Tag: people
group name: politics
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December 30, 2008 11:55 AM EST --
***In order to avoid the usual USELESS "Gather" arguments, let us first agree that in EVERYTHING, there are always exceptions. I speak here of the NORMATIVE; and of IDEALS, . . .
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November 23, 2006 04:16 PM EST --
As a relative newcomer to Gather I have been perusing many different groups and the Articles that are posted here and recently ran into a comment that has left me with some questions.
In his comments . . .
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December 05, 2006 03:02 AM EST --
It started for me on March 20, 2003. It seems so long ago, but at the same time, it feels like yesterday...it feels like right now. I was in the Kuwaiti desert just south of the Iraqi border waiting . . .
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June 06, 2007 02:29 PM EDT --
Now that Representative William Jefferson, (D-LA) has been indicted on 16 alleged violations of federal law, including serious charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money-laundering, I have to . . .
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July 27, 2007 09:09 AM EDT --
The Welsh Assembly condemned to death Shambo, a six-year-old Friesian bull after he tested positive for tuberculosis. In the middle of this month, however, a judge ruled against the decision to kill the . . .
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November 05, 2006 10:38 AM EST --
A few years ago I didn't vote. I was in my own world, safe in the mid-west, not worried about my government. Then Bush was elected and the Twin Towers fell. My life as so many of yours, changed forever. . . .
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February 18, 2009 05:07 PM EST --
Well, the newfound protectors of the public treasury, that became fiscal conservatives in one day....Inaguration day, are fighting for their own little pork packages from the stimulus bill..... Sigh... . . .
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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 . . .
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November 07, 2006 02:52 PM EST --
After researching many candidates, talking to friends and family and posting a plea to all of you about your political preferences, I have made my decision.
I voted this morning as a democrat. . . .
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November 07, 2006 06:38 PM EST --
Who will control Congress? Who cares is my main question. After all, no matter who controls Congress, either way nothing much will change. Why? All you have to do is listen to what the democrats are saying . . .
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June 20, 2007 02:44 AM EDT --
Why does it seem so difficult to find an equitable tax structure and intelligent budget plan for America? It seems like the politicians just can’t get it right despite having over 60 years to refine . . .
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August 22, 2007 06:57 PM EDT --
In 2000 Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the Presidential election. Since then many have said that the Electoral College system was the problem. Most States (48) have a winner-take-all system of awarding . . .
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May 12, 2007 03:45 PM EDT --
I just got a bill from my doctor. Since I am uninsured, 15 minutes with a nurse-practitioner (no tests of any kind involved) will only cost me $182! 20 years ago, the same visit would have been about $40. . . .
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July 10, 2007 06:11 PM EDT --
I heard Randi Rhodes talking about this yesterday, and found a link to the performance today. Melissa Etheridge has a new album coming out, entitled "The Awakening," and one of the songs . . .
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July 11, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --
Recently, on another thread, I mentioned the fact that there is a growing "Christian taliban" movement in this country, called "Dominionists," or "Reconstructionists," and . . .
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April 24, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
I am sure anyone who has read my articles would think I would be the last person on earth who would want to defend Carl Rove, but I must. A couple weeks ago I was listening to the radio and the discussion . . .
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November 21, 2006 09:53 AM EST --
Diana Raabe from Minnesota asks: Mid-term turnovers like this past one have historically moved sitting presidents more toward the center. What advice would you give Mr. Bush in order to establish a successful . . .
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February 19, 2007 12:33 AM EST --
America does NOT have a "health care crisis." We have a HEALTH crisis. Our problem is not that our doctors or hospitals are incompetent, it's that we . . .
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January 19, 2007 07:06 PM EST --
My new book, Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time begins and ends around the 2006 election – first with a first-ever look into the tension that those of . . .
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February 02, 2007 10:03 PM EST --
It takes a lot of courage, gumption, resourcefulness, and risk tolerance to leave your home country behind, defy the rules, and make your way into America. It takes tremendous work ethic to start with . . .
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