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What’s Holding Up Funding the Troops in Iraq?

Map courtesy of Main and Central website This post is an observation of the previous post on this site and on the situation that may have prompted it. Please read the President's message first. Even though there have been and there are differing opinions about the justification for the war effort in ...

Roy Blunt Says Petraeus and Crocker Delivered Even-Handed Assessment of War in Iraq

    The House Republican Whip Roy Blunt said today that Petraeus and Crocker delivered an "Even-Handed Assessment' that was informed by facts, and not politics when they talked today about the status of the War in Iraq. House Republican Whip Roy Blunt issued the following statement today as General ...

Pre Iraq War Documents Reveal Analysis Accurately Predicted Subsequent Events

According to a press release today, an October 2002 pre Iraq war analysis of intelligence and information by Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich accurately predicted subsequent events, discoveries, and consequences, according to documents released today by the Kucinich for President Campaign. The information was widely circulated to members of Congress accurately predicted ...

Democratic National Committee Says Bush Ignored Afghanistan While Escalating War in Iraq

The Democratic National Committee, in a statement released today in a press release, says that President George W. Bush ignored Afghanistan while he was escalating the War in Iraq. Here's their official statement: Five years after September 11, 2001, as experts predict that Afghanistan could slip back into chaos and Osama ...

Michele Fletcher Richardson Touts Prayer as Major Strategy for Winning War in Iraq

According to Michele Fletcher Richardson, the way to win the Iraq War is through prayer. "The United States is playing David to the Middle East's Goliath," says Richardson. "This is a holy war and it does have eternal implications, so strategy about the United States' role must come, in large ...

February 17th 2013
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Mindy McCready Dead at 37

Mindy McCready, the country music star, is dead. According to reports, she has committed suicide at the age of 37. Mindy McCready was an American country music singer. Active since 1995, she has recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA ...
February 13th 2013
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Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative Uses Power to Force Customers to Donate to Foundation

Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative (TVEC), an electric distribution cooperative that serves about 50,000 electric meters in an area just southeast of Dallas, Texas, has taken an unprecedented approach to building their own charity. TVEC has started a program that they're calling "Operation Roundup", where customers will automatically have their electric ...

State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama – Transcript

In case you missed it, or would like to read the transcript, the following is the State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery, on February 12, 2013. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this ...
February 13th 2013
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Children’s Health Fund Responds to State of the Union

The following is a statement from Dr. Irwin Redlener, president and co-founder of Children's Health Fund, following the State of the Union address by the President of the United States: "The president made a strong case for universal early education in America, along with raising the minimum wage. But his ...
February 13th 2013
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National League of Cities Responds to the State of the Union

The following statement is from Marie Lopez Rogers, president of the National League of Cities (NLC) and mayor of Avondale, AZ in response to President Obama's State of the Union address: "I was honored and thrilled to be in the House chamber tonight watching President Obama's State of the Union address ...

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