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No Retreat: If you Want to Win, Stop the War! Barack at Risk

MyWayOnNow — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:19:59 EDT

Tom Hayden: Call him slippery or nuanced, Barack Obama's core position on Iraq has always been more ambiguous than audacious. Now it is catching up with him as his latest remarks are questioned by the Republicans, the mainstream media, and the antiwar movement. He could put his candidacy at risk if his audacity continues to shrivel.

Channel: Politics Tags: barack obama war iraq antiwar

2 supervisors at raided meatpacking plant arrested

MyWayOnNow — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:45:27 EDT

Two supervisors at an Iowa meatpacking plant that was raided by federal immigration agents in May were arrested and charged with encouraging people to live in the United States illegally.

Channel: News Tags: meatpacking plant food illegal immigrant

Soldiers Re-Enlist on Independence Day

y_soitenly — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:26:58 EDT

BAQOUBA, Iraq (July 4) - It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway. Across Iraq, America's Independence Day was a normal work day for most U.S. troops. But the military threw in a taste of home at larger bases wi

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: aol news independence day troops re enlist now thats dedication

Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida

MyWayOnNow — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:56:27 EDT

Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. No more.

Channel: Money Tags: gas oil gasoline florida

Man Who Played Bozo the Clown Dies

libsRfunny — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:29:31 EDT

Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: Bozo the Clown Larry Harmon Dead at 83 congestive heart failure

General Petraeus Presides Over Largest Re-enlistment Ever

bigurn — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:54:29 EDT

Today, at Camp Victory in Iraq, on Independence Day, General Petraeus presided over the reenlistment of over 1200 military members.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: military reenlistment petraeus iraq victory

McCain praises Mexican drug fight, U.S. aid

MyWayOnNow — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:48:49 EDT

Ending a three day trip to Colombia and Mexico, John McCain praised Mexican drug-fighting efforts and hailed a U.S. aid package for security forces here as a key step forward in bilateral relations.

Channel: Politics Tags: john mccain mexican drug fighting mexico drugs

Chestnut wins hot dog contest after eat-off

MyWayOnNow — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:13:54 EDT

Joey Chestnut reclaimed the top spot at the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Friday after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off.

Channel: Food Tags: nathan hot dog coney island hot dog contest

Analysis: Obama's centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo

MyWayOnNow — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:04:56 EDT

Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?

Channel: Politics Tags: barack obama gop

What's right with America

bugluver — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:55:15 EDT

"In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism. They have formed their own 4-H Club -- the 'hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.'" -- Vice President Spiro T. Agnew: California Republican state convention, San Diego, September 11, 1970

Channel: Politics Tags: United States America Spiro T. Agnew

Student Tries To Sell His Presidential Election Vote on Ebay

inplacenews. — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:52:01 EDT

A college student claimed it was all a joke when he put his vote in this fall's presidential election up for sale on the Web auction site eBay. But prosecutors didn't see the humor.

Channel: Politics Tags: barack obama ebay john mccain joke Max Sanders Politics presidential election student University of Minnesota vote

Declaration of Independence - America's 'submission to God'

bugluver — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:40:19 EDT

As Americans celebrate the 232nd anniversary of the signing of The Declaration of Independence, one scholar notes the document is more a submission to God than an assertion of rights.

Channel: Religion Tags: Dr. Larry Arnn The Declaration of Independence Hillsdale College

ACLU vying to stop Naval prayer

bugluver — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:38:11 EDT

Do Americans want a military free of all religious influence? That is the question being posed in response to a letter from the ACLU to the United States Naval Academy demanding that midshipmen not be allowed to pray before their noon meal.

Channel: Religion Tags: ACLU United States Naval Academy midshipmen military

John Edwards to Debate Karl Rove

Neophile — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:35:41 EDT

GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will debate the issues of the presidential campaign Sept. 26 as part of the university's Distinguished Speakers Series, The Buffalo News has learned.

