AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth:
Via Greg Sargent: With Republicans hammering the Obama administration for trying suspected 9/11 terrorists in a New York court, a Democrat points out that in 2006, George W. Bush seemed to say outright that terrorists should be “tried in courts here in the United States.”There was no outcry at the time.Bush's line was: "I b (Read More)
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OverviewThe relationship between faith and science in the United States seems, at least on the surface, to be paradoxical. Surveys repeatedly show that most Americans respect science and the benefits it brings to society, such as new technologies and medical treatments. Nevertheless, strong religious convictions can affect (Read More)
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth:
Paying the ultimate price should automatically make one eligible so glad to see the US finally extend the honor. Darren Rovell must be angry about this since Pulaski wasn't born and trained in America.Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on Friday, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for t (Read More)
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth:
Manned up? So is the White House saying that Weiner is acting like a woman or a gay? And which one does our White House find worse?On the day after a huge civil rights defeat for the gay and lesbian Americans, in a battle in which we were abandoned by President Obama and the Democratic National Committee, it's telling tha (Read More)
The Gavel:
By a vote of 310 to 106, the House passed the Solar Technology Roadmap Act (HR 3585) to strengthen the American solar technology industry through a coordinated research and development program and public-private partnerships. The bill requires the Secretary of Energy to select a group of experts from industry, academia, and (Read More)
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth:
(NOTE FROM JOHN: I want to welcome Mirth, one of our longtime commenters, as a new blogger on the home page. Joe and I have been really impressed with Mirth's writing, and ideas, and asked her to join us for the occasional blog post (or more if she likes), and she agreed. She won't always agree with the rest of us, but va (Read More)
Democratic National Committee: Blog:
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TIM KAINE ISSUES STATEMENT ABOUT NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE’S AWARDING OF 2009 PEACE PRIZE TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMAWashington, D.C. - President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday morning for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperatio (Read More)
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Book: Transforming Power: From The Personal To The Political. by Judy Rebick. Penguin Canada, 2009Judy Rebick’s book on the rise of networked politics has been very well received so far.For example, here is a review Hilary Wainright, Editor of Red Pepper:“In Transforming Power, Judy Rebick tells the story of how, in the wak (Read More)
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By Kevin L. Jackson, Vice President at DatalineA recent EDL Consulting article cites the rising popularity of smartphones and other advanced mobile devices as the driving force behind a skyrocketing mobile cloud computing market.According to ABI Research, the current figure for mobile cloud computing subscribers worldwide i (Read More)
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My Dad’s birthday was last week.Relating to my father is a lot harder than it used to be. Mostly because he has no idea what I do for a living, especially now that I do it from the comfort of my apartment. When I was still in school, he got it. He may have mocked my Journalism degree or the need to even educate a girl (we (Read More)
Democratic National Committee: Blog:
UPDATE: We noticed something missing from a recent Fox News segment re-airing excerpts from an interview this morning with Republican Rep. Darrell Issa. Conveniently cut from the Fox segment was Rep. Issa admission that the Republican Party raised no concerns and waged no campaign to stop the use of 47 “czars” the Bush admi (Read More)
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth:
It will be offered by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Majority Whip James Clyburn:RESOLUTIONRaising a question of the privileges of the House. Whereas on September 9, 2009, during the joint session of Congress convened pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution 179, the President of the United States, speaking at the invitatio (Read More)
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth:
This $10 fee that the Senate thinks is so great will be a slush fund for the deepest pockets in the tourist industry. Please. Other businesses have to figure out business plans and marketing budgets so it's unclear why taxing foreign tourists to fund new foreign tourist marketing pitches makes sense to anyone other than a (Read More)
AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth:
The White House sent out excerpts from the President's speech tonight. No mention of his plans for the public option in what we've seen so far. But this is what the White House wants us to see. There is some tough talk. Obama " will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it’s better politics to kill t (Read More)
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Conservatives are freaking out because President Obama wants to tell kids to stay in school, obviously a part of the socialist marxist liberal Democratic agenda. Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer, who apparently stayed in school but didn’t learn anything, had the following to say:“The idea that school children across our natio (Read More)