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North Korea: Stalling or changing policy?
The Swampby Katie Fretland Just two summers ago, North Korea tested seven missiles, including one that failed but was believed to be capable of reaching the United States. In October of the same year, the country's secretive leader, Kim Jong II,......Tags: Weaponry, Executive Branch, White House, Economic Sanctions, Nuclear Weapons
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McCain at NAACP wins points if not votes
The Swampby Frank James It's doubtful Sen. John McCain won over many African-American voters today with his appearance before the NAACP convention. Sen. Barack Obama pretty much has upwards of 90 percent of the black vote sewn up if only because,......Tags: White House, NAACP, Ceremonies, Political Candidates, Justice and Rights
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Most U.S. firms avoided taxes: report
The Swampby Frank James Here's some information that could easily become fodder for the presidential and congressional campaigns. The General Accountability Office, Congress's investigative agency, has a report out today that says most corporations didn't pay...Tags: Politics, State Budgets, Carl Levin, Elections, Government
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Sarah Palin fumbles on Fannie, Freddie
The Swampby Frank James Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin stumbled this weekend when she commented on the federal takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Huffington Post "helpfully" pointed out her mistake to anyone who missed it the first......Tags: Sarah Palin, State Budgets, Colorado, Political Candidates, National Government
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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, September 11, the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States. At the Pentagon, a park-like memorial is being dedicated to those killed there when......Tags: Politics, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Society, Espionage and Intelligence, Trials
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Obama vs GOP: 'Fiscal responsibility'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama hopes to turn the tenor of the political debate this week from unprecedented and massive new spending to "fiscal responsibility.'' He will do this with the presentation of the outline of a new federal......Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party, Government Debt, White House, John Boehner
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Obama's back-to-school lesson plans
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 230 pm EDT The suggested lesson plans accompanying President Barack Obama's planned address to schoolchildren next week have been modified, but this hasn't mollified critics of the president's back-to-school speech.: The...Tags: Arne Duncan, Executive Branch, Washington (U.S. state), U.S. Department of Education, Radio Industry
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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Thursday, May 15. President Bush is addressing the Israeli Knesset. The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) is holding a briefing on "Hate in......Tags: George W. Bush
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Marijuana legalization passes in Colorado, Washington
Voters in Washington and Colorado passed ballot initiatives Tuesday to legalize marijuana for recreational use, the biggest victory ever for the legalization movement. "The significance of these events cannot be understated," said NORML, a pro-...
Tags: Politics, Referenda, News Agency, Elections, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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Voting to give more money to millionaires
As I drove by the old Playhouse cinema on 25th Street in Baltimore the other day, I thought of the hapless fellow I encountered on the screen there in the 1970s — Nino, the lead character in "Bread and Chocolate," a comedy about a poor Italian...
Tags: Warren Buffett, Prince George's County, Paul Ryan, Italy, Republican Party
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Higher taxes, lower spending?
It comes as no surprise to hear anti-tax activist Grover Norquist talk about tax cuts, but it does come as a surprise to hear him raise the subject of pink unicorns. Pink unicorns are purely imaginary — a trait he says they share with the...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Republican Party, Radio, Democratic Party, Inflation and Deflation
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Vibrancy Of Markets Vs. Suffocation Of Statism
The Hartford CourantThe presidential campaign, hitherto a plod through a torrent of words tedious beyond words, began to dance in Denver. There a masterfully prepared Mitt Romney completed a trifecta of tasks and unveiled an issue that, because it illustrates contemporary...Tags: Politics, William F. Buckley, Mitch Daniels, Elections, Social Sciences
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