Channel: Politics Tags: john edwards karl rove debate buffalo new york

Obama rewrites Iraq plan

libsRfunny — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:04:03 EDT

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) promised primary voters a swift withdrawal from Iraq, in clear language still on his website: "Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months." Not anymore.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama Iraq War Withdrawal timeline Repudiated breaks campaign promise

Fourth of July care packages en route to soldiers

AlphaGnosis — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:49:30 EDT

The effort raised $1.5 million for packages for the tens of thousands of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, which will mean "thousands and thousands" of packages being dispatched so they arrive in time for the 4th of July.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Fourth of July care packages en route soldiers 1.5 million

Wisconsin Gay Couples Could Face Jail for Marrying in California

david_nwpa — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:44:21 EDT

Same-sex couples from Wisconsin who go to California to marry could find themselves facing criminal charges when they return home. A little known Wisconsin law makes it a criminal offense to enter into a marriage outside the state if that marriage were illegal in Wisconsin.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: Wisconsin California Gay Marriage Marriage Equality

Fort Myers gas station melee reportedly started at Cape Coral teen night

libsRfunny — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:24:21 EDT

A 200-person melee at a Fort Myers gas station early Monday morning started over a pack of cigarettes... Six people, including two teenagers, were arrested in connection with the incident, in which the large crowd gathered to watch as at least five females and one male were using sticks, pipes and other blunt objects to strike a vehicle...

Channel: News Tags: Fort. Myers stolen cigarettes teen night melee arrests

Coal Makes Us Sick. Oil Makes Us Sick.

jimdoze — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:40:34 EDT

Joe Biden: "The high price of oil is a gift to the American People." Here's what Harry Reid says. Dems' mission: Radical restructuring of the U.S. economy to remove hydrocarbons from the energy mix. Could they have stated the mission any more succinctly? Will the Dems go nuclear or are they intent on bringing us to our knees and lower

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Reid Democrats Coal Oil Hydrocarbon Evils

Barack Obama, Male Chauvinist Pig

AlphaGnosis — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:33:17 EDT

Obama's for Equal Pay, yet pays female staffers less than males.

Channel: Politics Tags: Barack Obama male chauvinist pig

US may open diplomatic outpost in Iran

libsRfunny — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:17:38 EDT

The Bush administration is considering setting up a diplomatic outpost in Iran in what would mark a dramatic official U.S. return to the country nearly 30 years after the American embassy was overrun and the two nations severed relations.

Channel: News Tags: Iran U.S. Bush Diplomatic outpost

Israel flies 100 planes to show Iran it's striking power

MyWayOnNow — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:03:20 EDT

Tehran today denounced Israel as a "threat to global peace" after Israel held a large military exercise in an apparent dress rehearsal for a potential attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Channel: News Tags: israel iran tehran nuclear

Teen killed cabbie over $8 fare - cops

BronxBomber — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:48:56 EDT

Police say that a teenager accused of stabbing a cab driver to death in Yonkers did it to beat an $8 fare.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: life kills Teenager is cheap.

25 year old man, shot to death for a fender-bender.

BronxBomber — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:44:49 EDT

A fender-bender in the Bronx ended in a shouting match and a fatal spray of gunfire early Saturday, police said. Adolfo (Carlos) Gonzalez was shot twice in the chest in the aftermath of the 5:15 a.m. collision...

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: road rage rears its ugly head.

Two Former Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Managers Indicted

newsarefree — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:18:11 EDT

A criminal indictment of two former Bear Stearns Cos. executives unsealed Thursday relies on a story line that may reemerge in future prosecutions of Wall Street figures in the wake of the sub-prime mortgage meltdown.

Channel: Money Tags: banks criminal indictment bear stearns wall street

Haditha Marine prepares to sue Murtha over smear

libsRfunny — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:54:55 EDT

With most of the eight Marines charged in the Haditha, Iraq, incident now exonerated, the highest-ranking officer among the accused is considering a lawsuit against Democratic Rep. John Murtha, who fueled the case by declaring the men cold-blooded killers.

