Archive for March, 2010

(Reuters) – The Taliban mocked U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday for visiting Afghanistan like a “thief” in the night, saying the world leader was too frightened to arrive during the day because of the threat from insurgents. Obama on Sunday made his first visit to Kabul since taking office nearly 15 months ago,...
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Powerhouse student loan provider Sallie Mae says layoffs are imminent as a result of President Obama’s new student loan overhaul. “This legislation will force Sallie Mae to reduce our 8,600-person workforce by 2,500,” Conwey Casillas, Vice President of Sallie Mae Public Affairs, said in a statement to Fox News. Obama was at Northern Virginia...
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On Tuesday, with audience members shouting “fired up!” and not a protester in sight, Obama signed a broad overhaul of higher education funding into law along with the last portion of the health-care bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and second lady Jill Biden joined him onstage for what amounted to a Democratic love-fest....
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A number of prominent conservative and libertarian Republicans have been blasting the 'invasive nature' of the 2010 census for months. But are their fear tactics and protests against 'Big Brother' now going to cost them Congressional seats due to a lower than normal census count??
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(Kudos to Knight In Ink Illustrations for the amazingly detailed artwork.)
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Is the United States a Democracy? Or is it, rather, a Republic? Are we, as a country, headed toward Anarchy… and inevitably Oligarchy? There are several schools of thought on this subject. What is your take on the matter?
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These statements, questions, opinions, and answers (along with a few more questions) were passed on from Hannah, a 17 year old reader in South Carolina. Anyone want to take a stab at clarifying and help Hannah understand some of the ‘specifics’? - America is good place, not perfect, but good. (America is a failing...
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Bob Corker, the Republican Senator from Tennessee, talks more sense than has come from the mouths of most in Washington for months. “Voters want to see the end of ‘too-big-to-fail’ financial firms but don’t care about the other, more arcane details that divide the two parties.” Has Congress allowed themselves to become so polarized...
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I keep trying to come up with a caption worthy of this video. Not gonna happen. There are no words to describe how enlightened I was after dedicating just a few minutes of my time to this interview on Health Care Reform. This should be required watching for everyone whose lives will in any...
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House minority leader John Boehner has teamed up with Will.i.am to produce the GOP's campaign video, and rallying cry, for 2010: “Hell No You Can't!"
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