tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/10/2008
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New revelations about Georgia's August war with Russia should send a warning to president-elect Barack Obama about how a commander-in-chief can be manipulated into war.
It now appears that the same neo-conservatives who manipulated the US into the Iraq war on false evidence were directly ...
ap.google.com - 11/11/2008
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ap.google.com —
5 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) A Republican congressman
from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama
will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship. "It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but ...
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The Associated Press: Georgia congressman warns of Obama ...
ap.google.com - 11/11/2008
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ap.google.com —
10 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) A Republican congressman
from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama
will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship. "It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing ...
(more)
The Associated Press: Georgia congressman warns of Obama ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/11/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Never one to let an opportunity to misled
the people of Georgia, Saxby Chambliss has requested that
he actually be excused from the December 2nd runoff against Jim Martin and just be declared the winner. It is rumored that in private statements, ...
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James Boyce: Saxby Chambliss Seeks Deferment From Runoff ...
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Georgia on My Mind.
Talking Points Memo —
... I'm still waiting to find out more about how the Russia-Georgia War started and just what Randy Scheunemann knew about it. It turns out Tom Hayden is wondering too. ...
A Burger Bubble?
The Opinionator —
... is being repeated throughout the entire economy. The problem only reveals itself when the bubble that supported the imbalance bursts. Fortunately, for McDonalds, the downdraft hasn’t hit it yet. Eventually it will, when most of its former customers earn as much as their current employees. Pretty cool how markets, essentially dumb systems, can ultimately destroy themselves. Yeah, but we still can’t get enough of those fries …. Did the tail wag the dog in Georgia? Unrepentant lefty Tom Hayden, writing at Talking Points Memo, thinks so : New revelations about Georgia’s August ...
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In a New Administration, Some Brand-New Jobs? —
Wash Post Federal Page 11/11/2008
The intense competition among Democrats for top jobs in the incoming Obama administration assumes there are a fixed number of posts worth having. But it's looking likely that some extremely choice, even consequential, positions are going to be created ...
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