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Republicans rebel against an oily transportation bill

This is a nightmare, I thought, perusing the proposals for the first time. Transit policy experts concurred. They balked at the radical move to link crucial funding to highly speculative oil revenues.

MJ Rosenberg: Senators Forcing Obama to War With Iran

"Presidents need latitude to make decisions affecting matters of national security (another name for matters of life and death) and, until now, all presidents have been afforded it, as provided for in the United States Constitution.

Rage Within the Machine - Progressivism - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 02/22/10

A bearded Samantha Bee reports with her gun phone from an alternate universe free from progressivism.

Police Estimate Lawmaker's Blood Alcohol Content Was .20 - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver

DENVER -- Denver police think a state lawmaker pulled over last month had a blood alcohol level that was twice the legal limit, according to Denver police documents released by the Colorado General Assembly on Wednesday. According to the internal affairs documents released by  …

Right Wing Blogs in Massive Fail Mode Again

How embarrassing for the entire right wing blogosphere. They worked so very hard to spin the Virginia uterus inspection bill, even denying that trans-vaginal ultrasounds were mandated at all.

CBO: Stimulus continues to deliver

The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that President Obama’s 2009 stimulus package continues to have a significant effect. The bill raised fourth-quarter 2011 gross domestic product by as much as 1.5 percent, it states, and lowered the unemployment rate by as much …

Former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson: We 'Won't Have A Prayer' With Rick Santorum

Simpson, noting that he is now a “Romney-man,” attacked Santorum’s views on homosexuality in particular.

Poll: Obama tops 50% vs. all comers

President Barack Obama is topping 50 percent support in match-ups against each of the four Republican presidential candidates, a new poll finds. In a general election contest against Mitt Romney, the president leads his Republican opponent 51 to 43 percent, according to an Assoc …

Why Occupy?

The common wisdom, handed down by venerable elders with a bemused smile and a world-weary sigh, is that young people are idealistic; that you (or we, depending on how old you think I am) want to change the world, but that we will one day "grow up," make the wrenching transit …

Exodus 21-22,Matthew 19 NIV - "These are the laws you are to set - Bible Gateway

28 “Do not blaspheme God[l] or curse the ruler of your people.

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