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I'm a 46 year old Chef living in Brunswick Maryland. I have 3 children and am currently married. I consider myself a moderate. I usually vote Democratic but have crossed the line when the candidate seems right.

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Gore Says No to Vice Pres- Taking Eco Act On the Road?

Politics – Former Vice President Al Gore has made it clear that he thinks he'll be able to do more to fight global warming as a private citizen than he ever could as a politician. Even if Obama wins the Presidency, Gore feels that his contributions to saving the environment as a politician will be thwarted compared to if he was acting as a private citizen...

View Story Discuss (7) (greenopolis.com) 3 days ago by CommonDavid

Voted for on July 21, 2008 03:54pm Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 164 votes / 14 sinks

NY Times confirms Maliki's comments were accurate

News – In an audio recording of Mr. Maliki's interview that Der Spiegel provided to The New York Times, Mr. Maliki stated a clear affinity for Mr. Obama's position, bringing it up on his own in an answer to a general question on troop presence.

View Story Discuss (239) (dailykos.com) 4 days ago by Aidenag

Voted for on July 21, 2008 12:16am Commented on 2 times: 1 2

This story has mostly positive ratings. 156 votes / 13 sinks

Obama Campaign Welcomes Report of Maliki Support for Timetable, Maliki Government Demurs

Politics – McCain has been forced by events to switch to Barack Obama's position on 2 fundamental issues: more troops in Afghanistan, and more diplomacy with Iran. The next shift appears to be Iraq. For months, McCain has called any plan to redeploy our troops from Iraq "surrender." Now, the Bush Administration is embracing troop withdrawals - a pos

View Story Discuss (171) (blog.washingtonpost.com) 4 days ago by ybdogsct

Voted for on July 20, 2008 09:55pm Commented on 2 times: 1 2

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UPDATE: Maliki Doesn't Endorse Obama Troop Withdrawal Plan

Politics – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hasn't endorsed any specific plan for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, a government spokesman said, a day after a magazine report that he backed Barack Obama's proposal.

View Story Discuss (546) (bloomberg.com) 4 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Voted for on July 20, 2008 09:50pm Commented on 2 times: 1 2

This story has mostly positive ratings. 110 votes / 9 sinks

Barack's Iraq Trip

News – Barack Obama is headed for the front - including a stop in an Iraq that would look far different had Washington adopted the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's strategic imperatives

View Story Discuss (125) (nypost.com) 5 days ago by catstevens

Voted for on July 20, 2008 10:49am Commented on 2 times: 1 2

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As wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts

News – Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest efforts to help.

View Story Discuss (46) (news.yahoo.com) 5 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 20, 2008 10:33am Commented on 1 time: 1

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Love, Is , I , Wann Know

Music – "I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad recorded by the British-American rock band Foreigner. The song hit #1 in both the UK and the U.S. and is their most successful single. It remains one of the band's best known songs. Foreigner's other top seller, Waiting For A Girl Like You spent 10 weeks in the number two spot, so it is ofte

View Story Discuss (36) (youtube.com) 5 days ago by dadesider

Voted for on July 20, 2008 09:58am

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

Politics – 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

View Story Discuss (217) (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) 5 days ago by ybdogsct

Voted for on July 20, 2008 09:58am Commented on 3 times: 1 2 3

This story has mostly positive ratings. 98 votes / 5 sinks

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

Popular Videos – 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.

View Story Discuss (56) (blog.newsweek.com) 5 days ago by ybdogsct

Voted for on July 20, 2008 09:35am Commented on 6 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6

This story has mostly positive ratings. 67 votes / 2 sinks

Muqtada, the Future of Iraq

Books – With provincial elections in Iraq slated to occur later this year and Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki's government clamping down on Sadrist forces in Baghdad and in the Shiite south, Cockburn's Muqtada serves as a necessary guidebook for interpreting the turbulent course that Iraqi politics has taken over the past several years-and where it is like

View Story Discuss (2) (inthesetimes.com) 6 days ago by populist

Voted for on July 19, 2008 10:23am Commented on 1 time: 1

This story has mostly positive ratings. 91 votes / 2 sinks

Russia's energy drive leaves US reeling

Do No Evil – Last week, the gloves finally came off the Dmitry Medvedev presidency in Russia. It had to happen sooner or later, but few would have expected this soon. It was crystal clear US President George W Bush administered a diplomatic snub to Medvedev on the sidelines of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit meeting at Hokkaido, Japan.

View Story Discuss (22) (atimes.com) 6 days ago by jovial

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The Audacity of Vanity

Politics – He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast -- a cheering audience and a few fainting frauleins -- would be a picturesque way to bolster his foreign policy credentials.

View Story Discuss (263) (realclearpolitics.com) 6 days ago by catstevens

Voted for on July 19, 2008 10:03am Commented on 4 times: 1 2 3 4

This story has mostly positive ratings. 118 votes / 9 sinks

Susan Estrich: It Should Be a Democratic Year

Politics – 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).

View Story Discuss (257) (realclearpolitics.com) 6 days ago by AlphaGnosis

Voted for on July 19, 2008 09:51am Commented on 9 times: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

This story has mostly positive ratings. 118 votes / 1 sink

US, Iraq seek `general time horizon' on troop cuts

News – The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek "a general time horizon" for further withdrawals of American troops from the war.

View Story Discuss (100) (news.yahoo.com) 6 days ago by STONERS

Voted for on July 19, 2008 09:21am Commented on 2 times: 1 2

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What Doctors Don't Tell You

Health & Fitness – Lyme disease is still barely recognized by orthodox medicine, but new, explosive evidence links this worldwide epidemic with certain types of mental illness, including autism

View Story Discuss (9) (healthy.net) 6 days ago by omerazam

Voted for on July 19, 2008 09:14am Commented on 1 time: 1

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