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Ethical Conflict Issues for McCain

Politics – The McCain campaign publicized its ethical conflict policy after one of its consultants seemed to be an adviser to an independent political group. Craig Shirley doubled as a consultant to McCain and to the group Stop Her Now, a 527 group barred from coordinating its activities with presidential campaigns.

Voted for on May 16, 2008 02:52pm

Dear Barack Obama
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Dear Barack Obama

Politics – Dear Barack Obama: I grew to like you over the last year. I've always thought of you as dangerously naive at best. Eloquent, gifted, genuine, yes. But dangerously naive at best.

Voted for on May 16, 2008 10:52am

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Bush invokes Nazis in attack on Obama

Politics – President Bush has said repeatedly that he would not insert himself into the presidential race, but that stance changed dramatically today during his trip to Israel. After likening Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Osama bin Laden, Bush compared Barack Obama to Nazi appeasers.

Voted for on May 16, 2008 10:51am

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Antiwar Radio: Charles Goyette and Scott Ritter on Iran

Politics – discusses the Chicago city council's attempt to bring attention of the possibility of war with Iran to the Illinois congressional delegation, the effectiveness of city council's antiwar resolutions, Defense Secretary Robert Gates' attempt to focus attention on Iraq instead of Iran, Cheney's role, the chances he's giving that the U.S. will attack Ir

Voted for on May 16, 2008 10:51am

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President Bush committed political treason today

Politics – President Bush went on foreign soil today, and committed what I consider an act of political treason: Comparing the candidate of the U.S. opposition party to appeasers of Nazi Germany -- in the very nation that was carved out from the horrific calamity of the Holocaust.

Voted for on May 16, 2008 10:50am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 31 votes / 1 sink

U.S. cuts off Iraqi who helped make the case for invading Iraq

Politics – U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Baghdad have cut off contact with controversial Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi, a former Pentagon favorite, because of his increasingly strained relationship with U.S.-backed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. "That's it. He's out," one senior military official said.

Voted for on May 16, 2008 10:49am

The Torture of America's Soul
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The Torture of America's Soul

Books – Philippe Sands has a new book out - Torture Team - which investigates the top down decision to negate and circumvent the Geneva Conventions on torture. Thus, the author suggests that US lawyers worked in concert with this administration to justify and condone methods that have been outlawed for over 50 years.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 10:36pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 23 votes / 2 sinks

Obama on Medical Marijuana: Getting Clearer

Health & Fitness – Last summer, when Barack Obama repeatedly distanced himself from the Bush administration's policy regarding medical marijuana, he stopped short of explicitly promising to let states go their own way in this area. But two recent interviews seem to have eliminated any wiggle room on that question.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 10:26pm

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The Oil-Addiction Fallacy

Politics – Watch any talking head, and when the subject comes to energy, one can expect to hear the mantra, Americans are "addicted" to oil, and especially "foreign oil." This is repeated as though the repetition is proof that the premise is true.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 10:23pm

Jet-man: Human powered flight
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Jet-man: Human powered flight

Gadgets & Tech – I saw this and said wow... This is something I would like to try.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 03:10pm

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Revolutionary Ideas | The New American

Books – Every now and then a book changes the course of human history. Such were the political writings of the American founding era ââ;¬" the pamphlets of Thomas Paine, the Federalist Papers, and Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations prominent among them.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 03:02pm

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Will Congress Outlaw Local Laws?

Politics – One has to admire the Sisyphean tenacity of the Congress as it starts to roll another boulder up the mountain of public opposition to the federal encouragement of illegal immigration.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 02:29pm

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Price of Gas Too High? Just Wait Till We Attack Iran!

Money – We are being bankrupted by wars; lied into one foolish fiasco after the other by our Executive branch and a Congress full of Israel-Firsters.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 02:27pm

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Has Karl Rove Always Been So Wrong?

Politics – My Texas friends tell me yes. I ve seen him in action with conservative groups, with a masterful grasp of arcane facts -- but a Game Boy has more memory, and is less inane.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 02:27pm

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In a Casino Mentality, The Economy Goes From Bubble to Bubble

Money – it was the tech bubble; in 2005, it was the housing bubble; and now, it is the oil and commodities bubble. In fact, the entire world of investment is now a giant casino where speculators are in charge and where governments look the other way.

Voted for on May 15, 2008 02:26pm