It’s easy to trigger multiple comments on my Facebook page and my friends list; simply post something positive about President Obama and the Stimulus package or post something negative about TeaPartiers. Then site back and watch the comments fly, especially from old high school chums from New York.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow goes one better. Documented...
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Tags: Earmarks, Facebook, MSNBC, President Obama, Rachel Maddow, Rep. John Campbell, Republican Hypocrisy
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The stunning loss of the Massachusetts Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy since 1962 speaks more to the failure of the Democratic Party candidate than it does to slipping confidence in President Obama’s legislative agenda.
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Tags: Harry Reid, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts, President Obama, Scott Brown, Ted Kennedy, U. S. Senate
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On Tuesday, a catastrophic earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The full extent of the damage is still being assessed, but the death toll — already in the thousands — is climbing fast.
This is the worst earthquake to hit the area in more than 200 years. Entire communities have been ripped apart and as many...
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Tags: Earthquake, Haiti, President Obama
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I would have thought the confirmation of Justice Sotomayor would have warranted inclusion, but per the editors of the Associated Press, here are the top news stories of 2009.
Here are 2009’s top 10 stories as voted by the U.S. editors and news directors:
-1. THE ECONOMY: Despite a $787 billion federal stimulus package, much of...
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Tags: AD 72, Andy Quatch, birthers, Chesley Sullenberger, Ft. Hood, Michael Jackson, Mike Carona, Mike Duvall, Nancy Pelosi, Octomon, President Obama, Rick Warren, Special Election, state budget crisis, Ted Kennedy, Truman Dinner
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One of the best known songs of the Great "Republican" Depression "Brother Can you Spare a Dime"was written in 1931. Viewed as the anthem of the shattered dreams of the Depression era, considering our current economic recession and our shattered dreams of Change, this song seems to be strikingly relevant.
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Tags: Afghanistan Occupation, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Health Care Reform, health insurance, Health Insurance Industry, Howard Dean, Iraq Occupation, Joe Lieberman, Max Baucus, President Obama, United States Senate
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I am still a bit taken aback from the right wingers who are bitching in their Rice Krispies about President Obama’s selection for the Nobel Peace Prize. A friend sent me a link to Michael Moore’s website and he posted as good an explanation about why the President won as any I have read.
Moore...
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Tags: Michael Moore, Nobel Prize, President Obama
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