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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
The Pew Poll RE Obama’s Polarized Early Job Approval Ratings
Full title:The Pew Poll About Obama’s Polarized Early Job Approval Ratings, and The Trouble with Percentages First, the statement at the Pew website. Partisan Gap in Obama Job Approval Widest in Modern Era April 2, 2009 For all of his hopes about bipartisanship, Barack Obama has the most polarized early job approval ratings of any ...
Posted to Best of the Fray by mathpol on April 9, 2009
WE LIBERALS KEEP MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE, OVER AND OVER...
When you open your door and an enraged Frankenstein walks in, growing, you don't ask him why he's not Dracula, or a policeman, or a woman. You either shoot him, get killed, or run away and let him destroy everything. We liberals make the same mistake everyone else in the world makes: we assume everyone else is like us. We assume everyone ...
Posted to Jurisprudence by FayeKane on March 22, 2009
Isn't "new democrat" just as silly as the old labels?
Has the culture war gotten so bad that even Obama's attempt to transcend labels needs to be labeled? Ok, dumb question. Of course it has. I have been reading Slate for almost a decade now, and it has never ceased to amaze me how the otherwise intelligent and thoughtful people who are responsible for this magazine positively lose their rational ...
Posted to The Has-Been by bmccarville on March 20, 2009
Re: THE RECORD OF TRUTH?
Will the New York Times print that our New Marxist POTUS.. called the NEW MARXIST PRESIDENT of El Salvadore to congratulate him on his win ?..How frightening is that..next he'll be calling Chavez,Castro and Medvedev to say he is in concert with them..SCARY! I guess this is the Change we can all believe in and be frightened of?
Posted to Fighting Words by Jeanne Love on March 17, 2009
Re: Good and bad terrorists
Isn't it exciting now that Napalitano wants to refer to ''Terrorist'' as ''Man-made Incidents''..how pathetic is that....it's like if we don't call the boogeyman the boogeyman then we won't be frightened and stay on defense..that way they can easily attack us..she says that it's fearmongering..well, I have a news flash..knowing those people that ...
Posted to Fighting Words by Jeanne Love on March 17, 2009
Mileage Taxes and Big Brother
It was reported in the Huffington Post today that Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, one of the Repulicans appointed to Obama's Cabinet, has proposed a mileage tax be imposed on all drivers in this country, via the forced use of GPS devices, which would track each of us, every time we got into a car. We haven't even gotten to the point of ...
Posted to Politics by Gayle Mattern on February 20, 2009
That New York Post Cartoon
First, the cartoon, by Sean Delonas. Second, the response by the Post to the criticism it received. THAT CARTOON Wednesday's Page Six cartoon - caricaturing Monday's police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut - has created considerable controversy. It shows two police officers standing over the chimp's body: ''They'll have to find ...
Posted to Today's Cartoons by mathpol on February 20, 2009
Stimulation- Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GszFafZWxik The title refers to the stimulus package recently passed by Congress. Sung to the music of “Celebration”, by Kool and the Gang.
Posted to Slate V: News and Politics by mathpol on February 16, 2009

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