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Taxing the rich and only the rich is not going to make US a better place to live. Instead, it creates a dangerous disconnect between taxes paid and benefits received. For the past eight years we've had policymakers telling us ''deficits don't matter'' which is another way of saying ''there is such a thing as a free lunch.'' What we need right now ...
Posted to Politics by abshandra on November 14, 2009
One man treading in a sea of shortsighted politicians
Obama, nor any other leader can fix anything, no matter what policies he wants to pass and whether a majority of Americans agree with it. What he can do, which it seems he is trying the best he can, is reach out to us to think outside the box of what we currently think is normal and comfortable. Even during his campaign for president, he said it ...
Posted to Politics by Empoweryourself on August 1, 2009
Recent US led Afghan Airstrike Violate International Law
International Law is explicit about civilian protection, including but not limited to Article 51, 52 and 57 of Protocol 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Violation of these articles are demonstrable by the recent U.S. raid on an Afghan Village as reported in early May of 2009. Article 51: Protection of the civilian population Paragraph ...
Posted to War Stories by KCBWES on May 9, 2009
Re: In for a penny or is it 1.5 billion?
Pakistan is in it for Pakistan. The common populace believes Indian ''Agents'' were behind the Mubai bombings - To discredit Islamabad and spark more conflicts. The same holds true for skeptics that said the CIA blew up the twin towers to pretext the Afghanistan / Iraq Wars. The theories just don't hold water. India wouldn't blow up ...
Posted to War Stories by Raath on May 1, 2009
Obamas stimulus bill
Obama will get what he wants after a lot of play in Congress. Let us hope to God his version works (as opposed to the Bush failure bailout plan).
Posted to Today's Papers by david wayne osedach on January 4, 2009
flatter the ego of Obama?
Obama should stop using his $30 million campaign surplus flattering himself. Enough. Is. Enough. It is time for results...
Posted to Politics by david wayne osedach on December 8, 2008
economic policy making
Obama will have to wait until January before making economic policy. No exception to presidential rules - HE.
Posted to Moneybox by david wayne osedach on November 12, 2008
Now that Obama will be president
Obama has won the election by citing feel good statements without indicating any significant positions that he will take on any critical issues. America has elected charisma without knowing what direction our new President will take us. He will now have to win over the country with leadership and definitive policies that he has been able to ...
Posted to Politics by LPT2849 on November 5, 2008
republican legacy
The republicans have been exploiting endemic racism since Nixon's southern strategy to Reagan's 1980 campaign launch in Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the site of the most notorious crime of the civil rights era and his ''states’ rights'' speech, to Willie Horton. For a more refined, and funnier form of negative campaigning see: ...
Posted to Politics by jacknoir on October 23, 2008
Election 2008
Against the backdrop of the worst economy since the Great Depression, and with the electorate polarized as never before, Mr. McCain cannot hope to win by tilting primarily towards conservative hot-button issues. This election is likely to be decided by relatively moderate and independent voters, and their top three concerns are, in descending ...
Posted to Kausfiles by doctorwascher on October 12, 2008

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