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Category: Politic

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Politic: Who are the real "crazies" in our political culture?
Posted by: IT
Is everyone outside of the two-party mainstream crazy, or sick lunatics? By Glenn Greenwald \| Salon May, 28 2010 One of the favorite self-affirming pastimes of establishment Democratic and Republican pundits is to mock anyone and everyone outside of the two-party mainstream as crazy, sick lunatics. That serves to bolster the two political parties as the sole arbiters of what is acceptable: anyone who meaningfully deviates from their orthodoxies are, by definition, fringe, crazy losers.
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Politic: The Fed Under Fire
Posted by: IT
	Holding one of DC's Most Secretive Institutions Accountable. By Lagan Sebert \| American News Project July 10, 2009 A rare bipartisan movement to audit the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful and secretive institutions in Washington, long considered beyond the reach of lawmakers.
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Politic: Washington escalates “drug war” intervention in Mexico
Posted by: IT
$700 million approved by the US Congress as part of the so-called Merida Initiative By Bill Van Auken \| WSWS Mar 27, 2009 With the announcement of a new border security plan Monday and the two-day visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Mexico City and Monterrey which ended Thursday, Washington is launching a major intervention in Mexico in the name of combating drug trafficking and associated violence.
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Politic: The Results Are In: Americans Are Now More Closely Aligned With Progressive Ideas Than at Any Time in Memory
Posted by: IT
	On issue after issue, significant majorities of Americans favor progressive solutions to the nation's problems and reject the right's worldview. By Joshua Holland \| AlterNet May 30, 2009 On issue after substantive issue, significant majorities of Americans favor progressive solutions to the nation's problems and reject the right's worldview. That's true whether the issue at hand is taxes, war and peace, the role of government in the economy, health care, and on and on.
114 Reads	>>> Read full article: 'The Results Are In: Americans Are Now More Closely Aligned With Progressive Ideas Than at Any Time in Memory' (8832 bytes more)

Politic: Bush Disapproval Ratings Reach All Time High
Posted by: IT
Bush is now more unpopular than Nixon was when he resigned from office during Watergate. By a lot. By Steve Benen \| Washington Monthly November 10, 2008 In general, I don't report much on the George W. Bush's approval ratings, in part because they've become rather predictable. "He's very unpopular," I can hear you saying. "We get it."
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Politic: GOP to Public: 'We're Utterly Lost, Do You Have Suggestions?'
Posted by: IT
	It's an unusual concession, isn't it? By Steve Benen \| Washington Monthly November 7, 2008 Given this week's results, it stands to reason that those in positions of power in the Republican Party are in a tough spot. Worse, they have to figure out a way forward without any real ideas or policy solutions that Americans might like.
257 Reads	>>> Read full article: 'GOP to Public: 'We're Utterly Lost, Do You Have Suggestions?'' (2175 bytes more)

Politic: Republican Fears of an Obama Landslide Victory Unleash Civil War within the Party
Posted by: IT
Senior Republicans believe Barack Obama will have more political power than any president in a generation. By Tim Shipman \| The Telegraph (UK) October 26, 2008 Aides to George W.Bush, former Reagan White House staff and friends of John McCain have all told The Sunday Telegraph that they not only expect to lose on November 4, but also believe that Mr Obama is poised to win a crushing mandate.
>>> Read full article: 'Republican Fears of an Obama Landslide Victory Unleash Civil War within the Party' (7305 bytes more)	246 Reads

Politic: McCain and Bush: Unconcerned with the Needs of Ordinary Americans
Posted by: IT
	McCain is not a perfect replica of George W. Bush. But neither man seems to have any sense of how we actually live or what we need from government. By Robert Scheer \| Truthdig. October 8, 2008 I am not a conventionally religious man, or even a very superstitious one, but I do wish George Bush would stop asking God to bless America.
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Politic: The U.S.'s Inhospitable Immigration Policies May End Up Costing Taxpayers Billions
Posted by: IT
What's another $154 billion of taxpayers' money? By Frank Sharry \| AmericasVoiceOnline October 15, 2008 And we thought the bank bailout was expensive.
>>> Read full article: 'The U.S.'s Inhospitable Immigration Policies May End Up Costing Taxpayers Billions' (2440 bytes more)	275 Reads

Politic: U.S. to sell IAF smart bombs for heavily fortified targets
Posted by: IT
	By Aluf Benn and Amos Harel \| Haaretz.com Sep 15, 2008 Despite reservations in Washington regarding a possible Israeli strike on Iran, the American administration will supply Israel with sophisticated weapons for heavily fortified targets, the U.S. administration announced.
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