Tag: politics
group name: talkboutit
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October 25, 2007 04:58 PM EDT --
Back in October of 2006, one year ago, I applied for Social Security Disability Benefits. I have arthritis in both knees and can barely walk let alone climb up subway steps. I need to lug around my shopping . . . more
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September 01, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
My sister has been battling colon cancer for 16 months. I would like to say that she is winning the battle but I don't think that is happening.
When she was first diagnosed in May of 2006 we were . . . more
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September 10, 2006 01:12 AM EDT --
I sure everybody agrees that the iraq war is a tragedy, wheather you agree with the war or not. However, in my opinion, the biggest tragedy is that the insurgency could easily have . . . more
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March 25, 2007 05:24 PM EDT --
I have a vent that is bugging me today. I have been trying to follow some of the "political" conversations on Gather and other places. Why is it that in every place you look, people are always . . . more
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August 16, 2007 04:01 PM EDT --
NOTE: I received this as an anonymous email forward recently and thought it worth sharing. No need to agree or disagree... It's simply food for thought:
QUITE AN ANALOGY
I bought . . . more
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October 18, 2006 05:04 PM EDT --
I just read an article ( http://elections.us.reuters.com/top/news/usnN17259607.html/?src=092906_MARKETING_CMS_ElecMidArt )
In short, it said:
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
WASHINGTON, . . . more
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July 24, 2008 02:31 PM EDT --
Hispanic voters were overall pretty much Clintonistas in the primaries, a fact that, according to this recent poll, says much about the chances of McCain to pick up the Clintonista vote. From CNN
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July 17, 2008 01:34 PM EDT --
I'm seriously beginning to believe McCain is losing it. It wasn't exactly great to have to have someone whisper in his ear who the enemy we were fighting was in a speech in the country in question, . . . more
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July 19, 2008 02:12 PM EDT --
I am republishing this article as a caution to all progressives that think they are registered to vote to check on their status, now, and to check again before the date of cutoff for the presidential election . . . more
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October 11, 2006 12:11 PM EDT --
Hopkins today announced the results of a study saying that over 600,000 Iraqis have died since the start of the Iraq War. How can we claim to be liberators if we are killing the people we supposedly wish . . . more
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November 16, 2006 09:35 AM EST --
Duluth Minn.
A 20 year old man is accused with having sex with a dead deer he found along the road on Oct. 11.
How disturbing is this???
His lawyer is arguing that since the deer was dead it is no longer . . . more
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July 29, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
I put up an article about the Bush family legacy this morning, only to find the link to it has gone down, and several other links to the same audio tape from BBC Radio have similarly disappeared . . . more
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August 03, 2007 12:53 PM EDT --
It's not like we weren't warned, and it's not like the founders of our country did not provide solutions for this situation, but the Democrats have refused to provide true oversight . . . more
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October 23, 2006 09:12 AM EDT --
Speaking yesterday on Meet the Press, Sen Obama stated,
"I would say I am still at the point where I have not made a decision to pursue higher office, but it is true that I have thought about it . . . more
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December 06, 2006 12:54 PM EST --
In March 2006, at the suggestion of Republican Rep. Frank Wolf, the Iraq Study Group aka The Baker Commission, was formed and "charged with delivering an independent assessment of the . . . more
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May 25, 2007 04:02 PM EDT --
I am all for women running for president but Clinton is annoying. Her voice is scathing and it sounds like she is yelling at Bill every time she speaks. Why would she go to Iowa and speak against her advisors . . . more
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July 08, 2008 08:08 PM EDT --
Over and over I keep seeing the same folks around here that lie, time and again about Obama himself, using "facts" that have long ago been debunked, claiming that Obama will raise taxes on everyone, . . . more
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July 11, 2008 07:05 PM EDT --
There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about how the two candidate's tax policies will affect everyone. I consider it an honor to shed some light on this war of obfuscation by linking to this . . . more
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September 27, 2006 09:16 PM EDT --
Ok...I'm sure there is a formidable debate concerning this, so once again I would love to hear civilized examples of what you think...POLITICS ASIDE..... I know thats hard, but I have faith in you...Lets . . . more
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October 31, 2006 09:35 PM EST --
Is our Democracy near it's end ? While I was having lunch with my Dad today, he whipped out the following article, which I found to be very interesting.
Read and Think ....??
How . . . more
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