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Few minorities on GOP podium

Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 12:10 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Republican National Convention showcased a Native American color guard, a black preacher and video footage of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, all part of its effort to present the GOP as a picture of diversity.

national, race, politics, convention, mccain, blacks, diversity, republican, minorities, rnc

Is John McCain a Crook?

Seeded on Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:44 PM EDT (Slate)

Before Enron, there was Keating The controversial George W. Bush-sponsored poll in South Carolina mentioned John McCain's role in the so-called Keating Five scandal, and McCain says his involvement in the scandal "will probably be on my tombstone." What exactly did McCain do?

bush, election, 2008, savings, politics, president, george, mccain, presidential, john

Lower gas prices aren't good

Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 5:59 PM EDT (CNN)

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Oil prices are falling sharply, and that's good news. But not nearly as good as you might think.

business, oil, prices, gas, crisis, lower

Pakistan aided in Kabul attack

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:16 PM EDT (The New York Times)

WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan's powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials.

afghanistan, pakistan, terrorism, 7, world-news, july

Nonaligned countries back Iran's nuclear program

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:23 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

TEHRAN, Iran - More than 100 nonaligned nations backed Iran's right to peaceful uses of nuclear power on Wednesday, an endorsement sought by Tehran in its standoff with the U.N. Security Council over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.

bush, iran, on, terror, nuclear, united, war, george, mccain, john

Nixon Vs Bush

Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:57 PM EDT

Both presidents have been vilified as the worst to take the reigns as commander in chief, and both have become cult classics in the field of tyrannical American leaders. Both also have expanded the role of the executive government in one way or another to a disturbing degree.

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bush, politics, george, nixon, presidents, w, richard, ever, worse, millhouse

Fuel Subsidies Overseas Take a Toll on U.S.

Seeded on Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:06 AM EDT (The New York Times)

JAKARTA, Indonesia — To understand why fuel prices in the United States have soared over the last year, it helps to talk to the captain of a battered wooden freighter here.

business, crisis, subsidies, globalization, fuel-oil

Enjoy the bias and shut up McCain!

Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:17 PM EDT

It is no secret that the media has fallen in love with Barack Obama, and his recent trip to the Middle East has exacerbated that. And to be frank, why not? He's charismatic, inspirational, has a good smile and he's black.

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media, election, 2008, politics, president, mccain, john, bias, liberal, obama

Give Amtrak a Fighting Chance

Seeded on Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:17 PM EDT (The New York Times)

It started out as a real victory for passenger rail: the House and the Senate voted to give significantly more money to Amtrak to improve service and upgrade tired cars, tracks and other equipment.

travel, amtrak, railroads, oil-crisis, public-funding

Nader's Black and White World

Seeded on Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:25 AM EDT ()

So will we have Ralph Nader to kick around some more after all? Maybe, but some of us were hoping that we could forget, so allow me the conceit. Can I say, "Thanks, but no thanks"?

politics, black, barack-obama, african-american, ralph-nader, ghetto, decision-2008

Military Service and the Presidency

Wed Jul 9, 2008 6:59 PM EDT

In 1992, William Jefferson Clinton broke a fifty year tradition by being the first president elected in two generations to have not served the military in any capacity. George W Bush did serve in the Texas air national guard, but was never sent to any conflict.

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politics, bill-clinton, john-mccain, barack-obama, george-w-bush, vietnam, george-bush, jimmy-carter, conscription, world-war-two

Sunscreen is bullcrap!

Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 11:29 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

The simple rule of sunscreen - the higher the SPF and the thicker the slather, the better - has come under doubt. ADVERTISEMENT

science

Imagine: September 11

Mon Jul 7, 2008 3:09 AM EDT

As the primary election season moves on, the United States prepares to elect its 44th President. What awaits the next President is an country with no clear energy policy, a poor standing in the world and a crippled economy.

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bush, cheney, america, 11, kerry, politics, gore, george, al, john

Some Black Republicans Torn About Voting for Obama or McCain

Seeded on Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:57 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

When Michael Varner attended historically black Howard University, he tried his best to rejuvenate Howard's chapter of the College Republicans, but he was a party of one.

politics

The Misunderestimated Man: How Bush chose stupidity.

Seeded on Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:34 PM EDT (Slate)

The question I am most frequently asked about Bushisms is, "Do you really think the president of the United States is dumb?" The short answer is yes. The long answer is yes and no.

bush, politics, george, w

Crisis and Renewal

Seeded on Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:01 PM EDT (The New York Times)

"I'M sad that you see Argentina like this," Pola Oloixarac, my new Argentine friend, said one night in November 2003 as we passed a cluster of figures picking through heaps of garbage bags on the otherwise deserted streets downtown.

argentina, buenos-aires, home-garden, maxine-swann

Bomb Opec

Seeded on Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:03 PM EDT (The Economist)

Note: The article was published at the beginning of May. What's the next dumb economic idea in this race?

business, oil-prices, opec, windfall-profit-tax, gas-tax-holiday

Dedicated to Tim Russert

Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:53 PM EDT

It is only once every generation that broadcast journalism is bestowed with someone who holds such high qualities, and can be placed in a special class of men and women in their craft.

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tim, politics, russert

ABC News: $4 Gas: It's Our Fault

Seeded on Sat May 31, 2008 9:04 AM EDT (ABC News)

WASHINGTON -- One of my favorite newspaper comic strips as a child was the Katzenjammer Kids, about two mischievous boys who were always getting caught red-handed and spanked.

business, big-oil, oil-peak, personal-responsibility, oil-crisis, 1970s, 4-gas

Pakistani Taliban seek sharia rule

Seeded on Fri May 23, 2008 11:06 PM EDT (AL JAZEERA)

Pakistani Taliban fighters have said that the success of a peace deal signed with the government in the northwestern area depends on the complete enforcement of Islamic law in the region. The agreement, signed on Wednesday, ends months of fighting in the Swat valley between t …

world-news

Open Letter to Congress concerning gas prices

Thu May 22, 2008 7:47 AM EDT

Dear members of Congress and the future President of the United States

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politics, big-oil, pandering

Lexington | Why not both? | Economist.com

Seeded on Wed May 21, 2008 12:43 PM EDT (The Economist)

BACK in March Barack Obama compared the Democratic primary to a "good movie" that has lasted "half an hour too long". The movie has long since gone bad, and half an hour has dragged into an eternity. Surely it is high time to roll out the Hollywood ending.

politics

Bush's Bizarro World

Seeded on Wed May 21, 2008 12:14 AM EDT (Cato Headlines)

President Bush's speech to the Israeli Knesset, in which he charged that people who advocate negotiating with "terrorists and radicals" are the equivalent of craven Western leaders who sought to appease Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s, has created a political firestorm.

politics

Sudan and Chad | A bloody tit-for-tat | Economist.com

Seeded on Wed May 21, 2008 12:00 AM EDT (The Economist)

PICKING through the knotted bundle of clothes in a police station in Omdurman, close to Sudan's capital, Khartoum, the security man emerges with a ragged cap in his hand. "Chad", he says triumphantly, pointing to the flag emblazoned on its front.

world-news

House passes bill to sue OPEC over oil prices

Seeded on Tue May 20, 2008 11:56 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and working together to set crude prices, but the White House threatened to veto the measure. ADVERTI …

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