Enjoy Meet the Press, Sunday, November 9, 2008.
Nov. 9: A look ahead at the Obama presidency with Valerie Jarrett, the newly appointed co-chair of the president-elect’s transition team. Plus, former RNC Chair Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) & House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) and a political roundtable with Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jon Meacham & [...]
November 9th, 2008
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Tom Brokaw obviously favors the right wing, but the show is still one of the finest Sunday news programs on television. I’m happy to spread the word.
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November 2nd, 2008
Categories: America, Barack Obama, Congress, Democratic News, Economy, Elections, International, Iraq, John McCain . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
We might finally see gas prices drop below $3 per gallon, just in time for the November election.
Surprise!
From the Sun-Times:
Drivers who’ve been suffering cruising anxiety may get to rev it up by the holidays, when gasoline could drop below $3 a gallon, an expert said Monday.
Gasoline in some parts of the Midwest, such as in [...]
October 14th, 2008
Categories: America, Economy, Iraq . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Barack Obama accepts the Democratic Nomination for President in Denver. (Photo: BarackObama.com)
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama
“The American Promise”
Democratic National Convention
August 28, 2008
Denver, Colorado
As prepared for delivery
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To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation;
With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for [...]
August 28th, 2008
Categories: America, Anti-Science, Barack Obama, Civil Liberties, Congress, Constitution, Democratic News, Drugs, Economy, Elections, GLBT, Global Warming, Health Care, Hillary Clinton, International, Iraq, John McCain, Legal, Philosophical, Religion, Republicans, White House . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
The following is an action alert from Dahr Jamail’s MidEast Dispatches. eNews Park Forest carries Jamail’s articles regularly:
Washington Report Correspondent Mohammed Omer Hospitalized Following Detention by Israeli Soldiers at Allenby Bridge Crossing
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer, Gaza correspondent for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs and co-recipient of the 2008 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, was
hospitalized with [...]
July 2nd, 2008
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Dr. James Dobson decided to climb out of the depths and take a shot at Barack Obama this week.
We last took note of Dr. J in November, 2006, when he refused to serve on the panel of Christian experts who were working to restore disgraced preacher Ted Haggard.
Now Dobson is an expert again, and he [...]
June 25th, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama, Evangelicals, GLBT, Global Warming, Iraq, John McCain, Religion . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
This just in today from Brave New Films:
Joe Lieberman is a war hawk, plain and simple. He staunchly supports George Bush’s War in Iraq and John McCain’s plan to stay in Iraq for 100 years. But Lieberman’s new alliance with the Republican Party runs even deeper. He has endorsed and stumped for McCain, wants [...]
June 25th, 2008
Categories: Congress, Democratic News, Elections, Iraq, John McCain, Republicans . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Again, remember the “F-Bomb” shows up a couple of times. Hit play and enjoy!
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June 20th, 2008
Categories: Humor, International, Iraq, Philosophical, Republicans, White House . Author: G . Comments: 1 Comment
News from Pittsburgh:
A radio reporter was arrested this morning and accused of trying to take a loaded handgun into the Allegheny County Courthouse.
The county sheriff’s office said KDKA reporter Rob Milford was stopped at 9:25 a.m. after a .38 caliber snub-nosed revolver was found in his briefcase at a courthouse screening station. Mr. Milford said [...]
June 16th, 2008
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Oil prices jumped $11 a barrel to a new high above $139 a barrel. An analyst from Morgan Stanley predicted prices could reach $150 by July 4. According to WTAE in Pittsburgh:
A falling dollar and growing tensions in the Middle East are also pushing prices higher.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery has traded [...]
June 6th, 2008
Categories: Economy, Global Warming, International, Iraq, Legal, Republicans, White House . Author: G . Comments: No Comments