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Nobel Laureate Estimates Wars’ Cost at More Than $3 Trillion
by Kevin G. Hall
When U.S. troops invaded Iraq in March 2003, the Bush administration predicted that the war would be self-financing and that rebuilding the nation would cost less than $2 billion.0228 03Coming up on the fifth anniversary of the invasion, a Nobel laureate now estimates that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are costing America more than $3 trillion. | Comcast Admits Paying Attendees at FCC Hearing
by Ben Fernandez
Comcast Corp. admitted yesterday that it paid people to attend a government hearing. Company critics say the freelance attendees were there to crowd them out; Comcast says they were merely saving seats for employees.0228 10The five-hour hearing Monday at Harvard University was organized by the Federal Communications Commission to address the issue of net neutrality, a hot-button topic for those who think there should be minimal restrictions on Internet traffic. | Which America Do You Live In?
by Joyce Marcel
It’s a little confusing.A story about China’s industrial development in the January-February 2008 issue of Mother Jones reports it has already passed the U.S. as the leading producer of greenhouse gases and is on the brink of ecological disaster.The statistics are frightening, if impressive. China is first in the world in production of coal, steel, cement and 10 kinds of metal. It leads the world in coal consumption - using more than the next three highest-ranked nations - the U.S., Russia and India - combined. And by 2015, it may produce the most cars. | FBI investigates Clemens
by AP
The FBI has begun investigating whether Roger Clemens lied to Congress when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs.FBI agents in Washington opened the case a little more than two weeks after Clemens and Brian McNamee, his former personal trainer, testified at a House committee hearing Feb.13, each accusing the other of lying. | October 2002 Speech: Against Going to War With Iraq
by Barack Obama
October 2, 2002Good afternoon. Let me begin by saying that although this has been billed as an anti-war rally, I stand before you as someone who is not opposed to war in all circumstances. The Civil War was one of the bloodiest in history, and yet it was only through the crucible of the sword, the sacrifice of multitudes, that we could begin to perfect this union, and drive the scourge of slavery from our soil. I don’t oppose all wars. | McCain’s Political Quagmire
by Joe Conason
Within the next two weeks, the number of American troops killed in Iraq is likely to reach 4,000, assuming that the average number of fatal casualties per day remains steady. It is an arbitrary number, given meaning by the fact that the nation may briefly take notice, but a day will come in this presidential campaign when Sen. John McCain must explain what he thinks we have gained by the sacrifice of those men and women. | Obama's Talking Points
by Gregg Gordon
Discussion of Barack Obama's presidential campaign has mainly focused on the candidate's undeniable rhetorical skills and the obvious follow-up question: What, if any, substance lies behind them? He can talk the talk, but what's the walk, or is there a walk at all? | Mitt Romney's Kids Enlist!...I'm Just Kidding
by Allison Kilkenny
While reading about Prince Harry sashaying back from Afghanistan (remember Afghanistan, everyone?) after his three months of duty, I was reminded of a certain politician and his finely-groomed pack of Mormon sons.If you get past the fact that apparently soldiers can bring their own hair gel to war, and have time to style their red manes into an intense trajectory of spikes, Harry looks like he tried his best to fit in, act mild and unimportant, and do his job. That's more than the Romneys can say. | Drinking makes heart grow more sorrowful, study finds
by AFP
The age-old belief goes that alcohol helps people drown their sorrows, but in truth the bottle only makes bad memories linger, a Japanese study said Friday.Researchers at the University of Tokyo concluded that ethanol -- an intoxicating agent in alcohol -- does not cause memory to decrease, as widely believed, but instead locks it in place. | The press will torment Obama, too
by Eric Boehlert
With Sen. Barack Obama now emerging as the Democratic front-runner, clear signs suggest that his press treatment will soon change and that the media will fall back into their routine of viewing -- and critiquing -- leading Democrats through the eyes of Republican spin. | The New York Times Story Linking John McCain with Lobbyist Vicki Iseman: Should It Have Been Published?
by John W. Dean
Recently, I finished writing a book about the late Senator Barry Goldwater, co-authored with the senator's son Barry Jr., and to be published in mid-April. In 1986, Goldwater helped John McCain win his Senate seat. However, as I learned in my research for the book, Goldwater's thoughts on McCain were not always positive - and his analysis has led me to also be less than a fan of McCain. Indeed, as the diplomats say, I hold McCain in minimal high esteem. As a result, I have very conflicted feelings about the brouhaha McCain is currently embroiled in with the New York Times. | Sickenme Flimflam Clinton: Will No One Rid Us of This Troublesome Beast?
by David Michael Green
Hey, I thought you needed two people to play good-cop/bad-cop.I know that the Clinton presidential campaign has had to cut back a lot lately on its former lavish expenditures, but they might want to consider that having her play both roles at once is something of a false economy. | It Really IS The Economy, Stupid
by Stephen Pizzo
As I rummaged through my morning paper I eventually reached the business ection. I say "eventually reached" because I have yet to see a daily paper that does not bury the business section. The sports section is usually right there near the top, even though sports news has absolutely no impact on our lives, beyond possibly under-pinning beer and nacho sales. | A Manchurian Candidate in the White House?
by Dave Lindorff
With a viral campaign underway via email, right-wing radio, and on the street suggesting that Barack Obama is a black "Manchurian Candidate," secretly trained as a Muslim fanatic who will insinuate himself into the White House, thence to undermine all that we hold dear, perhaps it is time to look at the Manchurian Candidate we already have in the White House, who, together with his handler over in Blair House, has pretty much done all the damage already. | Obama manager: Clinton already had her 'Red Phone' moment
by Nick Juliano
Barack Obama's presidential campaign manager responded to an ominous new commercial from Hillary Clinton that seems to question whether the young Illinois senator can protect the country."It's 3am and your children are safe and asleep. But there's a phone in the White House and it's ringing. ... Your vote will decide who answers that call," says a spooky sounding narrator in Clinton's new ad, which began airing in Texas Friday. | Clinton may challenge Texas vote rules
by Beth Fouhy
Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has raised the possibility of a challenge to Texas' primary and caucus rules just days before the contest, drawing a warning against legal action from the state's Democratic Party.Top strategists for Democratic rival Barack Obama said Friday they supported the party's action, suggesting the Clinton campaign was trying to block the reporting of caucus results. | Pelosi wants Bush aides investigated
by Lara Jordan
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a grand jury investigation into whether President Bush's chief of staff and former counsel should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.Pelosi, D-Calif., demanded that the department pursue misdemeanor charges against former White House counsel Harriet Miers for refusing to testify to Congress about the firings of federal prosecutors in 2006 and against chief of staff Josh Bolten for failing to turn over White House documents related to the dismissals. | Israel warns Gaza invasion impending
by Raw Story
Israeli minister warns of Palestinian 'holocaust'Israeli leaders warned Friday of an approaching conflagration in the Gaza Strip as Israel activated a rocket warning system to protect Ashkelon, a city of 120,000 people, from Palestinian rockets.Ashkelon was hit by several Grad rockets fired from Gaza on Thursday, a sign of the widening scope of violence between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. One hit an apartment building and another landed near a school, wounding a 17-year-old girl. |
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