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White House sends press corps al-Maliki's praise for Obama plan

ybdogsct — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:48:18 EDT

An embarrassing slip up, when an aide mistakenly sent to the news media a Reuters article saying Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki backs Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan. Its timing is particularly embarrassing as Bush's "general time horizon" for withdrawing U.S. troops is being cited by some as resembling Obama's redeployment pro

Channel: Politics Tags: George W. Bush Nouri al Maliki Barack Obama general time horizon troop withdrawal

Ad Hawk: Bon Voyage, Barack! (McCain Airs First Negative Ad While Obama Is Away)

ybdogsct — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:58:38 EDT

McCain aired the first real negative ad of the 2008 general-election. McCain accuses Obama of 3 offenses: he "never held Senate a hearing on Afghanistan"; he "hasn't been to Iraq in years"; and he "vot[ed] against troop funding." While the complaints sound damning when simplified, they crumble upon closer examination.

Susan Estrich: It Should Be a Democratic Year

AlphaGnosis — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:05:17 EDT

July polls don't tell you who's going to win in November. Just ask President Dukakis or President Gore, both of whom were well ahead in July and went on to lose in the fall (although Mr. Gore still doesn't quite see it that way).

Channel: Politics Tags: Susan Estrich it should be a Democratic year

McCain adviser Gramm quits after 'whiners' remarks

ProudBlueTexan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:10:20 EDT

WARREN, Mich. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain pledged Friday to help auto workers rebuild their industry and in the process jump-start the entire U.S. economy. On the day McCain visited one of the areas hardest hit by the economic downturn and rising gas prices, one of his top advisers, former Sen. Phil Gramm gave up his campaign po

Channel: Politics Tags: McCain Phil Gramm republicans disgrace election

I'm a lifelong conservative activist and I'm backing Barack Obama

spkguy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:55:57 EDT

I'm a lifelong Republican - a supply-side conservative. I worked in the Reagan White House. I was the chief economist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for five years. In 1994, I helped write the Republican Contract with America. This November, I'm voting for Barack Obama.

Channel: Politics Tags: LARRY HUNTER Barack Obama Reagan VOTE2008

McCain adviser Gramm leaves campaign

smithichie — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:10:34 EDT

NEW YORK - Phil Gramm, a top adviser to presidential candidate John McCain, said Friday he is resigning from the role as campaign co-chairman after his comments that the United States had become a "nation of whiners" who constantly complain about the state of the economy.

Channel: Politics Tags: Presidential Election McCain Phil Gramm Whiners

Propeller Week In Review: July 18, 2008

JamesMarcus — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:39:37 EDT

Petroleum was very much on the mind of the Propeller community this week. But so was Karl Rove, gay rights, and a certain, extremely charming jackass.

Channel: News Tags: wir week in review propeller

Democrats try to spur oil exploration

ybdogsct — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:56:38 EDT

Republicans blocked a Democratic bill to spur exploration in areas where drilling has already been sanctioned. A supermajority was needed. Democrats were calling the bluff of Republicans on their persistent demands for more domestic production. "Drill on the leases you have or let somebody else do it," said Steny H. Hoyer (D-MA).

Channel: News Tags: Drill Act ANWR offshore drilling gas prices

McCain Attended Zero Hearings on Afghanistan

Neophile — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:13:52 EDT

McCain, R-Ariz., the top Republican on the Senate Armed Service Committee, has attended zero of his committee's six hearings on Afghanistan over the last two years.

Channel: Politics Tags: john mccain afghanistan hearings record election 2008

John McCain, POW: A First-Person Account

AlphaGnosis — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:59:06 EDT

Here, in his own words, based on almost total recall, is Commander McCain's narrative of 5 1/2 years in the hands of the North Vietnamese.

Channel: Politics Tags: McCain prisoner account torture

Bush Says Drill, Drill, Drill - and Oil Drops $9!

AlphaGnosis — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:01:34 EDT

Crude-oil futures for August delivery plunged $9.26, or 6.3 percent, almost immediately as Bush was speaking, bringing the barrel price down to $136. Now isn't this interesting?

Channel: Money Tags: President Bush drill oil drops 9 dollars

Conservatives for Obama? by Thomas Sowell

SonOfTheMask — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:52:54 EDT

A number of friends of mine have commented on an odd phenomenon that they have observed conservative Republicans they know who are saying that they are going to vote for Barack Obama.

