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Bush Takes Oklahoma: Six Standing Ovations For Ex-President
WOODWARD, Okla. — Former President George W. Bush was greeted by thunderous applause on the Fourth of July as he told thousands of spectators in...
George W Bush
$10,000 for Donated Eggs: A Price for Science
Julie Menin | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
New York has become the first state to allow public money (in this case up to $10,000) to be offered to women who donate their eggs for stem cell re...
Give Us Your Huddled Masses - But Battered Women Need Not Apply!
William Fisher | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
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Bill Clinton,
Battered Women,
Immigration Asylum,
Barack Obama,
Domestic Violence,
George W. Bush,
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Here's a note for the "to do" list of the Obama Administration's newly appointed Domestic Violence Czar - or Czarina in this case: Battered wives and ...
Mark Sanford: When Bullsh**ters See Red...
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
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Bill Clinton,
Infidelity,
Mark Sanford,
George W. Bush,
Dick Cheney,
Elliott Spitzer Prostitution,
John Edwards,
Mark Goulston,
Marriage Infidelity,
Politics News
When bullsh**ters see red, their common sense is dead. What is it that Mark Sanford, Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Elliott Spitzer AND Bernie Madoff ha...
Sarah, We Hardly Knew Ye. Some Suggested New Jobs For an Ex-Maverick
Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics
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Rush Limbaugh,
Olympia Snowe,
George W. Bush,
Condoleeza Rice,
Amy Winehouse,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Lt Gov. Sean Parnell,
Susan Collins,
Meg Whitman,
Richard Pryor,
Gov. Sarah Palin,
Sean Hannity,
Christine Todd Whitman,
Elizabeth Dole,
Carly Fiorina,
David Letterman,
Politics News
Happy Birthday America, from soon-to-be ex-Gov. Sarah Palin. She's given you the ultimate gift.
Bush's 4th of July Celebration
John Scripsick | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics
It's good to see that Woodward, OK invited George W. Bush to their 4th of July celebration. Some days I feel sorry for this poor lonely man. His dre...
Which Politicos Scream For Ice Cream? (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.03.2009 | Style
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Silvio Berlusconi Ice Cream,
Sasha Obama Ice Cream,
Tony Blair,
Cindy McCain,
George W. Bush,
Dessert,
Sarah Palin,
Madeleine Albright,
George W. Bush Ice Cream,
Joe Biden Ice Cream,
Hillary Clinton Ice Cream,
Bob Dole,
Madeleine Albright Ice Cream,
Malia Obama Ice Cream,
Bill Clinton,
Slideshow,
Michelle Obama,
Sarah Palin Ice Cream,
Tony Blair Ice Cream,
Ice Cream,
Sweets,
Bob Dole Ice Cream,
Joe Biden,
Michelle Obama Ice Cream,
Sasha Obama,
Barack Obama,
Malia Obama,
Bill Clinton Ice Cream,
Silvio Berlusconi,
Cindy McCain Ice Cream,
Food,
Hillary Clinton,
Barack Obama Ice Cream,
Style News
Baby, it's hot outside...how are D.C. and the world's finest beating the heat? With ice cream, of course! Whether it's chocolate or vanilla, cones or ...
Think Again: The Strange Politics of Collusion (and "Dickishness")
Eric Alterman | Posted 07.02.2009 | Media
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Dana Milbank,
George W. Bush,
David Gregory,
Iran,
Washington Post,
Media,
Nico Pitney,
Huffington Post,
Barack Obama,
Media News
Alleged dickishness notwithstanding, the argument between Pitney and Milbank was not nearly as trivial as it might initially appear.
The GOP's Palin Food Fight: Why Now?
William Bradley | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics
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Russia,
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Barack Obama,
George W. Bush,
Dick Cheney,
Randy Scheuneman,
Sarah Palin,
Georgia,
Bill Kristol,
Fox News,
Weekly Standard,
Mikhail Saakashvili,
Steve Schmidt,
John McCain,
Politics News
This is a fight between some neocons who still want to promote Palin and their discredited geopolitical agenda against some Republican would-be modernizers.
