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A 'direct link' between mental illness and Bush support

Seeded on Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:38 PM EST (The Carpetbagger Report)

From the article: Lohse, a social work master's student at Southern Connecticut State University, says he has proven what many progressives have probably suspected for years: a direct link between mental illness and support for President Bush.

bush, democrats, politics, president, republicans, president-bush, mental-illness, psychiatry

UAW Head Blasts Bush for Meeting With American Idol Contestant Over Auto Workers

Seeded on Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:07 PM EDT (Reuters)

From the article: The president of the United Auto Workers union on Tuesday said U.S. President George W. Bush's failure to address the challenges facing the nation's domestic automakers would come back to haunt his Republican Party in the fall elections.

bush, election, politics, uaw, michigan, united-auto-workers, president-bush, american-idol, republican, democrat

Cheney: Government Has Done Helluva Job Since Sept 11

Seeded on Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:26 PM EDT (Reuters)

While being interviewed on NBC's Meet the Press, Vice President Dick Cheney stated that the US government has done "a helluva job" protecting the US since the 9-11 attacks.

bush, iraq, cheney, terrorism, politics, homeland-security, republican, democrat, 9-11, vice-president

Gore Predicts Shift in Bush Climate Policy

Seeded on Wed Sep 6, 2006 12:53 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

From the article: Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore predicted on Tuesday that President George W. Bush would shift to do more to fight global warming, under Republican pressure from California to New York.

bush, global-warming, politics, gore, environment, president-bush, policy, kyoto-protocol, kyoto, inconvenient-truth

Chicago Plans Voluntary Evacuation Drill Downtown

Seeded on Wed Sep 6, 2006 12:47 PM EDT (cbs2chicago.com)

The city of Chicago is planning a voluntary emergency evacuation drill to practice procedures used in the event of a major emergency. The drill is scheduled to occur 9/6 (Thursday) and will affect only specific areas of the city.

chicago, terrorism, illinois, homeland-security, emergency, preparedness, us-news, daley, chicago-mercantile-exchange, evacuation-drill

Missile Fired at McCain Escort Helicopter During European Visit

Seeded on Tue Sep 5, 2006 8:23 AM EDT (The Arizona Republic)

From the article: A missile was fired at a helicopter escorting Sen. John McCain during a visit to the Republic of Georgia last week.

senate, europe, georgia, terrorism, mccain, missile, helicopter, soviet-union, us-news

G.O.P. Sets Aside Work on Immigration to Focus on 'Political Strengths'

Seeded on Tue Sep 5, 2006 8:18 AM EDT (The New York Times)

From the article:

congress, immigration, election, politics, gop, republicans, vote, national-security, opportunistic-legislation

DailyMail: What if Bush Really Was Assassinated?

Seeded on Fri Sep 1, 2006 2:43 PM EDT (the Mail online)

Follow up to the article I posted recently about a docudrama in which President Bush is assassinated. From the article: Held up by a Secret Service bodyguard in his dying moments after being shot in the stomach, this is President Bush being assassinated.

us, bush, iraq, chicago, terrorism, assassination, politics, president, war, television

President Bush 'Assassinated' in New TV Docudrama

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:37 PM EDT (This is London)

From the article: This is the dramatic moment when President George Bush is gunned down by a sniper after a public address at a hotel, in a gripping new docudrama soon to be aired on TV.

us, bush, iraq, chicago, terrorism, assassination, politics, president, war, television

Democrats See Victory in U.S. House Races, Senate Within Reach

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:50 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)

From the article: Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chairman Charles Rangel and Chairman -- again -- John Dingell. Those titles will soon sound familiar.

us, bush, senate, election, democrats, politics, house, republicans, voting, republican

New Yorker Arrested for Broadcasting Hezbollah TV Station in NYC

Seeded on Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:26 PM EDT (Reuters)

From the article: U.S. authorities have arrested a New York man for broadcasting Hizbollah television station al-Manar, which has been designated a terrorist entity by the U.S. Treasury Department, prosecutors said on Thursday.

new-york, muslim, terrorism, satellite, television, new-york-city, state-department, us-news, shiite, hdtv

Diebold Voting Machines Fail and Force Hand Recount in Alaska

Seeded on Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:40 AM EDT (adn.com: Alaska)

From the article: Problems with Alaska's new touchscreen voting machines slowed election returns Tuesday and caused elections officials to hand count and manually upload vote totals from several precincts across the state.

us, elections, alaska, election, politics, voting, recount, diebold, transparency, modem

