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    Did the money for "shovel-ready" jobs actually create jobs or did the

    You can find out how the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (a.k.a., "stimulus") was distributed state-by-state and how each state's governors or other officials made use of each dollar at recovery.gov. The fact that states made decisions with some autonomy, even though they did have to...
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    Here's a list of Obama's accomplishments, can you refute?

    "NoLoveCh..." is correct...way too much snarkiness. I do agree, however, that President Obama has been amazing his first two and a half years as our elected leader. See whitehouse.gov and recovery.gov for details, plus review the JibJab parody to remind you of just a few of the challenges...
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    What got more "mainstream" media scrutiny, Palin's emails or Obama's past

    What you call "scrutiny" from the media and what I, a former journalist and editor, mean by the term are quite likely two different things entirely. Reporters have, by and large, become sensationalistic and lazy, skimming the surfaces of potential stories like someone lightly skipping pebbles...
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    Breaking News: The U.S. in peace talks with the Taliban to end Afghan war. Thoughts?

    The Taliban has governed Afghanistan before and were in power when the 9/11 attacks occurred, so the UN had them removed from power. The group as a whole is not considered to be terrorist by the international community, but they do sympathize with al-Qa'eda and the more militant among them have...
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    Are we Going back to the good old days?

    The so-called "good old days" (i.e., the 1950s that the right-wing uber-religious Republicans and teabagging evangelicals favor) were not all that "good" after all...so let's hope this is not the REGRESSIVE and RECESSIVE direction that this nation is headed for. Democrats (progressive thinkers)...
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    Are we Going back to the good old days?

    The so-called "good old days" (i.e., the 1950s that the right-wing uber-religious Republicans and teabagging evangelicals favor) were not all that "good" after all...so let's hope this is not the REGRESSIVE and RECESSIVE direction that this nation is headed for. Democrats (progressive thinkers)...
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    Why do people continue to vote even when the government gives nothing back in return?

    You and your entire family draw benefits from the "government" (representatives chosen by the voters and socialist programs provided by tax dollars) every single day in the United States. If you make use of the U.S. Post Office, public schools or colleges, highways and roadways, go across...
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    Why do people continue to vote even when the government gives nothing back in return?

    You and your entire family draw benefits from the "government" (representatives chosen by the voters and socialist programs provided by tax dollars) every single day in the United States. If you make use of the U.S. Post Office, public schools or colleges, highways and roadways, go across...
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    Why do people continue to vote even when the government gives nothing back in return?

    You and your entire family draw benefits from the "government" (representatives chosen by the voters and socialist programs provided by tax dollars) every single day in the United States. If you make use of the U.S. Post Office, public schools or colleges, highways and roadways, go across...
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