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    Our Incredible Shrinking President

    MAY 16, 2013 6:52PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: barack obama, president of the united states, potus, tea party, irs, associated press, republicans, conspiracy theory, leadership, nsa, government surveillance, illegal aliens, deportation, veterans administration, belief/religion, movies, music, news, politics

    • 60 Ratings
    • 1472 Views
    • 68 Comments
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    I love being BI****UAL

    FEBRUARY 23, 2011 5:07PM

    By FusunA


    Topics: where have all the leaders gone?, economy, family, language, multilingualism, bilingualism, lee iacocca, open call, leadership, english, babacim, father

    • Editor's Pick
    • 72 Ratings
    • 3308 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    The “Palin Doctrine”

    JULY 4, 2009 10:47AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, palin, sarah palin, palin doctrine, taking one for the team, who is the team?, lead, leader, leaders, leadership, unelected leaders, line of succession, stratego, puppet, the man behind the curtain, oz, wizard of oz, commitment, who's in charge?, chain of command

    • Editor's Pick
    • 53 Ratings
    • 1728 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Failure in Leadership 101

    JANUARY 6, 2011 8:00AM

    By Dave Rickert


    Topics: u.s. navy, failure, leadership, choosing popularity over command, violating a trust, disgrace to the navy and the uniform

    • 34 Ratings
    • 1257 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    Obama Blowing His Shot

    MAY 18, 2009 5:47AM

    By Roy Jimenez


    Topics: abe lincoln, lbj, jfk, fdr, leadership, torture, obama, politics

    • 18 Ratings
    • 3706 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    Integrity: What Constitutes a Good Life?

    SEPTEMBER 28, 2008 4:24AM

    By Dr. Susanne Freeborn


    Topics: belief and religion, open call, leadership, integrity, self-awareness

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 3442 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    The Star Trek Style of Leadership

    MAY 11, 2009 2:00PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: star trek, james t. kirk, leadership, politics, presidents

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 2361 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Mitt LIKES to Fire People

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 8:09AM

    By Chicago Guy


    Topics: romney, leadership

    • 54 Ratings
    • 1630 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Reflections on the OS Editorial Policy

    JULY 1, 2009 9:05AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: unseen hand, puppies, writing quality, quality, term limits, capitalism, competition, scandalous, scandal, salacious, crudeness, crude, lewdness, lewd, editorial policy, editors, leadership, recently blogged, ui, broken, echo chamber, community participation, who makes the headlines?, we make the headlines, you make the headlines, writing, meta-blog, blog, meta, philosophy, open salon

    • 35 Ratings
    • 1857 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    What's In a (First) Name?

    DECEMBER 12, 2011 7:47AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: american politics, potus, presidential politics, 2012 presidential election, gop candidates, first names politics, newt gingrich, rick perry, mitt romney, leadership, politics, news

    • 5 Ratings
    • 769 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Obama Is Clueless

    APRIL 14, 2011 10:11AM

    By DJohn


    Topics: obama, congress, paul ryan, seniors, children, debt, crisis, medicare, medicaid, social security, retirement, leadership, rich, jobs, innovation

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 2895 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Obama Report Card: "Needs to kick some serious ass!!"

    JANUARY 16, 2010 11:25PM

    By grif -


    Topics: obama, report card, leadership, obama's first year

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 1463 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Lame Duck Season’s Coming Early

    OCTOBER 6, 2009 7:10AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, obama, barack, barack obama, self-inflicted, failure, no accomplishments, nothing accomplished, shot himself in the foot, shooting himself in the foot, health care, climate change, iraq, afghanistan, war, gays in the military, don't ask don't tell, dont ask dont tell, campaign promises, broken promises, leadership, lack of leadership, failure of leadership, compromise, bargaining, snl, saturday night live, tipping point, moment of truth, time to prepare, public option

    • 34 Ratings
    • 512 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    A Healing Gesture from History (101 Words)

    APRIL 10, 2010 6:21PM

    By AtHomePilgrim


    Topics: leadership, mr. lincoln's magic, the day after appomattox, 165 years ago today, civil war, 101-word story meme, history can be brief too

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1483 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Do We Get the Leaders We Deserve?

    SEPTEMBER 10, 2009 6:51PM

    By Dennis Loo


    Topics: world can't wait, anti-war, morality, leadership, cheney, bush, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 5871 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    The Meanest Guys in the Room

    FEBRUARY 22, 2010 5:28PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: obama administration, obama white house, i attend the church of the new york times, politics, dana milbank loves rahm emanuel, difficult bosses, leadership, gordon brown bad boss, paul krugman new yorker profile, rahm emanuel

    • 16 Ratings
    • 1282 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    BP quakes in its boots as Obama issues “demands”

    JUNE 14, 2010 9:06AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: profits, liabilities, debts, receivership, reich, robert reich, congress, legitimate claims, claims, ecological, ecology, disaster, environment, tony hayward, obama, president, ceo, in charge, leadership, champagne, escrow, demands, collaboration, negotiation, oil spill, oil, bp, politics

    • 31 Ratings
    • 681 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Babacim and Me - Out on a Limb's Open Call

    JUNE 21, 2012 12:07AM

    By FusunA


    Topics: english, leadership, open call, lee iacocca, bilingualism, multilingualism, language, family, economy, where have all the leaders gone?, my father andme, babacim

    • 12 Ratings
    • 1055 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Who's a Better Leader?

    OCTOBER 22, 2012 4:23PM

    By Chicago Guy


    Topics: debates, leadership, gallup, talent

    • 15 Ratings
    • 829 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    MLK

    JANUARY 17, 2011 7:26PM

    By SheilaTGTG55


    Topics: politics, dark times, leadership, courage, history, martin luther king

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