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The New F Word
I plead guilty; I actually watched CSPAN’s coverage of the Chuck Hagel cloture vote on Thursday. I wish more Americans did because it was a farce worthy of William Shakespeare. Republicans filibustered Hagel’s confirmation but went into long and convoluted … Continue reading
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If A Than B
Monday President Obama put forth the name of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. What interested me was why and what does that tell us. Hagel, the former Republican Senator from Nebraska, had been rumored to be in line for … Continue reading
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Tagged Cabinet, Chuck Hagel, defecit, Defense Budget, defense contractors, Defense Spending, Democrats, Department of Defense, fiscal policy, gay rights, House Budget Committee, Israel, military bases, military budget, military spending, military-industrial complex, natioanl debt, national security, Nebraska, Obama, politics, Republicans, Secretary of Defense, security, security budget, security spending, social safety net, Tea Party, terrorism
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Johnny’s Last Dance
Don’t let the title of this article deceive you. Its subject is just what you anticipated – the State of the Union address. President Obama gave the address to a joint session of Congress with Vice President Joe Biden and … Continue reading
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Tagged 112th Congress, 113th Congress, 2012 election, auto industry, Bill Clinton, class warfare, D.A.D.T., debt ceiling, Democrats, economy, education, Iraq, Israel, jobs, Joe Biden, John Boehner, John Kennedy, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, Obama, obstruction, Osama bin Laden, politics, Republicans, social safety net, State of The Union, tax loopholes, taxes, unemployment, veterans benefits, Willard Mitt Romney
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It’s Knute Rockne, Michele
When you put six people on stage who are devoid of feasible ideas having an intellectually stimulating debate is an unrealistic expectation. That is exactly what happened Saturday night on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa during … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th Amendment, 2012 election, 9-9-9, ABC, Affordable Health Care Act, Christian, Des Moines Iowa, Diane Sawyer, Drake University, Federalist Papers, George Stephanopoulos, Glenn Kessler, health care, Herman Cain, Iowa, Iowa Caucus, Iowa Republican Party, Iowa Republican Presidential Debate, Israel, Michele Bachmann, Middle East, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Newt Romney, Obama, Obamacare, Palestine, payroll tax, Payroll Tax Holiday, politics, Republican, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Ted Kennedy, Willard Mitt Romney, win-win-win
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Between The Softball Game And The Party Game
For those of you who tuned into Fox News at 9 pm Eastern Time last night looking for a Presidential debate and thought a softball game was on your television, you were confused. Take heart, you were not alone.
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Tagged abortion, Afghanistan, cervical cancer, CNN, Department of Education, economy, education, Fair Tax, Florida, foreign policy, Fox News, Fox News Google Presidential Debate, Gary Johnson, Glenn Kessler, Herman Cain, HPV vaccine, immigration, India, Iraq, Israel, jobs, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, nuclear arms, nuclear weapons, Obama, Orando, Pakistan, politics, Presidential debate, Republican Presdiential Primary debate, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Rick Scott, Ron Paul, Social Security, Tampa, Tea Party, women's health issues
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Numbers The GOP Ignores
Every once in a while you hear a statistic that just strikes you; it was that way for me earlier this week when I heard that according to the Census Bureau 46.2 million Americans are living in poverty.
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Friday = Sunday
Before you think my mathematical ability has sunk to the level of Paul Ryan’s, (R, WI-1), read on. Once is an occurrence, twice is a coincidence, and three times is a pattern. We have a pattern in the Middle East.
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Tagged Al Jazeera, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Michele Bachmann, Muslim Brotherhood, Paul Ryan, Tunisia, Yemen
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