In April 1861 South Carolina, which had declared the intent, opened fire on Fort Sumpter, initiating the Civil War. Newly sworn in President Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the most devout pacifist in the country at the time, had just assumed office.
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The calendar marks another year. The stock markets have recovered nicely. Corporate profits, generally, are satisfactory. The incredible amounts of money, borrowed from the future, that were used to stabilize Corporate America are sadly used only for mergers and acquisitions.
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After the dismal failure of Copenhagen the world community in Cancun hammered out a Rube Goldberg structure designed to later address the issues of hydrocarbon pollution. The structure of a fund was established, with the World Bank designated as trustee.
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Since President Bush has published his autobiography he has come out of his bunker for a few interviews.
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At my precienct in Virginia (highly educated professionals and desperatley poor minority, very Democratic) turnout at 2:30 was under 2008, but about 1/3 over 4 years ago. Turnout in New York is reported as "high" for an off year.
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During the course of the last two years America learned that we had been fooled, we had been duped, we had been robbed. We learned that the treasure we kept in our homes had been stolen.
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Today FOX news refused binding arbritration in their dispute of fees from Cablevision. Cablevision says Newscorp (FOX) is demanding a fee increase from about $70 million to $150 million. TimeWarner and Dish have experienced similar disputes with Newscorp.
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In Southside Virginia Dr. Wynne LeGrow (D) Veteran, retired as Major, Medical Doctor, inclucing volunteer work in Honduras, husband, father. Dr. LeGrow wants to bring responsible care to our government, create jobs in the U.S.
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Congressman Walter Jones (R) NC says, "....It's time to get corporate money out of politics and put elections back in the hands of ordinary Americans."
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Terry McAuliffe, former DNC Chairman and candidate for Virginia Governor has unveiled his latest project at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Greentech Automative is committed to creating green and affordable automobiles in the United States.
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The recently released Republican "Pledge To America" is such incredible pap that it is beyond belief that anyone can find any credibility in it at all. The vague proposals that are even decipherable are actually impossible to implement.
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The Republicans seem to have some trouble developing their platform. They have said they will release 20 points on Thursday. Why wait? Here is the Republican Platform for 2010. 1)TAXES;Repeal tax code, go with flat tax. (make sure word count is under 4,000)
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On September 7th the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will host the summit, 9:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. Philippe Coesteau of EarthEcho International will deliver the keynote address. Sponsors include Sen. Harry Reid (D) NV, UNLV, and the Center for American Progress, Action Fund.
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Today Senator Reid (D) Nev.
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As we in the United States keep our focus on our real and serious problems we have become myopic in our view of the rest of the world.
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Wed. June 23, Washington, President Obama will meet with a bi-partisan group of Senators about energy legislation.
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One of the chemicals released from the broken well head in the Gulf of Mexico is Benzine. Benzine is a light, sweet smelling chemical, in small amounts it evaporates quickly in air. Benzine is used in many cleaning products.
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The Senate was structured to be the moderating voice of Congress, to temper the passions of the House with a wiser, longer view.
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Torrey Pines, CA, General Atomics has developed a floating, magnetic, high speed train capable of reaching 300 mph. The carriage is motorless, powered by the track on which it is guided, power is directed only to the section under the train.
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The Democrats had a three way race for the honor of facing U.S. Senator Charles Grassley (R) in November. Roxanne Conlin, a Des Moines attorney easily carried that contest, winning 78% of the vote. Conlin has recently outraised Grassley significantly, mostly with small donors.
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This week 11 states hold primaries. Included are Nevada and Arkansas. The results of these elections will tell us, among other things, what real effect the Tea Party will have on the Republican Party, and the election in November.
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Thus far in the Gulf oil spill there have been 1.2 million feet of containment boom placed, 900,000 feet in the Mobile area. 3.5 million more feet are scheduled. There seems to be ever increasing incidents of vandalism to these booms.
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Charles (Chucky) Grassley (R) IA Has served in the Senate for 30 years. He has never before faced a competent challenger. Des Moines IA TV station KCCI has run a poll of voters in the race. In May 2010 among voters the results are; Grassley 49, Conlin 40, with 11 undecided.
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U.S. Senator Charles (Chucky) Grassley (R) Iowa, The ultra-conservative who holds a seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, came in second for campaign funding during the first quarter of 2010. A disturbing result for the leader of the anti-health care movement.
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U.S. Senator Charles (Chucky) Grassley R Iowa, who's claim to fame after six terms, is to be know as "Mr. Death Panel" on March 24, issued a press release to the media of Iowa.
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Coming soon, the end of democracy as we know it.
Police officers who used pepper spray and batons on a group of dancers after a high school football game said their actions were appropriate because they feared a riot was imminent.
The Bill of Rights trumps local laws, overwhelms state and national laws, and must be held above even the Supreme Court.
Imagine if the Democrats offered Republicans a deficit deal that had more than $3 in tax increases for every $1 in spending cuts, assigned most of those spending cuts to the Pentagon, and didn't take a dime from Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare beneficiaries.
Banksters with their hands in your pockets.
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