The Republican Party that Cried Wolf

Seven years ago we were led into a war based on propaganda and fear, fueled by a hodgepodge of insinuations and innuendo that Saddam Hussein posed a threat to American interests, was harboring Al Qaeda, and had possibly, in some way, something to do with the tragedies of 9/11.

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Conservative pundits have been raising objections over President Barack Obama's planned speech to the nation's students on Tuesday in which he will encourage children to stay and excel in school.

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George H.W. Bush held the record of having the worst jobs statistics while serving as President of the United States. He's been waiting for someone to eclipse his mark. He proudly saw his son George W. Bush elected as President.

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In electing Barack Obama, the country traded the foreign policy of the second President Bush for the foreign policy of the first President Bush.

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One of the more complex issues surrounding the potential appointment of Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state in President-elect Barack Obama's administration is her husband's business dealings.

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WASHINGTON - "It's a hell of a way to learn things," said President John F. Kennedy in 1961, following the spectacular failure of the invasion of Cuba that he ordered three months after taking office

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America's Paddlewheel Aircraft Carriers

Yes, you read that correctly-- paddlewheel aircraft carriers. Fresh-water paddlewheel aircraft carriers, no less.

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A good chronology and discussion about the HIV/AIDS virus and some startling clues to its origin. Note to reader, the article comes from 2005.

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The dapper octogenarian in a crisp blue suit, his face smoothed by plastic surgery, swanned from table to table in the candlelit banquet hall, bestowing kisses and collecting accolades.

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Besides making alleged payments to North Korea's communist leaders, the 80-year-old founder of the South Korean-based Unification Church has funneled large sums of money, possibly millions of dollars as well, to former President George H.W. Bush.

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The Conservative blogosphere says that Barack Obama isn't patriotic enough to be President because he was photographed without his hand over his heart during the National Anthem.

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Hillary Clinton's campaign is signaling that a second Clinton presidency will follow the look-to-the-future, don't-worry-about-accountability approach toward Republican wrongdoing that marked Bill Clinton's years in office.

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Native Americans Secretly Sterilized - Then United Nations ambassador George H.W. Bush used U.S. government money to sterilize undesirables around the world, including 25-50% of Native American women of child-bearing age (statistically, ages 15-44)

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He was the CIA's expert on Pakistan's nuclear secrets, but Rich Barlow was thrown out and disgraced when he blew the whistle on a US cover-up. Now he's to have his day in court. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark report. ...

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The following is from a Reuters Article about the same trial by Edith Honan. Saddam Hussein: "You know, you know Mr. Wyatt that the Iraqis sold one third of their oil exports to the United States until the second of August."

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A BBC Radio 4 investigation sheds new light on a major subject that has received little historical attention, the conspiracy on behalf of a group of influential powerbrokers, led by Prescott Bush, to overthrow FDR and implement a fascist dictatorship in the U.S.

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Here's something to make you smile as we approach Independance Day here in America - another classic from Jib-Jab.

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I considered how to write this article for some time.  How in the world could I concisely and precisely espouse and postulate a fully detailed argument on the utter futility and not-so-covert high crimes and misdemeanors of the first Bush administration (HW) and also cover the w …

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TOKYO (AFP) - Former US president George H.W. Bush hailed his friendship in retirement with former rival Bill Clinton, but vowed to put up a fight if Hillary Clinton runs for the White House.

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George H. W. Bush will join Alberto Gonzalez and other administration officials at Felipe Calderon's inauguration as President of Mexico at the start of December.

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Bill, George, Israel and Hezbollah

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - California) made an offhand comment during an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer. She said that the US should send a strong negotiator to the Middle East to broker a deal between Israel and Hezbollah. She mentioned two former presidents.

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