Protest Stirs Against US-Iraq Secret Pact
Fifty clergy and human rights leaders are demanding that Congress oppose the pact being negotiated in secret by the Bush and al-Maliki administrations.
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A Dreier Journey: In with a Reagan, Stuck On a Bush
David Paulsen | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
Like Barack Obama, Russ Warner wants the war ended as quickly as is feasible, wants our troops and our billions of dollars brought home so America can go back to trying to forge a life.
Republicans Point Fingers While Enacting Socialist Policies
Brian Ross | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home
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The bailout of Wall Street and buying stock in major banks to shore up their shattered credibility is the very definition of socialist policy: The state owning the means of production and exchange.
Sarcasm Month
Michael DeJong | Posted 10.22.2008 | Living
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There is no doubt that frightful things in current events make for sensational opportunities for sarcasm -- in these times, it's almost "trench humor" that helps us survive.
Poverty in America: The Problems and Solutions
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.22.2008 | Business
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We need to make communities strong again. Our local money does not need to be mixed in with some guy's hedge fund abstract tranche of nothing all to make a fee for some banker in New York.
The United States of Christianity
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics
In a recently-disclosed memorandum, issued by the DOJ in 2007 but hidden until now, we learn that W bypassed laws that forbid the use of taxpayer dollars to support religious groups.
Understanding W.
Charlie Rose | Posted 10.20.2008 | Entertainment
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I spoke with with Oliver Stone and Josh Brolin about their new movie, W. Brolin, who plays Bush, told me about what he did to prepare for such a role.
ACORN: They Took Our Nuts!
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
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No wonder the GOP is desperately trying to neuter ACORN before the group manages to mobilize some seriously pissed-off poor people.
Economic Crisis -- Are Our Governments Making It Worse?
Danny Schechter | Posted 10.19.2008 | Business
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Sarkozy says, "there can be no freedom" without regulation and quickly huddled with George Bush at Camp David to try to coordinate strategies along with the president of the EU.
Bush will host world leaders at economic summit
AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 10.18.2008 | Business
CAMP DAVID, Md. — President Bush, looking for answers to an global economic emergency with just three months left in office, will host an intern...
What Real Financial Reform Should Look Like
Sean-Paul Kelley | Posted 10.18.2008 | Business
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The market will discover it's bottom, no matter what the Fed or Treasury does. But this could have been prevented. And don't let a single damned politician say it couldn't have.
Friday Talking Points [52] -- What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
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I started blogging over two years ago. That is to say, right about the time the 2008 presidential campaign began. OK, that's a bit of an exaggeration...
Internet Advocacy Roundup: Golden Pledge Campaign to Protect Social Security
Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
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Some conservatives still want to gamble our Social Security in the stock market.
Why is McCain Headed to Defeat? It is Not the Economy, Stupid
Matt Littman | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
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The collapse of the economy did not mean the collapse of the McCain campaign -- no, what killed the McCain campaign was simply John McCain's campaign.
Obama & Human Rights Watch -- Colombia Must Improve Human Rights
Dan Kovalik | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
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Yesterday, Human Rights Watch issued a damning human rights report on Colombia and echoed Obama's view that the U.S. should continue to delay ratification of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
19 Days Out: That Line Seemed Like a Good Idea Last Night, But This Morning I Just Feel Horrible...
Jesse Lee | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics
It must have been very disappointing to wake up and find that the "best line ever" was being used by the Obama campaign in one of the best and most amazingly rapid response ads of the election.
McCain Approves Bush's Rush To Open Grand Canyon To Toxic Uranium Mining
The Wonk Room | Brad Johnson | Posted 10.15.2008 | Green
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The Bush Administration is rushing forward with plans to mine the Grand Canyon for uranium, ignoring a command from Congress to cease such operations....
The Ten Percenters
Robbie Gennet | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics
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People are mad as hell and they are under no delusions who got us into this mess. Well, at least 86 percent of us are.
Bush, allies seek to calm jittery investors
AP | JENNIFER LOVEN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 10.11.2008 | Business
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WASHINGTON — President Bush and financial leaders from nations rich and poor pledged Saturday to intensify their efforts to unblock a frozen fin...
National Humiliation Reaches Peak Under Bush
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
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How do you vote for leaders who ignored climate change, mocked any concern for the loss of habitat and biological diversity, and dismantled the wall separating church and state?
McCain Will Raise Your Taxes, Obama Will Raise Your Income
Stephen Herrington | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home
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Americans now pay less in taxes than at any time since WWII. The low tax rate, in effect now for eight years, has produced nothing even close to resembling general prosperity.
Just Like Me -- I Hope Not
Adam Kernan-Schloss | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics
Call me out of step, but I want a president who's better than me.
Defining a Maverick
Robbie Gennet | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics
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If both candidates have voted overwhelmingly with their party do you want the one who voted with Bush 90% of the time or the one who voted against Bush 96% of the time?
Signs of Growing Friction Between McCain and Palin
Erik Ose | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics
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Palin is in the driver's seat and plans to stay there. Her take-no-prisoners nasty streak and extreme right wing views have found kindred spirits now that she's fully staffed up with veterans of Bush.
The Bush Bullydozer Strategy to Preempt His Successor
Danny Schechter | Posted 10.06.2008 | Business
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One of the tactics of high pressure selling is to set a deadline, and make it clear that if you don't chose the offer by the date set, you lose it.
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