Their promised hope has been turned to despair. Their anticipated change has turned to fear.
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Police say a California man drove cross-country to Washington, DC with a plan.    John Patrick Bedell, 36,  got into a shootout  with Pentagon police Thursday night.   He arrived at the military headquarters’ subway entrance armed with two semiautomatic weapons, authorities said Friday.    Bedell was described by investigators as “very...
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Days monitored: February 26 – March 4, 2010 Number of Tweets: 17 Selected Favorites: Movie Titles: Army of Darkness should have been called Medieval Dead Movie Titles: Stealing Harvard should have been called IvyLegal* Movie Titles: Girl, Interrupted should have been called Gir Movie Titles: The Perfect Storm should have been called on account of rain Bass-playing ampersand dies. Legendary pop...
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Guardian UK Ewen MacAskill, Washington Barack Obama is still struggling to kick smoking, according to his first medical examination since becoming president. Obama is sensitive about his cigarette habit and tetchy with reporters who raise it. But after his 90-minute medical at the Navy hospital outside Washington yesterday morning, his doctors confirmed he had not yet managed...
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Have you seen this? As it turns out, this is the sort of thing that pisses fans off.  Who knew?  (Apparently, not Yoko.)  Sean was quick to defend his mother’s honor on Twitter, claiming that she did it not for the money, but rather to “keep Dad in public consciousness.” What with the dismal...
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So, I was thinking about how to organize posts to keep my work load down. I started the SITREP without bothering to explain to those who might be unfamiliar with what the hell that is. My bad. I’ll paraphrase that now in civilian-ese. SITREP= Situation Report. For my purposes I’ll focus...
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There are three kinds of politicians; politicians, damned politicians, and liars.
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There was a time when America was the land where right and wrong was divided by a defined line, the crossing of which had some real repercussions. You do something wrong and you are held accountable for it. It appears that times have fundamentally changed. In San Diego, a man with a conviction for sexual assault...
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Rep. Eric Massa (D -NY) will not seek re-election after serving just one term.   My source on the hill says Massa’s resignation comes amid allegations he sexual harassed a male staffer.  Politico confirmed the House Ethics Committee was informed of the allegations.    Massa cited health reasons for stepping down.    Massa...
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