Tag: politics
member name: Ruth MacGill
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January 03, 2008 03:10 PM EST --
A Caucus Isn't the Same as a Primary
I don't know much about what I'm talking about here, so feel free to contradict or add to what I say. It's just that I am appalled at what I heard . . . more
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April 21, 2008 11:31 AM EDT --
I guess I qualify as a contrarian. Whenever I hear a list of the kinds of people who favor Senator Clinton for president, I can see that I qualify for those lists. I should be one of her strong supporters. . . . more
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April 28, 2008 01:19 PM EDT --
Reverend Wright - GO HOME!
It's beginning to look as if next year we may have the first woman in the White House. Although the polls and the numbers show it will be next to impossible for Hillary . . . more
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August 26, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
Both of the Sunday political discussion programs I watched this morning featured very interesting guests with well-reasoned interpretations of what is happening in Iraq. One guest has a new . . . more
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June 04, 2008 04:03 PM EDT --
On June 3 rd , 2008, Barack Obama made history by becoming the first African/American presumptive Democratic candidate for the position of president of the United States. His candidacy will become official . . . more
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January 28, 2008 11:32 AM EST --
Political Palaver
The coming election of 2008 is probably the most important election of our lives. The war in Iraq continues to drain billions of dollars of borrowed money every month leaving a gigantic . . . more
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March 03, 2008 09:39 AM EST --
Odds and Ends
This has to be fast, because I have to pick up Jane at 8 A.M. for a trip to town (San Diego). I expect I will be gone about as long as I will if I go to the Congress of History event . . . more
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June 08, 2008 10:16 AM EDT --
This an edited article that I posted about a year ago. I think is still pertinent today.
For at least five years, I have had an uneasy feeling that events taking place in the world don't . . . more
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February 07, 2007 12:01 PM EST --
Good Morning Mr. and Mrs. America
and All the Ships at Sea
This morning I took my recuperating dog, Smokey Joe, for a walk, just in time to catch a beautiful pink, yellow and blue sunrise. I . . . more
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November 17, 2007 12:23 PM EST --
A little Random Musing - 11/17/2007
Good morning! It is 6:15 as I start writing, and the sun is about to come over the eastern horizon. I have done my chores, taken my pills, and I’m ready to . . . more
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May 07, 2008 12:52 AM EDT --
Senator Clinton wants to give us a break on the price of gasoline by canceling the gas tax for the summer. The negatives of the plan outweigh the pluses. If the plan could be enacted before summer is . . . more
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May 26, 2008 11:35 AM EDT --
Here at an Indian horse camp in the extreme southwest corner of the United States, 70 miles from the Pacific Ocean, we have already had temperatures into the hundreds, depending on the elevation. For . . . more
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March 28, 2008 02:48 AM EDT --
Running the Gauntlet to the Presidency
Our system for electing a president is badly flawed and getting worse in every election.
The first thing wrong is the way they are financed. Even the restrictions . . . more
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December 08, 2007 02:58 PM EST --
We Need To Narrow Down the Field and Make a Decision Soon
I have tried to study the presidential candidates by reading books and searching for information on-line, but I’m afraid my main impressions . . . more
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July 22, 2007 11:00 AM EDT --
Protesting Political Polecats
In his old age my Uncle Rosy often became incensed as he sat close to his TV watching the Sunday political talk shows. It made me laugh when he’d lean forward . . . more
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June 21, 2008 03:19 PM EDT --
I view Barack Obama as a human being uniquely fitted to fill our needs as President of the United States in this globalized world of mostly brown-skinned people.
He is the product of a white mother . . . more
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July 22, 2008 09:36 PM EDT --
When this 2008 presidential campaign ends on Nov. 4 th it will have been in process for almost two years. That is half the time the winner expects to spend in his first term in office. It seems like . . . more
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July 10, 2008 09:27 AM EDT --
It is hot, muggy, and overcast at 5:40 this Thursday morning in the mountains east of San Diego. The weatherman said we wouldn't get thundershowers until tomorrow, but the cloud cover looks to me . . . more
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July 24, 2008 02:46 PM EDT --
Today, with a voice like a bugle leading a charge, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama challenged Berliners and people of the world to join together in solving the dangerous problems now facing . . . more
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November 30, 2006 12:00 PM EST --
Freedom and How I Interpret It
Freedom means different things to different people and the meaning has changed through the ages. As the population of the world increases, the less freedom is possible . . . more
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