Rove Made Well-Wishing Phone Call To Lieberman on Primary Voting Day

Seeded on Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:07 AM EDT (Reuters)

From the article: Karl Rove, a top political adviser to President Bush said on Thursday he had called Sen. Joseph Lieberman to wish him well in the Democratic primary in Connecticut this week.

bush, iraq, rove, election, democrats, politics, republican, primary, lieberman, democrat

Naval Petty Officer Held in Secret for 4 Months

Seeded on Fri Aug 4, 2006 1:19 PM EDT (PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com )

From the article: A petty officer has been in the Norfolk Naval Station brig for more than four months facing espionage, desertion and other charges, but the Navy has refused to release details of the case.

us, terrorism, navy, espionage, pentagon, military, free-speech, us-news, classified, desertion

Angler Survives Impalement By 14 Foot Marlin

Seeded on Fri Aug 4, 2006 10:26 AM EDT (the Mail online)

From the article: When he saw a companion on his boat hook a giant fish during a sea angling contest, Ian Card was delighted.

sailing, world-news, fishing, yacht, impale, bermuda, marlin, blue-marlin, angler, chest-wound

Vitamins May Do More Harm Than Good

Seeded on Thu Aug 3, 2006 8:55 PM EDT (the Mail online)

From the article: Vitamin supplements do not work and may do more harm than good, experts have warned. The tablets taken by millions of health-conscious Britons each day do nothing to stave off illness, they said.

illness, supplements, disease, science, vitamins, immune-system, anti-oxidants

Illinois Man Murdered When Asking for Directions in South Florida

Seeded on Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:10 PM EDT (-)

From the article: Authorities were searching Monday for a man who witnesses said shot and killed an Illinois tourist who was asking for directions.

violence, florida, illinois, miami, murder, robbery, south-florida, us-news, coconut-grove

Secret Service Agent Arrested In Texas After Drunk Scuffle

Seeded on Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:06 PM EDT (kcentv.com)

From the article: Waco Police tasered and arrested a US Secret Service agent at a downtown Waco bar after a scuffle. The arrest affidavit say the dispute between the special agent and a bar manager at Crickets all got started.

police, intoxication, taser, secret-service, us-news, alcohol, disturbance, waco

CNN Turns to User-Submitted Content

Seeded on Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:31 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

From the article:

media, technology, exchange, tech, internet, journalism, blogging, cnn, citizen-journalism, mainstream-media

Court Blocks Feds on Rep Jefferson's Files

Seeded on Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:31 AM EDT (Breitbart)

US Representative William Jefferson (D-LA) has won a victory in his fight to prevent the US government from using files and evidence, obtained in a raid of his Congressional office in Washington DC, against him in a bribery and corruption probe.

congress, democrats, politics, corruption, jefferson, bribery, house-of-representatives, william-jefferson, legislative-privilege

Audit Finds U.S. Hid Actual Cost of Iraq Projects

Seeded on Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:38 PM EDT (The New York Times)

From the article:

iraq, army, congress, pentagon, reconstruction, world-news, bechtel, statement-department, cost-overrun

US in Quiet U-turn on Iraq Troop Numbers

Seeded on Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:16 PM EDT (FT.com)

From the article: The US administration has quietly reversed its goal from whittling down troop numbers in Iraq before the mid-term congressional elections in November.

us, iraq, army, middle-east, violence, pentagon, military, united-states, insurgency, world-news

Locals Not Amused About Sheehan's Purchase of Land in Crawford, Texas

Seeded on Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:08 PM EDT (kxxv.com)

From the article: Crawford- Anti-War Activist Cindy Sheehan is going to become a neighbor of President Bush, and local residents are not happy about the mess.

bush, iraq, texas, middle-east, sheehan, president-bush, cindy-sheehan, us-news, crawford, gold-star-families-for-peace

Gingrich Hits Back: I Support Rice

Seeded on Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:52 AM EDT (humanevents.com)

This is a follow up to this seed I posted yesterday. From the article: Contrary to a published report, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is not plotting to have Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice transferred out of the State Department.

us, bush, mideast, rice, middle-east, politics, republicans, gingrich, state-department, conservative

Bush's Conservative Allies Call for Secretary of State Rice's Head

Seeded on Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:18 PM EDT (insightmag.com)

From the article: Conservative national security allies of President Bush are in revolt against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying that she is incompetent and has reversed the administration's national security and foreign policy agenda.

bush, mideast, rice, middle-east, politics, gingrich, state-department, conservative, condoleeza-rice, perle

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