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• Oh my God no!

  Please, no Dick Cheney 2012 draft movement! ["Draft Dick Cheney 2012"] No, no, no! [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 11:15pm EST
  

• Black Friday thoughts ...

  Two quick things about Black Friday: First, I almost always work on Black Friday. I always have. Today is no different. And, I'm assuming, when I get to work, I'll probably be the only one there. Which is nice. No offense to my co-workers, but I get so much more [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:42am EST
  

• Obama's sad, strange trip to China

  Guest perspective by Ralph Nader
  There was something both sad and strange about President Obama’s weak presence in China last week.
  
  Sad because he arrived with no seeming goals and left empty handed just after visiting the ancient Great Wall, which he said gave him a perspective on time.
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:01pm EST
  

• Palin power?

  Yeah. Thousands of people waiting in the freezing cold to get a book signed. Wow.
  
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:30pm EST
  

• Is climate change a fraud?

  For the last few days, I've been seeing some rumors about this situation in England where hackers broke into a climate change institute and found that scientists have been rigging the numbers. Well, it looks like the story is true: ["Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate"].
  Like a lot' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:41am EST
  

• A letter to Barack Obama

  From Ralph Nader
  
  November 18, 2009
  
  Dear President Obama,
  
  You are nearing the day of decision as to whether you order the dispatch of more soldiers to Afghanistan.
  
  Some of your advisors have urged up to 50,000 more soldiers, including several thousand called trainers of the [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:16pm EST
  

• Down right creepy?

  Or maybe not: The first lady of South Carolina recently tried sought to have her name trademarked after it was revealed that her husband was having an affair with a woman in South America. The July 2 filing of the trademark was intended for items to be sold by an [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:10am EST
  

• Oh wow ... look at this car!

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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:39am EST
  

• A quick kudos to President Obama ...

  assuming the following is true: ["After spending binge, White House says it will focus on deficits"].
  Since I'm always criticizing the president for the clueless and inept things he does, let me be a bit positive here. This is a great idea. In fact, I'll go one step further: [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:28am EST
  

• Uh-oh ... NY-23 not settled ...

  Via Political Wire.
  It looks like final counts are not actually final in NY-23 where the Conservative candidate apparently lost to the Democrat. Eh, well, maybe not so fast: ["Recanvassing shows NY-23 race tightens even as Rep. Bill Owens is sworn into House seat"].
  Three thousand votes with more [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:10pm EST
  

• Democrats failing the people; Republicans acting worst than third-graders

  Guest perspective by Ralph Nader
  The House of Representatives debate on the health insurance “reform” is over with the Democrats failing the people and the Republicans disgracing themselves as having left their minds back in the third grade (with apologies to third graders).
  
  House Democrats were determined to pass [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:26am EST
  

• Hilarious political ad

  This is funny and so true: ["Pass Medicare for All or Pass Nothing"]. [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:55am EST
  

• Dobbs out

  This is a bit weird:
  
  
  
  I wonder what this is about. Speaking tours? New jobs? Presidential campaign? I guess we'll have to wait and see.' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:58pm EST
  

• Healthcare insurance isn't auto insurance

  A quick break from my work duties to share this diddy from our clueless president via ABC News: ["Interview with the President: Jail Time for Those without Health Care Insurance?"].
  
  On the issue of jail time for people who don't comply and buy federal government approved health insurance,' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:43am EST
  

• Political passage of the week?

  Yeah, most definitely. From this article: ["Deeds memo damning in hindsight"].
  This pretense is more reassuring to the candidates paying for the advice than what is often the reality: voters are fickle, the factors that motivate them are ephemeral, political operatives are often winging it, and even the shrewdest [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:41am EST
  

• The Afghanistan quagmire

  Guest perspective by Ralph Nader
  Matthew P. Hoh, a former U.S. combat marine captain and Department of Defense civilian in Iraq starting in 2004 and until September a political officer in the Foreign Service stationed in Afghanistan is giving some consternation to President Obama’s advisors as the Commander in Chief [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:33am EST
  

• House passes supposed "health care" reform ...

  The vote was 220 to 215, with one Republican voting for the bill.
  A provision remains in the bill that has a criminal penalty of prison time for not purchasing an insurance policy. They also took out abortion funding in order to secure the votes (to secure the votes of [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:07pm EST
  

• 47 years ago today ...

  Richard Nixon held a press conference in which he railed against the press, since he wasn't given fair coverage in a gubernatorial race against Pat Brown in 1962. Nixon stated the classic line, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." Six years later, he won the presidency. Via Political [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:47pm EST
  

• Menino pulls away

  Menino is pulling away from Flaherty, by 13,500 votes with 92 percent counted. Wow. An unprecedented fifth term. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:40pm EST
  

• Election 2009: Tight race in Boston

  The Menino-Flaherty battle is going down to the wire. With 24 percent counted, less than 200 votes separates the two. Wow.
  In Manch, Republican Ted Gatsas wins easily ... so does the tax cap.
  In Concord, incumbent at-large city councilor Dan St. Hilaire has easily won reelection, with more than [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:48pm EST
  

• Al Gore: Looking good

  Former Vice President Al Gore has a new book coming out. I stumbled across this clip from CBS via Political Wire:
  
  
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  Since I'm always commenting on how female pols look, let me look beyond the book promotion and get right to' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:59am EST