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Climate Progress (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ronald Wilson Reagan is the “culprit in chief” when it comes to the “current energy debacle” explains Richard Cohen in “Wish Upon a Pump.” I could not agree more. Reagan is a key reason we have only about one-sixth of the soaring global market for windpower — an industry we once dominated: “President Reagan [...]
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Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Durst is a political satirist and recently wrote a book âBi-Partisan Bashing.â During a CNN interview, he discussed the intellectual abilities of George W. Bush. Durst said, that given Bush's abilities, one would think that Ronald Reagan and Dan Quayle had a son. I thought it was very funny. Ronald Reagan was intellectually challenged and we all know Dan Quayle had the same problem. Now George...
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BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Tug boats assist the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan as the ship pulls into Agana Harbor off the coast of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, July 6, 2008. The USS Ronald Reagan is on a scheduled port visit to...
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USA Partisan (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
If Ronald Reagan was the sunny and optimistic face of modern conservatism, the uncompromisingly defiant exemplar of it was Jesse Helms, who died July 4th at age 86. While Reagan has undergone a revisionist makeover by many historians who now recognize his accomplishments, Helms is still the conservative liberals most love to hate. But while they still disdain his views, many liberal groups are now...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
RONALD Reagan did it. Bill Clinton did it. Now Barack Obama wants to join the exclusive band of notable Americans who have addressed the German public standing before the ico
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Solomonia (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) begins its transit into Agana Harbor, Guam, July 6, 2008, for a port call after helping with disaster relief operations off the coast of the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Fengshen....
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Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Berlin, a city torn apart by war, is the perfect setting for an American president preaching peace. Ronald Reagan famously stood metres away from the Brandenburg Gate and called on the Soviet Union to tear down the Wall dividing Europe. And President Kennedy used a Cold War visit to the once and future German capital to declare: “ich bin ein Berliner!” Now Barack Obama, the presidential candidate,...
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Random Thoughts from Reno (Free subscription) | yesterday
Instead of trying to ape JFK, Obama should take a clue from his idol Ronald Reagan and pay a trip to Bitburg . _____ The Obama campaign is being accused of running a raffle which is illegal in many states : Barrett said his office regulates only charitable gambling. The state Gambling Board website specifically states that one cannot conduct a raffle as a fundraiser for a political campaign. Only nonprofit...
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Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | yesterday
Barack Obama’s upcoming tour of Europe and the Middle East may include a speech at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, the site of President Ronald Reagan’s famous “tear down this wall” speech. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s itinerary hasn’t been finalized, but the tour will include stops in France, Britain, Israel and Jordan, and an appearance in Berlin appears likely, according to Germany’s...
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KerPlonka! (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
According to Wikipedia, height is a pretty strong factor in determining who will win an election . And wouldn't you know it, McCain is positively tiny at 5'6", along with such great presidents as Martin Van Buren. Whereas Obama happens to be 6'1", or the same height as Ronald Reagan.
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Dad29 (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
OK, folks. History-quiz time. Which President kicked off the Ethanol industry's Corn-A-Hole program? A) Bill Clinton B) GWBush C) G H W Bush D) Ronald Reagan My source for the answer is Tim Carney's book, The Big Ripoff
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mrinternet | 02/19/2008
Better Federal Government polices can & should influence mental health care access and “better” utilization, but they have been arguably hog-tied by downsizing initiated by Reaganomics of the Ronald Reagan 80’s. Reagan's”New Federalism” served as a justification for relaxed federal “interference” in state issues, including mental health policy. A shift in Reagan's political economy was perceived as