Tag: personal about politics
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July 15, 2008 10:30 PM EDT --
It was a startling sight. A long line of people turned the corner, extended down the block and snaked through the parking lot, with police standing by for crowd control, which was not necessary. The crowd . . .
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July 31, 2008 12:39 AM EDT --
Never a fan of rap, I have recently become a big fan of rap artist, Nas.
Last Wednesday, along with approximately 150 protesters, Nas tried to deliver 20 crates of petitions to the front door . . .
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August 20, 2008 04:57 AM EDT --
Following the Saddleback Church Civil Forum on Saturday night, I was bombarded with e-mails from people asking my opinion. Boy do I have opinions about it – no surprise there – and decided it was easiest . . .
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August 27, 2008 06:25 PM EDT --
Michelle Oba ma’s speech Monday night introducing herself to the world, was dynamic and powerful, yet genuine. She was setting the table for the rest of the convention speakers, starting the momentum . . .
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August 28, 2008 05:32 PM EDT --
The biggest news at the DNC last night was no news. In other words, much to the dismay of the GOP and the media, there was no discord.
The Clinton Camp and the Obama Camp continued the love fest as . . .
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September 02, 2008 03:57 AM EDT --
Hurricane G ustav, with Hannah and Ike close on its heels, managed to grab the headlines from John McCain and his VP pick Sara Palin, that is until today when it was reveled that Palin’s 17 year . . .
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September 24, 2008 01:41 AM EDT --
Having trouble wrapping your brain around that? Me too.
Even more alarming then the number and its sheer size is how it will be distributed and by whom.
If the Bush administration and . . .
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December 19, 2008 02:29 AM EST --
It’s doubtful that the devotees of Reaganomics and the trickle-down theory ever envisioned that they would be the ones trickling down to the middle class rather than just the leftovers . . .
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January 24, 2009 08:18 PM EST --
If there was any doubt that Americans were tired of fear, secrecy and “the dark side” it was completely erased on inauguration day. The moment President Barack Obama (gosh, that sounds nice, . . .
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February 15, 2009 08:56 PM EST --
Every ten years we fill out the form sent to us by the Census Bureau with its questions about our race, where we live, our income, how many children we have, etc., etc., etc., and then we send it . . .
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March 03, 2009 04:12 AM EST --
President Obama’s proposed 10-year budget has Republicans and the very wealthy screaming “class warfare”.
Only if they want it to be.
Let’s consider it economic correction of fiscal inequality . . .
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October 03, 2008 04:41 AM EDT --
In the much-anticipated vice presidential debate this evening, both . . .
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October 08, 2008 02:09 AM EDT --
The so-called town-hall forum, favored by John McCain, seemed more like a sporting event with all its rules and Tom Brokaw came off as a rather unpleasant referee.
That being said I don’t . . .
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June 26, 2008 08:02 PM EDT --
This has been a banner week for political gaffs. First on the list would be Charlie Black, senior advisor to Senator John McCain. On Monday, Fortune magazine ran an article in which Mr. Black was . . .
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July 08, 2008 11:46 PM EDT --
On Monday, June 30, President Bush signed into law landmark legislation introduced by Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) to provide post-9/11 veterans with comprehensive educational benefits. Last week, the legislation . . .
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July 24, 2008 12:06 PM EDT --
After months (900 days to be exact) of berating Barak Obama for not visiting Iraq and Afghanistan, John McCain got his wish.
Be carefu l what you wish for.
McCain’s first response . . .
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August 07, 2008 01:39 AM EDT --
Pulitzer Prize winning author, Ron Suskind’s new book “The Way of the World,” claims that the White House ordered the CIA to forge a back-dated, handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence . . .
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September 09, 2008 03:04 AM EDT --
If the GOP wanted to solidify their standing as the Old White Men’s Party, they succeeded handily last week at their convention. It could have been called “Night at the Museum” with all the old fossils . . .
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September 19, 2008 02:28 AM EDT --
Panic, or a very close facsimile of, hit Wall Street Monday morning with a 500+ drop in the stock market and continued to pick up momentum as more financial failures came to light on the days following, . . .
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October 18, 2008 03:58 PM EDT --
NOTE: On Tuesday I had surgery on my knee. The surgery was fine. The three days of constant nausea and migraines was not so fine. I am doing better now, but realized I still could not construct a . . .
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