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Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest Paul, (born August 20, 1935) is a 10th-term Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a member of the Republican Party, a physician, and a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2008 presidential election. He has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997 and represented Texas's 22nd district in 1976 and from 1979 to 1985. (More at Wikipedia)
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Georgian Conflict: Leaders Show Increasing Anger, Russia Digs in, Civilians Suffer (A News Round-Up)
“[T]he alienation between the United States and Russia has rarely, if ever, been deeper,” says Steven Lee Myers. (NYT) He further states: (Read more...)
Book Prompts Congressional Probe on War Intel
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind joins us for part two of an interview on his new book, "The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism." Suskind reports that in 2003 the White House or (Read more...)
George's Georgia
There seems to be general agreement, even among media figures, that the media are letting us down badly (again!). Reporting about Georgia gives only bare minimum. The Bush administration, stuck with an impossible policy, is playing its cards close... (Read more...)
at the mercy of care home sadists
The vulnerable elderly who are at the mercy of care home sadists By Sonia Poulton Last updated at 11:44 PM on 08th August 2008 A while ago, I decided to pursue a life-long ambition and took a break from journalism to study psychology. I have... (Read more...)
Progressive Job Posts, Vol. 12
1. Data Entry Consolidation Center Project Manager- ISSI 2. Project Coordinator, Data Entry Consolidation Center- ISSI 3. Field Organizers- Bob Lord for Congress 4. Part-time interns- Renna Communications 5. City Captains- Swing Se (Read more...)
Ron Paul Olympic Gold Medalist!!
So this morning I was flipping through the news channels and stopped on Fox News as they were doing a story on Michael Phelps. They were reading off a list of things most people do not know about him that were being printed in his hometown paper.... (Read more...)
The Myth of the Independent Fed
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo Ever since its founding in 1913, the Fed has described itself as an independent agency operated by selfless public servants striving to fine-tune the economy through monetary policy. In reality, however, a non- political... (Read more...)
Fighting Back When Called a 'Racist'
Trapped in an Orwellian nightmare, Canadian author Howard Rotberg struggles to clear his name. (Read more...)
Swiss Newspaper covers Anti-RFID Campaign and mentions Ron Paul's CFL
Some of you may know the tireless work of Roger aka ‘swisstiger’, the guy from Switzerland running the bilingual german/english site Ron Paul Europe Network - (Read more...)
Parker: The Beauty of Imperfection
China has aimed to make a good impression. (Read more...)
Atwater Actually Didn't Like Rove
I was perusing some of the book chats at FireDogLake, when I stumbled over this tidbit that needs a little more atte (Read more...)
NY-21: Candidates Debate on Health Care
On Tuesday, five of the seven candidates for Congress met up at the the Unitarian Universalists Society in Albany. Democrats Tracey Brooks, Phil Steck, Joseph Sullivan, and Paul Tonko and Republican Steven Vasquez were all in attendance. ... (Read more...)
Cartoon: August 14, 2008
The best cartoon of the week according to Washington Whispers. (Read more...)
Handle With Care
Last year, a private company proposed "fertilizing" parts of the ocean with iron, in hopes of encouraging carbon-absorbing blooms of plankton. Meanwhile, researchers elsewhere are talking about injecting chemicals into the... (Read more...)
Troops stationed abroad donating to Obama by six to one margin
Total recorded donations: 134. (Read more...)
Jeffrey Feldman: What America Needs To Hear About Jerome Corsi
The smear merchants who lied about John Kerry being a traitor to tip the 2004 election are at it again with a book about Barack... (Read more...)
Great news: Support for Fairness Doctrine rises six points since last year
Plug pulled. (Read more...)
Jerome Corsi Falls Flat on CNN
One thing's certain - Corsi is well-versed in the whiny wingnut talk show defense of "You're calling me names and attacking me and not letting me answer the questions!" while name-calling, attacking and not answering questions. But outside of that,..... (Read more...)
Why Don't You Shut Up?
The neoconned Bush Regime and the Israeli-occupied American media are heading the innocent world toward nuclear war. Back in the Reagan years the National Endowment for Democracy was created as a cold war tool. Today the NED is a neocon (Read more...)
Bob Barr on Smart Montanans, Third Parties and (the Other) Georgia
Bob Barr met the press today, a group of conservative reporters gathered by The American Spectator who lobbed questions about the big two parties, the environment, Georgia, and guns. Ralph Z. Hallow of the Washington Times asked about th (Read more...)
Miss Ann is talking
That means that YOU are listening! The good news: DNA testing has confirmed that John Edwards is not the father of Rielle Hunter's baby. (Read more...)
A GIFT for Carol From Daily Paulers
I have a small 30inch square quilt wall hanging I am willing to part with to give to Carol in hopes it will perk her spirits. It is an old fashioned red,white and blue color. The pattern is called "Carpenters wheel" . I think it would be app (Read more...)
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Hot Links
Links posted by multiple bloggers in the last 24 hours. Updated every 4 hours.
- Goodbye to All That: Why Obama Matters (linked in 48 posts)
- McCain: Georgia conflict is the 'first serious crisis internationally since the end of the Cold War.' (linked in 47 posts)
- McCain alarms base with abortion comment (linked in 40 posts)
- CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - McCain rises to ABBA's defense - Blogs from CNN.com (linked in 36 posts)
- GOP Loyalty Not a Given For Young Evangelicals - washingtonpost.com (linked in 35 posts)
- Rick Warren Would Have Serious Compunctions About Voting for an Adulterer, Says John Edwards Has Lost the Trust of America (linked in 35 posts)
- Barack Obama blinks in Hillary face-off (linked in 35 posts)
- His Grandiosity on Display (linked in 35 posts)
- McCain's Focus on Georgia Raises Question of Propriety - washingtonpost.com (linked in 35 posts)
- First thoughts: Losing my religion? (linked in 32 posts)
- Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles - Yahoo! News (linked in 32 posts)
- McClatchy Washington Bureau | 08/15/2008 | Another flub? Bush vowed Navy aid to Georgia too soon (linked in 32 posts)