Posted on February 20, 2008 by Amy
The Bush Administration’s warrantless wiretapping policies won’t be held accountable in the Supreme Court anytime soon. The Court rejected a challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union to begin a lawsuit against the secretive eavesdropping program that began after September 11. They gave no comment on their decision.
After the ACLU sued over the legality of [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by Curt
Posted on February 20, 2008 by Curt
In August, Barack Obama made the comment that as president he would attack al-Qaeda targets in Pakistan, with or without Pakistani approval:
I understand that President Musharraf has his own challenges… But let me make this clear. There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. … [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by Scott
Hey everyone, here’s a guest post from our friend Graison:
As Hillary Clinton might say, I’m not in the predictions business. But the votes of two populous groups from last night’s Wisconsin primary—the working class and those without college degrees—might prove useful to predict how Ohio Democrats will vote March 4. In Wisconsin both groups decidedly [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by Amy
Most of us realize we’re in a recession right now. It’s kind of a big deal after all.
But the Bush Administration (Bush seen above, showing just how small the recession really is) still likes to say that our economy is not in trouble. Now, instead of just lying to everyone, they decided to hide public [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by Amy
With John Edwards out of the picture, more and more major unions are backing Barack Obama. Today, it was announced that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters–a branch of the Change to Win union coalition–will endorse Obama.
Made up of over 1 million blue collar workers such as truck drivers, police officers, warehouse workers, etc., the Teamsters [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by Kyle
In a Reuters/Zogby poll released on today, Barack Obama has opened up a large national lead over Hillary Clinton, 52-38%. The poll also showed Obama up 47-40% over John McCain in the November general election, bolstering his argument that he is the most electable candidate. The poll cautions it was taken before Clinton’s plagiarism accusations [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by Kyle
Here’s the situation. A United States Senator gets arrested for soliciting sex in a public airport. He pleads guilty with the hope of avoiding publicity. He also flashed his Senate business card to the police officers, hoping to gain special treatment. The story becomes public and the Senator pledges to resign. Later, he reneges [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by Curt
While on his five country tour of Africa, President Bush spoke in Rwanda about the genocide in Darfur:
Evil must be confronted
Nice work, but as long as we aren’t the ones to confront it right? Right. Bush pledged another $100 million to the crisis but is still adament about not sending US troops there. So it’s [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by Curt
Senator Barack Obama decisively claimed his native state of Hawaii Tuesday night, with 76% of the vote, making it his tenth straight victory. As the final votes were tallied in Wisconsin, his lead actually jumped since when we last reported it, with a 17 point win. Wisconsin was supposed to be where the Clinton [...]
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