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19 hours ago ago from The Common Ills
Ruth's Report Ruth : McClatchy Newspaper 's Sahar Issa has done a violence round-up which posted today. All the events listed were either covered by C.I. this morning or in yesterday's snapshot . Hannah Allem reports on some of the violence targeting Shi'ites and Iraqi Christians in the last few days (including today) and notes, "In Iraq, the Islamic New Year is marked with somber rituals that build up to Ashoura on Sunday, when a million ...
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10 hours ago ago from Booman Tribune
I want to talk about a losing ideological battle that is being waged on the left in this country by a group of people that I will call (non-pejoratively) "anti-corporatists." They are hypercritical of the TARP program, wanted to nationalize the banks, want to audit the Fed, and fought fervently for a public option even though their true preference was the abolition of the private health insurance industry. But, first, I want to quote Hillary ...
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13 hours ago ago from Stating the Obvious
In the Sydney Morning Herald, Anne Summers ponders the lack of popularity for Barak - the Messiah - Obama. Her conclusion is the right one, and that is, that he has failed to lead and his presidency has been marked by vacillation and self-flagellation. I would add that he has shown himself to be less than a patriot, by running down the US to the rest of the world at every opportunity and failing to deal with real threats such as Iran, while ...
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6 hours ago ago from Waylon's Revolution
President Obama has promised change. But what we have gotten are a continuation of the Bush policies. An escalation of a foreign policy in Afghanistan with no end in sight, and economic plans that in the long run will hurt this country. Obama is continuing the Bush policies of suppressing rights. As of December 1, 2009 Gallup ran a poll showing 55% disapprove of the Obama administration's plans for Afghanistan. While the commanding ...
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The Obamas Barack, Michelle Obama, Malia Obama and Sasha Obama sit down for their first family interview together in Butte, Montana. They talk about family, love and politics. Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. born August 4, 1961 is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Born to a Kenyan father and an American mother, he spent most of his early ...
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Political Memo: Debate Shows Obama Plays by Washington’s Rules
19 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON Howard Dean ran for president in 2004 as the outsider ready to battle an entrenched establishment in Washington. And so, four years later, did Barack Obama . Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse Getty Images President Obama spoke on health care Dec. 19 at the White House as Rahm Emanuel looked on. Ruth Fremson/The New York Times Howard Dean shown in his presidential run in 2004. Now, one year into Mr. ...
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