Political & Elections

SamuraiLandshark · SamuraiLandshark

My son was in a class in elementary school who had a profound allergy to peanuts, which I would consider as bad as the one described by this news article. Mom came in and educated the kids and the teacher on what to do to help him. He carried an epi-pen and avoided eating lunch with the other kids. The kid...

ImSoAnarchist · ImSoAnarchist

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/21/us-army-kill-team-afghanistan-posed-pictures-murdered-civilians

poetgrl · poetgrl

As a taxpayer who will be paying the President's pension for the rest of his life, which, in my opinion is plenty of vacation pay, I would prefer him to remain at work during times of nuclear meltdowns and new military deployments. I mean honestly. Is he seriously going on spring break?

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

Football great Lawrence Taylor was officially declared a sex offender Tuesday for bedding a teen runaway - and faced his victim for the first time since their fateful May encounter. Taylor was sentenced to six years probation in Rockland County Court for patronizing a prostitute an...

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.politico.com/blogs/davidcatanese/0311/McCaskill_will_sell_the_damn_plane.html?showall

amazing · amazing

http://xkcd.com/radiation/

Abyss · Abyss

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-03/afps-atw031711.php

longprime · longprime

Interesting. Heard recently that we should relax exploration requirements for more oil. Since 2008, USA using 5% less oil due to trillions of less miles driven and the move to natural gas.

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

--------------------------He has never been convicted of that crime, nor of any other crime. Despite that, he has been detained at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia for five months -- and for two months before that in a military jail in Kuwait -- under conditions that constitute cruel an...

longprime · longprime

Simba's thread in CC Cafe, "CC Getting Boring" , got shut down. Someone mentioned this forum and SamariLandShark. Too bad. I was trying to attact more mom's with D's.

longprime · longprime

Lots of World Problems and Japan's NReactors is now in 1st place. A possible Scenario: Hopefully, Pres Obama, US Military, and US-Global N Industry and Supporting Industries were prepared to move. Now moving but not fast enough. Sunday, Obama alerts Military and US companies to start mobilizatio...

BigG · BigG

You know the one I mean. I didn't know any of the Founding Fathers lived that long. There is a point at which ignorance becomes appalling. This is what we have to go up against the Chinese?

catahoula · catahoula

Pretty darn entertaining, in my opinion. Absent lawmakers, angry mobs, Republicans showing off new techniques learned at the knee of the last US congress, death threats.... I could go on but is there any real need? Thoughts?

longprime · longprime

Cafe, last posting is found March 10, 2011 at 12:28pm even with the offending post. Simba has made no other posts since she started the thread.

BigG · BigG

http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/02/26/the-newt-gingrich-fan-dance/

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/brutal_attack_for_this_space_I2J6ZJssMQ4l0ej5VTlWsM"You have no idea how horrible this is and the senselessness t...

poetgrl · poetgrl

will they shut down the government or will they continue to string it out until 2012? I say we won't have a new budget until 2013.

Cartera · Cartera

[url]http://www.examiner.com/democrat-in-national/abortion-debate-rep-...

BigG · BigG

The government and media have been "shying away" from calling the circumstance in Libya a "civil war". With a thousand dead, what else can it be? I am not a military analyst or historian. But I am pretty sure the Libyan Civil War has started; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB...

Cardinal Fang · Cardinal Fang

Obama and the Justice Department have now concluded that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. They will no longer defend it in court.

longprime · longprime

Petraus apologies to the Afghan people for the killing of 9 boys by NATO attack helicopters. Boys were gathering firewood. "Should never have happened." These flyboys and ground controllers will cause future NATO deaths and hatred for the US for a long, long time. Some military...

BigG · BigG

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/28/financial-terrorism-suspected-in-08-economic-crash/

BigG · BigG

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/02/china-economy-yuan-idUSBJA00246420110302

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/28/council-poised-adopt-report-praising-libyas-human-rights-record/As the United Nations works feverishly to condemn Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi for cracking down on protesters, the body's Human Rights Council is poi...

amazing · amazing

http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/01/28/amid-digital-blackout-anonymous-mass-faxes-wikileaks-cables-to-egypt/

BigG · BigG

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/made-america-smithsonian-capitol-merchandise-shops/story?id=12992197

berurah · berurah

Not only is this man a wounded Iraq vet, he is also a classmate of these people. How shameful that these "best of the best" students could not give a respectful forum to one of their peers. News flash: the left is no more "tolerant" than the right. http://www.nypost.com/p/ne...

