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(3 comments) Tuesday, June 27, 2006 The Trumpet Summons Us AgainSHARE
A stirring article on this crucial election cycle, whose ramifications may be felt for a generation.
(3 comments) Friday, June 2, 2006 How They Stole OhioSHARE
The GOP 4-step Recipe to 'Blackwell' the USA in 2008
Abracadabra: Three Million Votes Vanish
(3 comments) Tuesday, May 23, 2006 The Oregon Voting RevolutionSHARE
How the Oregon mail voting system has transformed voting in that state.
(3 comments) Thursday, May 11, 2006 Olbermann & Turley - Bush Disregard for ConstitutionSHARE
Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley discusses blatent dismissal of constitution by Bush. "Frankly, I'm not too sure of what he thought he was swearing to when he took the oath of office to uphold the Constitution and our laws."
(3 comments) Tuesday, March 7, 2006 8,000 desert during Iraq warSHARE
At least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. military have deserted since the Iraq war began, Pentagon records show, although the overall desertion rate has plunged since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.
(3 comments) Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Decades later, Marines hunt Vietnam-era desertersSHARE
Forty years later, in the summer of 2005, Texiero — now known as Gerome Conti — was taken into custody by police in Tarpon Springs, Fla., after the Marine Corps tracked him down.
(3 comments) Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Poll: Cheney Less Popular Than OJSHARE
“How low is 18 percent?” This was a headline in the Washington Post on March 5. The 18 percent is the support rate of vice president Dick Cheney from a public opinion survey conducted by CBS.
The Washington Post included the support rates of notoriously famous people to prove how low 18% is.
Michael Jackson, who was alleged of sexually harassing an underage boy, and American football player O.J. Simpson, who caused a huge clamor for being suspected of murdering his wife in 1994, each maintained 25 percent and 29 percent favorable impression rates, respectively.
(3 comments) Tuesday, March 7, 2006 America AnesthetizedSHARE
For more than four years, the American people have been anesthetized by a steady flow of propaganda that has influenced the public to believe "facts" that aren't facts and to ignore ugly realities that would otherwise shame the nation's conscience. Only recently have Americans begun to shake themselves awake, but the Bush administration's residual success in misshaping U.S. opinion was underscored again when a poll found that 85 percent of American troops in Iraq believed they were there to avenge the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
(3 comments) Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Cunningham's Corruption ConnectionsSHARE
On Friday, former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA) was sentenced to 8 years and 4 months in federal prison for taking $2.4 million in bribes in exchange for lucrative defense contracts, among other crimes. It was the longest sentence ever meted out to a congressman. While it's the last we'll hear from Cunningham for some time, the larger scandal is just beginning to unfold.
(3 comments) Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Revised Patriot Act targets allergy, cold medsSHARE
Besides terrorism, the bill takes aim at the production of methamphetamine, a highly addictive drug that cannot be manufactured without a key ingredient of everyday cold and allergy medicines. The bill would impose new limits next month for how much relief a person can buy over the counter.
(3 comments) Tuesday, March 7, 2006 South Dakota bans most abortionsSHARE
The Republican governor of South Dakota on Monday signed a law banning nearly all abortions in the state, directly challenging the U.S. Supreme Court's legalization of the practice 33 years ago.
(3 comments) Tuesday, March 7, 2006 'Specific' info on NSA eavesdropping?SHARE
A new lawsuit may have what other cases don't: official records about those under surveillance.
(3 comments) Tuesday, March 7, 2006 Most Americans see Iraq civil war as likely: pollSHARE
Eight in 10 Americans believe that recent sectarian violence in Iraq has made civil war likely, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Monday.
(3 comments) Tuesday, March 7, 2006 India says to complete nuclear separation by 2014SHARE
India will open 14 of its 22 nuclear plants for international inspections by 2014 as part of a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.