Standing in line at the bank I watched battle-weary congresspeople on TV argue for what’s right and decent for an American national health care system. And the opposition argued point for point with ludicrous accusations that amounted to protecting their own interests. That this debate even exists is ridiculous. A government for the people?...
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Interviews available: Scrutinizing U.S. Goals in Afghanistan
(Institute for Public Accuracy — IPA) GARETH PORTER, (703) 532-0124, (703) 600-9057, porter.gareth50@gmail.com, http://ipsnews.net Porter recently wrote the piece “Obama Had Rejected His Own Speech’s Surge Rationale,” which states that Obama in his West Point speech “said the escalation was for a ‘vital national interest’ and invoked the threat of attacks from the Afghanistan-Pakistan...
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Fox caught faking news on tape
Running out of real negative news about Democrats, Fox News cuts and pastes video clips to invent things to criticize. This amusing compilation of side-by-side takes sets the record straight.
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Immunity for Torture Lawyers? How About a Pardon for Truth-Tellers?
If the President of the United States is going to grant immunity to everyone from the telecoms to the torturers, then pardon those of us who have been criminally investigated, bankrupted, blacklisted, and are still suffering the personal and professional fallout of what really was pure "retribution" for doing the right thing.
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A Fark.com subscriber tells off the ‘independents.’
If McCain were winning, you would be all for him. You know he's not doing well, so you're saying "Both sides suck!" so you don't have ownership of a lemon.
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