Posted on September 30th, 2007 by top DIGG news
White evangelical Protestants (ages 18-29) have been one of the most faithful Republican constituencies in presidential elections in recent years. In 2002, for example, an overwhelming majority (87%) approved of Bush’s job performance. By August 2007, however, Bush’s approval rating among this group had plummeted by 42 percentage points.
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Posted on September 30th, 2007 by top DIGG news
Sen. Ted Stevens, who championed $452 million in federal funding for Alaska’s notorious “bridges to nowhere,” has directed the Navy to build an experimental ferry it once rejected to serve a little-used port in a remote area of his home state
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Posted on September 30th, 2007 by top DIGG news
This is an interview with Rob Williams, founder of http://www.vtcommons.org/ , discussing the growing nonviolent movement in Vermont to secede from what many Vermont citizens see as a growing police state.
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Posted on September 30th, 2007 by top DIGG news
The Senate gave final approval on Thursday to a health insurance bill for 10 million children, clearing the measure for President Bush, who said he would veto it.
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Posted on September 29th, 2007 by top DIGG news
O’Reilly: “[I]f I could strangle these people and not go to hell and get executed … I would — but I can’t.”You’re all on notice out there. I’m coming for you. ‘ The man is insane
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Posted on September 29th, 2007 by top DIGG news
A familiar tragedy in Oakland is unfolding. Can our attention bring justice this time?
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Posted on September 29th, 2007 by top DIGG news
The United States and Iraq are focusing on five incidents where Blackwater USA guards killed civilians in Iraq this year as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered a high-level review board to Baghdad, U.S. officials said.
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Posted on September 29th, 2007 by top DIGG news
David Letterman on Thursday announced a segment on “George Bush vs. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,” promising also that each joke “will be punctuated with a ridiculous sound effect.” Along with celebrity gags and jokes playing off the Iranian president’s popular image as a bloodthirsty tyrant, there were also some more interesting comparisons.
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Posted on September 29th, 2007 by top DIGG news
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 “baby bond” from the government to help pay for future costs of college or buying a home.
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Posted on September 28th, 2007 by top DIGG news
Spanish government has leaked to El Pais transcripts of conversations between President Bush and then Spanish Prime Minister Aznar just before the outbreak of the Iraq War. The gist seems to be that Bush was rather candid about the fact that the efforts to find a peaceful solution to the crisis were a sham and […]
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