Chávez Wins His Bid to Lift Term Limits

Seeded on Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:59 PM EST (The New York Times)

President Hugo Chávez handily won a referendum on Sunday that will end presidential term limits, allowing him to run for re-election indefinitely and injecting fresh vibrancy into his socialist-inspired revolution.

venezuela, hugo-chavez, world-news

Business Owner Catches Heat for Discrimination

Seeded on Tue Feb 3, 2009 7:23 PM EST ()

"If I discriminate, it's against the people I dislike," owner Gary James said. James is accused of discrimination and he doesn't deny it.

oklahoma, discrimination, racism, us-news, hate, homophobia

House approves bill to fight wage discrimination

Seeded on Fri Jan 9, 2009 2:52 PM EST (Google)

Unlike President George W. Bush, who threatened to veto the two bills when they came up in the last session of Congress, President-elect Barack Obama has embraced them.

congress, women, discrimination, politics, equal-pay, lilly-ledbetter

Justice Scalia: Domestic Violence is "not that serious an offense"

Seeded on Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:23 PM EST (Slate)

JUSTICE SCALIA: And this was misdemeanor assault and battery, wasn't it? MS. SAHARSKY: Yes, that's right. I mean, I really— JUSTICE SCALIA: So it's not that serious an offense. That's why we call it a misdemeanor.

scalia, women, politics, supreme-court, domestic-violence

Kern Defends Controversial Comments About Gays

Seeded on Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:16 PM EDT (KOCO.com - Local News)

"While terrorism has killed more than 3,000 people, in the continental United States in the last 15 years, homosexual behavior has killed more than 100,000," she [Kern] said. "It's a danger to life. It is a danger to health."

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Bush: Olympic boycott would insult Chinese

Seeded on Mon Aug 4, 2008 11:24 PM EDT (CNN)

President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend next month's Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, saying that to boycott "would be an affront to the Chinese people." Speaking to reporters ahead of this week's summit of the Group of Eight industrialized nations in Japa …

bush, japan, olympics, china, world-news

Bush won't demand conservation

Seeded on Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:57 PM EDT (Politico)

President Bush said Tuesday that he will not call on Americans to conserve gasoline despite the rising price of oil, saying consumers are "smart enough" to figure out for themselves that they should drive less.

economy, president-bush, us-news, conservation, oil-crisis

Abortion Proposal Sets Condition on Aid

Seeded on Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:07 PM EDT (The New York Times)

The Bush administration wants to require all recipients of aid under federal health programs to certify that they will not refuse to hire nurses and other providers who object to abortion and even certain types of birth control.

abortion, bush-administration, us-news, birth-control, womens-rights

Bill promotes school religion at expense of education

Seeded on Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:28 PM EDT (The Edmond Sun)

The bill requires public schools to guarantee students the right to express their religious viewpoints in a public forum, in class, in homework and in other ways without being penalized.

oklahoma, constitution, religion, atheism, public-school

Bush in Your Bedroom

Seeded on Sun Jan 6, 2008 7:25 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

The ten worst appointees for reproductive freedom. Bush has used his Oval Office years to limit reproductive freedom and stack critical posts with right-wingers bent on rolling back the clock.

abortion, george-w-bush, alito, choice, roe-v-wade, womens-rights

Proud to Be American: Warmongers United

Seeded on Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:33 AM EDT ()

America Is the Most Warlike Nation on Earth

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How Karl Rove lost a generation of Republicans

Seeded on Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:45 PM EDT (FT.com)

If we concluded our analysis in 2007 and confined our judgment merely to Mr Rove's immediate electoral record, we would have no choice but to judge him a spectacular success. There is no doubt that Mr Rove won elections.

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Bush War Adviser Says Draft Worth a Look

Seeded on Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:23 PM EDT (Breitbart)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Frequent tours for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the all-volunteer force and made it worth considering a return to a military draft, President Bush's new war adviser said Friday.

iraq, politics, war, draft

To save America, we need another 9/11

Seeded on Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:09 AM EDT (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

ONE MONTH from The Anniversary, I'm thinking another 9/11 would help America. What kind of a sick bastard would write such a thing? A bastard so sick of how splintered we are politically - thanks mainly to our ineptitude in Iraq - that we have forgotten who the enemy is.

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Rich Man, Boor Man

Seeded on Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:33 AM EDT (OpinionJournal.com)

We live in an age of great wealth--and lousy manners.

new-york, class, us-news, rich, manners

Oil report's conclusion: Broad effort needed to satiate energy demand

Seeded on Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:12 PM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

Because the world's population is growing and living standards are rising worldwide, energy consumption globally is expected to jump by more than 50 percent over the next 25 years.

exxon-mobil, united-states, us-news, dick-cheney, save-energy, hard-truths-about-energy

Doctors' beliefs can hinder patient care

Seeded on Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:41 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Doctors refusing treatment Even under less dire circumstances than Boyer's, it's not always easy talking to your doctor about sex. Whether you're asking about birth control, STDs or infertility, these discussions can be tinged with self-consciousness, even embarrassment.

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Senate panel OKs child health bill

Seeded on Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:06 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON - Brushing aside threats of a presidential veto, a Senate committee on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a five-year, $35 billion expansion of a children's health insurance program that would be financed through higher tobacco taxes.

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