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Judicial Watch files complaint over Obama's mortgage

libsRfunny — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:07:59 EDT

A watchdog group filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Senate Ethics Committee Wednesday against Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama over a discounted mortgage he received from Northern Trust.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama Senate Ethics Committee Federal Election Commission complaint filed mortgage rates

Bob Herbert says this isn't the Obama he thought he knew

pc25 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:01:34 EDT

Let's start off by acknowledging that Bob Herbert is as likely to vote against Barack Obama as Ã¢â;¬Â¦ Michelle Obama. However, the bloom has definitely fallen off of the rose with the New York Times columnist, and he argues that Obama may have taken his supporters on the Left too much for granted.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: 2008 elections barack obama bob herbert disillusionment

Congressional Approval Falls to Single Digits for First Time Ever

libsRfunny — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:32:57 EDT

The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history. This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job.

Channel: Politics Tags: congress record low approval single digits Rasmussen Reports

Mystery tablet could redefine Jewish-Christian links

JessicaLaurie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:37:09 EDT

A tablet said to date back to the first century BC could redefine links between the Christian and Jewish religions by predicting a messiah who would rise again after three days.

Channel: Religion Tags: religion tablet

U.S. Pushes U.N. Sanctions on Zimbabwe and Mugabe

Artofid — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:14:41 EDT

eeking to force President Robert Mugabe into negotiations with the opposition, the United States on Thursday formally proposed United Nations Security Council sanctions on Zimbabwe.

Channel: News Tags: Zimbabwe U.S. Mugabe president Security

Silly Christians Praying For Cheap Gasoline

Radiofreeeuropa — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:01:07 EDT

Rockville preacher Rocky Twyman started this goofiness in April, annoying station owners and managers in D.C.- and prices began rising rapidly. Undeterred, he has spread his dumb movement to places like Florida and Ohio. Wherever his prayerful dupes show up, gas prices rise even faster. Guess how he tops this!

Channel: Religion Tags: Religion Oil Idiocy Buffoonery Get a brain pal

Friday July 4th - Ray Charles - America The Beautiful

baddad59 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:56:36 EDT

Happy birthday America. A good day to remember what we have. I had a wise man tell me the secret of life.He said "the secret of a good life is to want what you have more than what you want"..That wise man was my father,a world war two vet that passed away on July 4th 1978.Miss you dad!!! I hope everyone has a great day,please be carefu

Channel: Music Tags: Ray Charles America July fourth freedom

The State vs the People

populist — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:32:57 EDT

The Founding Fathers, being mild revolutionaries, set up a Blackstonian Constitution in which law is a shield of the people and not a weapon in the hands of government. The Founders balanced this restraint on government with reformist democracy that works against status quo hierarchies.

Channel: Politics Tags: state government founding fathers constitution 2nd amendment law

Obama rewrites Iraq plan

libsRfunny — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:04:03 EDT

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) promised primary voters a swift withdrawal from Iraq, in clear language still on his website: "Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months." Not anymore.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama Iraq War Withdrawal timeline Repudiated breaks campaign promise

Fourth of July care packages en route to soldiers

AlphaGnosis — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:49:30 EDT

The effort raised $1.5 million for packages for the tens of thousands of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, which will mean "thousands and thousands" of packages being dispatched so they arrive in time for the 4th of July.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Fourth of July care packages en route soldiers 1.5 million

Carl Linder Funds Terrorist Group and John McCain

langm120 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:27:57 EDT

Carl H. Lindner Jr.,the Cincinnati billionaire businessman and former CEO of Chiquita Brands International who co-hosted of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain, oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki, "Never Again"

RickyDawkins — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:58 EDT

"Terror struck me, and I felt that I had to go home. The place around the Tsurumi bridge was crowded with many injured people. They held their arms aloft in front of them. Their hair stood on end. They were groaning and cursing. With pain in their eyes and furious looks on their faces, they were crying out for their mothers to help them."

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: nuclear holocaust hiroshima nagasaki remembered

FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos

TimALoftis — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:25:05 EDT

Fox News has sunk to a new low. On Wednesday, the network displayed photos that its editors had doctored of two New York Times employees--reporter Jacques Steinberg, and editor Steven Radcliffe. The before and after photos can be seen here.

Channel: Television Tags: fox news fox and friends

Americans & Colombian hostage Betancourt freed

SunnyDays — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:22:15 EDT

French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages held by rebels in Colombia have been rescued by government troops.

Channel: News Tags: Colombia Colombia hostage Betancourt freed Americas

Foreigners threaten Afghan snow leopards

STONERS — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:05:09 EDT

Afghanistan's snow leopards have barely survived three decades of war. But now the few remaining mountain leopards left in Afghanistan face another threat -- foreigners involved in rebuilding the war-torn country.

Channel: Science Tags: Foreigners Threaten Afghan Snow Leopards

Obama misleads the public over McCain's comments.

cloud15 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:10:26 EDT

Ever since John McCain said at a town hall meeting in January that he could see U.S. troops staying in Iraq for a hundred years, the Democrats have been trying to use the quote to paint the Arizona senator as a dangerous warmonger. And lately, Barack Obama in particular has stepped up his attacks on McCain's "100 years" notion.

Channel: Politics Tags: McCain Obama Iraq Election Politics

Is Bush resigned to a more powerful Iran?

omerazam — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:52:58 EDT

For more than five years now, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have made it clear that they did not want to leave office with Iran any closer to possessing nuclear weapons than when they took office.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush Iran