Tag: politics
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April 17, 2007 08:01 AM EDT --
It was the one of the worst images a parent can face. My son was sitting in the back seat of a squad car with handcuffs on. His childish body, small for a young man, was barely visible, yet . . . more
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January 21, 2008 12:25 AM EST --
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the first CNN-Gather two party debate of this endless election campaign. I am your host Fox Blitzkrieg, and I will be doing my best to moderate this pack of hyen?uh . . . more
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July 26, 2007 04:00 PM EDT --
...everything's gonna be alright.
Or, so George W. Bush believes.
I've wondered for some time why President Bush is mysteriously calm in the face of multiplying calamities. . . . more
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October 30, 2007 09:47 PM EDT --
Taken
From a field,
Hoe in hand.
I worked,
Rarely praying.
There was no time.
But I prayed for life
For sons
For hope of education,
Food, shelter, and happiness,
For my children
And their children. . . . more
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July 24, 2008 07:31 AM EDT --
When I first heard about a guy named Barack Obama running for President I said, "Oh no, that's a very bad idea". As the campaign got off the ground and he won Iowa, I got . . . more
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April 21, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
Recently I orchastrated a "Panel Discussion on Islam" at my local community college. (Although I have graduated, I remain active in bringing culture and education to the community.) . . . more
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February 05, 2008 08:02 PM EST --
Exit poll results are in for Massachusetts.
UPDATE: 9 p.m. from WCVB-TV- (ABC) DEMOCRATIC SIDE - HILLARY CLINTON, in Massachusetts.
Based on exit polls. These are predictions.
9:15 . . . more
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June 05, 2007 04:05 PM EDT --
i know, i'm not worthy of judging either madness or usa politics, but i had a few thoughts as you approach one of the strangest and most unwieldy and expensive processes, of choosing candidates for . . . more
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November 10, 2007 03:27 PM EST --
Many years ago, I was living in a small town, and I had children who lived pretty far from the local school, but not far enough to get bussed. There was a proposal to extend one of the bus routes to . . . more
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June 12, 2008 03:07 PM EDT --
Hip Hip Hurray!!
Finally, after almost 8 years of insanity our Supreme court is coming to grips with what this nation stands for.
It decided... again.. that all prisoners held in the States or out.. . . . more
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June 25, 2008 08:55 AM EDT --
This is another one of those funny little things you get to thinking sometimes.
I was thinking the other day that if the President of the United States is the "Leader of the Free World" . . . more
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May 05, 2007 08:36 AM EDT --
There have been a number of good articles on Gather lately regarding the vast difference between rich and poor in this country. Most of the comments which have poured in have been supportive . . . more
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April 21, 2007 09:55 AM EDT --
I am rounding the home stretch to my teaching degree. This choice in vocational calling developed early but was placed on the backburner to provide for my family, nonetheless the desire . . . more
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March 28, 2007 04:36 PM EDT --
Most political talk concerns 08. And Speaker Pelosi seems to many to be of interest in that she could impact how the public feels about Senator Clinton. But not all politics involves . . . more
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February 10, 2008 05:49 PM EST --
Barack Obama is doing well enough that many folks are talking about the possibility of electing our first Black President. But is Barack really Black? He is certainly an African American in the . . . more
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June 27, 2007 11:44 PM EDT --
I live near Andersonville Georgia. Andersonville is full of echos, in the prison and in the cemetery you can hear echos. The echos of 45,000 prisoners who were at Andersonville from February 1864 . . . more
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September 11, 2007 01:06 PM EDT --
David Petraeus, 4-star general and Commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, presented his long-awaited status report on Iraq to a House panel yesterday. Color me amazed.
Amazed that President Bush’s . . . more
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April 24, 2007 07:00 AM EDT --
I grew up in the ghetto. It is hard to admit how much impact my early life had on me for even . . . more
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December 28, 2007 12:44 PM EST --
Eleanor vs. Ike by Robin Gerber
It is a time of turmoil, with the nation mired in an unpopular war in Korea and with Senator Joseph McCarthy stirring up fear of a lurking Communist "menace." . . . more
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April 12, 2008 11:03 AM EDT --
That's our goal. After months (years) of complaining about everything under the sun, my husband and I are trying to give up the habit. We saw a story on CBS Sunday Morning about "A Complaint . . . more
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