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Offshore drilling won’t lower gas prices
July 30, 2008'This is all a phony issue,' Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said of the McCain-Bush offshore oil drilling proposal in an appearance last week on 'Meet the Bloggers,' a new online program by Brave New...
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McCain flip flops on affirmative action
July 29, 2008John McCain injected race directly into the general election, declaring on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulis that he supported an Arizona initiative by California businessman Ward Connerly. McCain has previously spoken out against such initiatives...
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We will not be demonized: Latinos form coalitions against hate
July 29, 2008“Our message is simple: we will not be demonized. We will not be scape-goated and we will not be ignored,” says Janet Murgia President of the National Council of La Raza, the nation’s largest and oldest...
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Green electricity by 2018?
July 29, 2008In a dramatic speech recently, Al Gore upped the ante in the debate over oil prices, the economy and climate change. As Republicans tried to sell the public on handing over more public land to Big...
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U.S. expanding roster of foreign bases
July 29, 2008Three U.S. foreign bases are in the works that portend far-reaching consequences. They warrant addition to the scorecard kept by analyst Chalmers Johnson as to the total of U.S. foreign bases. Last year Johnson counted almost...
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