BlueHerald 2.0

BLUE COLLAR JOBS DISAPPEAR
PENTAGON FAKED IRAN BOAT “ATTACK”
CANADA PUTS U.S. ON TORTURE WATCH LIST
OIL PROFITS SUGGEST BIG OIL GAUGING AMERICANS
BUSH LEGACY IN TEXAS SOURS
JUDGE MAY QUESTION CIA AGENTS ABOUT TAPES
A TALE OF ABUSE
PENTAGON TO REQUEST FUNDS FOR MORE F22s
FRANCE TO CREATE “FRENCH STYLE” PENTAGON
DOW SINKS AS MANUFACTURING INDEX PLUNGES, CREDIT CONCERNS SOAR
EDWARDS TAKES AIM AT [...]

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Alvin Youngblood Hart - “Gallows Pole”
As promised, a little blues.

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I was listening to Lionel on Air America this morning and he went through a long list of shitty stuff Chris Matthews has said about Clinton. Then he went on to tell things he’s said when other accomplished women have been on his show and how he slobbers over them. He [...]

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I used to think Bush was the dumbest president ever. I’ve changed my mind. He’s the dumbest person ever!
There’s a lot of really good people here. Look, you can’t deny the fact that some, a majority, of the terrorists came from Saudi, but you should not condemn an entire society based upon the actions of [...]

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The Nation contributor, Robert Scheer, on Bush’s low favorability rating in Saudi Arabia:
“It turns out they hate us not for our success, as Bush once claimed, but for our incompetence, which he has done much to exhibit.”
Robert nails it with his “Those Ungrateful Saudis” piece. Give it a read!

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John McCain’s outsider status? Huh?
While Mike Huckabee’s Baptist-with-a-guitar candidacy is unlikely to secure him the nomination of a party led by cynics who see the faithful as prospective voters rather than prospective candidates, John McCain’s outsider status has suddenly become his most appealing characteristic for Republicans who are starting to recognize that Americans do not [...]

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Sen. John McCain: “[T]he economy is merely entering a rough patch.”
Having millions in the bank, one can afford to take this stance.
What is the republican plan to combat the coming recession? More of the same, which put us in this mess in the first place, of course!..

House Republican conservatives yesterday outlined a wish list that [...]

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WashingtonPost columnist, George F. Will, rips Hillary’s campaign a new one:

Clinton’s clanking, wheezing political jalopy, blowing its gaskets and stripping its lug nuts, has moved on from faulting Obama for a kindergarten essay (in which he supposedly revealed a presidential ambition that was unseemly around the teeter-totter) to accusing him of wanting to be reasonable, [...]

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Abortions performed in the United States have dropped to 1.2 million in 2005, numbers not seen since 1976. And people from both sides of the issue are taking credit.
Guttmacher Institute’s, Rachel K. Jones, says, “It could be more women using contraception and not having as many unintended pregnancies. It could be more restrictions on abortions [...]

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