Month: September 2008

How Forgotten Iraq May Elect the Next President

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Whose War Will Win the Election — McCain’s or Obama’s? By Ira Chernus/ TomDispatch.com / September 30, 2008 In 1932,…

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Scorched-Earth Presidency

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by John Feffer / World Beat /  September 30, 2008 An army in retreat often destroys the land so that…

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A New Deal, or a New New Deal?

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by Howard A. Rodman / Huffington Post / posted September 30, 2008 The drunken boat that was the Modified Paulson…

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CIA Official From San Diego Pleads Guilty to Fraud

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San Diego Native ‘Dusty’ Foggo Is Latest Figure Caught Up in the Duke Cunningham Scandal By Debbi Baker / UNION-TRIBUNE…

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Gore Urges Civil Disobedience To Stop Coal Plants

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 by Michelle Nichols / Reuters / September 25, 2008 NEW YORK – Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental crusader Al…

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Omitting cell phone users may affect polls

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People with only cell phones may differ enough from those with landlines By Alan Fram / Associated Press / Sept….

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Deal reached on $700B bailout, lawmakers say

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UPDATE: Deal falls apart as GOP rank and file revolt against ‘socialism’ – go here. Bailout said to provide some…

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Pakistani troops fire at U.S. choppers on border

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UPDATE II:  New Report Says That U.S. Ground Troops Exchanged Fire With Pakistani Troops – go here. UPDATE: Pakistani President…

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What is the Posse Comitatus Act?

 Frank Gormlie  September 25, 2008  0 Comments on What is the Posse Comitatus Act?

For much of America’s history, the deployment of federal troops within the states for use as domestic law enforcement has…

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