Tag: current events
group name: politicstoday
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September 29, 2008 10:29 AM EDT --
Even assuming John McCain's move of "suspending" his campaign to become involved in trying to resolve the financial crisis was not basically a political ploy, it raises questions about what . . .
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November 18, 2006 11:36 AM EST --
As I was cruising through the blogasphere this morning Michael Weiss sent me off to view The Final Push? . In a discussing the general situation in Iraq, these blogs bring up an interesting point . . .
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November 05, 2008 11:48 AM EST --
The way the hard-working, dedicated McCain people were handled as they gathered to watch the results of the elections seemed eerily familiar: as the results came in they were sheltered from the "bad . . .
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March 18, 2007 09:33 PM EDT --
Keeping on my Moose and Squirrel kick, I thought it would be fun to see who most closely resembles the main characters from today’s current events. Of course, my list is completely . . .
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December 28, 2007 12:17 AM EST --
Since we all did so well with the 2007 predictions (see http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977214044&nav=Namespace ), I thought we could all do it again for . . .
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January 13, 2008 12:30 AM EST --
Here are two examples of why conservatives do not want government to get any bigger, stronger, more efficient or more effective.
The first is from the UK and shows how government, in the . . .
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January 19, 2008 12:12 AM EST --
This is just too funny.
In Annapolis, MD on January 18th, a bunch of enviro-nuts came out to protest Global Warming, Climate Change, et al. and it snowed on them!
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September 20, 2008 01:57 PM EDT --
A lot of accusations are flying over who is to blame for the our financial mess, but I think you can make a good case that the root of the problem lies in the long struggle to deregulate the financial . . .
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September 29, 2008 03:47 PM EDT --
The House Republicans failed this afternoon to muster enough support to join Democrats in passing the rescue package that would, it is hoped, boost confidence in the viability of the financial system, . . .
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March 26, 2008 04:58 PM EDT --
The Spitzer, Craig, Vittner and (Bill) Clinton 'sex scandals' seem to brightly illuminate one truth. Plenty of married people cheat on each other. Go to any community in the country . . .
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December 27, 2007 11:59 PM EST --
About this time last year, I invited people to share their predictions for the upcoming year. I'm also doing another article for the 2008 predictions. Check that out at: . . .
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January 18, 2008 08:11 PM EST --
For those who might have missed this on all the major news outlets - ice has returned to Greenland.
" On Disko Bay in western Greenland, where a number of prominent . . .
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December 03, 2007 03:54 PM EST --
Today's Gather Poll, December 3, 2007:
What is the most important quality that you look for in a political candidate?
Good family values
Proven leadership skills
Experience . . .
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September 02, 2008 08:42 AM EDT --
John McCain's remark that he doesn't know how to use a computer or navigate the Internet was not merely an admission that he was out of it when it came to a centerpiece of contemporary technology, . . .
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October 20, 2008 10:43 AM EDT --
We've heard a great deal about ACORN and Obama's connection to it lately. Republicans are outraged when they hear McCain's campaign talking about voter fraud; Democrats are outraged because . . .
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October 21, 2008 09:56 AM EDT --
McCain's campaign committee has announced that in the next week or so, McCain will be joining up with running mate Sarah Palin to campaign with her for part of the final days of the presidential race . . .
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October 14, 2008 05:05 PM EDT --
One of the many hoary myths that has become a part of the American political narrative is that Republicans are fiscal conservatives, hence good for your pocketbook, while Democrats are "tax and spend . . .
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January 04, 2007 01:24 PM EST --
The 110th Senate just finished swearing in and Majority Leader Harry Reid is still on the floor outlining his vision for the new Congress, but insiders (including you as soon as you get through this article) . . .
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October 31, 2008 08:55 AM EDT --
Time to wrap up these campaigns and get to the voting booth. But I can't resist jotting down a few of the things that have alternately amused and irritated me about the McCain-Palin campaign, . . .
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April 13, 2009 09:58 AM EDT --
I will always give credit where it is due. I have major differences with President Obama but giving the order to use deadly force on the Somali pirates was not only the correct thing to do, but . . .
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