Channel: Politics Tags: Murtha Iraq War al Qaeda Haditha U.S. Marines

Obama's campaign tightens control of image and access

libsRfunny — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:46:25 EDT

At a rally for Senator Barack Obama... two Muslim women said they were prohibited from sitting behind the candidate... But the incident... pointed to pitfalls the campaign faces as it moves into the general election and seeks to maintain control of Obama's image by tightly managing his public appearances.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama McCain 2008 election Public appearances reporters barred

McCain Calls For Building 45 New Nuclear Reactors

scarlett426 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:32:54 EDT

Sen. John McCain called Wednesday for the construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 and pledged $2 billion a year in federal funds "to make clean coal a reality," measures designed to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

Channel: Politics Tags: john mccain campaign presidential campaign election nuclear reactors

Gay marriage from a different perspective

dtowns67 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:18:28 EDT

In light of the outrageous ruling in California over gay marriage I've decided to throw my two sense into the ring. The only difference is the perspective I'm coming from. On this issue its really all about the reason states even have marriage to begin with.

Channel: Gay & Lesbian Tags: gay marriage marriage straight liberal conservative

Senators Getting Better Loan Deals

realestateinvestor — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:33:21 EDT

Some Senators are suspected of getting better loan deals not currently available to the general public.

Channel: Politics Tags: mortgages Chris Dodd Loan Deals Democrat Kent Conrad foreclosure fraud

China state paper casts doubt on Obama's platform for change

libsRfunny — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:15:26 EDT

China's state-run People's Daily Monday cast doubt on Barack Obama's ability to bring change if elected US president, in a commentary that gave a rare insight into the Chinese government's thinking.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama McCain China 2008 Election

UK Announces Iran Sanctions

dailynewsus — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:56:22 EDT

After meeting with Bush, Gordon Brown announces Iran Sanctions.

Channel: News Tags: iran terrorism iran sanctions bush gordon brown

Soros's New Hostile Takeover: The Democratic Party

ecotourusa — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:59:01 EDT

An interview with Geroge Soros and Steve Kroft: Confronted by interviewer Steve Kroft about his experiences as a youth in Hungary, under the Nazi occupation, Soros freely admitted that he posed as the "adopted godson'' of an official of the Nazi-occupation government, and helped in the confiscation of Jewish properties.

Channel: Politics Tags: george soros hillary clinton barak obama halliburton one world order

Charges May Come against ex-Bear Stearns Execs

newsarefree — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:27:41 EDT

U.S. prosecutors are preparing to file criminal charges against managers of two Bear Stearns hedge funds whose collapse helped kick off the credit crisis last year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Channel: Money Tags: bear stearns ceo manager us criminal

Dem convention panel faces $15 million shortfall [Taxpayers stuck with tab?]

libsRfunny — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:49:17 EDT

The host committee for the Democratic National Convention faces a possible shortfall of $15 million, complicating logistics for the August event... Denver city auditor Dennis Gallagher sent a letter to Mayor John Hickenlooper saying taxpayers are concerned they may get stuck with the tab...

Channel: Politics Tags: Democratic National Convention Denver funding shortage

Saudis will produce more oil to lower prices

dailynewsus — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:34:07 EDT

Saudis are concerned with the high prices and in order to keep selling they are willing to reduce prices.

Channel: News Tags: oil prices gas prices fuel prices auto economy

Republic Services Makes $6.8 bln Bid for Allied Waste

newsarefree — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:30:16 EDT

Trash company Republic Services Inc is in talks to buy competitor Allied Waste Industries Inc in an all-stock deal worth about $6.77 billion, the companies said on Friday.

Channel: Money Tags: republic services allied waste waste trash acquisition

Bush, Sarkozy unite against Iran

SunnyDays — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:03:40 EDT

Iran rejected a six-nation offer of incentives to stop enriching uranium on Saturday, prompting President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to jointly warn Tehran anew against proceeding toward a nuclear bomb.

Channel: News Tags: Iran Bush Sarcozy unite against

Paul McCartney gives charity concert in Ukraine

Shannonyork — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:20:52 EDT

KIEV, Ukraine - Tens of thousands of people braved heavy rain and thunder Saturday night to see Paul McCartney perform a charity concert on Kiev's central Independence Square.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: news celebrity charity Ukraine concert

Divers find 1780 British warship

SunnyDays — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:10:57 EDT

Deep sea divers have found the wreck of a Royal Navy warship which sank during the American Revolution.

Channel: News Tags: divers find British warship