Tag: united states
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July 09, 2009 01:36 PM EDT --
Those who are familiar to the posters on Gather know the standard response for the causes of the recent financial crisis; everything is blamed on the previous administration, and the economy . . .
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July 09, 2008 10:03 AM EDT --
Iran said on Wednesday it had test-fired a long-range missile capable of reaching Israel and U.S. troops in the region, a step promptly condemned by the Bush administration as heightening tensions . . .
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January 27, 2009 05:23 AM EST --
OK, i'm just going to toss this one out there for the sake of starting a discussion.
President Barack Obama has been in power for one week, today. What does everyone think?
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January 19, 2009 09:41 AM EST --
While exploring YouTube this morning, I came across this video - U.S. Presidential Inauguration History Vignettes.
Some facts from the clip: George W. Bush placed his hand on the same Bible as . . .
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January 02, 2008 11:57 AM EST --
This was just posted by the New York Times:
An American diplomat in Sudan and his driver were shot to death early Tuesday as they were coming home from a New Year's Eve party in Khartoum, the . . .
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May 13, 2009 08:19 PM EDT --
Obama: Don't surprise me with Iran operation
By Aluf Benn
U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . . .
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September 03, 2007 11:01 AM EDT --
NEW YORK, Aug 31 (OneWorld) - It is one of the most affluent countries in the world, but sill millions of people in the United States find it very difficult to put a nice meal on their dinner table. . . .
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June 02, 2008 07:14 PM EDT --
Is the United States the greatest nation on earth?? Well, personally, I certainly think so. Of course, that is only my opinion. And, because I think so, doesn't necessarily make it true, does . . .
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August 03, 2006 02:15 AM EDT --
I know that it seems impossible to win this war due to the rise in violence, but there are Iraqis wanting a free country--eventhough very little are doing much about it-- and most Iraqis think America . . .
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July 09, 2009 10:38 PM EDT --
I don't know if it's true or not, but one of our fellow Gatherers has claimed that "because 20% of all Americans and 60% of all Republicans love her [Sarah Palin] dearly." If that's true, I wonder if . . .
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December 21, 2006 08:21 PM EST --
I read this article today and had to smile at the writers ability to capture the complexities extant in Iranian politics today, especially this graf:
[The] students also complain about the president’s . . .
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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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March 28, 2007 12:53 AM EDT --
Iowa's former governor, Tom Vilsack, was a presidential hopeful earlier this year (2007) After something like 11 weeks he dropped out of the campaign.
A little background: In 2004, . . .
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May 30, 2007 09:24 AM EDT --
Whoever takes charge of the World Bank in July must be elected, not selected, say experts on global financing for development in a survey conducted by a U.S.-based independent think-tank.
Ending . . .
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May 28, 2007 02:05 PM EDT --
This anonymous piece was forwarded to me.
UNITED STATES MAP - Short But Good!
A father wanted to read a magazine but was being bothered by His little girl, Shelby. She wanted to . . .
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June 11, 2007 10:52 AM EDT --
As Bangladesh’s military has taken over the country because of what they call corruption in politics, they have arrested around 200,000 folks and put them into secret detention centers and are using . . .
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October 10, 2008 03:05 PM EDT --
I was reading some political articles here on Gather and someone's opinion sparked something in me...something like curiosity of what other people really think. In this day and age do we . . .
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May 24, 2009 05:57 AM EDT --
For the first time since at least 1967, Israel can no longer count on the unquestioning support of the President of the United States. There will be no blank cheque for Israel from the Obama White House, . . .
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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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February 10, 2007 04:46 PM EST --
Wary of the fast-deteriorating human rights conditions in Colombia, church leaders and aid groups in the United States are calling for the Bush administration to reconsider its current policy toward Bogota. . . .
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