It may be the most chilling line in 20 th century literature: "He loved Big Brother." It comes, of course, at the end of George Orwell's masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Winston Smith's spirit of rebellion against an all-controlling, all-providing totalitarian state has been not only crushed, but transformed into its...
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The Possibility of a Nuclear-Armed Iran Alarms Arabs New York Times - Michael Slackman, Mona el-Naggar - ‎50 minutes ago‎ CAIRO - As the West raises the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, Arab governments, especially the small, oil-rich, nations in the Persian Gulf, are growing increasingly anxious. Video: Israel pays close attention as Iran nuclear talks set to start worldfocusonline Video:  Israel pays close attention as Iran nuclear talks set to start ...
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This is a breakthrough project that can literally change the way that legislation passes through the US House of Representatives from now on. Similar to the second provision of our Responsible Health Care Reform Pledge, House Resolution 554 would amend the House Rules to require that all non-emergency legislation be posted on the Internet for 72 hours before it could be considered on the House floor.
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Chicago's Olympic bid an expensive proposition With help from hometown heroes like the Obamas, Chicago is aggressively lobbying to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The city is competing with Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro in wooing the International Olympic Committee in Denmark. But a Chicago win there could still prove costly, CNNMoney.com reports. full...
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Statute of Limitations Has Expired' on Many Secrets, Former Vice President Says After years of praising George W. Bush as a man of resolve, former vice president Richard B. Cheney now hints at a less flattering opinion of him. (By Roger L Wollenberg Via Bloomberg News) By Barton Gellman Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 13, 2009 In his first few months after leaving office, former vice president Richard B. Cheney threw himself into public combat against the "far left"...
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This is the simplest, most understandable and truest explanation of the woes of the nation and who caused them, as well as how to cure them. This should be sent to every person in the U.S., including the '545'.  545 People By Charlie Reese -- Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.   ***   Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits? ...
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545 vs 300,000,000EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO READ THIS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS JOURNALIST HAS scriptED IN THIS MESSAGE.  READ IT AND THEN REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR CURRENT POLITICAL ...
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) speaking on the House floor: Now weve moved into the realm of gangster government. We have gangster government when the Federal Government has set up a new cartel an...    "America!  WE ARE in Trouble!   And nearly everyone is hiding their head in the sand!  Including 'The Press!' - our sentinals of freedom!  The existing Government MUST change!"  ~  CCNewsIf the National Government of our country can...
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WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton has told an Arab-American audience of 1,000 people that the U.S. is no longer just a black-white country, nor a country that is dominated by Christians and a powerful Jewish minority In a speech to the group on Saturday, Clinton said that given the growing numbers of Muslims, Hindus and other religious groups here,  Americans should be mindful of the nation's changing demographics, which led to the election of Barack Obama as president....
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" You but followed via bear." " I'm music -- listening to -- Cole Porter song you're the top post from 1934. A lot of people all that some but. Lot of people also what they don't know is that the early version had these lyrics you're the top you're the great Houdini you're the top. Your Mussolini's. During the 1920s and thirties some in the media had an absolute love affair with fascism and Mussolini. We're back with author Robert a lately the author of lead installer as Stalin...
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President Hussein rejected a trip to pay his respects to the American dead in Normandy. Barack Obama, concerned about offending Britain and Germany, refused despite attempts by vigorous President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to persuade the new American president  ..... instead he went mosque hopping.
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President Barack Obama has stirred yet another controversy when he appeared to bow to the King of Saudi Arabia during the recent G20 Economic Summit. The appropriateness of an elected President bowing before an absolute monarch has been questioned.   Balance -  Click here   [ CCNews asks,  "Please pray the news."...
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The president shows fealty to a Muslim king -ANKARA, Turkey – Declaring the U.S. "is not and never will be at war with Islam," President Barack Obama worked Monday to mend frayed ties with NATO ally Turkey and improve relations with the larger Muslim world. Obama acknowledged still-raw tensions over the Iraq war but said Muslims worldwide have little in common with terrorists such as al-Qaida and have much to gain in opposing them. Reaching out, he also spoke...
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As a child of the Great Depression, my mother wasn't able to go to college -- but I swear she was smarter than the educated people who are running the country right now. And if Mom were alive today, she'd probably give our leaders the same scolding she used to give me: "You have a champagne appetite and a Coca-Cola paycheck." That was her way of saying that, when you want something you can't afford, you have to work hard and save up for it. But if you try to live beyond your means,...
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There are currently 65 vacancies on the federal bench. To prepare for making those lifetime judicial appointments, President Obama can take a lesson from the people problems he has already encountered in making his executive branch appointments.[1] Adolfo Carrión Jr., the new director of the White House Office of Urban Policy. Under investigation[2] for receiving free work on his home from an architect who got government contracts through him. The New York Daily News also reported...
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Later this week the Senate will vote on porn lawyer David Ogden's nomination to become Deputy Attorney General, the second highest position at the Department of Justice. David Ogden's nomination is extremely troubling because he has a long history of working to overturn laws on obscenity, abortion, and parental...
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It's not a Republican or a Democratic issue-both political parties have enough skin in the game and share enough responsibility for the condition of America's economy. It could be said that members of both parties showed a great amount of bipartisanship over the past decade in developing the woes we now face. They have accelerated policies that sent our jobs overseas. They have given their cronies government enabled opportunities to make tens of millions of dollars at the expense of the working...
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By CHARLIE SAVAGEWASHINGTON — Democrats are hoping to roll back a series of regulations issued late in the Bush administration that weaken environmental protections and other restrictions.Potential targets include regulations allowing concealed weapons in some national parks and forbidding medical facilities that get federal money from discriminating against doctors and nurses who refuse, on religious grounds, to assist with abortions. “Congress is going to have to roll up its...
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WASHINGTON — Leon Panetta, a Northern California political veteran who served 16 years in Congress and was President Clinton's budget director and chief of staff, is President-elect Barack Obama's surprise choice to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency.While Panetta's experience and unquestioned integrity won him praise from some officials, skeptics questioned his lack of background in intelligence or counterterrorism. Most troubling for Panetta was the decidedly cool reaction...
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My Predictions for the New Obama "Presidency"Now that America has shown us all that affirmative action even works in politics, I've compiled a list of things that you can probably expect to happen.  These predictions are 80% gleaned from information all of us have access to, and ...
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