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POPSThe Republican Party Must Change, and the Nation Too Republicans have put Party and Power over Principles they used to stand for, namely "individual liberty" and "limited government". The lone voice once mocked by the GOP elite RINOs (and the CFR primary Candidates) now gives a lesson on what's wrong with republicans and the nation's government. (Actually, it was Republicans, under Lincoln, that first expanded and centralized the power of the federal government and started the same unjust wars as engaged in now, invading and burning the Southern states and cities! Overthrowing the Constitution has been their forte'. Democrats used to be "Dixie-crats" until they changed too). Neither does he spare Obama: Since the new alignment of political power offers no real change, we will remain on the same track without even a pretense of slowing the growth of government. With the new administration we can expect things to go from bad to worse.
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POPS So Good The Washington Independent on the prospect for “Church-Pike” hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee, another great idea to hamstring and distract intelligence services in wartime that Obama may discover, sort of like closing Guantanamo, isn’t the greatest idea. Human rights groups want some drama with their national angst. Detainee Truth Commissions, please. Because fighting al-Qaeda = Apartheid.
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POPSGreens Pave Way for Republican Comeback
than most other sorts of development, whether they be new or expanding suburban communities, roads, farming or a green energy projects -- like wind farms, solar panel fields, and cellulosic ethanol plants. Consider, for example, how much “fragile” environment would be disturbed by T. Boone Pickens’ plan to build the largest wind farm in the world on 400,000 acres in the Texas panhandle. While the Greens say they support Pickens’ effort, in what way is the Texas panhandle less fragile than the Utah desert? Last spring, the BLM placed a moratorium on solar power projects to be built on public lands, pending environmental impact studies. The necessary transmission lines and water use might disturb the native vegetation and wildlife, says the BLM. But the solar power industry screamed bloody murder and the moratorium was soon rescinded. Given that the Greens oppose oil and gas drilling everywhere, the rest of us -- especially congressional Republicans --
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POPSRubin-Enron-Citi-One more reborn savior??Not! (Recall this from 2002) "But the Democrats have been unsure about whether to pursue the investigation into the political realm. Part of this timidity is a desire to avoid the appearance of partisan excess that, in the Clinton scandals, drew a backlash against the Republicans. But they are undoubtedly afraid that some of their own luminaries, Rubin chief among them, might end up on the wrong side of a subpoena. It would be a shame if these fears, and the media's reluctance to pursue these issues independently, kept the public from learning the truth about the political corruption involved in Enron's rise and decline."
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POPSThe Australian: I Come to Hail Bush, not Bury Him There will come a time when most Americans will miss President Bush. This sea change will be enabled when Dear Leader begins to reveal his weird nefarious radical visions revealed in Mein Kampt... er... Dreams of My Fathers.
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POPSU.S. Rep Paul Broun: "We have elected a Marxist" Liberals, students, Negroes, and Hispanics. Obama's base. None of these people have lived under Marxist rule. Marxism=Misery. These fools are about to learn this lesson. Unfortunately, this misery will be shared by all.
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POPS Freedom Now Stands Alone not just in the US but in Britain too – shows the intellectual disarray caused by these profound developments. They say politicians must stop trying to hold the cultural line and go instead with the flow of change. In Britain, the Tory party has adopted this strategy. Now there are Republicans saying the same thing. But John McCain is a Republican who does not fit the old template, who does subscribe to some of this ‘change’ agenda on a number of issues. As a result, he was incapable of attacking Obama on the most important grounds of all: that he stood for values inimical to America’s founding principles. When he did venture into this territory, it was half-cocked and far too late, appearing merely like the desperate throw of a loser. The reason he couldn’t do it earlier was that he had no coherent platform of his own. The Republicans screwed up in government, they selected a hopelessly frail and erratic candidate, he ran a shambolic campaign. They deserved to lose.
