November 2, 2008
AP has the story behind it.Some French translations and clarifications (ABC News and TPM):MASKED AVENGERS: I follow your campaigns closely with my special American adviser Johnny Hallyday, you know? [Note: Hallyday is a French singer and actor.] MASKED AVENGERS: Exactly, we could go try hunting by ...
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The United States of America has been in existence for 231 years. In those 231 years, there have only been five black U.S. senators. Yes, Barack Obama is only the 5th black U.S. senator in history. In that same period, there have only been 2 elected black governors. The first one was elected in 199...
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November 1, 2008
OBAMA vs McCain November 4th, 2008 THE GLOBAL PARTIES OF A LIFETIME obamavsmccain.jpeg With the 2008 US Presidential Elections - destined for history making, many are planning or will be attending events surrounding this electric night of stars and stripes. DURING ELECTION NIGHT ...
go to article »October 31, 2008
So much talk about Joe the Plumber and his “American Dream” of one day owning his boss’ company made me think of reposting this post. Here it is: The American dream is sold to both Americans and the world partly on one premise: Economic mobility here is greater than anywhere else....
go to article »October 29, 2008
Where does a lot of that earmark money end up anyway? […] You’ve heard about some of these pet projects they really don’t make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Pari...
go to article »October 28, 2008
For months, years even, Democrats have argued that President George W. Bush did horrendous damage to America’s image and reputation and alienated important allies in especially Europe by pursuing a hawkish foreign policy. Bush, Democrats to a degree rightfully said, was too willing to act unil...
go to article »October 26, 2008
October 24, 2008
ACORN, non-working voting machines, inaccurate voting rolls purges, Mickey Mouse registrations, weird ballot designs, half-day long waiting lines, inconsistent and incoherent identity checks and confusing rules… What’s this, some banana republic? Already in 2004, concerns over inaccuracies in t...
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