Las Vegas Envy
By GAIL COLLINS
Published: July 17, 2008
You’ll remember that Massachusetts was the first state to legalize gay marriages, thanks to a court ruling in 2004. Everyone was not thrilled. There were petitions and attempts to pass constitutional amendments. Mitt Romney, who was evolving from liberal Republican governor to desperate Republican presidential candidate, declared his [...]
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July 11, 2008
By JOHN R. MILLER
Washington
PRESIDENT BUSH has won support abroad and bipartisan praise at home for his efforts to combat human trafficking, the slavery of our time. But now that work is imperiled by his own Department of Justice.
At the United Nations in 2003, Mr. Bush denounced the sex trafficking of women and [...]
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Posted in Chauvinism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2008, Ethics, Evil Doers, National, News, Politics, Social Science, conflict of interest on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Besides the fact that our leaders despise, use and abuse us - well here is a good example of the kind of people we have er……watching out for our interests and protecting our rights.
Addington Displays Contempt for Congress
James Joyner | Friday, June 27, 2008from http://www.outsidethebeltway.com
David Addington, chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, was testifying under [...]
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http://politicalinquirer.com/2008/06/15/oklahoma-declares-sovereignty/
Demanding rights and protections from Federal incursion under the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution, Oklahoma declares itself exempt from Federal meddling and regulation in areas not specifically constitutionally enumerated.
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The U.S. currently imports 5,517,000 barrels of crude oil per day from OPEC. If you do the math at $100 per barrel, that’s over $550 million PER DAY ($200 BILLION per year!) handed over to OPEC, many of whose members are our confirmed enemies!!!!! It won’t stop here - oil prices could go to $200 [...]
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Posted in Corruption, Culture, Election 2008, Environmental, Evil Doers, International, National, Peace, Politics, Social Science, conflict of interest, tagged afganistan, bush, dollar, euro, gas, inflation, iraq, oil, poverty, War on May 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Another Stimulus Package for the Pentagon: War Abroad, Poverty at Home
Paul Craig Roberts
Counterpunch
Friday, May 23, 2008
The US Senate has voted $165 billion to fund Bush’s wars of aggression against Afghanistan and Iraq through next spring.
As the US is broke and deep in debt, every one of the $165 billion dollars will have to [...]
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Appeals Court Rules Against Texas in Polygamy
Case
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR and KIRK JOHNSON
Published: May 22, 2008
A Texas state court of appeals ruled Thursday afternoon that the state of Texas had no right to seize more than 400 children from a polygamist ranch in Eldorado, in the western part of the state, because there was not sufficient [...]
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From the ACLU Blogsite
Tue Dec 11, 2007 at 11:38:02 AM PDT
By T. Jeremy Gunn
The Constitution’s First Amendment guarantees that political candidates, like all Americans, have a right to talk about religion and their religious beliefs. This year many candidates for political office increasingly have been exercising that constitutional right and talking about their faith.
Of [...]
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Posted in All Posts by Dr. Lowrey, Christianity, Culture, Election 2008, Ethics, Faith, Life, Peace, Politics, conflict of interest, tagged Humanity, Religion, golden rule, service on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Harvey Mackay
May. 11, 2008 12:00 AM
A Native-American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt.
He said, “I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one.”
The grandson asked him, “Which wolf will win the fight [...]
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Kita Kazoo
Dr. Lowrey
