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    Another "Neo" conservative escapes right wing's Matrix

    MAY 30, 2012 11:36AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: lawrence wilkerson, richard clarke, bruce bartlett, david frum, barry goldwater, david stockman, george w bush, colin powell, weekly standard, forbes, washington times, national review, reagan administration, finance capitalism, wall street, plutocrats, robber barons, gilded age, liberty, freedom, allen west, clinton impeachment, authoritarianism, mike lofgren, traditions of civility, walter lippmann, democracy, nullification, fox news, iran-contra, watergate, bill clinton, barack obama, new deal, communist party, right wing extremism, alexis de tocqueville, edmund burke, bismarck, salon, mccarthyism, democratic party, liberalism, fascism, conservatism, michael fumento, neo, the matrix, republican party, economics, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 234 Views
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    Success and Failure Under the Pottery Barn Rule

    FEBRUARY 9, 2012 7:08PM

    By Omnipotent Poobah


    Topics: war on terror, war of error, united states, troop withdrawal, taliban, saddam heusein, pottery barn rule, politics, military, iraq, iran, george bush, dick cheney, condoleezza rice, colin powell, civil war, barack obama, afghanistan

    • 1 Ratings
    • 209 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Colin Powell Plays the Risk Card

    NOVEMBER 15, 2011 3:18PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics news, wall street bonuses, secretary of state, occupy wall street, hedge funds, glass-steagall, piers morgan, investment banks, #occupywallstreet, goldman sachs, colin powell

    • 4 Ratings
    • 724 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Shock & Awe – 20 years later

    JANUARY 17, 2011 2:45PM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: shock and awe, operation desert storm, george h.w. bush, colin powell

    • 0 Ratings
    • 265 Views
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    Gov't Transparency & Newspeaki-Leak

    DECEMBER 4, 2010 1:11PM

    By prismguard


    Topics: charles cray, environmental advocacy campaigns, infiltration of activist group, espionage surveillance, sasol, dow chemical, condea vista, two-tiered web fees, higher fees for internet speed, josh silver, free press, partisan politics, federal communications commission, fcc chairman julius genachowski, net neutrality, law suit, greenpeace, corporate espionage, steven aftergood, glenn greenwald, smear campaign, character assassination, ethics, community, maps and territories, disinformation, murphy brown, dan quayle, meryl streep, international arrest warrant, consensual sex, condom, james catlin, sexual assault allegations, julian assange, us government, full-body scanner, evgeny morozov, richard brenneman, tech dirt blog, freedom of speech, attack the messenger, joe lieberman, amy goodman, democracy now, boston university, columbia university, above the law, eats shoots n leaves, ibrahim al mirashi, picasso, guernica, colin powell, aclu, wayne grytting, american, government policy, confidential information, privacy, secrecy, white house policy, oxymorons, censorship, 1984, george orwell, president obama, maura kelly, career services, government employee, law school, paranoia

    • 6 Ratings
    • 921 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Illegal immigrants who fix houses, dry cars, cut lawns

    SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 9:15AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: colin powell, illegal immigration

    • 1 Ratings
    • 347 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Oops! Did I Say That?

    SEPTEMBER 19, 2010 4:41PM

    By gailrae


    Topics: politics, illegal immigration, colin powell

    • 2 Ratings
    • 280 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Incredible Contrasts of Gitmo

    MAY 3, 2010 7:38PM

    By C Dixon Osburn


    Topics: politics news, omar khadr, military commissions, lindsey graham, law and security, guantanamo, donald rumseld, dick cheney, colin powell, buck mckeon

    • 4 Ratings
    • 390 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Traitor Rove parrots WMD ‘oopsie’ lie

    MARCH 3, 2010 3:18AM

    By Robert Crook


    Topics: 9/11, colin powell, condoleezza rice, dick cheney, donald rumsfeld, george w. bush, hurricane katrina, iraq, iraq war, karl rove, politics, rove, saddam hussein, traitors, treason, vietraq war, war crimes, war criminals, weapons of mass destruction, yellowcake uranium

    • 0 Ratings
    • 100 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Lindsey Graham v. the U.S. Military

    FEBRUARY 25, 2010 2:00PM

    By Daphne Eviatar Human Rights First


    Topics: terrorism, shoe bomber, september 11, robert gates, richard-reid, military commissions, lindsey graham, ksm, khalid sheikh mohammed, judge advocate general, james cullen, george w. bush, eric holder, department of justice, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, colin powell, barack obama, air force, 9/11 trials, 9/11

    • 0 Ratings
    • 134 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Powell and Petraeus Refute Cheney

    FEBRUARY 22, 2010 3:15PM

    By Sharon Kelly


    Topics: general petraeus, dick cheney, colin powell

    • 3 Ratings
    • 378 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Retardation Of America: Truth Or Consequences

    FEBRUARY 7, 2010 5:33PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: veteran, satire, sarah palin, rush limbaugh, retard, rahm emanuel, morale, mayan, john mccain, dont ask, don't tell, desert storm, colin powell, admiral mullen, 2012

    • 34 Ratings
    • 1548 Views
    • 76 Comments
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    For Those Who Have Ears To Hear

    JANUARY 4, 2010 4:23PM

    By Tom Cordle


    Topics: leonard cohen, robert goulet, jim nabors, bob dylan, toby keith, merle haggard, what is tom cordle doing in here?, george w. bush, dick cheney, don rumsfeld, george tenet, colin powell, believabilty, musicality, gunning fog index, cordle defog index

    • 0 Ratings
    • 668 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Flawed Logic of William Kristol

    DECEMBER 19, 2009 11:32AM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: newt gingrich, william kristol, glenn beck, rush limbaugh, mike huckabee, sarah palin, mitt romney, tea party, freedom works, americans for tax reform, olympia snowe, lindsey graham, john mccain, bob inglis, mickey edwards, christie todd whitman, tom ridge, colin powell, david frum, andrew sullivan, kathleen parker, republican party, conservatives, neoconservatives, politics

    • 2 Ratings
    • 4941 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    PSA Screening for Cancer, Another Failed Experiment

    OCTOBER 9, 2009 6:17PM

    By jeffrey dach md


    Topics: psa, prostate, cancer, gleason, biopsy, score, jeffrey dach, larry king, colin powell, norman schwartzkopff

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1970 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    "Reluctant Leaders"

    AUGUST 15, 2009 11:36AM

    By Dave Scriven


    Topics: belief and religion, jesus, bible, moses, colin powell, reluctant leader

    • 1 Ratings
    • 360 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Powell: Time To Review Don't Ask Don't Tell

    JULY 5, 2009 10:18AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: gays in military, don't ask don't tell, daniel choi, colin powell

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1016 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Colin Powell Becoming Disenchanted With Obama's Policies

    JULY 5, 2009 2:01AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: recession, president obama, economy, economic stimulus, economic recovery, colin powell

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 931 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    worse than dropping out of school

    JUNE 19, 2009 9:57AM

    By Siobhan Curious


    Topics: education, learning, society, school, dropouts, colin powell, america's promise alliance, family, news, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 528 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Powell vs. Russ and Chaney on Face the Nation

    MAY 24, 2009 10:51PM

    By Art Lynch


    Topics: colin powell, face the nation, cbs, sunda, republican, democrat, obama, dick chaney, chaney, black, african american, gitmo, 9-11, bush, harvard, poussaint, recession, children, poor, television, internet, quality time, open call

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