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Monday, January 12, 2004
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A quote from Nader's article:
There is more than one price to pay when our government bogs itself down in another nation after a pre-emptive war (that was never declared by Congress as the Constitution requires) beyond the casualties to our soldiers and civilians in Iraq. Our diverted megabillions of taxpayer dollars is one price. Imagine how many clinics, schools, public transits, playgrounds for children, safer food and drinking water, cleaner air could be gotten for the $300 billion that will have been spent on the U.S. war and occupation in Iraq.
4:45:05 PM Google It!
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[Washington Post: Nation and Politics] Driven by President Bush's steep tax cuts and a burgeoning budget deficit, Democratic presidential candidates have seized on an issue that Republicans have largely owned for a decade -- tax reform.
4:39:44 PM Google It!
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Friends and aides of Gov. John G. Rowland believe that an excruciating combination of pressures might make the pain of resigning worse than the agony of hanging on. By Marc Santora. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
12:58:37 AM Google It!
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President Bush was focused on removing Saddam Hussein from power more than seven months before the Sept. 11 attacks, former Treasury secretary Paul H. O'Neill said. By Richard W. Stevenson. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
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There are a couple of questions that few people seem to be asking about the limited Medicare prescription drug law that goes into effect in 2006. By Fred Brock. [New York Times: Business]
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Never mind that most of the Democratic presidential candidates voted for the No Child Left Behind Act. Listening to them recently has made it easy to forget. By Kate Zernike. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
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The US presidential race is already remarkable for one thing - people are reasserting their political power, writes Gary Younge. [Guardian Unlimited]
Dean's bid for the Democratic nomination is more than just an electoral campaign. It has all the attributes of a movement - a bottom-up surge of like-minded, motivated people who have discovered they all have something in common and are now mobilising in order to act on it. Around the country strangers are meeting in towns and cities in their tens and twenties, donating money in $10 and $20 bills and coming away with not just posters and badges but "to do" lists. "Participation in politics is increasingly based on the chequebook, as money replaces time," argued Robert Putnam in Bowling Alone. Dean has managed to get people giving time and money.
12:24:45 AM Google It!
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[Washington Post: Nation and Politics] Norquist, 47, is known for his weekly strategy sessions of conservatives, a Washington institution. But quietly, for the past five years, he also has been building a network of "mini-Grover" franchises.
12:19:32 AM Google It!
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People are turning increasingly to alternatives like the Internet for news about the presidential campaign, shifting away from traditional outlets, a poll found. [New York Times: Business]
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Last update: 1/31/2004; 7:50:33 AM.
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