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    The Ryan Factor

    AUGUST 13, 2012 10:02AM

    By Tom Degan


    Topics: politics, richard nixon, dwight eisenhower, barack obama, mitt romney, dick cheney, paul ryan, tom degan, charlie chaplin

    • 2 Ratings
    • 560 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Tea Party vs. G.O.P. in Texas: Dems Offer Sanctuary

    AUGUST 1, 2012 2:19PM

    By Daniel Rigney


    Topics: george romney wing, dwight eisenhower, eisenhower left, mad hatters + tea party, cruz + dewhurst, jeff wentworth + tea party, jennifer granholm, stephanie miller + talking liberally, current tv, stephanie miller + jennifer granholm, daniel rigney, danagram, willard + “w”, third factor + texas democrats, texas observer, houston chronicle, houston press, 2012 elections, ghost of eisenhower

    • 2 Ratings
    • 355 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Roberts? ROBERTS???

    JUNE 30, 2012 4:28AM

    By Tom Degan


    Topics: politics, mitt romney, dwight eisenhower, health care, roger taney, eric cantor, john edwards, earl warren, barack obama, tom degan

    • 7 Ratings
    • 1408 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Romney trying to take us Back to the Future

    JUNE 18, 2012 11:00AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, mitt romney, welfare state, new deal, republican party, right wing, david brooks, tea party, debt ceiling crisis, fiscal crisis, supply side capitalism, new deal, franklin d. roosevelt, democratic party, president obama, newt gingrich, great depression, radicalism, george w. bush, compromise, mitch mcconnell, tax code, ronald reagan, washington monthly, obamacare, stimulus spending, filibuster, etch-a-sketch, dwight eisenhower, safety net, liberalism, conservatism, tax cuts, deregulation, paul ryan budget, auto rescue, national debt, republicans in name only

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    • 12 Ratings
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    When Did Americans Stop Naming Babies After the President?

    MAY 23, 2012 10:24AM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: parents news, woodrow wilson, presidential history, naming a baby, historical baby names, babies, babies, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, richard nixon, baby names

    • 5 Ratings
    • 638 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    "HEIR to THE WHITE HOUSE"! Crowning Glory Daze

    DECEMBER 8, 2011 1:22PM

    By Marilyn Sands


    Topics: news, gossip, comedy, politics, presidents, hair, bald, ronald reagan, rudy guiliani, dwight eisenhower, adlai stephenson, bill clinton, joe biden, andrew johnson, john tyler, hubert humphrey, richard nixon, john edwards, rod blagojevich, voting, candidates

    • 2 Ratings
    • 650 Views
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    World's Largest Weapons Exporters

    DECEMBER 6, 2011 6:07PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: world news, united states military, slidepollajax, raytheon, kuwait, boeing, united states, northrop grumman, military industrial complex, lockheed martin, general dynamics, dwight eisenhower, russia, military, japan, iraq, germany, china, al qaeda, afghanistan, united kingdom, south korea, iraq war, afghanistan war

    • 5 Ratings
    • 684 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Semi-Secret Fundamentals of Economics

    AUGUST 18, 2011 2:23PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: planned obsolescence, the economics of happiness, environmental deficit, media, mass media, communist manifesto, franklin delano roosevelt, robert f kennedy, dwight eisenhower, budget talks, fundamentals of economics, economy, politics, news, health, environment, business

    • 0 Ratings
    • 130 Views
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    July 19, 2011: Be Like Ike

    JULY 19, 2011 2:12PM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff we should better remember, military-industrial complex, tax and spend, debt ceiling, dwight eisenhower

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1157 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    What’s Missing? Civics.

    JUNE 2, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: education, republican ideology, government shutdown, u.s. debt ceiling, political compromise, edmund burke, hubert h. humphrey, dwight eisenhower, civics, 2011 civic literacy report, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1011 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Google Ranking the Presidents

    FEBRUARY 21, 2011 11:28AM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: abraham lincoln, bing, dwight eisenhower, franklin roosevelt, george washington, google, harry truman, john f. kennedy, kennedy, lincoln, marilyn monroe, president, presidents, presidents day, presidents' day, teddy roosevelt, theodore roosevelt, thomas jefferson, washington, woodrow wilson, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 287 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Bipartisan Baloney and the Problem of Evil, Part II

    JANUARY 31, 2011 2:19PM

    By Black Eddie


    Topics: belief/religion, economy, politics, dwight eisenhower, barack obama, grover norquist, walter e williams, ethics, morality, philosophy

    • 27 Ratings
    • 940 Views
    • 68 Comments
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    The symbolism of Arizona and what it means.

    JANUARY 14, 2011 9:42AM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: assassinations, hb 1070, jews, astronauts, sarah palin, 9/11 baby, neocons, the vast right wing conspiracy, dick cheney, fox news, joe mccarthy, dwight eisenhower, barack obama, loyalty oaths, the patriot act, design, environment, news, politics

    • 9 Ratings
    • 1044 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Care about Don't Ask, Don't Tell? Care about the F-35

    MAY 26, 2010 1:12PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: military-industrial complex, dwight eisenhower, white house, obama administration, barack obama, defense appropriation, dod, robert gates, bob gates, rolls royce, general electric, ge, f136, f135, joint strike fighter, f-35, dadt repeal, don't ask don't tell

    • 0 Ratings
    • 597 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Celebrating our diversity

    NOVEMBER 8, 2008 6:21AM

    By Tara Bradford


    Topics: barack obama, bill clinton, william fulbright, john l. mcclellan, wilbur mills, orval faubus, morris dees, southern poverty law center, central high school, john mccain, segregation, racism, ralph nader, gen. wesley clark, lorraine motel, civil rights museum, harriet beecher stowe, martin luther king, republican party, john f. kennedy, dwight eisenhower

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