Intoxination

Tag: presidency

Sep 15
2011

The Man Who Brought Us Ron Paul Died Of Pneumonia Leaving $400,000 In Medical Bills

Misc

Kent Snyder, Ron Paul’s 2008 campaign manager and the man credited with pushing Paul into running for President, died at the age of 49 just two weeks after Paul ended his 2008 bid. Like the man in Blitzer’s example, the 49-year-old Snyder (pictured) was relatively young and seemingly healthy* when the illness struck. He was […]

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Oct 12
2010

Federal Judge To Military, “Don’t Enforce DADT”

Society

This is a huge story and one that could make or break the Obama presidency: As promised, a federal judge has issued an injunction blocking the military from enforcing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Judge Virginia Philips last month found the policy unconstitutional in her ruling on a lawsuit brought by the Log Cabin Republicans and […]

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Sep 16
2010

News That Makes Me Want To Break Stuff

Society

In a time where the big discussion is rather or not we should extend tax cuts to the top 2% of earners in the country, this is what’s happening: The poverty rate rose to 14.3 percent during 2009 from 13.2 percent the previous year as household income stayed flat and the number of people without […]

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Sep 8
2010

Rahm On His Way Out?

Politics

One can only hope so: Amid mounting signs that Rahm Emanuel will leave the White House to run for mayor in Chicago, Democratic insiders say President Barack Obama is likely to choose a new chief of staff who’s already in his orbit but has experience with previous administrations. The goal: to keep a comfort level […]

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May 11
2010

Is This What Tea Baggers Are Against?

Politics

The lowest tax levels since 1950? Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman‘s presidency, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data found. Some conservative political movements such as the “Tea Party” have criticized federal spending as being out of […]

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Dec 30
2009

Dick Cheney – The National Disgrace

National Security

We knew it was only a matter of time before Dick Cheney would crawl out from his undisclosed dungeon of torture and make some really absurd statement: “As I’ve watched the events of the last few days it is clear once again that President Obama is trying to pretend we are not at war. He […]

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Dec 2
2009

Sean Hannity Forgets The Troops Serving In Afghanistan

Media

Last night Sean Hannity went on a tirade complaining that President Obama took three months to decide on his troop increase and even said that this is the first increase the President has committed to Afghanistan. Hannity somehow seems to forget the 17,000 additional troops that were ordered to Afghanistan only three weeks into the […]

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Nov 12
2009

Rewriting Bush History

Misc

It sounds like Bush is going to come out of hiding: Nearly 10 months after leaving office, former President George W. Bush plans to emerge from self-imposed political hibernation on Thursday as he starts a new public policy institute to promote some of the domestic and international priorities of his presidency. You mean the very […]

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Oct 28
2009

The Return Of Chuck!

Misc

This is bipartisanship you can believe in: Former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel will soon have a new role in the Obama administration, he will be named co-chair of President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. In that capacity, Hagel will be charged with overseeing the work of the intelligence agencies for the president and investigating violations of law […]

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Sep 2
2009
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What’s Behind Obama’s Falling Poll Numbers?

Misc

There has been a lot of talk today about a new CNN poll finding Obama now losing the independents. When I dug deeper into this poll I found something very interesting: The first column is approve and the second is disapprove. If you look you will see the numbers have done a reversal since March. […]

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