Jul 3, 2008DNC Celebrates Independence Day
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement in honor of Independence Day to be celebrated tomorrow:
"This Independence Day, families and neighbors across America will come together to celebrate freedom, liberty, and patriotism, values that make our country...
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Jul 3, 2008Dean on Job Loss Numbers
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after the Labor Department announced America lost another 62,000 non-farm jobs last month--the sixth month in a row to lose jobs--bringing the total to nearly 500,000 this year:"On the same day John McCain is...
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Jul 3, 2008MCCAIN WATCH: JOHN MCCAIN: WRONG ON TRADE, WRONG ON IRAQ, WRONG FOR AMERICA
Whether it's the economy or foreign policy, John McCain has shown time and again he is out of touch with the challenges America is facing. Today marks the sixth consecutive month of job losses this year totaling almost 500,000 jobs, but rather than spend time this week talking to the American...
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Jul 3, 2008Open Thread and Diary Rescue
This evening's Rescue Rangers are Yashua, ybruti, Got A Grip, dadanation, YatPundit, and joyful, with shayera as editor. MA Voter highlights the joys of volunteering in Community Service: Impact from the inside out. (ybruti) donnasicko finds little to celebrate in SiCKO Effects: A Birthday Wish...
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Jul 3, 2008Frederick Douglass: Independence Day, 1852
We do too much "heroification" in America, according to James W. Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (a book that ought to be on everybody's shelf). Like me, he thinks the word hero has been cheapened, ending up more often a...
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BuzzFlash
Jul 4, 2008How to Guard Against Rising Gas Prices: Financial News
Rising gas prices are inspiring drivers to find new ways of protecting themselves against future increases--including buying gas in advance and investing in stocks that tend to rise along with the price of gasoline. One new company, MyGallons.com, lets customers buy gallons ahead of time based on...
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Jul 2, 2008Slate V: Summary Judgment for July 4
Mark Jordan Legan sums up what the critics are saying about some of the big holiday weekend movies: Hancock, Wall-E, and The Wackness.
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Jul 3, 2008What Patriotism Is, and Is Not
At the beginning of the week, a friend sent me a scurrilous, anonymous e-mail
attacking Barack Obama that has been circulating around her elderly cousin's senior living community in New Jersey. Headlined "Something to Think
About," it lists 13 acts of assassination,...
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New York Times Op-Ed
Jul 4, 2008Editorial: New and Not Improved
Barack Obama’s shifts are striking because he was the candidate who proposed to change the face of politics. Yet now there seems to be a new Mr. Obama on the hustings.
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Washington Post
Jul 2, 2008 McCain Puts New Strategist Atop Campaign
Facing growing dissatisfaction both inside and outside his campaign, Sen. John McCain ordered a shake-up of his team yesterday, reducing the role of campaign manager Rick Davis and vesting political adviser Steve Schmidt with "full operational control" of his bid for the presidency.
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