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/23/iran.mideast.unrest/index.html

BigG · BigG

http://www.projo.com/news/content/providence_teacher_layoffs_02-23-11_MCML6R3_v17.1a1cc6d.html

BigG · BigG

http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/22/illinois.elections/?hpt=T2

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Peanut allergy (Preview) My son was in a class in elementary school who had a profound allergy to peanuts, which I would consider as bad as the one described by this news article. Mom came in and educated the kids and the teacher on what to do to help him. He carried an epi-pen and avoided eating lunch with the other kids. The kid...	SamuraiLandshark	5	312	Mar 25, 2011 by pima
	US Army 'kill team' in Afghanistan posed for photos of murdered civilians (Preview) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/21/us-army-kill-team-afghanistan-posed-pictures-murdered-civilians	ImSoAnarchist	25	522	Mar 24, 2011 by BigG
	As a taxpayer (Preview) As a taxpayer who will be paying the President's pension for the rest of his life, which, in my opinion is plenty of vacation pay, I would prefer him to remain at work during times of nuclear meltdowns and new military deployments. I mean honestly. Is he seriously going on spring break?	poetgrl	12	434	Mar 23, 2011 by soccerguy315
	Lawrence Taylor Convicted Under Plea Deal (Preview) Football great Lawrence Taylor was officially declared a sex offender Tuesday for bedding a teen runaway - and faced his victim for the first time since their fateful May encounter. Taylor was sentenced to six years probation in Rockland County Court for patronizing a prostitute an...	Razorsharp	0	269	Mar 22, 2011 by Razorsharp
	Senator McCaskill (Preview) http://www.politico.com/blogs/davidcatanese/0311/McCaskill_will_sell_the_damn_plane.html?showall	soccerguy315	2	447	Mar 21, 2011 by busdriver11
	Useful chart on why people should not worry about the radiation from Japan's reactors (Preview) http://xkcd.com/radiation/	amazing	4	309	Mar 20, 2011 by BigG
	Dog bites man Psychological Study. (Preview) http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-03/afps-atw031711.php	Abyss	2	219	Mar 20, 2011 by ImSoAnarchist
	New Oil vs Conservation and alternatives (Preview) Interesting. Heard recently that we should relax exploration requirements for more oil. Since 2008, USA using 5% less oil due to trillions of less miles driven and the move to natural gas.	longprime	22	478	Mar 19, 2011 by longprime
	Glen Greenwald: Obama administration torturing Bradley Manning (wikileaker) ( 1 2 ) (Preview) --------------------------He has never been convicted of that crime, nor of any other crime. Despite that, he has been detained at the U.S. Marine brig in Quantico, Virginia for five months -- and for two months before that in a military jail in Kuwait -- under conditions that constitute cruel an...	soccerguy315	56	1258	Mar 18, 2011 by soccerguy315
	IS CC GETTING BORING? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Simba's thread in CC Cafe, "CC Getting Boring" , got shut down. Someone mentioned this forum and SamariLandShark. Too bad. I was trying to attact more mom's with D's.	longprime	56	2260	Mar 18, 2011 by Artemis
	You Got a Problem, Japan (Preview) Lots of World Problems and Japan's NReactors is now in 1st place. A possible Scenario: Hopefully, Pres Obama, US Military, and US-Global N Industry and Supporting Industries were prepared to move. Now moving but not fast enough. Sunday, Obama alerts Military and US companies to start mobilizatio...	longprime	5	357	Mar 17, 2011 by BigG
	Represenative Bachmann's Speech Last Friday ( 1 2 ) (Preview) You know the one I mean. I didn't know any of the Founding Fathers lived that long. There is a point at which ignorance becomes appalling. This is what we have to go up against the Chinese?	BigG	58	1059	Mar 15, 2011 by catahoula
	So, how about Wisconsin? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Pretty darn entertaining, in my opinion. Absent lawmakers, angry mobs, Republicans showing off new techniques learned at the knee of the last US congress, death threats.... I could go on but is there any real need? Thoughts?	catahoula	51	1094	Mar 13, 2011 by longprime
