Archive for the ‘words’ Category
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
[Jayel Aheram / Flickr]
About a month ago, Congress passed and President Bush signed a new GI Bill proposed by Senator Jim Webb. This is a bill that Bush threatened to veto and McCain opposed (and didn't vote on) because they were afraid it would encourage people to leave the military. ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
James Pence of Glendale, Kentucky, doesn't mince words. He explains here, in a calmly biting commentary on the Bush administration's handling of the economy, healthcare, civil liberties, and other issues central to the election, how he -- if he were a terrorist -- would undermine America:
That rocking chair somehow takes ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Is he working for peace? [Our Enchanted Garden / Flickr]
As a coda to Obama's whirlwind tour of the Middle East, two Arab angles on what he offers that part of the world:
Twenty-eight-year-old Wassim, a Syrian Arab, describes himself as "awakening in a modern and bewildering world gone insane." He feels ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Prayers in Western Wall [beggs / Flickr]
The prayer that Obama slid into the Western Wall in Israel has been much debated since a Jewish seminary student and his friends filched it and passed it on to the media. Some people feel it was a piece of political polish written ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Watching Obama in Berlin [stevegarfield / Flickr]
Sam Han is a sociology PhD student at CUNY. He didn't want to wade into campaign hoopla but couldn't help himself last week when people started saying, during Obama's trip abroad, that Barack "'needs to be careful' about not appearing like he’s already won ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
[rev_bri / Flickr]
A lot of conservative Christians -- who voted reliably for Bush in the last two elections -- seem to be alienated and disappointed by McCain as their Republican option. Some, though, argue pragmatically that it's in their long-term interest to support him.
Kara is a Christian who is "determined ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Romney on a cookie [David Reeves / Flickr]
There's lots of chatter that McCain might announce a VP pick this week. Whether or not that's likely, the vice presidential betting steamed up recently, centering on Mitt Romney or Bobby Jindal. Jindal backers will be sad to know that he just announced ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Media circus [Taz etc. / Flickr]
Political Lizard would like you to know that John McCain's recent trips abroad didn't generate anything like the media circus that will soon surround Obama in Europe and the Middle East. Obama will be shadowed by all three nightly news anchors: Katie Couric, Brian Williams, ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
[stuckincustoms / Flickr]
[Ann Raber is a BallotVox co-curator.]
Evangelicals just might be the known-unknowns of this election. How will these traditionally Republican voters cast their ballots in November? It's always been assumed that their beliefs on hot-button issues like homosexual marriage and abortion dictate their votes. This year things might ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
On the Texas-Mexico border [Broken Piggy Bank / Flickr]
Nationally, immigration takes a backseat to a bunch of other issues in this election, but in border states that may not be the case. Here are two bloggers with Texas roots who feel passionately about it. Their perspectives couldn't be much farther ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
This week's New Yorker cover shows Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim, Michelle outfitted as a Black Panther/terrorist, a flag burning in the fireplace, and Osama bin Laden in a gilt frame on the wall. It is, of course satire. Or it's supposed to be. It seems to be confusing ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Cigarette seller in Tehran [kamshots / Flickr]
The US currently exports over ten times more to Iran than at the start of the Bush administration. At the top of the pile: cigarettes. Somewhat suprising, no? John McCain seemed to think so last week when he responded by saying, "Maybe that's a ...
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