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Fearmongering 101: Be Afraid of Iran?

By Karoli June 23, 2008 Bush Administration, Election 2008, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq No Comments

This week’s top fear flavor: Iran. Fear that Iran will attack us if Barack Obama is elected. And fear that if Iran doesn’t attack us, Israel will attack Iran after…

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John McCain’s Glass House

By Karoli June 22, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Every time I see that clip of Cindy McCain making that snide, self-righteous comment I’m thrown back to the days of snotty little high school girls flipping their hair and…

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FISA, Fox and Obama

By Karoli June 21, 2008 Barack Obama, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

“In our country, I have found that this cooperation happens not because we agree on everything, but because behind all the labels and false divisions and categories that define us;…

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FISA: Democrats Capitulate to the GOP – Where’s Obama?

By Karoli June 20, 2008 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Silent, that’s where. On a day where he announces (wisely) that he will decline public funding, the Democrats in Congress bow backwards to the GOP and say ‘put it right…

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ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron et al Claim Victors’ Spoils

By Karoli June 19, 2008 Bush Administration, Election 2008, Foreign Policy, Iraq No Comments

The horsemen of the apocalypse are on the hunt. Here’s the latest news on the pale horses of death: ExxonMobil, Total, Chevron, Shell, et al who have been given preferential…

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Organizing for Obama: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Resolve

By Karoli June 18, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

Four years ago I was sure there wasn’t another Democrat living in this city. It wasn’t an unreasonable thing to believe, given that our representative is a 5-term Republican who…

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