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Politics

This category is a main category for post dealing with political issues and politicians at any level of government.

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Spain Offers Same Sex Marriage

June 30, 2005January 10, 2010 John

Thanks to the American Taliban, the U.S. continues to fall behind the rest of the world. Spain now offers same sex marriage.

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Accountability for Torture

June 30, 2005 John

Elizabeth Holtzman has a new article in the Nation, Torture and Accountability. It blows the cover off the “few bad apples” meme and makes a case for a war crimes prosecution of higher-ups.

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President Supports the Troops (ahem)

June 29, 2005 John

As President Bush continues to speak about doing everything we can to support our troops, his administration finally “acknowledged that it had significantly underestimated veterans health care funds needed for the fiscal year beginning on Oct. 1.”

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Haliburton Abuses (And Cheney Has Nothing To Do With It)

June 29, 2005June 29, 2005 John

A new report spearheaded by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) uncovered startling new details about Halliburton’s misdeeds, including the fact that the amount of taxpayer funds lost to Halliburton is “more than twice as high as those in previous official reports.”

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Bush Speech Everything You Expected

June 29, 2005June 29, 2005 John

Bush kept invoking the Sept. 11 attacks to try to defend his plan to keep U.S. troops in Iraq as long as it takes to ensure peace in the country. However, he says we can’t send more troops because it will undermine his plans to turn the country over to the Iraqi people. (Down is up and Up is down.)

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