Archive for October, 2009

All Politics is Local (Queens Courier)(0)

More info…Former Speaker of the House Tip ONeill famously said that all politics is local. ONeill understood that he owed his seat to the several hundred thousand residents of his Boston congressional district.
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The FDIC is Broke(0)

By Roberto Garabell
 American bank deposits are insured up to $250k by the FDIC, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
This number was $100k for many years, until some of our Congress critters realized two things:
* Many banks were going to fail
* They had money in those banks
As then-Congressman Obama [...]

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Movie review for W(0)

By Mr D Stevens
 This is Oliver Stone’s(Director of Platoon) biographic on the life of the 43rd President George W. Bush Jr. chronicling his days from Yale through to his presidency, and the Iraq and Afghan wars.
The lead role is played superbly by Josh Brolin(No country for old men), having the Texas accent, and Bush’s mannerisms [...]

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Frustrated Liberal Lawmaker Balances Beliefs and Politics (New York Times)(0)

More info…Earl Blumenauer, a liberal congressman from Portland, Ore., had faith that President Obama and Democrats in Congress would yield progressive advances. It has been, he says, a hard landing.
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Britain could be new ‘Alcatraz’ Island.(0)

By carbon good guys
 The tiny spec of land chartered by Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775 named the island La Isla de los Alcatraces, which translated to “Island of the Pelicans”. After many various uses the island now know as ‘Alcatraz’, finished its days being used as a Federal prison, with strong cold [...]

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Bush says Obama’s Texas visit not about politics (AP via Yahoo! News)(0)

More info…Former President George H.W. Bush says President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Texas A&M is about community service, not politics.
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