Category | Politics

Know your McCain - Iraq edition

Posted on 27 August 2008

McCain voted against requiring mandatory minimum downtime between tours of duty for troops serving in Iraq. [S. Amdt.. 2909 to S Amdt. 2011 to HR 1585, Vote 341, 9/19/07; S Amdt. 2012 to S Amdt. 2011 to HR 1585, Vote 241, 7/11/07]

London and the Environment - Ken Livingstone’s Legacy and the Work of Boris Johnson

Posted on 27 August 2008

Since the role of Mayor of London was created at the turn of the millennium, Ken Livingston has been synonymous the position; he won the first two elections, in 2000 as an independent candidate, and then as a representative of New Labour in 2004. Of the last decade, then, it has been through his policy […]

Changes and Dangers in Labour Law

Posted on 26 August 2008

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Reluctance: Food For Thought (It’s All Connected)

Posted on 25 August 2008

The foundation of world religions was formed when a few men dug under a tree and pulled out some of the most beautiful mushrooms. The men consumed the mushrooms, and they subsequently created every god known to man – gods faithfully followed and worshipped by many.
Are you familiar with that Old Norse myth called Doomsday? […]

Wake Up, America!

Posted on 25 August 2008

Let’s get real. Forget all the Gobbledegook about foreign oil fields peaking and the rapid increase in worldwide consumption…
1. Oil production in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Mexico, Russia, HAS either peaked, or it has NOT peaked. (Consider that each of those countries have poor records in the benevolent treatment of their own people — […]

Senator Biden refused to name Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard

Posted on 25 August 2008

2011 to HR 1585 – “to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.”” Will this prove to be a problem for Barack Hussein Obama’s campaign? I don’t see why it should, Obama “didn’t participate in the vote on S. Amdt.

Cables, dispatches and memoranda

Posted on 25 August 2008

2011 to HR 1585 – “to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.” Washington Post - The hardening of the northern frontier is unsettling to many in the small towns along the border. For as long as most of these people can remember

Biden denies existence of a war on terror

Posted on 24 August 2008

2011 to HR 1585 – “to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.” In a nutshell, S. Amdt. 3017 called on the Senate to: “Support the prudent and calibrated use of all instruments of United States national power in Iraq,

Where Senators Obama and Biden Stand on National Defense

Posted on 24 August 2008

2011 to HR 1585 - “to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.” PTS: AND OBAMA DID NOT VOTE AT ALL In a nutshell, S. Amdt. 3017 called on the Senate to: “Support the prudent and calibrated use of all instruments of United States

ObamA, Biden, Germany and SwastikaS

Posted on 24 August 2008

2011 to HR 1585 – “to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.” ..the amendment said, “the United States should designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization … and place the Islamic