Channel: Politics Tags: Thomas Sowell Obama Conservatives

Sunday Devotional - Like A Wellspring

brettodactyl — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:41:56 EDT

The words we say are the overflow of what is in our hearts, and so, when we find ourselves saying things we shouldn't, we must allow God to change the root of the problem, our hearts.

Channel: Religion Tags: Christ Heart Christianity God Religion

La 'Elima

Spadecaller — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:19:06 EDT

Featuring the paintings of Frederick Church, Paul Gauguin, Winslow Homer, and visual arts by Spadecaller, this video presents the amazing story about the 1868 catastrophic tsunami that impacted Hawaii's last traditional fishing village.

Channel: Art & Design Tags: Frederick Church Paul Gauguin Winslow Homer Israel Kamakawiwoole Tsunami

At Arm's Length: Obama - Jesse Jackson (Newsweek)

SonOfTheMask — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:14:32 EDT

There was a time when Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama were, to all appearances, good friends. In the '90s, as Obama was rising in Illinoispolitics, he and Jackson would often attend community events and fund-raisers together. They went out to dinner and invited each other to family birthday parties.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama Jesse Jackson Generation Gap

Bush, Democrats bicker over soaring energy prices

ameliog — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:01:47 EDT

President Bush on Saturday tried to pin the blame on Congress for soaring energy prices and said lawmakers need to lift long-standing restrictions on drilling for oil in pristine lands and offshore tracts believed to hold huge reserves of fuel.

Channel: News Tags: bush democrats energy prices pass the buck accountability president

McCain says he'd be better for women

MyWayOnNow — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:50:26 EDT

Republican Sen. John McCain told a mostly female audience yesterday that his plans to cut income, business and estate taxes would help women, whereas rival Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's proposals would erect new economic obstacles for them.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain women

Tony Snow Dies of Cancer At 53

TimALoftis — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:34:48 EDT

Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush's press secretary, has died of colon cancer, Fox News reported Saturday. Snow was 53 years old.

Channel: News Tags: tony snow cancer bush white house press secretary

Brett Favre wants release from Packers

TechnologyExpert — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:04:45 EDT

The Green Bay Packers want to do the right thing in response to Brett Favre's latest round of flip-flopping on his future in football. And as far as the team is concerned, that might mean showing No. 4 the door - although working out a trade might be more palatable to the Packers than granting Favre the release he has requested.

Channel: Sports Tags: Green Bay Packers Brett Favre

Do Drug Laws Affect Drug Use Rates?:Evidently Not

mntnman444 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:31:06 EDT

"Get tough on drugs" laws have had very little effect on stopping people from using drugs and come at a high price for taxpayers.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Drug war failure

coral heading towards extinction

rightfromwrong — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:01:52 EDT

A third of the world's reef-building coral species are facing extinction.

Channel: Science Tags: coral extinction climate change

Bush pushes Congress to allow offshore drilling in Alaska - Jul. 11, 2008

engineer — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:50:50 EDT

Bush says one answer to soaring gas and oil prices is to increase supply by tapping reserves in the Alaskan wildlife refuge.

Channel: Money Tags: Bush Congress Alaska drill offshore prices gas

McCain and Social Security

Beeboppin71 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:24:50 EDT

He has no plan, anymore, that he's willing to publicly admit to. In the past, he called his plan "privatization," and it was the same plan as the incredibly unpopular Bush proposal which would dramatically reduce benefits and divert payroll taxes into private accounts.

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Newest Scandal: Obama Says "A" Instead of "An"

ind06 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:45:41 EDT

Intoned a man in a suit on television. "The question is whether we can trust a man who says "an" one day, and then suddenly says "a"? Does this show a lack of experience? Do we really know who Obama is, rhetoric-wise?"

Channel: Humor Tags: SATIRE I Say It Shows He Hates White People

How McCain Is Skirting His Own Spending Caps

ybdogsct — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:45:36 EDT

Even though McCain has agreed to an $84.1 million spending cap by accepting public funds--a decision he likes to portray as a principled stand against the corrupting influence of money on politics--at least double that sum will be spent on his behalf thanks to loopholes in the law that allow largely unregulated "soft money" contributions.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Barack Obama RNC DNC soft money

Sunday Devotional - Christian Love

brettodactyl — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:12:53 EDT

Have you ever sat back and thought about what it really means to love the way a Christian is supposed to love? There's more to it than you may think. It's not just about a feeling, it's about your actions.

