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Important Campaign Issue for 2008 Presidential Candidates is Energy

Photo courtesy of "My Little Planet!!" on Flickr website The 2008 U.S. presidential candidates most common themes are the high cost of crude oil, gasoline, and home heating oil. In other words, the themes may be boiled down to "energy security." Even though their plans vary widely, Democratic and Republican candidates ...

New Survey Determines Effectiveness of Presidential Candidates’ Websites

Photo courtesy of "iFOCOS" on Flickr website The "Shopping Online for a President" report, which assesses the impact of the five main presidential candidates' websites, was announced today from RelevantView, a leading technology provider of Web-based market research solutions. One kiss on a baby's cheek at a time was the way ...

Survey: Americans Overwhelmingly Would Select a President Who Supported a Nationwide Health Information Network

Photo courtesy of Taran Rampersad "TaranRampersad" on Flickr website 1,000 Americans were recently surveyed by Computer Sciences Corporation and it was announced today that 70 percent of Americans indicated

Completely Different Concern about the Environment Shown by Survey With Representative Sampling

Drawing courtesy of ePolitix website The most recent posting to this site, 'Retirees Polled About the 2008 Presidential Election,' contained something that, by far, outweighed the importance of the very interesting and fun comments about the political candidates.

Retirees Polled About the 2008 Presidential Election

Photo courtesy of Blackbaud User Society website 1,700 likely retiree voters were surveyed about the 2008 Presidential election by a non-profit advocacy group, ProtectSeniors.Org, resulting in

Alma College Survey Says America’s Superior Leaders Are the Ones We Don’t Trust

According to a recent leadership survey by Alma College, the nation's "best" leaders are the politicians most distrusted by the American public. That's according to a national survey that asked businessmen and women to name up to three living individuals they considered to be superior leaders. Despite low approval ratings, President ...

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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