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

Russia Today | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Blogger, Bush, George W. Bush, Free Speech, Anti-Bush Blogger Jailed, Anti-Bush Blogger, Free Press, Vikram Buddhi, Vikram Buddhi Case, Vikram, Indian Student, Vikram Buddhi Obama, Vikram Buddhi Sentenced, Vikran Buddhi, Anti-Bush, World News

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

Read More: Iraq War, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Vietnam, Iraq, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Osama Bin Laden, World News

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

Read More: Bush Policy, Karl Rove, 2010 Elections, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Decision Points, Bush-Era, Bush Memoirs Gop, Gop, Bush GOP, Bush Decision Points, Bush Economic Collapse, Bush Presidency, Bush Memoirs, Politics News

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

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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Afghanistan Bananastan

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gen. Stanley McCrystal, Gen. George Casey, President Obama, The Surge, Ollie North, Iraq War, Gen. Eric Shinseki, Eugene Robinson, Gen. Anthony Zinni, George W Bush, Gen. John Abizaid, Sen. John McCain, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Republicans are using the Obama-McChrystal episode as an opportunity for fear-mongering. Sen. John McCain said ignoring McChrystal's troop request would be "an error of historic proportions."

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It's Hug a Conservative Week

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nobel Peace Prize, Keith Olbermann, Chicago Olympic Bid, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, George W. Bush, Politics News

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

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 12.02.2009 | 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 12.02.2009 | 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 11.30.2009 | 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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