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

Michael Moore | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Martin Luther King, Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Nobel Peace Prize, Hurricane Katrina, Barack Hussein Obama, Desmond Tutu, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Afghanistan War, Politics News

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

Read More: Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama, ThorbjøRn Jagland, George W. Bush, Obama Nobel, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Politics News

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

Read More: Politics News, Warwire, Troops, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Afghanistan, President Obama, John Nagl, George W. Bush, Obama Nobel, 9/11, Nobel Peace Prize, The Daily Show, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Counterterrorism, Counterinsurgency, Politics News

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

Read More: Wmd, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Economy, Axis of Evil, George W. Bush, President Obama, Guantanamo, Nobel Peace Prize, Aung San Suu Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Gay Rights, Unemployment, Martin Luther King, Tax Cuts, Health Care Reform, Jimmy Carter, Climate Change, Health Care, Politics News

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

Read More: George Bush, Nobel Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, Obama, Beauty, Peace, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Contrast Effect, Politics News

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

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

Read More: Gdansk, Theodore Roosevelt, Lech Walesa, Euro Dollar, Major League Baseball, Woodrow Wilson, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize, Mvp, Congo, Patrice Lamuba, Wal-Mart, Barack Obama, Japan, World News

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

Read More: Afghanistan, Nato, George W. Bush, President Obama, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Iraq, Opium, Barack Obama, Afghanistan Exit Strategy, War in Afghanistan, World News

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

Read More: John McCain, Nuclear Weapon, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Chavez Jokes About Bomb, Nuke, Chavez Nuclear Bomb, George W. Bush, Atomic Bomb, Bush, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Bomb, Chavez, Chavez Jokes About Nuclear Bomb, Uranium, World News

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

Read More: 2016, Video, Olympics, Kanye, George W. Bush, Craig Ferguson, Oprah, Tim Meadows, Tim Meadows Late Late Show, Craig Ferguson Tim Meadows, Tim Meadows Brazilian Wax, Comedy News

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

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

Read More: White House, Bill Clinton, Culture Wars, Bible, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Thanksgiving, Jesus, George W. Bush, Liberty Bell, Christian Right, Pilgrims, Statue of Liberty, Moses, Barack Obama, Politics News

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

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

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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UPDATED APOLOGY FROM CONGRESSMAN--HAVE WE NO SHAME? DEBASING THE HOLOCAUST FOR ANOTHER TEN SECONDS OF MEDIA COVERAGE

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran Ahmadinejad, Shoah, Nazi, Holocaust, Barack Obama, Palin, Mccarthy, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, George W. Bush, Health Care, George Orwell, Dick Cheney, Alan Grayson, Politics News

Everyone knows that genocide means mass murder and that the Holocaust should be restricted to the mass murder of 6 million Jews during World War II. Abuse of these terms is inexcusable.

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Social Security Demand Shows Huge Increase Due To Recession

bloomberg.com | Jonathan D. Salant | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Security Administration, Barak Obama, Social Security, Retirement, George W. Bush, Lawrence Summers, Business News

Applications for Social Security benefits rose almost 50 percent more than expected this year because of the recession, according to the federal retir...

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The Obama "Death" Poll on Facebook

Alexia Parks | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Florida, George W. Bush, Poll, Texas, Jeb Bush, Facebook, Barack Obama, Votelink, Denver News

So the Secret Service has discovered that the person who put the "Should Obama be Killed?" poll on Facebook was only a kid, and they've shut the books...

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"Kill Obama" Facebook Poll Highlights Inconsistencies, Hostility On Facebook

Posted 10.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: Facebook Policies, Bush Facebook, Obama Facebook Poll, Kill Obama Facebook Poll, Facebook, George W Bush Facebook, George W. Bush, Obama Facebook, Technology News

Earlier this week, the Huffington Post reported that a poll had been posted on Facebook asking users to vote, "Should President Obama be killed?" The ...

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If "We the People" Can't Agree on "Our" President, Is there Any Hope for Us?

Christine Pelosi | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

A ratings chase and a revenue chase combine to coarsen the debate. This is our new reality -- and some days it looks so ugly one could reasonably turn away from civic life. But we don't.

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Diebold's Demise Bad For Elections Administration

David Segal | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Xe, Elections Systems and Software, Chuck Hagel, Oklahoma, Blackwater, Premier Elections Systems, George W. Bush, Diebold, Politics News

That Diebold might be on the verge of disappearing from the political landscape could be mistaken for reason to celebrate. Its successor would manage elections for 70% of voters.

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Who's Leading the DADT Debate?

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, House of Representatives, Congress, Joint Forces Quarterly, George W. Bush, Harry Truman, Senate Armed Services Committee, Admiral Mike Mullen, Obama Pentagon, Afghanistan War, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, H.R. 1283, Senate, Dadt, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Politics News

it is one thing to give the Pentagon considerable weight and another thing altogether to let it dictate the timing and terms of the debate, and the final decision.

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The Croc-Up

Alfred Gingold | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Times, Crocs, Shoes, Brooklyn, Atlanic Yards, White House, Style, New-York-400, George W. Bush, Footwear, Henry Hudson, Fashion, Comedy, New York News

I live in what journalists call Brownstone Brooklyn and I wear Crocs often. I once wore Crocs to a wedding. You got a problem with that?

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Vilsack Indicates Openness To Colorado Exception To Roadless Rule

The Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Clinton, Colorado Roadless, Hayman Fire, Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, Wildfires, George W. Bush, National Parks, Denver News

DENVER -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday gave the strongest indication to date that the draft of Colorado's roadless rule, which all...

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Harry Potter Is "Witchcraft" To Bush White House, Says New Book

My Fox Phoenix | FRANK CARNEVALE | Posted 09.29.2009 | Books

Read More: White House, Books, Harry Potter, J.K.Rowling, George W. Bush, Books News

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - A new book by a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush includes a report that White House officials did not want to give ...

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Shifting Gears on Missile Defense Marks a Shift in U.S. Policy Toward Russia, with Immediate Impact on Iran

David Paul | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Ahmadinejad's normal swagger has been muted, perhaps with the realization that his days of manipulating Russia against the West have ended.

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