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Ken Salazar Questions The Legality Of Bush-Era Oil Leasing Policies

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Gale Norton, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Oil and Gas Leasing, Justice Department, Shell Oil, George W. Bush, Ken Salazar and Shell, Denver News

SALT LAKE CITY — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called Tuesday for an investigation into last-minute changes made by the administration of Presi...

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Projection TV: Real Americans Watch Fox News

Tom Sullivan | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Tom Sullivan

Conservatives -- or "Real Americans" -- are easily threatened, and view those outside their tribe with suspicion. Those outside their tribe don't deserve a lot: especially not the right to vote.

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The Ring of Truth

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Main Justice, Michael Scanlon, Jack Abramoff, Col. Oliver North, Kevin Ring, George W. Bush, David Safavian, Department of Justice, Federal Prosecutors, Honest-Services Fraud, Judge Ellen Huvelle, Brendan Sullivan, Judge Antonin Scalia, Judge Dennis Jacobs, Suborning Perjury, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News
Gary S. Chafetz

A judge in D.C. reluctantly declared a mistrial for Kevin Ring, one of Abramoff's trusted lieutenants. It may be a sign that the reign of honest-services-fraud terror by federal prosecutors is ending.

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LeBron James: "I Would Dunk On" George Bush's "Ass"

Maxim | Posted 10.16.2009 | Sports

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By 14 he was dunking. By 16 he was facing down reporters. Now the greatest basketball player in the world is 24 years old-and he's just getting starte...

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Bush-Era Interior Secretary Gale Norton Worked With Shell On Strategy For Controversial 11th-Hour Deals: LA Times

latimes.com | Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Shell Gale Norton, Gale Norton, George W. Bush, Department of Interior, Ken Salazar, Oil Drilling, Barack Obama, Shell Oil, Denver News

Reporting from Washington - The Obama Interior Department is reviewing a decision made by the Bush administration in its final days that attempted to...

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The Nobel Prize With an Asterisk

Michael Winship | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Copenhagen, Norway, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Iraq, Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, George W. Bush, World News
Michael Winship

Better to call this prize, as many have, including the Nobel committee, an aspirational award -- the committee expressing its own audacity of hope.

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Vikram Buddhi, Anti-Bush Blogger, Wrongfully Jailed, Says Family (VIDEO)

Russia Today | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

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The case of an Indian student jailed in the U.S. more than three years ago, is being seen as a major test of America's human rights. A jury found Vik...

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Did Bush Screw Up Afghanistan Worse Than Iraq?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

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Cenk Uygur

Here's what you can't argue with - Bush did not try at all in Afghanistan. He didn't give a damn. 26,000 troops -- are you kidding me?

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Bush Memoirs Coming Out In 2010 Will Haunt Election Season

POLITICO | Andie Coller | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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For Republicans looking forward to the first Bush-free election in a decade, the book publishing schedule is the bearer of bad news: Between New Year'...

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When Nepotism Goes Awry: Politicians And Their (Naughty?) Sons

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

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Sons of big name political leaders have been making the news this week from Europe to Africa. In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken heat for ...

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It's Hug a Conservative Week

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Robert J. Elisberg

It's not like President Obama gave an award to himself. The Nobel committee felt the U.S. president was deserving. And it's their football. In the end, it honors the man. It honors the nation.

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Get Off Obama's Back: Second Thoughts From Michael Moore

Michael Moore | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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Michael Moore

Obama is moving too slow for most of us -- but he needs to know we are with him and we stand beside him as he attempts to turn eight years of sheer madness around.

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Why Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Is Deserved

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

After eight embarrassing years of reckless cowboy arrogance marred by war, war crimes and human rights abuses, Obama's Nobel Prize symbolizes the beginning of the U.S. return to respectability.

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After the Peace Prize, Give War a Chance

David Quigg | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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David Quigg

Afghanistan represents the opportunity for Obama to serve the American people brilliantly and, along the way, demonstrate that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Congratulations, President Obama

Chris Campbell | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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Chris Campbell

I find it maddening how quickly the wolves came out. Similar to any policy move that will actually benefit Americans and our standing in the world, the right-wing goes ballistic.

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Why Obama Got the Prize: A Psychologist Weighs In

Dr. Robert Epstein | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Robert Epstein

We're witnessing what research psychologists call a "contrast" effect, occurring in a grand way in an unlikely place -- the Nobel Prize Committee.

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Congratulations President Obama on the Nobel Peace Prize -- Now Please Earn it!

Michael Moore | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: War on Terror, Nuclear Weapons, Afghanistan, Michael Moore, Revolution, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Nobel Peace Prize, Iraq, September 11th, Barack Obama, World News
Michael Moore

Freedom can not be delivered from the front seat of someone else's Humvee. You have to end our involvement in Afghanistan now. If you don't, you'll have no choice but to return the prize to Oslo.

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Barack Obama, Nobel Laureate; First the Reward, Now the Risk

Mike Hegedus | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

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Mike Hegedus

Barack Obama won the Nobel Prize because the world outside our own borders hopes, wants, and prays for his success internationally. And that's a good thing, a very good thing.

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The United States Must Stay in Afghanistan

Sam Sedaei | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

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Sam Sedaei

As President Obama is getting ready to live up to his promise, renew American efforts in Afghanistan and make a number of critical decisions regarding an increase of troops, an ever-growing chorus of liberals is pressuring him to abandon Afghanistan and withdraw without any regards to what will happen next.

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Hugo Chavez Jokes About Nuclear Bomb For Iran On Live TV

The Guardian | James Sturcke | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

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Telling somewhat less than tasteful jokes about weapons of mass destruction has been an occasional pastime of a number of senior US Republican politic...

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Tim Meadows & Craig Ferguson Skewer Kanye, Bush, Oprah In Olympics Sketch (VIDEO)

Posted 10.07.2009 | Comedy

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Craig Ferguson talked to "Late Late Show" correspondent Tim Meadows last night about Chicago's failed bid for the Olympics. After taking shots at Chic...

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Obama Without Glamour

Giles Slade | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Do-Nothing-Congress, Stanley McChrystal, Chicago Olympics, Saturday Night Live, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Politics News
Giles Slade

Obama needs a clear win on something very soon in order to re-energize Americans and refocus them for the difficult and varied tasks that lie ahead during the next three years.

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Moses vs. Jesus: Who is America's Prophet?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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Bruce Feiler

The themes of Moses' life -- social mobility, standing up to authority, balancing freedom and law, dreaming of a promised land -- would make any short list of America's defining traits.

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Michael Moore's Grapes of Wrath

Dan Siegel | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

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Dan Siegel

With the glimmering hope of the Obama campaign behind us, Moore's film is a wake-up call to renew and expand America's democratic promise.

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Republicans' 2010 Campaign Message: Vote For Us Because Obama Can't Magically Fix in a Year What it Took Us Eight Years to Destroy

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Job Losses, Gop, Tea-Baggers, 2010 Election, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Afghanistan War, Republicans, Town Hall Meetings, Great Depression, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

So, what's the real 2010 Republican campaign message gonna be?: "Watch out Democrats, we're gonna be nastier, dirtier, more unethical and deceptive than ever.

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