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Who’s Calling Who Un-American?

John McCain and Sarah Palin have been busy in recent days trying to paint Barack Obama as un-American. But, according to David Talbot, it’s time to ask who’s calling who un-American: “The Palins’ un-American activities.”
Talbot exposes some very ugly info on the company the Palin’s have been keeping in Alaska:

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Sarah Palin Wins Debate–By darn

by Walter Brasch
The vice-presidential debates proved one thing. At the very least, Sarah Palin can be trained.
For several days, she had camped out in one of John McCain’s Arizona houses, where she underwent Debate Boot camp conducted by drill instructors who make Marine DIs appear to be slaggers.
With a few “darns,” “betchas,” and “ya”s, Palin [...]

The Obama Address to the Clinton Global Initiative

At about 7:30am Pacific Barack Obama addressed the Clinton Global Initiative. After addressing his well known requirements of the financial bill being created in Washington D.C., he put forth other issues.
He committed, again, to a $15 Billion investment each year for 10 years, a total of $150 Billion, in energy research and development for alternative [...]

More On The Long Shot VP Selection

I’ll continue the concept of Pamela’s excellent article with another long shot possibility that may have been made by Barack Obama. I agree with Pamela that all this smoke may be a screen for another VP pick. With that as a basis I’ll bring another name to the list. A name I know very well.
Wes [...]

McBush Does Very Well…Obama Had The Substance

I don’t know how many DemDaily readers watched the entire forum yesterday from Saddleback Church, hosted by Rick Warren. For me it was very personal because, at one point of my life when I had a very, very significant other who was a member of the church, I got to know Rick Warren very well. [...]

Here’s At Least One Possible VP

In all the publicity about the ‘veep’ list, a few names continue to surface other then Hillary Clinton. We’ve heard about Tim Kaine (BTW: who the hell is he?), Evan Bayh, a couple of Republicans (screw ‘em) and then the one other name that keeps popping up: Joe Biden.
My personal take is that Joe Biden [...]

Increased Covert Regime Change OP’s Approved In Iran

While none of us know the details, there has been a significant approval of funding for increased covert ops in Iran, according to Seymour Hersh in a story published online last Sundy at the The New Yorker Magazine. The news of the article was reported by MSNBC , outlines Hersh’s article and gets reactions from [...]

World Refugee Day- Give Refugees a Hand

Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
As a follow-up on my previous post on refugees, this video is part of the campaign to raise awareness and activism for refugees, worldwide.

Also, please see Charles Lemos’s great series of posts and photos on refugees at his blog, By The Fault.

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Global Increase in the Number of Refugees and IDPs

Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) released yesterday its figures (full report) regarding the global numbers of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs):

“UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres expressed concern Tuesday about the growing number of refugees worldwide after an annual survey said there were 11.4 million [...]

John Kerry: The Wisdom In Talking

As long time Dem Daily readers know, Senator John Kerry has called on the Bush administration in the past to engage in direct talks with Iran. In an OP/ED in today’s WaPo, Kerry responded to Bush’s “attack on Democrats ”suggesting they favor “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way some Western leaders appeased Hitler in the run-up to [...]