Betraying the Idea of America
Andrew Reinbach | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics
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Barak Obama,
President Obama,
Oval Office,
Honor,
George W. Bush,
Guantanamo,
Fourth of July,
Torture,
Dick Cheney,
Politics News
This shabby performance is all the more dismaying because abandoning the Bush/Cheney years and all they represent is why Mr. Obama was elected in the first place.
Saddam And Bush Had Same Position On Geneva Convention:
Michaelmoore.com | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics
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Saddam Hussein Geneva Convention,
Saddam Hussein,
George W. Bush,
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Saddam Hussein vs. George W. Bush on the Geneva Conventions FBI Interrogation of Saddam Hussein, March 13, 2004 [...] (S) Regarding limitations pla...
Internal GOP Memo Attacks Bush Handling Of Economy
The Plum Line | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics
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The Great Bush-Obama Economic Intervention,
Bush Economy,
Economic Crisis,
Bush Economic Crisis,
George W. Bush,
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An internal GOP memo prepared to brief some House Republicans as part of an ongoing probe into the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch deal takes direct aim...
Happy National Sovereignty Day, Iraq. Sorry About The Mess
Beau Friedlander | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics
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107th United States Congress,
Derrick Jensen,
War on Iraq Book,
Margo Baldwin,
2002 War Resolution,
Trevor Bundy,
George W Bush,
Iraq War,
William Rivers Pitt,
Andrew Card,
Scott Ritter,
New York Times,
Iraq Troop Withdrawal,
Politics News
Our presence is an ongoing affront to democracy and human dignity, and yet now that the damage is done, everyone's stuck between that rock and a hard place.
Axis of Evil? Not so Much
James Arthur Ray | Posted 06.30.2009 | World
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Iran Election,
Iran Protests,
George W. Bush,
Iran Axis of Evil,
Axis of Evil,
Ethnocentric,
Worldcentric,
Iran,
Egocentric,
Barack Obama,
Consciousness,
World News
President Bush's January 2002 State of the Union Address, where he coined the term "Axis of Evil" to describe Iraq, Iran and North Korea, was an attempt to fit entire governments, populations and countries into a catchphrase box. Marketing propaganda at its very best.
White House Hails Iraq Troop Withdrawal But Won't Claim Victory
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics
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Troop Withdrawal,
White House,
White House Victory,
Iraq Troops,
George W. Bush,
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The White House hailed on Tuesday the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops out of Iraq's cities but declined to qualify the benchmark as a victory, or eve...
Celebration, Fear and Loathing on National Sovereignty Day
Tom Andrews | Posted 06.30.2009 | World
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Politics of Fear,
Fearmongering,
Fear,
Congress,
Troops,
George W. Bush,
Iraq,
Barack Obama,
Dick Cheney,
Nouri Al Maliki,
World News
Don't be surprised if the spike in violence that came in advance of Iraqi Day of National Sovereignty continues. And don't be surprised if here at home, the right-wing goes on the attack with its favorite weapon, fear.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Sticking It to "America's Best"
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics
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Warren Thornton Youth Center,
California Economic Crisis,
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,
George W. Bush,
General Douglas MacArthur,
California,
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San Francisco Chronicle,
California State Government,
The Terminator,
Los Angeles Times,
Sacramento Bee,
Schwarzenegger,
Sacramento,
California Budget Crisis,
Capitol,
Budget Cuts,
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Thanks to an economic crisis his good friend George W. Bush gave us, Schwarzenegger is launching a frontal assault against virtually all of the state's public sector institutions.
