Posted on June 30th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
The Marine Corps dropped their charges against a Boston antiwar “reservist who was threatened with an other-than-honorable discharge for his antiwar protests in camouflage fatigues.” Liam Madden, 22, of Boston, was one of three reservists facing investigation for antiwar activities, spurring a debate about free speech rights of veterans. Madden, in a telephone interview, made [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, In The News, Iraq
Posted on June 30th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
The pResident has gone fishin’ again… But why… Oh, why is he flashing the “peace sign” on his boat off the coast of Maine? Oh wait… No he’s not flashing the “peace sign”… It seems he caught 2 little fishies in the big blue sea. No matter to Bush that public opinion of his Iraq [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Foreign Policy, In The News, Iraq, Politics, Republicans
Posted on June 30th, 2007 by Steven Roach
New comic series start months ago
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Posted on June 30th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Bring Them Home. A new CBS News Poll showed yesterday that “Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the Iraq war, President Bush and the Congress, as well as the overall direction of the country.” More Americans than ever before, 77 percent, say the war is going badly, up from 66 percent just two months ago. Nearly [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Foreign Policy, In The News, Iraq, Politics, Republicans
Posted on June 29th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
On Thursday, Senator John Kerry responded to President George Bush’s comments on the State Children’s Health Insurance Plan (S-CHIP) and the Administration’s health tax proposals. A member of the Senate Finance Committee, Kerry is joining with bipartisan colleagues to renew and strengthen the S-CHIP program. Today, nine million kids are uninsured in America, with two-thirds [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Democrats, In The News, John Kerry, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Posted on June 29th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
It’s no small secret that Dick Cheney doesn’t give a rat’s-you-know-what about the environment. Now it seems Dick’s got some other trouble brewing for himself, as the House Natural Resources Committee announced on Thursday that it “will hold hearings into Vice President Dick Cheney’s involvement in Klamath River water management that many think led to [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Environment, In The News, Politics, Republicans
Posted on June 29th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
John Edwards was on HARDBALL on Thursday night, discussing Ann Coulter’s politics of hate and backed up his wife’s call in to the show the day before when Coulter was a guest. Edwards said: JOHN EDWARDS: I applaud Elizabeth. I think that when people like Ann Coulter—and it‘s not just her, unfortunately, it‘s her and [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, In The News, Politics, Republicans
Posted on June 29th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Senator John Kerry today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling on diversity in our nation’s schools: “Today the Court ruled against all of our children and against our ideals. This mistake hits especially close to home in Massachusetts, where twenty towns could be affected. Schools across our state are working to level [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, In The News, John Kerry, OP/ED's, Politics, Senate