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‘One Nation’ Proves ObamaCare Bad for America

October 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

If you’re still not convinced that ObamaCare is bad for Americans, pay attention to what transpired Saturday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Communists, Marxists, progressives, socialists and others of the liberal stripe gathered in the nation’s capitol for “One Nation Working Together,” an astroturf-intensive rally described by its organizers as an [...]

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Single-Payer Advocates Told to ‘Get Arrested’

November 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Sometimes experience speaks volumes.  Such is the case when it comes to Tim Carpenter. The fifth of six speakers who addressed the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis, Carpenter’s resume includes having served on the team that managed the unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign of Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio).  Today, he’s known [...]

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Democrats, Space Aliens Expected in Denver

May 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

People in Denver appear to be getting excited about the upcoming Democratic National Convention which takes place there Aug. 25-28. According to an article in yesterday’s edition of the Rocky Mountain News, one man in the Mile-High City is pushing a ballot initiative to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission to prepare the city for close [...]

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Dwarves, Kucinich Capture Headlines Today

January 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

At home and abroad, short people dominated the news today. In Sweden, gangs of criminals have been found to be hiding dwarves in sports bags and smuggling them onto buses to steal luggage, according to a Sky News report. Once inside the baggage hold of a bus, the tiny terrors rummaged through personal belongings of [...]

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Fat Tuesday and Super Tuesday to Overlap

January 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

For the first time ever since 2000, “Fat Tuesday” and “Super Tuesday” – this year dubbed “Super Duper Tuesday” — fall on the same day, Feb. 5. If you’re not familiar with the term, Fat Tuesday, you might be quicker to recognize it by its French name, Mardi Gras. Each year, this event draws hundreds [...]

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Majority of Presidential Candidates Ignore Military

January 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

An article published Saturday in Stars & Stripes offered members of the overseas military community a glimpse into the minds of five presidential candidates on issues related to national defense and military spending. Unfortunately, seven other candidates remain a mystery to readers of overseas daily. Why? Because, apparently, those candidates chose to pass on the [...]

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Doctor Calls for Scans of Candidates’ Brains

December 5th, 2007 · No Comments

In an editorial published in the Los Angeles Times today, Dr. Daniel G. Amen recommends brain scans for presidential candidates. As a neuropsychiatrist and brain-imaging expert, he writes: I want our elected leaders to be some of the “brain healthiest people” in the land. How do you know about the brain health of a presidential [...]

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