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Obama approval rating dips below 50 percent in Gallup
Fri Nov 20, 2009
- yeah i hate to disappoint you but he isn't god and cannot look into such personal and private things. he wouldn't know everything about that person.
Obama approval rating dips below 50 percent in Gallup
Fri Nov 20, 2009
- but she isn't right now and Obama is the president, so it might be more useful to focus on him instead of an ex-VP candidate.
Obama approval rating dips below 50 percent in Gallup
Fri Nov 20, 2009
- it means that polls like ABC and CNN ask general americans thier poll questions. places like rassmussen, quinnipac, etc, ask real or likely voters thier questions. realclearpolitics.com is a good site as it shows multiple polls and who they asked the questions of.
Obama approval rating dips below 50 percent in Gallup
Fri Nov 20, 2009
- if you look at polls of real and likely voters... Obama dropped under 50% a while ago.
Biblical slogan being used to attack Obama: "'Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow." (Psalm 109:8-9)
Mon Nov 16, 2009
- i am a conservative and an atheist. i want religion out of government altogether. I want the common American to succeed so that they do not have to rely on the government and my success.
Systematically deconstructing right-wing fear mongering surrounding terrorism trials in New York
Thu Nov 19, 2009
- what link? i clicked on the link that says "positive external effects" and it links to nowhere.
Systematically deconstructing right-wing fear mongering surrounding terrorism trials in New York
Thu Nov 19, 2009
- But there is mounting evidence that applying the rule of law and honoring core American values such as due process, presumption of innocence, and fair trials can have a significant and lasting negative impact on the ability of terrorist organizations to recruit new fighters
90 Accomplishments of Pres. Obama Which The Media Fails to Report....
Thu Nov 19, 2009
- the media has reported on many of these things. pay more attention...
Biblical slogan being used to attack Obama: "'Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow." (Psalm 109:8-9)
Mon Nov 16, 2009
- but if you take something out of context and use the words for your own end (reinterpret them if you will) does not the context change? If they wanted to use the words in context then they would have.
Biblical slogan being used to attack Obama: "'Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow." (Psalm 109:8-9)
Mon Nov 16, 2009
- How is it witty to want any man to die a long painful death, his kids to be fatherless, and his wife to be a widow ? that is not witty. it is sick and wrong to wish that one someone.

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The Double Standard About Journalists' Bias

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:14 AM EST (RealClearPolitics)

Good example of the double standard regarding bias in journalism

politics, double-standard, bias, jounalism, john-stossel

State of 'emergency'? We're living in it

Seeded on Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:36 AM EDT (The Boston Herald)

Here's how it's supposed to work. If the Legislature wants a bill to become law immediately, they have to attach what's called an "emergency preamble." It takes a two-thirds vote to pass such a preamble. Otherwise, the bill becomes law in 90 days.

politics, deval-patrick, gop, democrats, kennedy

An Unnecessary Operation

Seeded on Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:49 AM EDT (Campaign Standard)

This is the poll number that drives supporters of Obamacare crazy: Eighty-nine percent of Americans in a June 2008 ABC News/USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation survey said they were satisfied with their health care.

politics, obamacare, obama, health-care, world-rankings, who, single-payer

Romney on Obama's Push for Health-Care Reform: Slow Down

Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:38 PM EDT (Newsweek)

I think the president ought to hit the reset button. I think it is critical that he have the participation, involvement, and support of people on both sides of the aisle, as well as people in various sectors of the health economy.

politics, obama, romney, massachusetts, health-care-reform

Cambridge sergeant declines to criticize Obama

Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:53 AM EDT (The Boston Globe)

Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley declined today to criticize President Obama for saying Wednesday night that police "acted stupidly" in the arrest last week of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., but he did say it was "regrettable" that anyone would speak without knowin …

politics, obama, gates, profiling, racism, law-enforcement, crowley

The Climate Change Climate Change

Seeded on Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:10 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Steve Fielding recently asked the Obama administration to reassure him on the science of man-made global warming. When the administration proved unhelpful, Mr. Fielding decided to vote against climate-change legislation.

politics, global-warming, obama, congress, cap-and-trade, climate-change

Five Reasons "Cash for Clunkers" is a Joke

Seeded on Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:46 AM EDT (Car and Driver)

With news that Congress has passed its ballyhooed $1 billion "Cash for Clunkers" bill, we feel compelled to voice our skepticism about the program

politics, cash-for-clunkers, cars, car-industry

"Conservatives" Are Single-Largest Ideological Group

Seeded on Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:20 AM EDT (www.gallup.com)

PRINCETON, NJ -- Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal. This represents a slight increase for conservatism in the U.S.

politics, polls, ideology, conservatve, moderate, liberal, poltical-identity, poltical-demographic

The 31-Year-Old in Charge of Dismantling G.M.

