Bang the Drum

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Entries Tagged ‘katrina’

It Could Cost Us a City

Jun.15, 2008 in Bush Administration

Newt Gingrich waxes hysterical about the recent decision (PDF) of the U.S. Supreme Court to restore habeas corpus to the Guantanamo prisoners, saying:

: Mr. GINGRICH: On the other hand, I will say, the recent Supreme Court decision to turn over to a local district judge decisions of national security and life and [...]

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Leadership in Action

Jun.15, 2008 in Barack Obama, Domestic Policy, Election 2008

“there is no problem we cannot solve…”

What first attracted me to Barack Obama’s candidacy was the possibilities that I saw in his grass-roots bottom-up system of community organization. Here you see it in action, with the candidate digging in, too. (Yes, the button-down tailored shirt* and nice slacks are a bit dissonant, but [...]

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