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“Even though Donald R. Matthews put his sprawling new residence in the heart of rice country, he is no farmer. He is a 67-year-old asphalt contractor who wanted to build a dream house for his wife of 40 years.
Yet under a federal agriculture program approved by Congress, […]
I want to get some more people involved in the politics blog, so I’m introducing a new series called “Why I Support …” in it I’ll post others opinions on why they support their particular candidate.
Since I only have my opinion, I’m opening this up to anyone who wants to post their reasons for supporting […]
I wrote a strongly worded comment on the NIE report that Iran had no nuclear weapons, wouldn’t have them until at least 2015, and had stopped their nuclear weapons program 4 years ago under international pressure.
Some people disagreed with my comments. In the interest of fairness, I felt I should devote an article to these […]
In a press release, Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union, warned of a bill currently under consideration which would permanently legalize the wiretapping legislation - granting the President the ability to monitor international communications - which was enacted by Congress this past August.
“The Administration bill basically writes […]
The National Intelligence Estimate — a gathering of the 15 leading intelligence organizations — revised its opinion that Iran had or was attempting to create nuclear weapons and now states that if Iran were to start its nuclear weapons program — which was stopped in 2003 because of international pressure — it wouldn’t have a […]
In what appears to be an amazing resurgence in his campaign, Ron Paul has apparently taken in more than $10.5 million in campaign donations. His website, ronpaul2008.com, displays a live, unaudited display of the people who have donated money to his campaign and the total unaudited amount raised. This figure is larger than Republican presidential […]