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torphour: Corporate Cash May Steal Election Day Prize
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Friday, September 24, 2010. Corporate Cash May Steal Election Day Prize. Corporate cash – lots of it – is striking fear in the hearts of more than a few Democratic candidates. Those Democrats who would ordinarily fend off outlandish, misleading , scandalish attacks by otherwise weak opponents seem to be hiding behind the barricades as the opening campaign guns begin to roar. 2010 United States Supreme Court. Think Citizens United v. FEC. Riding the wave created by the high court’s gift of “pe...You can b...
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torphour: On Living a Longer Life
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Sunday, March 29, 2009. On Living a Longer Life. Recently I wondered aloud just how far people would go to extend their lives. After a little thought, I decided I'd write a piece about it on HubPages. Today I published that article, or "hub" if you're familiar with that term . Here on my blog it occurred to me to write something on the subject - after getting a good tip from my friend Compu-Smart. Who helps me a lot on any subject relating to computers (He's a prominent writer on HubPages himself. It may...
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torphour: Healthcare Reform Lost -- Even If It Passes
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Thursday, March 11, 2010. Healthcare Reform Lost - Even If It Passes. President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party leadership long ago caved in to Republicans by abandoning any effort to enact health care legislation that includes a single-payer. Government program. Now they’ve also thrown their hands up in the air in defeat that spells the death knell for the so-called public option. 8220;When’s the right time? 8221; the president asks. “If not now, when? Kucinich says the bill includes no guarantee ...
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torphour: Nov. 2: The Day 'Hope and Change' Died
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Thursday, November 4, 2010. Nov 2: The Day 'Hope and Change' Died. November 2, 2010 – ‘Hope and change' died today. While President Obama can point to a long list of accomplishments in his first two years, notably the controversial and historic health care bill, his failed strategy of bending over backwards to appease Republicans has put a quick end to many Americans’ dreams of “hope and change.”. If President Obama naively believes that Republicans will negotiate and cooperate over the short time before...
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torphour: The Elephant in the Room: Capitalism
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Thursday, December 1, 2011. The Elephant in the Room: Capitalism. The Justices of the United States Supreme Court Today (2015): Front Row, l-r, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Anthony M. Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Back row, from left, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Jr. and Elena Kagan. The issues in the upcoming 2012 U.S. presidential election are legion. The dozen I’ve enumerated could be greatly expanded. Decision that corporations are “person...
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torphour: Health Care Vote Threatens Political Tsunami
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Friday, March 19, 2010. Health Care Vote Threatens Political Tsunami. When the present health care battle comes to its untimely conclusion this week in Congress the ongoing tug-of-war between angry right wing Republic. Ans and disheartened left wing Democrats will not only go on unabated – whichever way the vote goes - but threatens a political tsunami that could spell disaster for President Barack Obama. Throughout his term of office. US Rep. Dennis Kucinich,. Have vigorously criticized the health care ...
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Saturday, February 28, 2009. Obama: Honor Our Fallen Heroes - And the Constitution. President Barack Obama, who recently asked for a policy review relating to th. E 1991 ban on news coverage regarding the remains of fallen service members, should keep in mind that he is not only commander in chief of the military but, more importantly, president of all the people of the United States. We’ve had one president who virtually ignored the U.S. Constitution. Criticism of the press is a tactic often employed by...
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Saturday, March 14, 2009. Only 17 days after President Franklin D. Roosevelt told Am. Ca there had been a “snea. K attack” on Hawaii’s Hickam Field by th. Apanese Empire, William Francis Hogan, my uncle, (image right). Me one of America’s fighting men. His first full day in the U.S. Navy was on Christmas Day 1941. Uncle Bill made the ultimate sacrifice (His name is inscribed in the Yonkers, N.Y., Veterans Memorial near Getty Square at City Hall). And its sister ship, the USS Little. And Savo Island on t.
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