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POPSObama Victory Alters the Tenor of Iraqi Politics Over all, however, there was a new tone of optimism. “The atmosphere is positive with the American attempt to preserve the sovereignty of the Iraqi nation,” the government’s spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh, told the news channel Al Arabiya. He praised the inclusion of a new provision stating that Americans would not launch attacks on Iraq’s neighbors from Iraqi soil. “There’s going to be a significant presence, but they are not going to be ‘combat’ forces,” said the administration official. “The other thing we witnessed through the Bush period was that when the Iraqi politicians couldn’t reach a compromise, Bush interfered,” Mr. Habeeb said. “I don’t think Obama will do that; he will not try to set the Iraqi agenda,” he said. “I think the politicians will have to be mature enough to solve their own problems and dare to make compromises.”
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POPS Greater Islamosphere “Therefore, I hope that McCain comes to power, so that the motivation for jihad remains in our hearts, and so that we do not rely on the infidels - to be struck by the fire .” Sorry, not my fault. I wish you could rely on the infidels, too. OK, here’s some racist Iranian rag. In an editorial, the Iranian daily Jomhouri-ye Eslami stated: “The most that that black man can do in the White House is to replace some of the staff and change some ceremonial procedures. He will never manage to change the structure of the American regime, which was established by capitalists, Zionists, and racists.” in London. al-Hayat: “The U.S. elections afford a kind of change that does not occur in the Arab ‘democracies’… The faces change in a way that we find impressive. Quick. Which recent U.S. president brought more democracy to more Muslims?
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POPS Not Ready To Make Nice I'm a mean old man. Crush them (the Rethugs) while you can! Not as person so much but as ideologues and fomenters of war and ignorance. If we let them stay in the ame they will come back to haunt and screw with us again.
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POPSRepublican Foot-Soldiers Vacating Washington Forced To Sell Homes In Terrible Market What was that about a "Permanent Republican Majority?" Speak louder, there's an immense chant of "YES WE CAN" in my ear. I have little to no sympathy. These are the foot-soldiers who've done Karl Rove's dirty work for 8 years. The fucking country imploded on their watch, due to their candidate's policies. They were the party in power that caused this massive housing bubble explosion and econopocalypse. Payback's a bitchs, ain't it? Go wander in the wilderness for a while and get your party's soul back. And if someone has to take it in the ass with no reach-around on their house, you're the ones who fought so hard for the system that led to this. Just shut up & go away. You hands-on fuckers aren't the people the John Wayne Chaser was meant for.
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POPSToo Much Unity? Please note the words "when appropriate". The whole article is good -- and fairly short. Go read.
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POPSMy Beautiful Blue Indiana! I am so pleased that the majority of voters in my home state of Indiana chose Obama over McCain! It has been an exciting election for us Hoosiers, who normally get little attention due to the assumption that Indiana is a dyed-in-the-wool red state. Well, not any more! Woo hoo! I was one of the Hoosiers who cast an absentee ballot this year. :)
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POPSWhat will the Obama's First Actions Be?
I love the first pic. on this page (wouldn't clip) What will the Obama White House Be Like? IMO (and some others) Very, very slow and careful; methodical General Petraeus has already been order to start withdrawing troops from Iraq. (in Obama's Victory Speech) All parties will be included in the Administration and others, these folks will be given orders to accomplish things. His brass knuckles just announced Chief of Staff (Ron Emanuel) will frequently go over to the Democratic Congress and beat their brains out and kick their ass until they do what Obama wants. With Democrats having a majority in both Houses legislation will quickly pass and there will be no filibusters because Obama will get 8 or 9 Republicans to go along with him. Pakistan will either kill or deliver bin Laden or agree to let a strike team of Special Forces in to get him ourselves; or we will go in whether Pakistan likes it or not. A massive program for alternative energy will begin.
