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Turning Up the Heat for Justice
Blueoregon
Jan 31We all understand the game the Republicans are playing: blocking Obama's agenda, and then asking why he's not accomplishing much. It's politics, and not unique. What is unique is the level of obstructionism by the Republicans on Obama's judicial nomine... »
Meet the Party of American Capitalism
Perrspectives
Jan 29President Obama, Mitt Romney has declared repeatedly, "believes America should become a European-style welfare state." While Newt Gingrich warned of the Democrats' "secular-socialist machine," Rick Santorum insisted "President Obama is for income equal... »
Look For - The Union Label
Max Redline
Jan 27Okay, that's more than a little unfair: although Metro's Oregon Zoo has a unionized workforce, that's not why you'll be seeing the Zoo in the news early next month. What you'll see is a careful side-stepping of managerial incompetence as... »
The GOP Misstate of the Union
Perrspectives
Jan 25The least surprising element to Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union address was the Republican talking point that the President's policies have "made our economy worse." Speaker John Boehner regurgitated that point five times during his pre-buttal o... »
State of the Union Address (enhanced) - Jan 24 2012
TA Barnhart
Jan 25The President's annual address to Congress and the nation. Enhanced with White House-provided factoids. »