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Entries from February 2008

George W. Bush Refuses to Rule Out Bribery For Presidential Library

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

“Some people like to give and don’t particularly like their names to be disclosed… so we’ll take that into consideration.” Those are the actual words that came out of President Bush’s mouth. He plans on taking money from people and from corporations, while President, and not disclosing where the money is coming from.

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Tags: ethics

Barack Obama Focuses On Restoring the Constitution

February 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

It seems that Obama is setting up one important foundation of his experience as a campaign asset: His experience as a professor in constitutional law. I just don’t hear John McCain, or Hillary Clinton for that matter, talk about the need to restore constitutional rights in the way that Barack Obama does. It’s no wonder that Senator Dodd chose Barack Obama to endorse.

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Tags: democrats · freedom

Who Are the Hillary Responders? Progressive Patriots They Aren’t.

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

A mysterious organization calling itself “Hillary Responders” appeared over this past weekend on the world wide web. The purpose of the website, which proclaims it is not directly connected to the Hillary Clinton campaign, is to provide “talking points” for Clinton supporters on their blogs, on talk radio shows, in letters to the editor […]

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Tags: democrats · ethics · values voting

John McCain Paid Off By Corporate Special Interests

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Merrill Lynch and Citigroup lobby for the interests of top investors and gigantic corporations. They lobby against the interests of small Main Street business owners, and John McCain is right there with them.

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Tags: economy · ethics

John McCain Says Corporate Lobbyists Are Honorable People

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

John McCain said of corporate lobbyists that “they’re honorable people, and I’m proud to have them as part of my team”. Sending John McCain to clean up Washington D.C. is like using a dirty diaper to wash the kitchen floor.

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Tags: ethics · republicans

Basics: Why You Should Worry About the FISA Amendments Act

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

The FISA Amendments Act gives the government the power to send spies to search your home or office while you are gone, without any search warrant, without any judicial approval at all, and never tell you that they were there. Again, if the FISA Amendments Act becomes law you won’t have to even be suspected of a crime. The government will be able to search your home for no reason at all, or for political reasons, or because you’re gay, or because you’re African-American, or because you’re not a member of the right religion, or just because somewhere in the government there is somebody who doesn’t like you.

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Tags: freedom · homeland insecurity

The Democrats Who Betrayed Freedom Today

February 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

These Democratic Party senators have lost the support of progressive Democrats. Not only will we no longer support these senators for re-election, we will oppose them. We will do whatever we can, within the law, to make sure that they are not re-elected.

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Tags: democrats · freedom · homeland insecurity

John McCain, I DO Care If America is In Iraq for Ten Thousand Years

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

I am one American who is concerned that John McCain thinks its no big deal to send American soldiers into a war that lasts ten thousand years.

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Tags: peace and war · republicans

John Shadegg Ends His Waste of a Congressional Career

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

I read in this morning’s news that Arizona Republican Congressman John Shadegg won’t be running for re-election this fall. Shadegg’s decision to step down is a merciful act of political euthanasia that will end the suffering of Americans under his long-ill vision of politics and policy.
A review of John Shadegg’s legislative record for just […]

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Tags: freedom · homeland insecurity · republicans

Former Fish And Wildlife Director Blasts Chukchi Sellout

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments

The Bush White House is illegally delaying the polar bear decision by the EPA until after big oil corporations are able to buy leases in the Chukchi Sea, prime polar bear habitat, at rock bottom prices in an auction scheduled for today.

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Tags: environment