Channel: Religion Tags: Christ God Devotional Love Religion

Kerry: McCain's Judgment Is Dangerous

TimALoftis — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:24:04 EDT

Says Republican Candidate Is A "Changed Man" For Siding With Bush On War, Economy, Energy

Channel: Politics Tags: 2008 election barack obama john mccain john kerry

John McCain: "I Hate the Bloggers"

Neophile — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:26:59 EDT

JOHN MCCAIN: "Now we've got the cables. We've got talk radio. We've got the bloggers. I hate the bloggers. We've got all kinds of sources of information."

Channel: Politics Tags: john mccain bloggers hatred election 2008

I'm Holding Back on Contributing to Obama Because of his Move to The Right

jovial — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:10:40 EDT

Poll: I'm Holding Back on Contributing to Obama Because of his Move to The Right. Take this poll and see where others stand on this issue.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama Poll shift right contributions

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

July 4th, 2008 - Proclamation of Independence

Spadecaller — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:27:57 EDT

To commemorate July 4, 2008, this Spadecaller video features excerpts from John F. Kennedy reciting the Declaration of Independence to the accompaniment of Hans Zimmer's "Born Free," the theme song from "Madagascar." The video poses a haunting question: what will you be celebrating tomorrow?

Channel: Art & Design Tags: Independence Day Born Free July 4th Hans Zimmer Madagascar

Romney: Obama Shows 'Frightening Naivete'

AlphaGnosis — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:36:37 EDT

Barack Obama's approach to the war on terror shows "frightening naivetÃ;Â©. Even the peaceniks of the last decade have recognized that the pre-911 thinking of the early 1990s was wrong," Romney says.

Channel: Politics Tags: Mitt Romney Obama shows frightening naivete

Unfair and unbalanced: Fox News' coverage of Obama tops the bias scale

ybdogsct — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:51:21 EDT

Fox News, whose slogan is "Fair and Balanced," seems to have gone above and beyond in its anti-Obama rhetoric. Fox News seems to be the willing source of many of the smears and have displayed an unhealthy willingness to pass on as fact any unsourced or unfounded allegation that will put the Obamas in the worst light possible.

Channel: Television Tags: Fox News Barack Obama Michelle Obama

EXCLUSIVE: Rush Signs thru 2016; $400Mil deal shatters records

AlphaGnosis — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:40:12 EDT

The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: Exclusive Rush Limbaugh signs 2016 400 million deal shatters broadcast records

Military Personnel Giving More To Obama

Aidenag — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:39:08 EDT

Among people who have donated at least $200 to a presidential campaign this election cycle, Obama has collected more than $327,000 from those identifying themselves as military personnel, while McCain has collected $224,000, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data by The Associated Press.

Channel: Politics Tags: Military Troops Barack Obama John McCain 2008 election Politics

My Back Pages

Spadecaller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:07:39 EDT

This clip features paintings by Alexandre Cabanel, Paul Cezanne, Winslow Homer, Norman Rockwell, JMW Turner, with other visual arts created by Spadecaller. This is the original version of, 'My Back Pages', as introduced in the August of 1964 on Dylan's album, "Another Side of Bob Dylan".

Channel: Art & Design Tags: Bob Dylan Alexandre Cabanel Paul Cezanne Winslow Homer Norman Rockwell

The Loser Letters

SonOfTheMask — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:11:38 EDT

A Former Christian converts to atheism

Channel: Religion Tags: Atheism Loser Christianity

Climb Aboard The Bush Bus!

Radiofreeeuropa — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:55:33 EDT

The "Bush Legacy Bus", an enormous bio-fuel-powered mobile museum is set to tour the country for the next several months and showcase an exhibit on the missteps and abuses of the Bush administration.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush Buffoonery Republican failures The Tragic Bus Bush Legacy

Zimbabwe - Any surprise ?

Dicax_Maximus — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:24:31 EDT

Gosh, what a surprise ! The electorate decided to live or die.....

Channel: Politics Tags: Zimbabwe Mugabee Democracy Survival Fraud

McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports

TheVisionary — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:41:06 EDT

Newsweek is set to publish a highly embarrassing report on Sen. John McCain, revealing that the McCains have failed to pay taxes on their beach-front condo in La Jolla, California, for the last four years and are currently in default, The Huffington Post has learned.

Channel: Politics Tags: john mccain republicans taxes tax breaks