Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Pa Bush Harassed About Junior Bush
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Former President George H.W. Bush took on Arab critics of his son Tuesday during a testy exchange at a leadership conference in the capital of this U.S. ally. "My son is an honest man," Bush told members of the audience harshly criticized the current U.S. leader's foreign policy. [HW Bush’s speech was] overshadowed at the conference by hostility toward his son, whose invasion of Iraq and support for Israel are deeply unpopular in the region. "We do not respect...
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Sunday, November 19, 2006
How We Vote In Oregon -- Other States Should Try It -- It Works !
A Better Way to Vote By Bill Bradbury Sunday, November 19, 2006; Page B07 SALEM, Ore. -- This month, as controversies emerged in other parts of the country over polling place problems and malfunctioning touch-screen machines, we here in Oregon prepared to swear in a new crop of elected officials with nary a question about the legitimacy of the count or the functioning of our electoral process. We accomplished this with a turnout on Nov. 7 that was, once again, among the highest in the nation....
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
So Sad -- Happy Thanksgiving?
“The USDA said that 12 percent of Americans -- 35 million people -- could not put food on the table at least part of last year….The number of hungriest Americans has risen over the past five years.” (full story) We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this...
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
Republicans Stance – We Don’t Care What Other Countries Think!
We have long lived with the Republicans’ disregard for opinions of the international community. They don’t seem to be aware that the year is 2006, and the U.S. is living in a truly international world. The opinions nations have of each other, the respect they feel, the ability to work together, will decide our future. I found it interesting when I went surfing for international reactions to our mid-term elections. (These excerpts are from a wide variety of reputable sources on-line.) - - - -...
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Friday, November 10, 2006
Rush Limbaugh Admits He Was Lying -- He's Now Liberated !!
Transcript - Rush Limbaugh - Nov. 8, 2006 "Now, I mentioned to you at the conclusion of the previous hour that people have been asking me how I feel all night long. I got, "Boy, Rush, I wouldn't want to be you tomorrow! Boy, I wouldn't want to have to do your show! Oh-ho. I'm so glad I'm not you." Well, folks, I love being me. (I can't be anybody else, so I'm stuck with it.) The way I feel is this: I feel liberated, and I'm going to tell you as plainly as I can why. I no longer am going to have...
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