Seeded on Tue Jun 2, 2009 6:33 AM EDT (yahoo news)

It is not every 31-year-old who, in a first government job, finds himself dismantling General Motors and rewriting the rules of American capitalism.

business, gm, obama, brian-deese

Glenn Beck's heart-stopping housing chart

Seeded on Sun May 31, 2009 6:22 PM EDT (YouTube)

Love him or hate him....This is a very interesting segment.

business, beck, glenn-beck, housing-prices, obama, history-of-home-values, housing-market

Irish student hoaxes world's media with fake quote

Seeded on Tue May 12, 2009 8:27 PM EDT ()

When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news.

world-news, media, wikipedia, fact-checking

Barney Frank: TARP's comp curbs could be extended to all businesses

Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 5:19 PM EST (http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpa)

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said last month that he might try to extend to all U.S. companies a restriction that prohibits bailout banks from taking a tax deduction of more than $500,000 in pay for each executive.

politics, barney-frank, tim-geithner, tarp, federal-reserve

Obama tells GOP no compromise on tax rebates

Seeded on Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:49 AM EST (CNN)

President Obama told Republican House leaders Tuesday he plans to stand firm on the part of his $825 billion economic recovery plan that calls for tax rebates for nearly all working Americans -- including those who make too little to owe income taxes.

politics, obama, gop, president, stimulus, tax-cuts

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Mass. health plan has national appeal

Seeded on Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:00 AM EST (The Boston Globe)

Key players in the debate over how to provide healthcare coverage for the nation's 47 million uninsured say they view Massachusetts' landmark 2006 law as an important model for what Washington could do and how to get it done.

health, masschusetts, kennedy, insurance, healthcare

Reworked mortgages not working

Seeded on Tue Dec 9, 2008 11:00 AM EST (The Boston Globe)

"More than half of delinquent borrowers who had their mortgages reworked earlier this year to avoid foreclosure were behind on their new loan payments after just six months, a federal regulator said yesterday."

politics, housing, mortgage, economy, loans, barney-frank, bailout

Job Creators Prefer John McCain 4-to-1 Over Barack Obama

Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:44 PM EDT (www.chiefexecutive.net)

In expressing their rejection of Senator Obama, some CEOs who responded to the survey went as far as to say that "some of his programs would bankrupt the country within three years, if implemented." In fact, the poll highlights that Obama's tax policies, which scored the l …

politics, ceo, obama, mccain, poll

Commentary: Obama and Bush are not so far apart

Seeded on Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:26 PM EDT (CNN)

Since Barack Obama incessantly makes the case that a John McCain administration would equate to another Bush term, it's worth looking at just how much Sen. Obama himself is in agreement with the unpopular president.

obama, bush, politics

Saint Obama

Seeded on Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:42 PM EDT (The Times)

Great piece of satire He ventured forth to bring light to the world The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers

politics, obama-satire

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The Double Standard About Journalists' Bias
Source: RealClearPolitics
Good example of the double standard regarding bias in journalism
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The Echo Chamber - The Left's Attempt At A Dissent Free Media
During the Watergate hearings, John Dean made the press aware of an Enemies List, the top 20 enemies to the Nixon Administration was to be targeted with retribution once Nixon was re-elected.
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State of 'emergency'? We're living in it
Source: The Boston Herald
Here's how it's supposed to work. If the Legislature wants a bill to become law immediately, they have to attach what's called an "emergency preamble." It takes a two-thirds vote to pass such a preamble. Otherwise, the bill becomes law in 90 days.
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An Unnecessary Operation
Source: Campaign Standard
This is the poll number that drives supporters of Obamacare crazy: Eighty-nine percent of Americans in a June 2008 ABC News/USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation survey said they were satisfied with their health care.
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Why the boycott against Glenn Beck will almost certainly backfire
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Glenn Beck, the conservative commentator and star of one of the most successful shows on Fox News, is under attack. And as Rush Limbaugh has repeatedly proved, under attack is the best place for a conservative commentator to be.
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