Tag: politics gather essentials
member name: Cheri Cabot
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August 15, 2008 04:04 AM EDT --
With the 2001 anthrax killings back in the news, a John McCain interview on David Letterman on October 18, 2001, just a little over a month after the 9/11 attacks, has come under media scrutiny.
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August 20, 2008 04:57 AM EDT --
Following the Saddleback Church Civil Forum on Saturday night, I was bombarded with e-mails from people asking my opinion. Boy do I have opinions about it – no surprise there – and decided it was easiest . . . more
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March 20, 2007 02:21 PM EDT --
“Bushies” as those loyal to President Bush are called, have been a driving force behind his success for many years. Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzales, and Harriet E. Miers have been with him for . . . more
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March 27, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and the Justice Department seem to have fallen down the dark rabbit hole and can’t get out.
On Friday, which is the day of the week the . . . more
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April 03, 2007 08:39 AM EDT --
Three weeks ago my daughter had a baby. She will be taking three months of maternity leave, just as she did with her first baby. There was never any doubt or question that she would be allowed to . . . more
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May 08, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
Julie MacDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks for the Interior Department, abruptly resigned April 30 on the verge of a congressional committee hearing. Saying that . . . more
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May 22, 2007 10:21 PM EDT --
I have always been intrigued by blind loyalty, both those who follow someone blindly, and those who command such loyalty.
Blind loyalty is a common thread throughout the Bush administration. What . . . more
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May 29, 2007 12:43 PM EDT --
Sunday was just about as perfect as a day can get here in Southern California. Warm and sunny with clear blue skies and a faint scent of jasmine in the air. Blooming jacaranda trees . . . more
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February 14, 2008 02:02 AM EST --
It all started innocently enough with my . . . more
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March 06, 2007 02:49 PM EST --
Winters in Vermont have become warmer and shorter, threatening the livelihood of ‘sugar makers’ as maple syrup producers are called. Several weeks of cold, . . . more
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June 05, 2007 04:55 PM EDT --
I find the odyssey of Andrew Speaker, the 31- year -old attorney with a multi- drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), disturbing on many levels.
Andrew Speaker is an Atlanta personal injury . . . more
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April 27, 2008 07:24 PM EDT --
Torture is wrong and can no longer be tolerated. The Bush administration would have us believe that torture is justified to fight terrorism and protect our country. But torture is a sign of weakness . . . more
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June 12, 2007 08:21 PM EDT --
Suddenly, from seemly out of nowhere, Bush announces plans to put missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic, right at Russia’s doorstep, under the guise of a NATO defense shield. A defense . . . more
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June 20, 2007 08:07 PM EDT --
If you take a look at all the Republicans running for president, which includes “announced candidates”, “possible candidates”, and my personal favorite, . . . more
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June 26, 2007 07:29 PM EDT --
In one fell swoop yesterday the Supreme Court managed to strike a significant blow to the Constitution, limiting free speech and loosening the separation of church and state. In other decisions . . . more
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July 03, 2007 08:58 PM EDT --
The Supreme Court, lead by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, has been dubbed the “mean” court. I could think of a better word. With more adjectives.
The Justices cleared . . . more
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August 02, 2007 02:52 PM EDT --
Tuesday the House passed a sweeping ethics reform bill aimed at earmarks and the influence of lobbyists, long overdue with corruption running amuck the last six years.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi . . . more
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August 23, 2007 11:37 PM EDT --
Ripples caused by foreclosures on Main Street have suddenly sent shock waves through Wall Street and beyond.
In 2005, with interest rates at record lows, subprime lenders were practically giddy . . . more
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September 07, 2007 02:19 AM EDT --
Hypocrisy: 1) a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one des not; the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion 2) an act or instance of hypocrisy
Dave Barbee, head of the Richmond . . . more
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September 14, 2007 01:23 AM EDT --
Overshadowed by the anniversary of 9/11 and the testimony of General Petraeus was a report from the Government Accountability Office showing that private insurance companies participating in Medicare have . . . more
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