Timeline of the George W Bush reign

Bush’s Reign of Error: A Timeline By Nick Baumann and Dave Gilson “You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you’re gone.” —George W Bush Share on Facebook

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Bush Rushing Deregulations Before Leaving Office

A Last Push To Deregulate – White House to Ease Many Rules By R. Jeffrey Smith The Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 31, 2008 The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush [...]

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How Morons Succeed in U S Politics

The Triumph of Ignorance: How Morons Succeed in U.S. Politics By George Monbiot, Monbiot.com October 31, 2008 AlterNet How was it allowed to happen? How did politics in the United States come to be dominated by people who make a virtue out of ignorance? Was it charity that has permitted mankind’s closest living relative to [...]

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How Much Damage 8 Years Caused Americans

How Much Damage Has Eight Years of Conservative Rule Done to Americans’ Psyches? By Mark Klempner, AlterNet   October 29, 2008 When I was a teen growing up in Schenectady, N.Y., during the early ’70s, I had an alcoholic neighbor whose favorite saying was, “The trouble with people is that they are no damn good.” I [...]

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Is America A Christian Nation

There is much debate in this country over religion in American.  There is much intimidation and erroneous information being disseminated by the ‘Religious Right’ which is contrary to the views of our founding fathers. Share on Facebook

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Evangelical Leaders Using God Like a Hired Gun

By: Christine Wicker with The Huffington Post October 28, 2008 They tried branding Obama the anti-Christ. They tried linking him with Islamic terrorists. They’ve implied that unknown powers bought his allegiance by financing his education at Ivy League universities. They’ve used their pulpits to endorse McCain, hoping to spur a fight with the I.R.S. that [...]

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Straight People Need to Fight for Marriage Equality

Why Straight People Need to Get into the Fight for Marriage Equality By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Posted on October 28, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/102597 Marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples is vitally important, and working toward achieving it is a “good fight,” but the sad truth is that too many straight progressives see it as a [...]

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Keep Religion Away From the Ballot Box

By Larry Beinhart, AlterNet Posted on October 25, 2008 The Constitution, Article VI, Section 3, states “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” James Madison, the primary author of the Constitution, said, “An alliance or coalition between Government and religion cannot be [...]

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If The World Could Vote

If The World Could Vote This is an interesting website, revealing the votes for the American President from all the countries of the World.  Simply click the site, cast your vote and then click results to see how each country voted. Fun and interesting! Share on Facebook

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Should Truth in Advertising apply to Political Ads

Resource: Extremist Moderate Is this another case of “do as I say, not as I do” by those elites who either govern, or seek to govern the people of this nation? I cannot otherwise rationalize why politicians and those involved in their campaigns get away with advertising behavior that is prohibited in other businesses. And [...]

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The Real Karl Rove Plan for the Republican Party

What Karl Rove REALLY Had in Mind for a Permanent Republican Majority By Paul Abrams with The Huffington Post Most of us, myself included, tend to take our democratic institutions for granted. They were there when we were born. They were there for 200+ years. The idea that the US could somehow no longer be [...]

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Religious Right Scaring Americans Again

The Religious Right is at it again, trying to scare Americans in the eleventh hour, to NOT vote for Barack Obama.  It is the typical smear and fear by a group of old men clothed in sheep’s clothing and out of touch with America.  You know abortion, gay rights, etc.  But there is much more.  [...]

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