Month: June 2007

John Edwards In Austin Texas(updated)

Sen. Edwards visited Austin, Texas and thrilled a crowd of over 1,000 supporters at Scholz Beer Garden.   The crowd was entertained by Marcia Ball and her band as we waited for the main event.   Watch the speech Many...

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US Deported US Citizen for Looking “Alien”

Based on the protocols established by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) a developmentally disabled man who lived with his mother was deported to Mexico despite his US citizenship. Guess what his name and how...

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Forward Thinking Middle East Policy

I don’t have the right frame of mind, let alone the stamina, today to do a really detailed treatment of Shadi Hamid’s latest piece in Democracy, but everyone should take a read. I’d say I agree with about 90%...

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Why the People Hate Congress

I have some quibbles with how the 110th Congress has conducted itself, but I wouldn’t say that I disapprove…not in a binary approve/disapprove poll, anyway. The public feels differently. Fueled by disappointment at...

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