A little over a week before the U.S. presidential elections, CNN, the cable new network, decided to start airing a “comedy show” hosted by the Black comedian D.L. Hughley. On the face of it, it does not look like much, but the bottom line is that in a very sensitive election cycle where a...
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In the closing days of this historic presidential campaign, a lot of noise has been made by the Republicans, John McCain and right wing ideologues about the amount of money senator Barack Obama has raised in his quest to be the next president of the United States of America. John McCain has complained about...
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“I know how to win wars”
“I am a maverick”
“I have been tested”
“I know how to get Osama Bin Laden”
Hearing senator John McCain make these claims, the totally uninformed is wont to take the word of the 72-year old at face value. After all, he has been celebrated as a war hero; he is a...
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In the most profound show of lilly-livered, wimpy and cowardly display of journalistic ethos, the American media brazenly towed the official line of right-wing ideologues in suppressing the most powerful aspect of General Colin Powell’s endorsement of Senator Barack Obama’s candidacy for the U.S presidency this past week. In the course of the most...
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I’m a middle-class white guy living in Jacksonville, Florida. I’ve got a wife and two kids. Because the kids had no school today, I took a vacation day from work, and took the kids downtown to vote early. Fifty-nine minutes later, two smiling children and I proudly sported “I Voted” stickers.
But I didn’t vote...
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For quite a while, I actually enjoyed listening to Lou Dobbs on CNN. I religiously followed what I assumed were intelligent discussions of pressing issues, especially when it had to do with capital flight and the so-called war on the middle class, outsourcing and disappearing jobs in America. But the more I listen to...
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For the first time in the history of elections in the United States of America, we have two candidates who have been found to have abused their powers, violated ethics rules and lied to the American people about their unconscionable actions. Senator John McCain have the unenviable honor of being America’s most unethical presidential...
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It has now been confirmed that the Bush administration has removed North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
“Based upon the cooperation agreement North Korea has recently provided … the secretary of state this morning rescinded the designation of the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism,...
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Friday October 10, 2008 will go down in history for a number of reasons, but mostly for being the day Americans were hit with the fact that after 200 years of nationhood and after strenuous efforts by our leaders to project an image of maturity, progress and tolerance, we are still a nation searching...
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Remarks of Senator Barack Obama–as prepared for delivery
Chillicothe, Ohio
Friday, October 10, 2008
We meet at a moment of great uncertainty for America. In recent weeks, we’ve seen a growing financial crisis that’s threatening not only banks and businesses, but your economic security, as well. It’s getting harder and harder to get a loan for that...
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