Tag: us politics
member name: Carolyn G.
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January 17, 2007 11:59 AM EST --
Whatever happened to common civility? I remember as a child my parents working hard to make sure I had good manners. Adult men did not even swear in the presence of women and children. Using bad language . . .
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January 30, 2007 07:22 PM EST --
There is a breaking news story just airing as we speak regarding last week's attack that saw four of our soldiers kidnapped and brutally murdered. We are claiming to have proof that those involved . . .
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January 14, 2007 03:57 PM EST --
The other day Senator Josephy Biden questioned the Secretary of State regarding the possibilty that Bush was positioning a carrier group and other military forces in a preparation for an invasion of Iran. . . .
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April 12, 2007 03:21 PM EDT --
Seattle is considering joining the ranks of sanctuary cities, so today on one of the talk radio shows there was a discussion of the right/wrong of this. I was driving around running a variety of errands . . .
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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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December 08, 2006 03:56 PM EST --
I am disappointed to see that it's politics as usual in D.C. Not only is congress adjourning early leaving rafts of unfinished business, but it is doing so without even performing its main constitutional . . .
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December 14, 2006 10:28 AM EST --
I'm more or less horrified by the response to Senator Johnson's medical problems. Most Republicans bill themselves as compassionate and as good Christians, yet what I see is a feeding frenzy of . . .
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February 04, 2007 12:30 PM EST --
I have figured out what it is that bothers me about Mr. Bush's decision making process. The logical way to make a decision is to see an event, gather evidence, then based on the evidence, . . .
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March 30, 2007 10:06 AM EDT --
Yet another senior Bush appointee has been found cooking the books. The Inspector General's office has referred the case to the top officials in the Department of the Interior for action. The . . .
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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 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 15, 2007 12:19 PM EST --
Have you noticed that these days if you disagree with a politican or his/her policies you automatically hate that person as far as many people are concerned? When did political or philosophical differences . . .
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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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March 28, 2007 02:55 PM EDT --
The President should be ashamed of himself for complaining about all the Democratic pork in the supplemental spending bill this year when he's not previously complained about the billions wasted yearly . . .
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April 19, 2007 09:20 PM EDT --
What is the Administration up to now? We all know that Mr. Bush finally managed to force himself to admit that Iraq had absolutely no connection to Osama bin-Laden and the 9/11 attacks. He resisted a long . . .
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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 20, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
Monday or Tuesday congress is proposing a no confidence vote in both houses against Roberto Gonzales. There are reports coming from the usual "unnamed sources" in Washington that he will resign . . .
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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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