Never Forget: The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Andy Worthington | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics
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Aclu,
Geneva Conventions,
Preventive Detention,
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George W. Bush,
Navi Pillay,
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Donald Rumsfeld,
Guantanamo,
Eric Holder,
Judge John D. Bates,
World News,
Habeas Corpus,
Politics News,
Politics,
UN Convention Against Torture,
Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco,
ACLU Torture,
Mohamed Et Al v Jeppesen Dataplan Inc.,
Bagram Torture,
Closing Guantanamo,
World,
Terrorism,
CIA Torture,
US District Court,
Justice Department,
Boumediene v. Bush,
Barack Obama,
Abu Ghraib,
Bagram,
Judge Richard Leon,
Abou Elkassim Britel,
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture,
Waterboarding,
Torture,
Politics News
Sadly, our celebrity-obsessed world is unlikely to pay much attention to the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture, as the death of Michael Jackson dominates headlines.
New Documents on Accused Ponzi Schemer Allen Stanford: Did Bush's Justice Dept. Take "Appropriate Investigative Steps"?
Aram Roston | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business
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George Bush,
R. Allen Stanford,
Wall Street Crisis,
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Allen Stanford,
Antigua,
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An Antiguan American lawyer has given me documents that laid out allegations to the Justice Department five years ago that Stanford was corrupting Antigua officials, and potentially violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Libya's Qaddafi Gave Condi Rice $212,000 In Gifts, Including A Diamond Ring
The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics
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Jakaya Kikwete,
Condoleezza Rice,
Samak Sundaravej,
George W. Bush,
Foreign Gifts,
Nicolas Sarkozy,
Kadafi,
Politics News
Scroll down for the State Department report In its final months in office, the Bush administration made out pretty well in odd and exotic gifts from ...
Obama is Doing Right by the Iranian People, So Far
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 06.24.2009 | World
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Lebanon,
Hugo Chavez,
Britain,
Afghanistan,
Iranian,
President Obama,
Sunni,
Violence,
Paramilitary,
Hezbollah,
Iran,
Taliban,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
Basij,
George W. Bush,
Arab,
Revolution,
United States,
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Tiananmen Square,
Shiite,
Occupied Territories,
Mass Movement,
Iraq,
John McCain,
World News
The conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and the Occupied Territories, which Bush et al either supported or outright committed, actually strengthened the Ahmadinejad government.
What Psychological Science Says about Obama and What Makes an Effective Leader in Trying Times
Todd Kashdan | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics
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Leadership,
Hugo Chavez,
Character,
Iran Election,
George W. Bush,
Iran,
Inner Strength,
Positive Psychology,
Barack Obama,
September 11th,
Politics News
When Obama shows a combination of openness and restraint, the international community in turn, shows a readiness to meet him and improve existing relationships.
Schwarzenegger's Budget Battle II: Another Bad Sequel
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics
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Western States Petroleum Association,
Healthy Families,
Finance Director Michael Genest,
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,
George W. Bush,
AB 656,
Assembly Bill 656,
Assemblyman Abel Maldonado,
California Republicans,
California Democrats,
California Legislature,
Arnold,
The Terminator,
Budget Crisis in California,
Assemblyman Alberto Torrico,
California Faculty Association,
California Republican Party,
Calworks,
Schwarzenegger,
California Budget Crisis,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
California,
Politics News
With the sequel to last February's budget battle ready for release it's only a matter of days before "those who have too little" get a beating once again from the richest ruling interests in the state.
Common Sense vs. the Military-Industrial-Political-Complex on the Floor of the U.S. House Today
Tom Andrews | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics
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Congress,
Army,
Military,
Department of Defense,
Afghanistan,
George W. Bush,
Appropriations,
F-22,
Pork,
Iraq,
Democrats,
Defense Budget,
House Armed Services Committee,
Barack Obama,
Politics News
The Defense bill Congress takes up today is less about meeting the national defense needs of the United States and more about meeting the pork-barrel political needs of Washington politicians.
Bush Gets His Bounce
Mark Kaminsky | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics
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Bill Clinton,
Ex-Presidents,
George H.W. Bush,
Richard Nixon,
Gerald Ford,
George W. Bush,
Jimmy Carter,
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Americans and their media treat ex-presidents like kids treat difficult parents once they either die or stop parenting and start doing something useful, like helping them to pay off a mortgage.
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