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Jimmy Carter Was Right

Politics – I realize that bashing Jimmy Carter is something of a favorite sport for many people in our country. But when it comes to energy conservation and the dismal situation we now find ourselves in regarding foreign oil dependence, and a withering auto industry, Carter's diagnosis and solutions would have largely spared us the pain we're all now feeling.

Voted for on July 17, 2008 09:12am Commented on 1 time: 1

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Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak

Politics – Vice President Cheney's FBI interview on the subject at issue - WASHINGTON - President Bush invoked executive privilege to keep Congress from seeing the FBI report of an interview with Vice President Dick Cheney and other records related to the administration's leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity in 2003.

Voted for on July 17, 2008 08:43am Commented on 1 time: 1

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Woes deepen for U.S. economy

Money – A severe recession in the United States still isn't the mainstream forecast, but economists say it's a real possibility, especially as problems at American banks deepen amid a continuing shakeout of the housing crisis.

Voted for on July 17, 2008 06:37am

Consumer Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in Quarter Century
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Consumer Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in Quarter Century

Money – Soaring food and energy costs pushed consumer prices up in June at the fastest rate in a quarter-century, further pressuring households already buffeted by rising joblessness, falling home prices and a sinking stock market.

Voted for on July 17, 2008 06:23am

Kucinich's Fight to Impeach Bush
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Kucinich's Fight to Impeach Bush

Politics – Rep. Dennis Kucinich continued his seemingly quixotic crusade to impeach President Bush last week. But with Speaker Pelosi suggesting the House Judiciary Committee may hear his argument, Kucinich might get his day very soon.

Voted for on July 16, 2008 10:54am

Feds cite Schumer in collapse of IndyMac
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Feds cite Schumer in collapse of IndyMac

Money – Schumer shouts "FIRE" in the crowded IndyMac theater... and then shrugs it off as the regulators' problem. Or, shall we say that Schumer merely put a dagger through the heart of ailing IndyMac? Thanks, Chucky!

Voted for on July 15, 2008 09:40am Commented on 1 time: 1

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McCain's broken marriage fractured relationship with Reagans

Politics – The nature and timing of his divorce from Carol Shepp alienated key friends - and his version doesn't always match that in court documents.

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You'll get no change out of these two. On second thoughts ...

Humor – Continuing our series of exchanges between two pre-eminent figures on the international scene, we are delighted to host a discussion between Barack Obama and David Cameron.

Submitted and Voted for on July 13, 2008 08:35am

McCain faces backlash over top advisor Phil Gramm's comments
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McCain faces backlash over top advisor Phil Gramm's comments

Money – "You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession," said Phil Gramm, one of McCain's top advisors. "We have become a nation of whiners," he said. "You hear constant whining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline." McCain once admitted he didn't know as much about economics as he should.

Voted for on July 11, 2008 11:38am

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Barack Obama: "Learn Spanish"

Politics – Barack Obama recently confirmed why many people find him off-putting when he admonished Americans to learn Spanish as a second language. At the same time he dismissed the idea that there was a problem with immigrants not learning English.

Voted for on July 10, 2008 06:32pm

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Employers use federal law to deny benefits

Health & Fitness – Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer. But Spherion Corp., the temporary staffing company where Amschwand worked, told Amschwand-Bellinger she would not receive any of the $426,000 in benefits.

Voted for on July 06, 2008 10:12am

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Analysis: Obama's centrist emphasis gives GOP ammo

Politics – Is Barack Obama close to being shadowed by giant flip-flops and, worse, having the image stick with people all the way to the voting booth?

Voted for on July 05, 2008 12:26pm Commented on 1 time: 1

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Brief Moments In National Clarity

Politics – Bush: the spoiled coke snorting frat boy from Yale University, the Skull and Bonzer, the son of Barbara 'the Barbarian' Bush, the Failure President, the grandson of Nazi supporter Prescott Bush, finally had the words hand delivered to him: "Impeach Bush"! On the 4th of July none the less, what a great day!

Voted for on July 05, 2008 12:18pm

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Obama's Iraq remarks show move to centre

Politics – Democrat Barack Obama waded into the heart of Republican country on US Independence Day Friday after provoking a storm of debate over his intentions for Iraq if elected president in November

Voted for on July 05, 2008 11:58am

John Edwards to Debate Karl Rove
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John Edwards to Debate Karl Rove

Politics – GOP strategist Karl Rove and former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will debate the issues of the presidential campaign Sept. 26 as part of the university's Distinguished Speakers Series, The Buffalo News has learned.

Voted for on July 05, 2008 11:58am Commented on 1 time: 1