Using a tone MSNBC described as “folksy,” Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden tried to convince rural Virginians the other day that he’s a devoted gun owner who will not allow presidential nominee Barack Obama to “fool with my Beretta.” He failed. “Senator Biden must think America’s gun owners are dumber than rocks,” said Alan [...]
Biden Fails in Effort to Pander to Gun Owners
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
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UC-Berkeley Tree Sitters to Pay Fines, Legal Fees
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Tree-sitting protesters in California are, understandably, a bit crestfallen today. For starters, they’re no longer sitting high above the campus of the University of California-Berkeley. Worse yet, according to an SFGate post, they’ve been hit with a rude surprise since they came down to earth: Judges are socking them with thousands of dollars in fines [...]
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Opinions Vary on McCain’s ‘Chicago Machine’ Ad
September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
John McCain‘s latest campaign advertisement, “Chicago Machine,” is drawing varied reactions from reporters and pundits across Chicagoland this morning. Under the headline, McCain ad: Obama product of ‘corrupt’ Chicago machine, an post on the Chicago Sun-Times web site merely asks readers in Barack Obama‘s hometown to “Watch the video on Lynn Sweet’s blog and tell [...]
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Poll: Americans Favor Military Action in Pakistan
September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
In the wake of this weekend’s terrorist strike upon the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, new poll results released by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs this morning show significant support among the American public for rooting out and going after terrorist leaders in their Pakistani hideouts: Asked what the United States should do if [...]
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Bias Evident in Latest Coverage of Sarah Palin
September 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments
Media bias reared its ugly head again over the weekend as big outlets such as MSNBC, ABC and The New York Times opted to forgo mentioning the record crowd size at a Sarah Palin campaign event in Florida Sunday. An MSNBC article, Palin goes after Obama on economy, energy, posted at 6:24 p.m. Eastern Sunday [...]
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Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary Marked
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
On this date in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the midst of the Civil War, announcing that if the rebels did not end the fighting and rejoin the Union by Jan. 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states would be free. Two months earlier, President Lincoln read his “preliminary [...]
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