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Memo To Right-Wing: Withdrawal Timetable Now Doubleplusgood

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I'm on a lot of strange press lists, so I get a lot of strange press releases, but this is the first time I've ever gotten one from another dimension, I have to admit.

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Bush Skipping O'Hare Runway Debut

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

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It looks like George W. Bush will not be stopping by Barack Obama's hometown later this week, after all. City officials had been really, really, real...

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The New World Economy

Zachary Karabell | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Saudi Arabia, Stock Market, g20, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, China, Barack Obama, Bush, Business News
Zachary Karabell

The financial balance of power is shifting. China, Brazil, even Japan can all claim more sound economies than the United States. They expect a voice, and they are not asking permission.

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Obama Should Take a Hard Look at Bush's Terrorism Executive Orders

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Military, Geneva Convention, Cia, Bush, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Supreme Court, Executive Orders, Constitution, Iraq, Terrorism War, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A start and end point should be the 31 Bush executive orders that deal with Iraq and the terrorism war.

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Lament for G20 Failure to Help People Worst Hit by Crisis

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, France, Bretton Woods, Poverty, Sarkozy, Gcap, Economy, g20, Financial Crisis, Kumi Naidoo, China, Bush, Politics News
Kumi Naidoo

The G20 has failed to consider the plight of the people who have been least responsible for this global financial crisis but who are suffering the most, men women and children in developing countries.

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Friday Talking Points [55] -- "Bretton Woods II"? Not Quite.

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I have to begin here today by stomping all over a cutesy term the media has come up with for the upcoming economic "summit" George W. Bush is holding ...

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The Bush Legacy: Haunted By Mistakes

Markus Ziener | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Iraq, Crisis, Legacy, Bush, Bush Legacy, George Bush Legacy, Politics News
Markus Ziener

Bush's presidency may someday be seen in a milder light, because in the last two years of his administration, he was able to pull off an inconspicuous, but in many ways fundamental, change of course.

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Wild Horses Heading to the Gallows as Cowboy Prez Exits

Deanne Stillman | Posted 11.11.2008 | Green

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Deanne Stillman

The Bureau of Land Management -- tasked with overseeing the country's mustang populations -- recommends euthanasia as a tool in handling wild horse populations.

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Jason Linkins

Laura Bush Having Greater Success Than George Shopping Memoir

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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President Bush's plans to pen a memoir of his time in office may have been curtailed, but he's not going to be able to take comfort in the fact that a...

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Washington Overreacts

Alan Schram | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Credit Crunch, Hedge Funds, Obama, Libor, S&P 500, Bush, Dollar, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Paulson, Wall Street, Business News, Oil, Henry Paulson, Warren Buffett, Bank Deposits, Subprime Mortgages, Saving Money, Dow, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

Have you noticed our politicians so often do exactly the wrong thing? They mean well, but in their haste to propitiate us, the voters, they cause more damage than good.

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Obama and the End of Social Security Privatization

Mark Miller | Posted 11.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Privatization, Social Security, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Federal Budget, President Obama, Bush, Economy, Business News
Mark Miller

President-elect Obama made clear during the campaign that he flat-out opposes privatization of any kind, and the Congress won't go there, either. So, what type of solution will emerge?

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Expat No More? Proud to be an American Abroad

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This election was an international one, and we Americans have sent a strong message to the entire planet that we not only want change, but that we can and have taken back our country.

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President Obama: Israel Is Ready for You

Yoav Sivan | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Yoav Sivan

After eight years of failed American policy in the Middle East, President Obama has the chance to reassert constructive American leadership in one of the most complex geopolitical regions of the world.

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In Paris, Obama May Be The Only Antidote to W-Induced Shame

Jessica Roy | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Jessica Roy

One of the first things French people ask me after I tell them I am American is if I am voting for Obama. One guy actually tried to buy the Obama shirt I picked up at the DNC right off my back.

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Bush Defeats McCain

Jeff Danziger | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Danziger

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The New Know Nothings

Larry Beinhart | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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Larry Beinhart

The Republican Party likes to remember Abraham Lincoln. And so they should. It's a nice memory and brings credit to them. But there is another strand that runs through their history.

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My Review of my own version of "W," as dreamt by me, in trailer form

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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Joshuah Bearman

OK, so this might be a little weird, but I'm sharing it anyhow. A little while ago I dreamt my own version of Oliver Stone's "W." But here's the even ...

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Happy Halloween

Larry Beinhart | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Media, Bush, Zombies, Mccain, Economy, Election, Commander-in-Chief, George Bush Approval Rating, George Bush War Crimes, Bush Administration, Halloween Costumes, George W. Bush, War in Iraq, Political Media Coverage, Politics News
Larry Beinhart

Trick or Treat, America! Your choice, an African American President, or the Great Depression. Costume! Put on your banker suit, get a box of apples,...

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On the Waning Days of Madmen in the Media

Mike Sheehan | Posted 10.31.2008 | Media

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Mike Sheehan

There's been a backlash against Olbermann steadily brewing and it's hard to argue that he hasn't brought it on himself. I'm seeing the complaints piling up in the lefty blogosphere.

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Petraeus to McCain: I'm Not Your Guy

Patrick Barry | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Patrick Barry

For someone who McCain claims would be among his most trusted counselors, General Petraeus doesn't seem to agree with McCain on much of anything.

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Memo to Tom DeLay: Be Quiet, Go Away

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

DeLay was sanctioned three times for openly favoring lobbyists, misusing a federal agency and attempting to bribe a colleague for a vote. He claimed that Republicans were "bigger than Christ."

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Just How Dumb Are White Males?

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

Call me naive, but I think white males, startled by job cuts and the devastation wreaked upon their retirement savings, are finally getting the point.

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Looking Backward-McCain Style

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

By alluding to incidents that happened almost 40 years ago and making charges that would have made Joe McCarthy proud, McCain supporters are, almost literally, fighting the last (Cold) war.

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Politics and Faith

Larry Beinhart | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Larry Beinhart

The Constitution, Article VI, Section 3, states "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

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A Yalie Roots For Harvard

Darryle Pollack | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Education, Harvard, Bush, Yale, Candidates Schools, George W. Bush, Ivy League, Barack Obama, Politics News
Darryle Pollack

Bush represented the end of an era; women like me represented the beginning of a new one. I stepped onto the Yale campus only months after Bush left it.

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