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      Immunity for Ex-Gonzales Aide Weighed

      Posted by Jeff from Washington Post

      Such a grant of immunity, which would require the approval of two-thirds of the nearly 40-member panel, would free Goodling to speak about the plan to fire the U.S. attorneys and the dismissals' aftermath, without fear that prosecutors could use her testimony in a criminal proceeding.

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    • Democrats Seek to Lead the Way in Tax Overhaul

      Posted by Jeff from New York Times

      But that plan would leave a $1 trillion hole in the federal budget over the next decade, which Democrats would have to replace with revenues from other places or with spending cuts, under new “pay as you go” budget rules. Just postponing the expansion of the tax for one more year would reduce revenues by about $50 billion, according to Congressional budget projections.

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    • Daylight Saving Change Saved No Power

      Posted by Jeff from Slashdot

      "Results from energy companies are coming in, and the word is that moving Daylight Saving Time forward three weeks had no measurable impact on power consumption. The attempt by the US Congress to make it look like they were doing something about the energy crisis has been exposed as the waste it is. But the new DST is probably here to stay — letting the bill expire would mean re-patching a lot of systems again next year. So much for saving energy."

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      Swine Story: President Pork

      Posted by ptristam from Pierre Tristam

      “The House and Senate bills have too much pork,” President Bush says of the $122 billion “supplemental” spending bill for his wars. He’s right. The bill adds up to $116 billion in wasteful war spending and just $6 billion on real domestic needs. Here’s the math.

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    • Defying Bush, divided House approves Iraq withdrawal bill after emotional debate

      Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post

      Will the Senate now step up and send this to Bush? The $124 billion House legislation would pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year but would require that combat troops come home from Iraq before September 2008 or earlier if the Iraqi government did not meet certain requirements. Democrats said it was time to heed the mandate of their election sweep last November, which gave them control of Congress.

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    Jeff comments on:

    Waxman Ousts Dingell From Energy Chair In Bruising Dem Fight

    Dingell’s kowtowing to the auto industry lobbyists (and his wife who works at GM) has apparently passively led them to near bankruptcy. Not good for them – not good for the country. Time for change. Waxman has integrity – and will take on climate change.

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    2:17 pm 11/20/08
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    okami comments on:

    Jobless Rate Highest in 14 Years - NYTimes.com

    though my memory may be faulty, i do believe that the last time it was so high, the Clinton Admisitration worked with Congress to get it all fixed.

    . . .but the wheel turns around. . .deja vu all over again. . .

     

     

     

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    2:48 am 11/08/08
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    venez1 comments on:

    You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama

    I agree with Okami again: freedom of speech is the most important issue.

    However, as they are free to say whatever bull**** they want, still we are free not to waste our time on them! As I said, I am not that optimistic about Obama, but let’s see whether he has got any idea behind his smile, especially as welfare and international politics are concerned…

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    2:40 am 11/07/08
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    okami comments on:

    You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama

     . . .gonna be a while. . .got a helluva lotta damage to undo. . .and if this is really gonna be a ‘free’ country, it’s gonna pop up again and again. . .it has to, otherwise, there’d be no freedoms.

    i don’t like it. . .now one whit. . .but if this is truly ‘free’ country, we must expect that we will encounter thngs like this.  otherwise it negates the very principle of freedom.

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    12:42 am 11/06/08
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    Damianmann comments on:

    You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama

    Good thing Obama won, huh? Now we can send this type of garbage to the trash heap where it belongs.

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    9:20 pm 11/05/08
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    venez1 comments on:

    You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama

    Hi okami,

    I don’t know if USA are a racist nation, I don’t think so and I hope not. But I agree with you 100% on the other bits of your comments!

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    1:15 am 11/02/08
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    okami comments on:

    You cannot be a Christian and vote for Obama

    this type of story is why i don’t and won’t belong to any church.  Nietschze was 100% correct when he said that "Christianity died on the cross."

    people fear change and the future and uncertainity. 

    this is also a racist nation; the 12 of September 2001 proved that.  it will take about another 400 years to get rid of it. . .maybe.

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    1:12 am 11/02/08
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    Jeff

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    Jeff is the founder of NewsCloud. He is also a freelance writer and blogs at Idealog.

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    okami

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    former US Marine, retired police. . .nothing of interest. . .

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