Posted on December 30th, 2007 by Robert Freedland
I enjoy reading Jimmy Gillman’s blogs about life in America. The other day he commented on a recent House Resolution–H. Res 847:
December 11, 2007.Whereas Christmas, a holiday of great significance to Americans and many other cultures and nationalities, is celebrated annually by Christians throughout the United States and the world;
Whereas there are approximately 225,000,000 Christians […]
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Posted on December 30th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
The Concord Monitor has endorsed Hillary Clinton for the New Hampshire primary. The Monitor begins their endorsement by noting:
Immediately after taking office, President Hillary Clinton would begin preparations to withdraw American troops from Iraq.
She would send a message to world leaders that the United States intends to rejoin the community of nations.
She would make clear […]
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Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Ron Paul and his supporters are up in arms over the decision made by Fox News to “exclude him from a debate on Fox News Sunday the weekend before the New Hampshire Primary.
James Pindell notes in the Boston Globe that Paul has said that the decision to exclude him ”is proof that the network “is scared” of him” […]
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Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Stuart O'Neill
Hat Tip to Joe Biden’s site:
Dec. 29: This week on CNN’s News Hour With Jim Lehrer, host Judy Woodruff asked David Brooks of The New York Times, and syndicated columnist Mark Shields, to comment on Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Joe Biden’s remarks on Pakistan.
Here is a quick 50-sec. video clip of the broadcast, with […]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Bush used a “pocket veto” today to reject a sweeping defense authorization bill because he disliked “a provision that would expose the Iraqi government to expensive lawsuits seeking damages from the Saddam Hussein era.”
In a statement, Bush said the legislation “would imperil billions of dollars of Iraqi assets at a crucial juncture in that nation’s […]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Darrell Prows
At the risk of proving that I was the only one who didn’t already know this, I just read today about a poll that is a bit different than any I’ve known of before. Some 2,000 people are being tracked on a continuing basis to determine their reaction to the primary candidates and their campaigning.
One […]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
The Obama campaign has been on the defensive in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, thanks to some tacky (to say the least) comments from Obama spokesman David Axelrod. Last night Barack Obama attempted to “vigorously” defend Axelrod during a CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39gy7-p8Wsw
As Lynn Sweet reports, the interview didn’t play out to well for […]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
There’s news today of a new turn in the housing defaults mess. The L.A. Times reports, If you “thought the mortgage meltdown was just a sub-prime affair”… “Think again.”
There’s another time bomb waiting to explode, experts say: risky loans made to people with good credit.
So-called pay-option adjustable-rate mortgages, or option ARMs, were the easiest and […]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Don’t hold your breath for a Gore endorsement… The chances at this point “are fading,” says Josh Gerstein of the N.Y. Sun.
An endorsement by Vice President Gore in the hard-fought Democratic presidential race could give a huge boost to Senator Obama or allow Senator Clinton to deliver the coup de grace to her rivals, but […]
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Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Parade Magazine’s upcoming edition has an interview with Bhutto that “will be the cover story of PARADE on January 6, 2008.” You can read the interview here.
Bhutto took on many risks in her life, but she will be most remembered as the “first woman to be democratically elected to lead a modern Muslim country.”
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Posted on December 28th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
There’s a lot been said on the candidate’s reactions in the wake of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination on Thursday. There was the huge gaffe from Mike Huckabee that critics have picked apart and then there was Ron Paul blaming America, which went over like a lead balloon with the wingnuts. But the discussion of the day […]
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Posted on December 27th, 2007 by Darrell Prows
Freedom is theoretically possibly without democracy, one supposes. It would have to consist of a benign dictatorship (most likely possible in a historical Monarchy) with all of the shortcomings that that would entail.
Democracy without freedom is another matter altogether. Not only is it conceivable, it is a daily reality if one looks around, and events […]
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