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POPSRepublican Party in Shambles After Massive Losses. Along with Obama's LANDSLIDE VICTORY, great gains have been won by the Democrats in both the House and Senate -- the greatest gains in over 80 years (since the Great Depression & FDR's election). The Democrats now have a large majority in both the House and the Senate and the White House. It's a sea change. (Note: Because it's part of the story > Some Republican SmearHeads have started to tell the TV audience what Obama should do -- and said that within a few months the Democrats will be fighting among themselves) Other TV pundits told these Republicans they should wake up and smell the coffee, look to see what they could possibly do to put their broken party back together -- that Obama didn't need their advise and there were no difference between the Democratic House, the Democratic Senate and future President Obama. SmearHeads - Yuck. LANDSLIDE VICTORY -- That's the real story: major epic awesome historic victory. (I hate to even mention the SmearHeads words.,, b
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POPSZogby Pre-election Final: Obama 54, McCain 43 Nov 4 poll. Zogby is usually most accurate, we will see. Note that McCain has only 75 percent of conservative vote (even with Palin) , many bailed out on him. Republicans should make a careful note of this. As I clipped previously, McCain lost considerable "conservatives" and "moderates" from his party , and then gets romped by "independents" going to Obama (if this poll holds true). Moral: "If you stand for nothing you lose everything". I also believe the "fear tactics" backfired (while several issues are legitimate, including blatant communistic policies of Obama)--largely because of the LIES OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION casting its shadow over Republicans, which cause Fear tactics to be outright rejected now, without consideration. I received two robo-calls for McCain, one from Robert Duvall and another from a male country performer (Merle Haggard?). Desperate "get out the vote" moves, which people likely hang up on.
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POPSPalin asks if Democrats think terrorists are 'the good guys' WTF? This Bush/Cheney style of demonizing is what is wrong with this country. Mind you, if McCain/Palin win, the cultural divide in this country will only increase because they will continue to demonize and question the patriotism of anyone who does not agree with them. If I question the bloated Pentagon budget, I must hate America, including my parents, my brothers and sisters and all of their children, my grandmother, all my friends, all of their families, and everyone in my hometown. I want to destroy it all. Do people on the right really think this about people on the left? Without knowing me, without knowing the good I have done in this country and in this world? That I really, really want to destroy all I love because I dare to question Bush/Cheney and/or the military/industrial complex and it's continued reliance on perpetual conflict?!? It's absolutely fuckin' ludicrous!
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POPSBush's Republican Party in Full-Tilt Panic Watching the elections has been like living in two different worlds: The world where Obama can draw a crowd of 100,000 (200,000 in Germany) and McCain is luck to get 20,000 folks to listen to him. The other world is on TV where the give both McCain and Obama equal time and each side says how well they're doing and how bad the other guy is. The TV also makes up issues that are not issues to no one but themselves and chews and chews on them for weeks: The so-called 'Bradley Effects,' is one of them. Now the race has come down to the Finish Line and Bush's Republicans see point-blank in front of their faces how great their losses will be tomorrow, and no TV chat is going to change anything. From the beginning many people saw this was in the cards; A few million and myself, too. 8 years of the Bush nightmare were suddenly going to be forgotten. The real tough race was the primary of Obama vs. Hilary Clinton. That was a close call. But now, it's not a close call; it's a
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POPSEyes on St Louis for GOP vote suppression The Democratic metro area largely controlled by Republican state officials, does everything it can to slow voting, make long lines, prevent polls from opening on time or staying open late.
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POPSMcCain says let try that tatic again He's learned so much from the Bushes and when juniors tactics were falling flat lets try something that worked so well for Daddy Bush. My Friends, I'm so sorry I had to go back on my promise but with the continuing presence in Iraq and the new war in Iran I had too. We tried to negotiate in good faith but the Iranians would not meet our precondition of accepting Israeli rule. Oil company profits are dropping because of unexpected expense of offshore drilling and the massive cleanup needed on the west coast, so the taxpayers will have to bail out the oil companies. Sorry my friends. On the positive side my friends in health care insurance industry are posting record profits. Sorry but sometimes Mavericks have to take a detour.
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POPSChristians and Al-Qaida Working Together As long as these “christians” support McCain, not by advocating solutions to our woes, but by demonizing opponents and terrorizing the masses, they will continue to reflect the will of terrorists around the world as they use whatever contemporary means available to get their political way - blind as they may be.
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