Blue Herald

F*ck the polar bears, the walruses, the bowhead whales, the entire damned environment altogether… we’ve got big money to make!
The Interior Department yesterday announced $2.6 billion in winning bids from companies seeking to drill for oil and gas in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea despite protests from environmental groups and members of Congress that oil and gas [...]

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Why does the GOP hate the elderly? Why do they hate disabled veterans? The unemployed?
Republicans Join to Block Stimulus Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Republicans blocked a bid by Democrats to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled [...]

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Seal - Don’t Cry

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From handing over control of Iraqi oil fields to his big oil buddies, to gutting our nation’s coffers, to dismantling many of our civil rights, Bush knew invading Iraq would reap many rewards.
I bet he smiled when this occurred too:
Five members of the London-based Caribbean Steel International band were aboard a flight waiting to fly [...]

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UN WARNS OF HUGE POPPY CROP IN AFGHANISTAN
MUKASEY URGES CONGRESS TO ACT ON CRACK COCAINE SENTENCING
WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS WATERBOARDING
DHS PROPOSES CHANGES IN TEMPORARY AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROGRAM
NRCC PROBE SCARES GOP
IRAQ’S TRAGIC FUTURE
SLIDE OF STOCK MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD
THE REPUDIATION OF ROVE
LATEST SCIENTIST’S VIEWS ON SEA LEVEL RISE
BUSH MOVES ON ALASKA AS BACKS ARE TURNED

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Bush is a proven liar! Just recently we found out that he lied about waterboarding. (BIG surprise!) Even though we’ve been told differently, does anyone doubt that we Americans are the ones being spied on?
Now he wants protections for his telecom buddies. I don’t think so!
Congress is bound by rule of law, the constitution and [...]

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State-by’state results from The Associated Press of Tuesday’s primaries and caucuses.
(WTA indicates winner takes all.)

ALABAMA (Democrats: 52; Republicans: 45)
DEMOCRATS: Barack Obama
REPUBLICANS: Mike Huckabee
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ALASKA (Caucuses - D: 13; R: 26)
DEMOCRATS: Barack Obama
REPUBLICANS: Mitt Romney
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ARIZONA (D: 56; R: 53)
DEMOCRATS: Hillary Rodham Clinton
REPUBLICANS: John McCain
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ARKANSAS (Dems: 35; GOP: 31)
DEMOCRATS: Hillary Rodham Clinton
REPUBLICANS: Mike Huckabee
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CALIFORNIA (D: 370; R: [...]

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