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Which Muslim Capital to Choose?
boomantribune.com - 12/4/2008
Which Muslim Capital to Choose?
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So, Obama wants to give a speech in a Muslim capital sometime in his first one hundred days. What capital should he select? I think that all depends on what kind of message he wants to convey. Overall, it seems to me that he should select an Arab capital for the simple reason that the heart of ...

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Obama’s Muslim Speech
commentarymagazine.com - 12/5/2008
Obama’s Muslim Speech
— commentarymagazine.com — Barack Obama is toying with the idea of making a speech from an Islamic capital within his first 100 days in office. The scuttlebutt is all about finding the right one. (The consensus is Cairo–which is a terrible idea. An Obama speech there ... (more) Obama’s Muslim Speech

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tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/3/2008
Of Financial Capital and Human Capital: Why We're Bailing Out Wall Street While Allowing Our ...
— tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com — Our preoccupation with the immediate crisis of financial capital is causing us to overlook the bigger crisis in America's human capital. While we commit hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to Wall Street, we're slashing our outlays for public ... (more) Of Financial Capital and Human Capital: Why We're ...
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Which city should Obama choose for his speech to the Middle East?
hotair.com - 12/5/2008
Which city should Obama choose for his speech to the Middle East?
— hotair.com — Something to kick around in the comments on the slowest news day evah . [...] Read the rest » (more) Which city should Obama choose for his speech to the ...

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Eschaton — Silly BooMan The Muslim capital will be Washington, D.C. We elected Obama and we're now a Muslim nation!

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