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This story has mostly positive ratings. 106 votes / 16 sinks

You Can't Fuel All the People All the Time

Politics – Democrats couldn't care less about high gas prices. The consistent policy of the Democratic Party, going back at least to Jimmy Carter, has been to jack up gas prices so we can all start pedaling around on tricycles.

View Story Discuss (136) (humanevents.com) 24 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Sunk on June 26, 2008 09:30am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 77 votes / 11 sinks

Terrified by President Obama

Politics – Mike Huckabee warned that the Illinois senator's views on such issues as partial birth abortion takes away the equality of unborn children, and that Obama makes him uncomfortable.

View Story Discuss (46) (newsmax.com) 24 days ago by catstevens

Sunk on June 26, 2008 09:24am

Vandals Deface Huntsville Neighborhood
This story has mostly positive ratings. 126 votes / 65 sinks

Vandals Deface Huntsville Neighborhood

Do No Evil – All over northwest Huntsville, you can find markings that read "VIP 256," Obama 08," and "M-13". They even hit the entrance of one subdivision that isn't even built yet.

View Story Discuss (297) (whnt.com) 26 days ago by ZiegfeldGirl

Sunk on June 24, 2008 10:27pm

10 Reasons To Worry About Barack Obama
This story has mostly positive ratings. 127 votes / 44 sinks

10 Reasons To Worry About Barack Obama

Politics – A summation of concerns with Senator Barack Obama's stated policies and positions.

View Story Discuss (405) (article.nationalreview.com) 26 days ago by bigurn

Sunk on June 24, 2008 05:48pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 51 votes / 10 sinks

Dobson accuses Obama of 'distorting' Bible

Politics – James Dobson accuses the likely Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible and pushing a "fruitcake interpretation" of the Constitution.

View Story Discuss (54) (apnews.myway.com) 26 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Sunk on June 24, 2008 03:12pm

Obama's Presidental Seal Thrown Under The Bus
This story has mostly positive ratings. 139 votes / 16 sinks

Obama's Presidental Seal Thrown Under The Bus

Politics – OK, who called it first? Obama drops the Presidential-looking seal after the press politely tells him it looks a skosh egotistical. This is what the Germans call "schadenfreude" - enjoying someone else's misfortune.

View Story Discuss (196) (marcambinder.theatlantic.com) 27 days ago by bigurn

Sunk on June 24, 2008 09:00am

Barack Obama Vows to Disarm America
This story has mostly positive ratings. 202 votes / 80 sinks

Barack Obama Vows to Disarm America

Politics – Obama made a video for a liberal pacifist organization last year, the senator called for major cuts in defense spending, slowing the development of future combat systems, and cutting investments in America's ballistic missile defense program.

View Story Discuss (754) (rushlimbaugh.com) 27 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Sunk on June 23, 2008 05:24pm

Sunday Devotional - The Redemption Ceremony
This story has mostly positive ratings. 63 votes / 1 sink

Sunday Devotional - The Redemption Ceremony

Religion – This week's devotional relates a Jewish custom involving the public forgiveness of debts to the public redemption offered by the Lord Jesus Christ.

View Story Discuss (21) (studylight.org) 27 days ago by brettodactyl

Sunk on June 23, 2008 01:45pm

History will say that we misunderestimated George W. Bush
This story has mostly positive ratings. 158 votes / 64 sinks

History will say that we misunderestimated George W. Bush

Politics – History may place President Bush in a far better light than he currently enjoys.

View Story Discuss (397) (telegraph.co.uk) 28 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Sunk on June 22, 2008 06:24pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 69 votes / 3 sinks

McCain sneaks up on Obama in money race

Politics – John McCain raised almost as much money as Barack Obama in May, placing him virtually on the same financial footing as his Democratic rival â�;�" a level of parity that would have been unimaginable just a few months ago.

View Story Discuss (57) (msnbc.msn.com) 29 days ago by Nixie

Sunk on June 22, 2008 11:28am

President Bush: Democrats keep blocking energy plans
This story has mostly positive ratings. 135 votes / 50 sinks

President Bush: Democrats keep blocking energy plans

Politics – President Bush is accusing Democrats in Congress of blocking his energy proposals, saying they are partly to blame for high gasoline costs pinching Americans' budgets.

View Story Discuss (442) (news.yahoo.com) 29 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Sunk on June 21, 2008 04:17pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 131 votes / 17 sinks

McCain Scores With Offshore Drilling Proposal

Politics – John McCain has drawn first blood in the political debate following Barack Obama's victory in the primaries. His call yesterday for offshore oil drilling - and Bush's decision to press the issue in Congress - puts the Democrats in the position of advocating the wear-your-sweater policies that made Jimmy Carter unpopular.

View Story Discuss (317) (realclearpolitics.com) 30 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Sunk on June 21, 2008 10:13am

Gored: Obama could win vote, lose election
This story has mostly positive ratings. 164 votes / 35 sinks

Gored: Obama could win vote, lose election

Politics – Eight years after Al Gore's bitter pill, observers warn that Obama could face his own case of the popular-vote-winners blues.

View Story Discuss (492) (politico.com) 31 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Sunk on June 19, 2008 01:10pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 46 votes / 15 sinks

Gay marriage from a different perspective

Gay & Lesbian – 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.

View Story Discuss (72) (youtube.com) 33 days ago by dtowns67

Sunk on June 17, 2008 09:58pm

Drill! McCain touts energy conservation and oil exploration
This story has mostly positive ratings. 150 votes / 26 sinks

Drill! McCain touts energy conservation and oil exploration

Politics – Republican presidential candidate John McCain will call on Tuesday for energy conservation and the lifting of a ban on oil and natural gas exploration as two ways to help address the nation's "dangerous" dependence on foreign oil.

View Story Discuss (249) (news.yahoo.com) 33 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Sunk on June 17, 2008 05:22pm

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