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Will President Bush bomb Iran? - Telegraph

September 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

The thought of Bush bombing Iran is unbelievably scary. This man needs to be impeached ASAP for utter incompetence.
Will President Bush bomb Iran? - Telegraph

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Candidate Spectrum

August 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments

An interesting graph put together by Blast Off!

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Bureaucratic Insanity

August 12th, 2007 · No Comments

This makes me ashamed to live in Texas. Our criminal sentencing laws are out of control.
Kenneth Foster’s Fate - Yahoo! News

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Dick Cheney ‘94

August 11th, 2007 · No Comments

The guy’s a genius! With foresight like this, let’s hope he gets a third term.
YouTube - Dick Cheney ‘94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire

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No Soldier Left Behind?

July 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Why don’t we have a modern day GI Bill? The GI Bill was arguably the greatest thing to happen to the US in the 20th Century. It kicked off the amazing growth in productivity by which America dominated the rest of the world from 1950-2000. Education is absolutely the cheapest way to [...]

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Literature *is* Relevant…

July 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Do you ever get the feeling that no one in the Executive branch has ever read The Castle, Catch-22 or 1984? Probably too busy rereading the Bible. Any others I’m missing?

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Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq

July 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
If you protest the war in Iraq, the President can now take everything you own. I wish I was being sarcastic.

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Neocons on a Cruise

July 17th, 2007 · No Comments

No Samuel L Jackson but just as scary:
Neocons on a Cruise

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Bush Commutes Libby’s Prison Sentence

July 2nd, 2007 · 4 Comments

Bush Commutes Libby’s Prison Sentence
Unbelievable. Do we need any more proof that (seemingly) most of the executive branch consider themselves above the law?

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Iran Cracks Down on Dissent - New York Times

June 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Iran Cracks Down on Dissent - New York Times
This is the type of story that makes me wonder why we are so worried about Iran. Threatening another country just causes the people of that country to rally against that external threat (e.g. 9/11 and Americans/al Queda, Pearl Harbor and Americans/Japan, etc). Instead we [...]

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