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May 18, 2007 03:41 PM EDT -- The congress has voted through a bill to giving the military a 3.5% pay increase. Bush refuses to sign anything over 3%, saying a raise in military pay is unnecessary! Privates in the army make about . . . more
September 30, 2008 08:09 AM EDT -- Bohener and Pelosi went up the hill to fetch a bipartisan bill. Bohener fell down, and dented his crown while Pelosi came stumbling after. Labeled the biggest financial crisis since the crash . . . more
November 05, 2008 11:48 AM EST -- The way the hard-working, dedicated McCain people were handled as they gathered to watch the results of the elections seemed eerily familiar:  as the results came in they were sheltered from the "bad . . . more
August 28, 2008 09:20 AM EDT -- A funny thing first; Only Rachel Maddow (rising star on MSNBC) could get away with describing Bill Clinton's endorsement of Barack Obama as "full-throated." If any male pundit had used . . . more
February 27, 2007 10:31 AM EST -- In the autumn of 2006, the Republican Congress passed the Military Commissions Act, a law so destructive of freedom in America that the New York Times referred to it as the Alien and Sedition Acts of our . . . more
August 01, 2008 11:06 AM EDT -- ICE doesn't make me feel like I'm posting an article, or publishing a writing. It fills me with a sense that I'm sending a memo. So, here's a political memo for y'all to circular . . . more
September 05, 2007 03:25 PM EDT -- Every time (and I'm not exaggerating, y'all read comments) a Republican is caught in a scandal, the same comment will appear: "But what about Kennedy/William Jefferson/Barney Frank/Bill Clinton!" . . . more
July 09, 2008 08:36 PM EDT -- I must admit, I am livid. Reported by Eric Lichtblau in the New York Times , today, the Senate passed the new FISA law (69- 28), according the administration shelter from retrospective oversight, since . . . more
October 20, 2008 10:43 AM EDT -- We've heard a great deal about ACORN and Obama's connection to it lately.  Republicans are outraged when they hear McCain's campaign talking about voter fraud; Democrats are outraged because . . . more
October 27, 2008 09:13 AM EDT -- Things aren't going well for John McCain.  Independent voters are realizing that his choice of a running mate is irresponsible; that his policies continue to echo those of George Bush; that he . . . more
September 20, 2008 01:57 PM EDT -- A lot of accusations are flying over who is to blame for the our financial mess, but I think you can make a good case that the root of the problem lies in the long struggle to deregulate the financial . . . more
October 14, 2008 05:05 PM EDT -- One of the many hoary myths that has become a part of the American political narrative is that Republicans are fiscal conservatives, hence good for your pocketbook, while Democrats are "tax and spend . . . more
September 11, 2007 10:32 AM EDT -- Money: the Necessary Evil in Politics! Trying to keep the chipmunks from eating her tulips, my Grandma would say “shoe, shoe – go away!”  That's what the Clinton Campaign is . . . more
Speaking of Obama Speaking
by Bill's Spirit
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August 29, 2008 05:12 PM EDT -- I'd like to thank WOSU TV 34 (my local PBS station) for airing coverage of the Democratic National Convention. Although I personally find the punditry and floor coverage by MSNBC's . . . more
September 09, 2008 08:22 AM EDT -- In the interest of fairness (a rare commodity in our political climate!), here is a FactCheck.org take on some of the claims being made about Palin.  Much as I disapprove of many of her positions, . . . more
October 31, 2008 08:55 AM EDT -- Time to wrap up these campaigns and get to the voting booth.  But I can't resist jotting down a few of the things that have alternately amused and irritated me about the McCain-Palin campaign, . . . more
September 15, 2007 12:07 AM EDT -- This was to be the monumental week on the Iraq War - the referendum on the Iraq War strategy and policy of President Bush and his Administration.  Early in the week, General Patraeus and Ambassador . . . more
November 26, 2007 06:13 PM EST -- The aliens abducted me again last night. I'd taken my tin-hat off for my nightly shower; and zap, they beam-rayed me up. As I lay strapped in the chair for study, I distracted my mind by thinking . . . more
August 12, 2008 04:15 PM EDT -- Here are some multi-topical political thoughts. -- Rove, McCain and Obama. Oh My!! After watching Karl Rove's appearance on "Face The Nation" this past Sunday, and tying it . . . more
March 14, 2008 10:33 AM EDT -- Hillary isn't playing the race card. She (or should I say, some of her people) are just pointing to the obvious fact that Barack Obama's ethnicity is part of his sweeping appeal. She should . . . more
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