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McCain delivers a howler
with a straight face.
Lately, John McCain has been serving up some real howlers — claims ridiculously out of kilter with his record — all delivered with a straight face. Here is one of the howlers from his acceptance speech at the Republican Convention: “nstead of freeing ourselves from a dangerous dependence […]

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) gave a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday evening. He voiced a call for America on election day to vote her own best interests. Though solidly on the left, Kucinich stressed a different political axis — the up-down:

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Wake up America. This is not a call for you […]

Earlier this year, John McCain tried to defend the fact that his presidential campaign was jam-packed with lobbyists:

[T]hey’re honorable people, and I’m proud to have them as part of my team.

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The right to represent interests of groups of Americans is a constitutional right. There are people that represent firemen, civil servants, retirees, and those […]

This summer, Lorain County (Ohio) Metro Parks will add a 27-mile (43 km) -long water trail for canoes, kayaks and other paddle boats.x1 The trail starts at the park system’s Vermilion River Reservation, goes down the Vermilion River to Lake Erie, hugs the lake shore eastward for eleven miles, then heads up the Black […]

Barack Obama – (KMGH)
Last week Barack Obama gave a speech laying out his plan for getting more citizens active in serving American society.x40 Some points of his plan are: to boost the numbers in the military, Peace Corps and Americorps, to make it easy to volunteer, and to give volunteers help with the cost […]