Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Hillary Clinton returned to work in the Senate yesterday. She had a hero’s welcome from her colleagues and found in “her months-long absence,” as her aide Philippe Reines cautioned, “things have gotten a little casual” in her office. As Clinton “swung open the door of her private office” she found “two of her legislative assistants in [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
I’ve had a debate about these words within myself, with others who deal with the land on a daily basis, as well as the general public. I have come to wonder if some of those words don’t complicate proposed actions at an intellectual, emotional and political level. If President Bush, of all people, can talk [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Today WaPo reports that Senator John McCain unveiled two components of his energy plan yesterday in Santa Barbara, California.
“[...] , McCain (R-Ariz.) vowed to “put the purchasing power of the United States government on the side of green technology” by buying fuel-efficient vehicles for its civilian fleet of cars and trucks and by retrofitting federal [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Slate has a dictionary of Obamaisms. Here’s the latest Obamaism:
Monobamatic (mon-uh-boh-MAT-ik) adj. About or pertaining to Barack Obama only.
Example: While the forum was billed as a general discussion of politics in the era of Web 2.0, the conversation quickly became monobamatic.
Slate notes that they first “launched its Encyclopedia Baracktannica in February” and more “than 800 [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Via a press release from Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: Today the Senate passed S.3145, which names a portion of United States Route 20A, located in Orchard Park, near Buffalo, New York, as the ‘Timothy J. Russert Highway.’ Tim Russert, the long-time host of “Meet the Press” and award-winning NBC journalist [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Democrats, George W. Bush, House of Reps, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Senate, Tim Russert
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
I believe today’s Ten Post Round-Up will give you a severe case of Shaken Blogger Syndrome (as in, you will shake your head so much from reading some of today’s posts that you may actually turn into a bobble-head doll–without the snazzy grass skirt)…
1: Government putting kids in danger to make a point?…
Children Paying [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
What a day… I barely had a chance to even check the news today. Here’s a few important links of the days on the political front:
From the Huff Po: Dodd And Feingold Will Filibuster Telecom Immunity… and “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says he will support Dodd and Feingold.” Think Progess has more.
Oh and [...]
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