Posted on October 31st, 2006 by Nick
Sure Democrats may fail to win control of the House-especially if Dems don’t get out and vote. Sure there are two Democratic House seats in Georgia that are in trouble (Ga.-12 and Ga.-08). And it’s not surprising Bush went down to Ga. to lauch his false accusations against John Kerry. The bigger [...]
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Filed under: Bush, House of Reps, John Kerry, Politics, Republicans, Senate, State & Local Politics
Posted on October 31st, 2006 by Virginia Cotts
Despite the claims that stem cell research arguments hold false hope for Americans afflicted with diseases that may ultimately be controlled by those efforts, other countries are pursuing it with steady results. Results of a new British study growing liver cells has been released today.
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Filed under: Bush, Healthcare, Politics
Posted on October 30th, 2006 by John Freeland
We can’t handle the truth, but we can foot the bill? Is a little transparency too much to ask?
According to an article in last Saturday’s Washington Post, an audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction accuses Halliburton subsidiary KBR Inc. of stamping virtually every report to the government “proprietary.” According to the report:
KBR [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Economy, House of Reps, Iraq, Senate
Posted on October 30th, 2006 by Virginia Cotts
What can be said about yet another grim statistic from the tragedy that is Iraq? The US military deaths have reached 101, with another day left in a month. Iraqi casualties are considered underestimated despite a new record of 1170.
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Filed under: Iraq
Posted on October 30th, 2006 by Virginia Cotts
Ten years ago, the UN started a campaign to halve world hunger by 2015. The assessment at this point is sadly showing little real progess except in percentage of world population. The real numbers have actually increased by 4 million a year.
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Filed under: International, Politics
Posted on October 30th, 2006 by Donnie McDaniel
Pamela asked me if I could come up with a post to give away two signed copies of Paul Reickhoff’s new book, Chasing Ghosts. I finally came up with the idea of a trivia type post, and she agreed and asked if I would take care of it. Well you know me, I am up [...]
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Filed under: Books, Hurricane Katrina, Natural Disasters
Posted on October 29th, 2006 by Dave from Princeton
Last Thursday I took the morning off from work to attend Senator Kerry’s rally with PA-08 Democratic Congressional candidate and Iraq war veteran Patrick Murphy, along with a few hundred other lucky and very excited people. It was a cold windy morning outside on the Student Center Terrace of Bucks County Community College in Newtown, PA but it sure didn’t cool off the crowd’s spirits!
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Filed under: House of Reps, John Kerry, Politics, Senate, Veterans Issues
Posted on October 29th, 2006 by Virginia Cotts
GAO Chief David M. Walker “has committed to touring the nation through the 2008 elections, talking to anybody who will listen about the fiscal black hole Washington has dug itself,” according to Matt Crenson of My Way in GAO Chief Warns Economic Disaster Looms .
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Filed under: Congress, Economy, Politics, Republicans
Posted on October 29th, 2006 by Todd Mitchell
Cross Posted From Article of Faith:
Nice to see this: Dems Push to Counter GOP Turnout
“Democrats are pushing into high gear this weekend a sharply expanded campaign to get their voters to the polls, even as some party leaders expressed anxiety that Republicans would again out-organize them in the approximately 20 House and 3 Senate races [...]
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Filed under: Congress, House of Reps, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Posted on October 27th, 2006 by Guest Post
Tonight’s Guest Post is a piece from Rob at Realitique from last weekend that is so worth a read.
There’s been lots of buzz recently about both an impending “October Surprise” and war with Iran. There’s good reason to conclude the two are one and the same. But with the recent outbreak of what radio goddess [...]
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Filed under: Bush, In The Blogosphere, International, Iran, Politics, Republicans
