Posts Tagged ‘Hillary Rodham Clinton’

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Jun29

Defining “meddling”

by Duane on June 29th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Posted In: Headlines, Politics, World

Ever since the uprising in Iran over their recent elections, Americans have been somewhat mixed over if President Obama should move beyond his rather light and empty rhetoric over the situation. Some have insisted that the cry for democracy in Iran is none of our business and that the US should stop “meddling” in the [...]

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Jun25

SHOCKING!!!!!!

by Duane on June 25th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Headlines, Our Expression

Are you really shocked?
Blacks in survey say race relations no better with Obama (cnn.com)
h/t: Shamara
“Ninety-six percent of African-Americans approve of how Obama is handling his presidency, according to a CNN/Essence Magazine/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday.”
But here is the kicker~

“During the 2008 election, 38 percent of blacks surveyed thought racial discrimination was a serious problem. [...]

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Apr01

Hmmmm. So how do we fix this?

by Duane on April 1st, 2009 at 2:45 am
Posted In: Science & Research, World

Earth population ‘exceeds limits’
By Steven Duke
Editor, One Planet, BBC World Service
There are already too many people living on Planet Earth, according to one of most influential science advisors in the US government.
Nina Fedoroff told the BBC One Planet programme that humans had exceeded the Earth’s “limits of sustainability”.
Dr Fedoroff has been the science [...]

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Mar30

And there goes another promise

by Duane on March 30th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Posted In: Follow the money, Politics

WASHINGTON — President Obama says he won’t consider speeding up the troop pullout from Iraq even though security has improved and violence has decreased. (more…)

For the record, Obama did leave the door open for a change in policy for Iraq back in July ’08 during the campaign. From the msnbc.com article.
“I have said throughout this [...]

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Jan21

How McCain “Cleans Up Washington”

by Duane on January 21st, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Posted In: Headlines, Politics

Conflicts of interests? Hey, fuhgetuhboutit. She’s family!
(CNN) – John McCain on Wednesday used his first Senate floor speech since the end of the presidential campaign to urge his colleagues to quickly confirm fellow Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
“I think the message that the American people are sending us now is they want us [...]

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Dec18

How To Play “King Of The Mountain”

by Duane on December 18th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Posted In: Politics

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

I gotta hand it to Democrats. They have been running this game quite well since the beginning of campaign season. First, they laid out the blueprint on how to effectively campaign online. Second, this latest move to install Caroline Kennedy as the next Senator for New York.
Caroline Kennedy Wants to [...]

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