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VI Day

Posted in Iraq War, Politics, corporations, economics, economy, foreign relations, history, military, nationalism, patriotism, terrorism, war, world, tagged Americans, Asia, Barack Obama, Blackwater, CACI, Cold War, Communism, conservatives, corporations, democracy, Dick Cheney, economics, Europe, Foreign Policy, freedom, Germany, Halliburton, Iraq, Iraq War, Japan, KBR, Korea, Marshall Plan, Middle East, military, North Korea, Parsons Corp, Republicans, Saddam Hussein, South Korea, support our troops, terrorism, TITAN, U.S. military, VI Day, Victory in Iraq, war, war profiteers, WMDs, World War II on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Some right wing bloggers have declared today Victory in Iraq Day. I think this is a good idea, actually. If our goal was to kill Saddam, we’ve killed him. If it was to make sure the US wasn’t susceptible to a surprise nuke attack, that too was accomplished when we confirmed what weapons [...]

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De-bookmarked: CNN’s Election Hangover & Influx of Non-News

Posted in 2008 elections, 2012 elections, Americans, Ashley Dupre, Ashley Dupree, Bailout, Bill Ayers, Blackwater, Burma, CNN, Cyclone, Cyclone Nagris, Darfur, Elections, Eliot Spitzer, FoxNews, Henry Paulson, Hillary Clinton, Jeremiah Wright, John McCain, MSNBC, Mitt Romney, Nagris, Obama's cabinet, Pakistan, Politics, Ralph Nader, Sarah Palin, Secretary of State, Sichuan Earthquake, Sudan, USA, citizenship, consumption, current evens, domestic spying, earthquake, government bailout, media, mortgage crisis, news media, politicians, presidential elections, warrantless wiretapping, wiretapping, tagged 2008 elections, 2012 elections, Americans, Ashley Dupre, Ashley Dupree, Bailout, Bill Ayers, Blackwater, Burma, citizenship, CNN, consumption, current evens, Cyclone, Cyclone Nagris, Darfur, domestic spying, earthquake, Elections, Eliot Spitzer, FoxNews, government bailout, Henry Paulson, Hillary Clinton, Jeremiah Wright, John McCain, media, Mitt Romney, mortgage crisis, MSNBC, Nagris, news media, Obama's cabinet, Pakistan, politicians, Politics, presidential elections, Ralph Nader, Sarah Palin, Secretary of State, Sichuan Earthquake, Sudan, USA, warrantless wiretapping, wiretapping on November 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Last night I was trying to find the latest news on Barack Obama’s cabinet appointments, when I ventured to the front page of the CNNPolitics.com, and was thoroughly annoyed by the fluffy headline they’d placed atop all the others: “Is Romney the Man to Save GOP in 2012?”
This is not news now, and might [...]

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