Tag: government
member name: Carolyn G.
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February 25, 2008 04:29 PM EST --
While talking to the press this morning John McCain made an interesting admission. He said that he realizes that if he cannot convince the American public that things are going really great in Iraq right . . .
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January 22, 2008 11:04 AM EST --
I read an article today that is particularly telling with regard to the other economic indicators. I am sure that most of you have read people trumpeting how the economy cannot be all that bad because . . .
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February 01, 2008 10:10 PM EST --
Apparently the far right wing of the Republican party are so upset that the mainstream Republicans are finally breaking free of their leash and trying to retake the party that the likes of Ann Coulter . . .
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May 17, 2007 02:43 PM EDT --
The bipartisan committee that has been working to come up with a comprehensive immigration reform bill has announced some of its results this morning in a news conference. The details from Reuters can . . .
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February 08, 2008 08:17 PM EST --
Recently I've heard Basra cited by conservatives as one place where the violence is abating. I guess when it is violence against women that doesn't count as violence because homicidal violence . . .
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May 10, 2007 02:16 PM EDT --
Apparently the Iraqi parliament had more than half sign onto a bill that would demand that the United States set a timetable to get out of Iraq. Mr. Bush has always said that if asked, we would go. I didn't . . .
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May 14, 2007 03:50 PM EDT --
I just read that Al-Qaeda in Iraq just issued a notice to American troops in Iraq to stop hunting for those troops that their group kidnapped a couple of days ago. This strikes me as extremely odd that . . .
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May 30, 2007 01:27 PM EDT --
In another thread on Gather I was reading someone defending Mr. Bush's decision to not get Osama bin-Laden by saying the same sorry old "but Bill Clinton could have gotten him too." In the . . .
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January 10, 2008 06:27 PM EST --
I was reading an article earlier today about how a number of FBI wire taps for both criminal and suspected subversive activities have been halted when the telephone company shut off the lines because . . .
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January 30, 2008 05:35 PM EST --
I got one of those forwarded things in my email today. Mostly I glance at them and simply click "delete" but this one got me to thinking.
The story involves a guy who is returning to work. . . .
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January 09, 2007 10:30 AM EST --
One of the new congress's promises was that they would remain in session five days a week rather than the 109th congresses three day average. Democrats were in power perhaps four days before they broke . . .
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January 18, 2007 06:37 PM EST --
I just heard that President Bush has promised to review the case of the two border agents who were railroaded into prison for daring to apprehend a drug smuggler in the act. He has not ruled out a Presidental . . .
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January 20, 2007 01:26 PM EST --
This morning Hillary Clinton declared her intention to run for President. While she's entitled of course, I think this was a very bad decision and might possibly be the only Democratic decision that . . .
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March 14, 2007 01:22 PM EDT --
Once again Mr. Bush has uttered these three meaningless words in a press conference. What is it that makes him incapable of saying "I made mistakes" or "Mr. XYZ made mistakes"?
This . . .
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May 20, 2007 06:13 PM EDT --
I must admit this was a much bigger job than I anticipated, and it amazes me that congress is talking about voting on this bill as early as next week. It's huge, complicated, and in places contradicts . . .
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May 28, 2007 05:09 PM EDT --
I've been reading a lot on Gather today and something struck me. I'm not sure if it's funny or just plain weird. Democrats, as we all know, took control of both houses of congress last November . . .
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June 14, 2007 03:50 PM EDT --
Apparently Mr. Abbas has disbanded the Palestinian government in response to the increased fighting between Fatah and Hammas in Gaza. One city has already fallen to Hammas who has declared it the new capital . . .
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July 09, 2007 11:07 AM EDT --
It is being reported that the Iraqi parliament is set to take a no confidence vote against the Al-Maliki government on July 15. Sources quoted in the article I just read say that the government there is . . .
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February 16, 2008 08:33 PM EST --
I read yesterday where cameras picked up a couple of people near the Mexican border engaged in what was described as "suspicious activity." When people went to investigate, they discovered that . . .
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March 03, 2007 11:01 AM EST --
While reading an excellent post by another Gather poster, I decided to do some ad hoc digging around on the Internet to see if I could find some statistics regarding illegal aliens. People who support . . .
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