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 New polls in Connecticut show Joe Lieberman ahead of Ned Lamont by 10 percentage points in the race for Senate. After Lamont won the state’s democratic primary, many democrats quietly endorsed him and gave him campaign money. But most Democrats have avoided giving high profile support for the anti-war Lamont. This is very much in line with the Democrats “lets kick back and see what happens” approach.
One of the reasons the Democrats are reluctant is that if Lieberman gets re-elected they don’t want him to throw a hissy fit and switch teams. But John Kerry has announced that he will publicly do something by …read more

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Yesterday in Washington the Senate narrowly voted against the Constitution 51-48. The vote pertained to terrorist suspects having the right to challenge their detention in federal courts. It was a close vote but the amendment to include the writ of habeas corpus, included in the Constitution, was struck down by the Senate.
The House similarly voted against the Constitution 253-168. Bush praised the passing of the Un-Constitutional Bill as it will allow for torture in interogations and ultimately make the US safer.
Four moderate Senate Republicans voted for the Constitution including Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, Gordon Smith of Oregan, John Sununu of New …read more

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Lynn Westmoreland (R) Georgia, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 and represents the state’s 8th Congressional district. This district extends from the southern suburbs of metro Atlanta to Macon and Columbus. Westmoreland should be the poster boy of the “Do Nothing Congress” as he hasn’t introduced a single piece of legislation.
Westmoreland previously served as the Republican Leader in the Georgia House. During this time he led the fight against redistricting by the Democratic majority in 2001. In 2004 the Republicans took control of the Georgia House and Westmoreland was instrumental in the re-redistricting that took place …read more

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7-Eleven announced yesterday that it was cutting their 20 year relationship with Citgo Corporation. Citgo is a subsidiary of the state owned Venezuelan petroleum company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.
Last week the president of Venezuala, Hugo Chavez stood on the UN floor in New York and called George Bush “the devil.” This was obviously not good news for the slurpy making folks at 7-Eleven and fearing consumer boycott, they decided that Chavez and company were not the right spokespeople for their gasoline.
7-Eleven denies the drop of Citgo was directly related to Chavez’s “el diablo” comments but said that the president’s remarks over the past year have …read more

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Everyone has seen the annoying Head On commercials. Head On apply directly to the forehead. Head On apply directly to the forehead. Head on apply directly to the forhead. Has any commercial been so effectively embedded in your brain?
We feel like writing them and asking ‘where do we apply this?’ Good god, it just came on again! It never stops! They are trying to brainwash us into constantly thinking of their product, whether we have a headache or not. And maybe they are trying to give us a headache so we can buy their product.
And the Head On marketing campaign has proved very …read more

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Perhaps this would be Joe Lieberman’s response to the question of “What would you do next time you see George Bush?” It wouldn’t be the first time the Democratic Senator would have kissed Mr. Bush. That kiss cost Lieberman dearly in Connecticut’s democratic primary as he lost to political but very rich outsider Ned Lamont. Lieberman has not given up the fight though and has a great chance to win the job he currently has but formerly lost. He is running as an Independant and through the strength of Republican backing he is ahead of Lamont in the general election …read more

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Last month at a campaign rally, Senator George Allen (R) Virginia gave everyone a good laugh with his racist standup routine. He called an aide to his opponent Macaca (slang for a macaque monkey) and welcomed him to the country. That aid was in fact an American citizen who was born here but happened to be of Indian decent. Allen has subsequently apologized and done photo ops with every minority imaginable. If you are a minority in Virgina watch out because George Allen wants a picture with you! Anyways, in case you haven’t seen it, here is Allen’s little standup …read more

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They seem that way to us. Last year gas prices skyrocketed following Katrina and subsequently dipped only marginally. During the last year the oil companies have seen record profits like ExxonMobil’s $36 billion profit in 2005. But only now are gas prices taking a reasonable fall for us consumers.
Does it seem fishy to you that this is happening just before the mid-term elections? Big Oil is heavy in the pockets of Washington and Republicans tend to behave more favorably toward them. Thus, it is in their interest to drop prices in the short term so the American people re-elect a Republican Congress and Big Oil can …read more

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In a world gone mad, we’d like to shed some light on and bring our opinions into the world of dirty corporate laundry and political mayhem. This isn’t your run of the mill political site, we’ll be real, dirty, mean, and say anything borderline slander just for your attention.
When you screw up, you go to jail, when our leaders do, they get Sirened…We hope you will enjoy this site as much as we will. Soon, we will open up the site to contributors so you can share your twisted thoughts on these topics with us. Have anything to say? Love, …read more

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