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Speaker at McCain rally says non-Christians want an Obama win

America is definitely diverse. However, there are those who have been left behind whose ideas about race and religion are still based upon intolerance. Voting for or against Obama should be based of facts and not ignorance.

McCain's bold new mortgage plan isn't new

I guess McCain still hasn't read the Paulson plan :)

Trial Spotlights Cheney's Power as an Infighter - New York Times

The trial against Mr. Libby has centered on a narrow case of perjury, with days of sparring between the defense and prosecution lawyers over the numbing details of three-year-old conversations between White House officials and journalists.

Sex in fast lane halts traffic on road - Yahoo! News

ERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police investigating why a car was blocking traffic in the fast lane of a major highway Sunday found a couple inside having sex.

Pentagon could boost Iraq troop increase by 3,000 - Yahoo! News

"We think the number is going to be around 21,500," Gates told a Senate panel. "But it would not be more than 10 percent more -- 10 to 15 percent." That would amount to about 3,000 troops.

Bush seeks more war funding - Yahoo! News

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Bush asked for billions of dollars in new spending for the Iraq war on Monday, as car bombs killed 24 people in Baghdad and its besieged residents awaited a crackdown on sectarian violence.

FBI turns to broad new wiretap method

The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed.

Ex-Cheney aide shares media manipulation - Yahoo! News

No one served up spicier morsels than Cheney's former top press assistant. Cathie Martin described the craft of media manipulation — under oath and in blunter terms than politicians like to hear in public.

Do you believe Bush when he said he did not watch the whole 2 min 37 sec clip of Saddam hanging? (poll)

"Well, you keep saying 'parts of it.' What do you mean you 'didn't wanna watch the whole thing?'" Pelley asks. "Well, I just, I wasn't sure what to anticipate beyond the yelling and stuff like that. And I didn't…," Bush says.

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Arabs see little hope for Bush's Iraq plan

CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush's plan to send 21,500 more troops will fail to bring peace to Iraq and could aggravate a conflict in which tens of thousands of people have already died, Arab analysts said on Thursday.

Kissinger: Iraq military win impossible - Yahoo! News

"If you mean by 'military victory' an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control and sectarian violence under control in a time period that the political processes of the democracies will support, I …

'Not America's man in Iraq,' Premier says - Los Angeles Times

Iraq's prime minister sharply criticized U.S. policy Friday during a private meeting with the American ambassador, pointing to the United States' failure to either reduce violence or give his government authority over security matters, aides to the Iraqi leader said.

An Insufficient Explanation - washingtonpost.com

At a surprise press conference this morning, President Bush acknowledged the nation's grave concerns about the war in Iraq.

The most expensive keyboard in history - US$4,240

How much good dough are you ready to burn your for your PC keyboard?

History of Foley Messages' Release Clarified by Players - washingtonpost.com

Two of the news media's sources of Mark Foley's sexually explicit instant messages to former House pages said this week that they came forward to expose the Florida congressman's actions, not to help the Democrats in the midterm elections.

Lawmaker Saw Foley Messages In 2000 - washingtonpost.com

A Republican congressman knew of disgraced former representative Mark Foley's inappropriate Internet exchanges as far back as 2000 and personally confronted Foley about his communications.

Ex-Page Tells of Foley Liaison - Los Angeles Times

A former House page says he had sex with then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) after receiving explicit e-mails in which the congressman described assessing the sexual orientation and physical attributes of underage pages but waiting until later to make direct advances.

Officials: Russian Journalist Found Dead - Forbes.com

A Russian journalist known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya was shot to death Saturday in the capital, police said.

Bush Policy Irks Judges in West - washingtonpost.com

SEATTLE, Oct.

USATODAY.com - Thousands nationwide protest Bush

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of people called the Bush administration's policies a crime and held up yellow police tape along a three-block stretch in front of the White House on Thursday as part of a nationwide day of protest against the president.

Hastert Rejects Call For Resignation, GOP Speaker Stands Ground After Conservative Paper Calls For Him To Step Down - CBS News

House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday rejected a conservative Washington newspaper's call for him to resign over his handling of the scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with teenage male pages.

Forget airbags, silicone breasts will do - Yahoo! News

SOFIA (AFP) - A woman in the northern Bulgarian town of Ruse survived a car crash thanks to her silicone breasts which acted as an airbag, a newspaper has reported.

Bush waiver restores military training - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON - Twenty-one countries that had been denied participation in U.S. military training programs are now eligible to take part again under a presidential waiver announced Monday by the White House.

Bush chief of staff urged Rumsfeld be fired-book

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's former chief of staff tried twice to persuade the U.S. leader to fire Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld but failed, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing a new book by investigative reporter Bob Woodward.

Top Mountie says sorry to deported (tortured) man

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The head of Canada's federal police force publicly apologized on Thursday to a man who was deported by U.S. agents to Syria after the Mounties mistakenly labeled him as an Islamic extremist.

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