Tag: politics
group name: iwrite
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February 06, 2008 11:21 PM EST --
Well, the dust has settled, and it looks as if the primary season will go on for at least few more weeks for Democrats. That means that Maryland's 99 delegates will be eagerly sought after by both . . . more
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April 09, 2008 11:23 PM EDT --
I have worked very hard to keep my mouth shut about the Reverend Wright Controversy. I don't agree with his sentiments and I don't think I know anybody that agrees wholeheartedly . . . more
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March 09, 2007 06:52 PM EST --
I just saw a new story in which Newt Gingrich the former speaker of the house admitted he was having a extra marital affair during the time in which he led the Republican led Congress in the attempts . . . more
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March 11, 2007 12:44 PM EDT --
After reading the Star Tribune article “Conference seeks warmer welcome for gay Catholics” (http://www.startribune.com/614/story/1043839.html) I found myself again . . . more
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December 25, 2006 06:41 AM EST --
One of my nephews is two, going on three. He has an unerring instinct for getting what he wants. Stomping his foot and howling like a banshee are favoured methods. This was my first encounter with a terrible-two, . . . more
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July 11, 2008 09:56 AM EDT --
Like most members of Gather, I have many facets when it comes to my writing. I love to write poetry, fiction, I like to write about love, life, history and yes even politics. I also like . . . more
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March 18, 2007 02:24 PM EDT --
Farmers Branch citizens go to the polls on May 12 to vote on ordinances aimed at curbing the incursion of illegal immigrants into the mostly white suburb just outside of Dallas Texas. In an ironic twist . . . more
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June 14, 2007 03:01 PM EDT --
In a recent article posted to Gather, someone ended a comment with the following:
"..Its evident from what we have seen in Iraq we are not very good at fighting small wars."
I totally disagree! . . . more
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December 13, 2006 10:24 AM EST --
Brown Eyed Girl Of Kabul
Last night I saw again your big brown eyes
You always look at the camera in big surprise
Whenever there's news of a shot or a blast
I see you as the camera swings . . . more
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March 21, 2007 01:31 PM EDT --
I just had an epiphany “Fighting hate with hate is not the answer”. Does this mean we should stand silent, of coarse not because when we stand up to Evil, when we expose hatred . . . more
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February 13, 2008 11:50 AM EST --
I recently read this editorial in The Baltimore Sun yesterday written by former ambassador Joe Wilson of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame fame. I will repost it here in its entirety before I offer a response: . . . more
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December 31, 2006 02:51 PM EST --
Politically Correct
Differently-brained -- stupid
Folically independent -- bald
Musically delayed -- tone deaf
Genetically discriminating -- racist
Codependent . . . more
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June 28, 2008 05:22 PM EDT --
I just finished reading George Lakoff's new book, The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain . Lakoff's previous books include . . . more
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May 01, 2007 01:37 PM EDT --
As some of you may already know, my book "Playing With The Devil" is a novel based on a true story of the terrible abuses suffered by 12 children in one Canadian family. The primary character . . . more
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September 14, 2007 07:24 PM EDT --
The idea has been promoted that since the Republicans are not being allowed to do whatever they want with the government, that they are now pursuing a course of undercutting and capsizing all government . . . more
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April 13, 2008 08:27 PM EDT --
The past few days have given Hilary Clinton new ammunition to fire at Barack Obama. He comments made to a working class crowd of Pennsylvanians were ill-spoken, yet based on truth. People do turn to what . . . more
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February 27, 2008 03:23 PM EST --
I recently received an email from Barack Obama's Campain Manager, David Plouffe (or at least his people) asking for a personal statement relating why I chose to support Obama for President . The . . . more
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February 29, 2008 10:54 PM EST --
If you haven't been paying attention (or don't) to the news, you might have missed Senator Clinton 's new proposals to eliminate child poverty, as if somehow one could do so while their . . . more
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October 11, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
Gather member Don B. posted a list of 22 ways to be a good Democrat.
I was quite inspired.
In a similar spirit to his writing...
Here are 22 ways to be a good Republican:
1. You have to believe . . . more
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November 26, 2007 06:13 PM EST --
The aliens abducted me again last night. I'd taken my tin-hat off for my nightly shower; and zap, they beam-rayed me up.
As I lay strapped in the chair for study, I distracted my mind by thinking . . . more
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