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If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. – James Madison
I agree to this Constitution with all its faults because I think a general government necessary for us, and believe further that this is likely to be well-administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other. -- Benjamin Franklin
If you were free of self interest... and very few of us can make that claim... the world would look like a seething madhouse of runaway appetites. -- les visible
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Ft. Hood: Official story full of holes »
Posted by: berkeley 12 hours, 58 minutes ago in Political Opinion
"I spent 10 years at Ft Hood. There is no way this 'official' story is legitimate. No way would a room full of combat vets ...
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FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: splitrch 16 hours, 48 minutes ago in News
Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of ...
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Former Miss CA Carrie Prejean made 7 other sex tapes »
Posted by: Progressive 17 hours, 18 minutes ago in News
It looks like Carrie Prejean spoke too soon when she called her recent sex tape the "biggest mistake" of her life. There are 7 more ...
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The Associated Press: Alabama bank halts mortgage lending »
Posted by: calitennflo 17 hours, 20 minutes ago in Business & Finance
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The second-largest thrift in Alabama is suspending mortgage lending amid hefty third-quarter losses as real-estate values moved lower and foreclosure rates turned higher.
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Information Dissemination: Middle East Naval Blockade »
Posted by: gbudavid 17 hours, 20 minutes ago in News
The next flash point in the Middle East is starting to heat up. When Saudi Arabia gets to the point they are willing to use ...
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Improvement in U.S. Trade Gap Looks Over Already - WSJ.com »
Posted by: calitennflo 17 hours, 55 minutes ago in Business & Finance
About the only bright spot in a U.S. recession is a shrinking trade deficit. But despite the severe drop in domestic demand, this downturn ...
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Choosing Between Raw Milk and a Dead, White Liquid »
Posted by: ameliog 21 hours, 19 minutes ago in Health & Fitness
When health and business journalist David E. Gumpert, author of the newly released Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America’s Emerging Battle Over Food Rights, decided ...
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Majority of GOP Candidates Deny Global Warming Exists »
Posted by: ameliog 21 hours, 28 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Now that five of the seven Republican candidates for governor have declared global warming a figment in the imaginations of the world's scientists, we ...
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UN Investigator Accuses US of Shameful Neglect of Homeless »
Posted by: ameliog 21 hours, 56 minutes ago in Political News
A United Nations special investigator who was blocked from visiting the US by the Bush administration has accused the American government of pouring billions of ...
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GOP congressman chides the‘hard right’ »
Posted by: ameliog 22 hours, 49 minutes ago in Political News
According to the paper, Inglis said "hard-right" conservatives have told him that they are willing to let people who don't have health insurance "die ...
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GOP clueless as families struggle with health care »
Posted by: ameliog 22 hours, 50 minutes ago in Political Opinion
Democratic passage of historic health-care legislation has Republicans so flummoxed they are talking about term limits again. They have nothing else to say.
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Pearl Jam - Just Breathe »
Posted by: bruhaha 22 hours, 57 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment
Pearl Jam - Just Breathe from the album Backspacer
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Drug Policy Alliance Conference Comes at a Crucial Moment for Drug Reform »
Posted by: ameliog 22 hours, 58 minutes ago in News
More people than ever grasp the need to shift from criminalization to a public health model - the Drug Policy Alliance's conference leads the way ...
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15 Awful Things Republicans Would Do If They Had the Chance »
Posted by: ameliog 23 hours, 26 minutes ago in Political Opinion
The GOP's agenda, if fully implemented, would prove catastrophic. Here's what an unfettered Republican Party would do "for" America.
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CO Republican's Tweet Compares Obama To 9/11 Hijackers »
Posted by: ameliog 23 hours, 34 minutes ago in Political Opinion
As long as the Republicans continue this sort of mindless hatred and exploitation, they will continue to slide further into the political wilderness:
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