ELECTION

Old tunes - new meanings: In the name of freedom

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What other post can be more relevant on "Remembrance day"?  ------------------- Efforts to topple the Shah's regime in the 70s that ended in 1979 went on for years, years long before I was born. During the last months that led to r

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG - Juan Gonzalez Analyzes 2005 NYC Mayoral Race: Part II - Irrevocable Bloomberg Threat To NYC: MUST READ! - RI10 Repub II of V

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Juan Gonzalez "By siphoning off those tax streams for decades to come, Bloomberg, like Giuliani on smaller scale before him, is effectively dismantling tax base that future mayors and city councils will need to pay for basic city services."

MALAKA OF THE WEEK: BITTER VITTER

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David Viter, malaka. Nuff said.

Survey: Why Shouldn't I Vote For...

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With the elections coming in about seven months, I tried to look for reasons why I should vote for someone. I realized that all of them would have smears to their name, being perfect is hard after all. So instead of my original approach, I decided to

THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY APPEARS TO HAVE CLOSED IN AFGHANISTAN!

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President Obama is in a very tenuous position regarding how to move forward in Afghanistan.  The years spent engaged in the distraction of invading Iraq, and the fact that the Hamid Karzai government is corrupt as hell, have allow

Is there a Doobie in our future?

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If Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie decides run for governor, he may also change his name. "Too many voters never learned to read the way you and I did and think his name is dub-bee. Replacie the u o-o, we're talking to a set of new potential voters."

Japan's elections: A China Watcher's View

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Does a change in Japan's government herald a new beginning for the Sino-Japanese relationship, more of the same, or worse conflicts still to come?

Obama Tries to Justify Farcical Afghan Election:

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The Afghan election was a farce. Any candidate opposing the US military presence in the country was prevented from running. The leading candidates were a collection of corrupt puppets who carried out wholesale ballot stuffing and electoral fraud.

"Its a crooked piece of time that we're livin' in"

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It is hard enough to raise a family, without the added fear that if your child is sick, you cannot get her the medical care she needs, unless it is a dire enough situation that you must take her to the hospital.  In that case, bills can sometime
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