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Chevron: Same spin, different day

Aug.01, 2008 in Domestic Policy, Election 2008

4th in the series. I can post one a day for the 10 years the ‘drill-here,drill-now’ doctrine would take to make any tiny changes. And will.
Chevron declared profits of $6 Billion today, up 11% for the second quarter of 2008. Cumulative 2008 profits are nearly $12 Billion.
The usual “failed to meet expectations spin” followed [...]

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Privatizing Social Security: Reason #6,467,982 not to vote McCain

Jun.12, 2008 in Domestic Policy, Election 2008

The very first blog post I ever wrote was a screed dressing down George W. Bush for even thinking about privatizing Social Security, and now we have John McCain endorsing the same policy.
Privatizing Social Security is the very worst idea the Republicans have ever brought forth. It’s nothing more than a money grab intended to [...]

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