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…what a disappointment

We elect a Senate, and a Congress full of Democrats, and they still cannot find the courage to stand up to the American Dictator, George W. Bush.
Bush signed the Iraq blank check, spending supplemental, today. Basically, yet again we have given him six more months to do what he so chooses in this, the never-ending [...]

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…$456 billion (I *hate* Bush)

Have I mentioned how sorry I am for voting for Bush in ‘04?
In September, we will have spent $456 billion dollars on the war in Iraq. Curious about what we could have done with that money? Check out this link to the Boston Globe.
Most astonishing/depressing/angering? We could have fed all of Earth’s poor, as well [...]

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…most ridiculous thing ever

I’m getting Buckeye (cable) installed on Friday, getting rid of DishNetwork. When that happens, I’ll all of a sudden have MSNBC. I’ve been wanting to be able to watch Olbermann for a while now, but I’ve got to tell you, AC360 is an amazing news program, and it’s going to be hard to decide which [...]

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…to russia, with love

R.I.P.
“He was oversized, he was huge, everything about him — he was physically a giant, a big-barrel chest of complete charisma,” she said. “When you met him or were around him he was absolutely charismatic. … He was an intensely sophisticated politician.”
While Yeltsin may have been a failed statesman, Dougherty said he had a unique [...]

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