	Is CC getting boring? IS BACK ON LINE (Preview) Cafe, last posting is found March 10, 2011 at 12:28pm even with the offending post. Simba has made no other posts since she started the thread.	longprime	2	375	Mar 13, 2011 by john doe
	Gingrich to Run For President (Preview) http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/02/26/the-newt-gingrich-fan-dance/	BigG	37	534	Mar 12, 2011 by poetgrl
	Saving parking spots is dangerous business (Preview) http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/brutal_attack_for_this_space_I2J6ZJssMQ4l0ej5VTlWsM"You have no idea how horrible this is and the senselessness t...	soccerguy315	21	490	Mar 11, 2011 by zoosermom
	Will they or won't they (Preview) will they shut down the government or will they continue to string it out until 2012? I say we won't have a new budget until 2013.	poetgrl	1	220	Mar 9, 2011 by ImSoAnarchist
	Could there be a nuttier guy? Bobby Franklin - Georgia (Preview) [url]http://www.examiner.com/democrat-in-national/abortion-debate-rep-...	Cartera	14	499	Mar 5, 2011 by ImSoAnarchist
	Libyan Civil War (Preview) The government and media have been "shying away" from calling the circumstance in Libya a "civil war". With a thousand dead, what else can it be? I am not a military analyst or historian. But I am pretty sure the Libyan Civil War has started; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB...	BigG	2	283	Mar 5, 2011 by ImSoAnarchist
	Obama administration will no longer defend DOMA (Preview) Obama and the Justice Department have now concluded that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. They will no longer defend it in court.	Cardinal Fang	19	492	Mar 5, 2011 by ImSoAnarchist
	Afghanistan-Its time. (Preview) Petraus apologies to the Afghan people for the killing of 9 boys by NATO attack helicopters. Boys were gathering firewood. "Should never have happened." These flyboys and ground controllers will cause future NATO deaths and hatred for the US for a long, long time. Some military...	longprime	2	339	Mar 3, 2011 by soccerguy315
	I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS!!!! (Preview) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/28/financial-terrorism-suspected-in-08-economic-crash/	BigG	2	301	Mar 3, 2011 by BigG
	The End of the Petrodollar (Preview) http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/02/china-economy-yuan-idUSBJA00246420110302	BigG	0	175	Mar 2, 2011 by BigG
	UN Human Rights Council poised to praise Libya (Preview) http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/28/council-poised-adopt-report-praising-libyas-human-rights-record/As the United Nations works feverishly to condemn Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi for cracking down on protesters, the body's Human Rights Council is poi...	soccerguy315	12	336	Mar 1, 2011 by busdriver11
	Anonymous helps get information to Egypt amid internet blackout (Preview) http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/01/28/amid-digital-blackout-anonymous-mass-faxes-wikileaks-cables-to-egypt/	amazing	13	360	Feb 28, 2011 by busdriver11
	The Real Problem with America (Preview) http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/made-america-smithsonian-capitol-merchandise-shops/story?id=12992197	BigG	11	331	Feb 26, 2011 by BigG
	Wounded Iraq vet heckled at Columbia (Preview) Not only is this man a wounded Iraq vet, he is also a classmate of these people. How shameful that these "best of the best" students could not give a respectful forum to one of their peers. News flash: the left is no more "tolerant" than the right. http://www.nypost.com/p/ne...	berurah	8	408	Feb 25, 2011 by pima
	Ahmadinejad: MidEast leaders should heed calls for change (Preview) http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/23/iran.mideast.unrest/index.html	soccerguy315	1	275	Feb 24, 2011 by BigG
	Chinese Predation Bearing Bitter Fruit for the US (Preview) http://www.projo.com/news/content/providence_teacher_layoffs_02-23-11_MCML6R3_v17.1a1cc6d.html	BigG	0	213	Feb 23, 2011 by BigG
	"Hizzoner" Rahm (Preview) http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/02/22/illinois.elections/?hpt=T2	BigG	1	288	Feb 23, 2011 by geeps20
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