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Impeachment - Our Only Hope to Prevent More War

Politics – Bush defended his surge plan, telling a group of TV stations last week, "I believe it will work." We have to be clear about how the plan works. It does not mean that 21,500 more US troops will bring order and stability to Iraq. The surge is working, because it is deflecting attention from the Bush Regime's real game plan.

Submitted and Voted for on January 22, 2007 12:23pm

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Curing Cancer with DCA - the FDA makes that a patent impossibility

Politics – Someday a dedicated medical team working beyond the reach of the FDA (perhaps in Mainland China, which already contains numerous clinics that cater to foreign medical refugees) will defeat cancer. In the intervening years or decades, terminal cancer patients in the US will be restricted to the same old patent medicines.

Submitted and Voted for on January 22, 2007 12:11pm

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"Shut-Up!" - That's what the Senate Dems are Telling Americans

Politics – From Congress's point of view, there is a growing problem. That problem is the Internet. It allows people to communicate with each other almost free of charge. An email can be sent to a million people at little or no marginal cost. A mailing list becomes a tool of instant education and motivation. All over the wired world, politicians are finding t

Voted for on January 19, 2007 12:31pm

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Ron Paul vs. Hillary Clinton?

Politics – Ron Paul is Hillary's worst nightmare. why in the world would she want to upset the applecart and face an unknown commodity like Ron Paul? Hillary knows exactly what McCain will do and say, but she has no playbook on Ron Paul. Nobody does. It's an entirely unpredictable race.

Voted for on January 17, 2007 01:52pm

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Countdown to the Tax-Rise Torpedo

Money – Now that the Democrats are running Congress, the risk that Nancy Pelosi will launch a tax-rise torpedo at the stock market has risen. Investors ignore this risk at their peril. Make no mistake about it. Taxes on capital gains and dividends have an important impact on stock prices.

Voted for on January 15, 2007 11:11am

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The Irreparable Cracks in the Financial System

Money – Let us examine the differences between the "real economy" and the "asset inflation economy" more closely. The real economy is typical of people's daily lives, their income, and their spending. If there is a boom in the real economy,

Voted for on January 11, 2007 11:43am

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Bush's High Crimes of Torture and War

Do No Evil – If you want to see the depravity and filth that festers in the core of the Bush Administration made plain, read the story below. The regimen of torture and suffering being inflicted on captives in Bush's War of Terror is not some sort of aberrant overreaction to concerns about national security and public safety: these specifically designed, delibe

Voted for on January 11, 2007 11:43am

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GOP Lawmakers Join in Call to Halt Bush's Surge Plan

Politics – Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., along with Reps. Wayne Gilchrest, R-Md., Ron Paul, R-Texas, John Duncan, R-Tenn., and Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, are inviting other Republicans in Congress to join them in their opposition to a troop surge, according to a statement from Jones' office released Tuesday. The congressmen have sent a letter to Bush expressi

Voted for on January 10, 2007 02:32pm

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Damning the Disabled - Raising the Minimum Wage Means Less Opportunity

Politics – Businesspeople aren't successful if they can't overcome the obstacles that government continually puts in their path or the pressure applied by competitors. Thus, a government mandate to increase the wage floor will put few business people, if any, out of business. Entrepreneurs will figure out a way to keep labor costs in line as they always have

Voted for on January 10, 2007 02:31pm

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Bush's Surge - It's Aimed at Securing Iraqi Oili

Politics – Iraqi Council of Ministers is expected to approve a new "hydrocarbon law" essentially drawn up by the Bush Administration and its UK lackey, the Independent on Sunday reports. The new bill will "radically redraw the Iraqi oil industry and throw open the doors to the third-largest oil reserves in the world,"give Exxon, BP, Shell

Voted for on January 10, 2007 02:30pm

Bush to Acknowledge Mistakes in Iraq
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Bush to Acknowledge Mistakes in Iraq

Politics – President Bush will tell the nation Wednesday night he will send more than 20,000 additional American forces to Iraq, acknowledging that it had been a mistake earlier not to have more American and Iraqi troops fighting the war, a senior administration official said

Voted for on January 10, 2007 02:27pm

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No Welfare for Foreigners - Says Congressman Ron Paul

Politics – Through a Freedom of Information Act Request, a private group recently obtained a copy of a 2004 agreement between the US & Mexico that will allow hundreds of thousands of noncitizens to receive Social Security benefits. An estimated 5 million Mexicans working illegally in the US could be eligible for the program. According to press reports, a

Voted for on January 09, 2007 06:26pm