Bush: U.S. Must Get Free of Mideast Oil

A politically weakened President Bush declared Tuesday night that America must break its long dependence on Mideast oil and rebuked critics of his stay-the-course strategy for the unpopular war in Iraq.

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I watched this last night. After watching it again today, Malkin still doesn't make any sense. It's a twisted mess of inuendo, quadratic conspiracy theory, and baseless assumption sprinkled with hyperbolic language.

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Chicagoans of all political stripes who oppose massive government funding of Mayor Richard Daley's pet project have inundated my email-box. Reader Will P.

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So, while Michelle's narcissist husband is turning the American economy into rags, she is being reported on what she is wearing? My God, is the media so blind or is it mentally ill.

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Since June 1st there have been four Senate Majority Leaders: Republican Dean Skelos and Democrats Malcolm Smith, John Sampson and Pedro Espada Jr.

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DEBT: Yours, Ours; including we the people

Yes, we all are responsible for this debt! The personal debt, the national debt, and what all the growing numbers amount to in real dollars is listed below - Forsyth, Georgia Since the stock market took its nosedive last fall it seems there is hardly a day that passes where the n …

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[Manila, Philippines--] High-level corruption in the Philippines abound while cronyism and influence peddling are rife in business and government, according to a new country report of the Freedom House.

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The Washington Post reported in November 2008 that other burrowing was taking place at the Departments of Interior, Labor, and Housing and Urban Development.

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The Obama administration is bold. It also is careless regarding constitutional values and is acquiring a tincture of lawlessness.

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LINKS between Government and the banking sector have been condemned in a new report that has uncovered the extent of the "old boys network" at the top of British public life. Britain has a greater culture of cronyism than Europe or the US, according to the study, which identifie …

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I wrote about beat-sweeteners in my previous post and said I'd look at it in the business press next. It's certainly not hard to find examples.

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The new face of the Republican Party brings all the familiar elements to the table. Illegal use of campaign funds. Front companies. Cronyism. Links to those involved in treason. Oh yes, and hookers.

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The name search took a year, while the company became persona non grata in Iraq, but now it's a reality. The notorious Blackwater Worldwide has officially rebranded itself Xe.

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THE lack of a formal access to information regime and a party-list election system that breeds cronyism and corruption in the political process are major challenges that continue to confront the Philippines.

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Somewhere deep inside the authoritarian minds of the ultra right-wingers, the fear, helplessness and paranoia that have always been so evident have reached the boiling point.

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One of Labour's first school "superheads" was today told she would never be in charge of a school again, after a disciplinary hearing found her guilty of misconduct.

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The three most prominent Democrats in national politics during the past two years — Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton — are all ascending from the U.S. Senate to the executive branch, creating open Senate seats for Democratic governors to fill.

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ROD BLAGOJEVICH is the perfect holiday treat for a country fighting off depression. He gift-wraps the ugliness of corruption in the mirthful garb of farce... ...Blagojevich's alleged crimes pale next to the larger scandals of Washington and Wall Street...

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Investigations conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and other oversight agencies have found that the Bush Administration is "burrowing-in" despite being soundly rejected by the voters.

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Documenting worrying failings in the performance, testing, budgeting, and overall accountability of the DHS Advanced Spectroscopic Portal machines

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Sen Ted Stevens' friends went out of their way to help pay his bills, according to court testimony Tuesday, even conspiring to cover up how much money they paid for something as minor as plumbing repairs at the senator's home in Alaska.

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Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate's history and a figure of enormous influence in his state, was found guilty on Monday of violating ethics laws for failing to report gifts and services that he was given by friends.

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Only a few months ago, Sam Faddis was running a CIA unit charged with preventing terrorists from getting nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. Today, only 50, the equivalent of a full colonel at the top of his game, he has quit.

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An investigation of Sarah Palin's record by the Associated Press turned up a history of cronyism, hypocrisy, dirty politics, and corruption while she simultaneously attacked others for crimes she was herself committing.

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McCain vs. Obama - Debate Preview

The big question about tonight's debate is whether the town hall format will allow McCain to go on the attack as he intends. The town hall format involves the candidates fielding questions from ordinary citizens.

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In the past couple of weeks, as the financial crisis has intensified, a new talking point has emerged from the Democrats in Congress: This is all a "crisis of capitalism," in socialist financier George Soros' phrase, and a failure to regulate our markets sufficiently.

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