennis Kucinich reading articles of impeachment for George Bush
2008-06-11 06:56:00 Great stuff Dennis, you are one of the few that is actually abiding by your oath you took. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IgQGSGEa9zI Kieth Olbermann’s Countdown Bookmark to:
By: Today's Talk
Senate Republicans Block Windfall Profits Tax on Big Oil Companies
2008-06-10 21:50:00 Democrats fall eight votes short of preventing filibuster With gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon, Senate Democrats wanted the U.S. government to throttle back on the billions of dollars in profits...
By: Green Options
HEARKEN!
2008-06-10 19:53:00 The untrodden paths Under the brazen sun And scorching heat Hearken the nation The call to democracy! The call to survival! The call to living itself! How many of them men? How many of them women? How many youth and children? The dead alone shall not come!
Rep. Kucinich calls for Bush impeachment
2008-06-10 18:11:00 Spread the word… WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich defied his party leadership on Monday by calling for the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush for launching the Iraq war — but his move was not expected to go anywhere. The Ohio representative outlined his intention to propose more than two dozen charges ...
By: Today's Talk
End The Farce Of Zimbabwean Election!
2008-06-10 15:23:00 Simba Makoni, who defected from the ruling Zimbabwean Zanu-PF party and ran for president in the March election, urged the run-off that will occur on June 27th be cancelled. “We don’t believe that a run-off can be held on June 27 and be a free and fair election,” he said. “The country is in the ...
International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance
2008-06-10 15:01:00 Several of the worlds largest carbon offset providers announced yesterday that they have formed a new trade organization, the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance. The founding members of the ICROA are: Carbon Clear, London, UK The CarbonNeutral Company, London, UK ClimateCare, Oxford, UK Climate Friendly, Sydney, Australia co2balance, Somerset, UK Native Energy, Charlotte, VT, USA targetneutral, London UK TerraPass, San Francisco, ...
Headscarf War Continues Dividing Turkey
2008-06-10 14:55:00 The aftermath of Turkey’s Constitutional Court decision which invalidated a parliament action in lifting the ban on women wearing a headscarf continues to bitterly divide the nation. Ahmet Iyimaya, of the ruling Justice and Development Party(AKP) which pushed through the end of the ban, proposed parliamentary action which would invalidate the Constitutional Court’s decision. He ...
Chinese Students Riot And Fight Police
2008-06-10 14:40:00 Chinese students clashed with security forces at a military school in eastern China over a dispute about their degrees. About fifty students were wounded in last week’s dispute at the Artillery Corps Institute in Nanjing. “They mercilessly beat the students” said Liu Qijun, parent of one of those sent to the hospital. The outbreak occurred ...
New Zealand Gets Tough On Domestic Violence
2008-06-10 09:40:00 The New Zealand government has decided on a get tough policy with men who are guilty of domestic violence. Police are now authorized to hand out on-the-spot protection orders when they are called to a domestic violence incident. Alleged offenders could be removed from their homes for up to 72 hours under the changes announced ...
ACTION ALERT FOR LONG MARCH
2008-06-10 07:39:00 Just received this message from a group I am a member of. Thought it to be a just cause, so putting it up here for your information and for anyone who would like to be a part of it, physically or virtually. ------------- read more
Read Soldiers Blog it Puts Life in Prospective and Focus to Be Better Perso
2008-06-10 07:19:00 I came across a soldiers blog couple of months ago. I have been reading it ever since something about his words has totally touched me. On so many levels that I cannot even explain it with a word. All I know is that I care about this soldier in this blog he is such a hero and so smart. It puts life in prospective and focus to be better person. Something about reading it changed me it has really opened my mind and heart to things that are important in life. It has made me rethink with writing my blog and adding more about important issues. To write about this that has more meaning.
Ron Paul Revolution
2008-06-10 00:51:00 I wish voting made a difference. But just supposing against all the evidence, that it does, watch this video: Well, watch it anyway, it’s time to wake America the hell up. I STILL do not believe that a political “solution” is within our reach, no matter “who” becomes President (s)elect. But the loss of ...
Circling the wagons around Michelle Obama
2008-06-09 20:26:00 Looks like Obama learned a thing or two in the last couple of decades because he’s apparently putting together a stable of people who’s job will be to respond to attacks on Michelle Obama: Recognizing the extent to which Republicans view Michelle Obama?s strong views and personality as a potential liability for her husband, Mr. Obama?s ...
By: Bligbi
Ponder This? Six-Pack #35
2008-06-09 19:27:00 1. The Federal Reserve System is the primary culprit as to what caused the current credit/housing/mortgage bust. The below-market interest rates engineered by Alan Greenspan and continued by Ben Bernanke and Co. created bubbles and malinvestments (think “Negative Amortization Mortgages” for one specific example) that are now coming home to roost laying waste to ...
By: Ponderthis...
Goa BJP meets prez to recall Governor
2008-06-09 19:19:00 BJP on Monday intensified its campaign to demand the recall of Goa Governor S C Jamir by taking the matter to President Pratibha Patil claiming support of over two lakh Goans. A BJP delegation led by Manohar Parrikar, the leader of the opposition in the Goa assembly, submitted a memorandum to Patil which, it claimed was ...
By: Goa Blog
Cranston Comprehensive Plan Draft: Now Available Online
2008-06-09 19:17:00 As promised by the Planning Department, the drafts from sections of the Comprehensive Plan Update are now online for residents to download and review. The drafts of the following sections are posted online: Historic Preservation, Housing, Natural/Cultural Resources, Open Space, and Services & Facilities. The Introduction to the Comp Plan is also there. ...
By: Kmareka.com
Tyranny Of Testing For Turkish Youth
2008-06-09 14:57:00 The spread of testing throughout the world makes life for students increasingly stressed by the need to adhere to adult standards as to what learning is all about. More than 900,000 primary school graduates in Turkey sat for state high school entrance exams which determine if an individual makes or doesn’t make a sufficiently high ... |
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