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Feb 22

2/22/12 9:30 am BET U MISSED MOST OF THIS…..

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Georgia Representative Yasmin Neal seeks a state ban on vasectomies for men http://t.co/PbwVzuUd #clever
 
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Why social conservatives shouldn’t rush to defend Santorum. Rubin: http://wapo.st/wlep6k
 
There’s no sense in buying a home if it’s going to deplete your retirement or emergency savings. http://dld.bz/aU3zZ
 
Does Evangelical Christianity Cause Emotional Damage Part 2:
 
Via @nprnews: Santrm losing women votes.. http://n.pr/x1RsSq
Core GOP now wrried abt Sntrm; rejected in 2006 by 18 percentage points.
 
Believes Sntrm & Gngrh r Chrstns, Rmny nt. Whn pushd: ONLY GOD KNWS
 
FACT CHECKER: Rick Santorum‘s bogus statistics on euthanasia in the Netherlands http://wapo.st/wa70Mn
 
Albert Einstein@EinsteinBOT
Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
 
RACIST….
New At C&L: Luntz Says He Has ‘A Run, Barack, Run’ Sticker On Front of His Car and He’s Still Invited on National TV
 
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Aug 23

WERE WE MISLED IN GEORGIA?

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Everyone who has spent more than five minutes perusing the data on U.S. military contracts understands that the big bucks are still to be made in the production of high-tech, cutting-edge, whiz-bang weapons platforms of the sort that enriched several generations of contractors during the Cold War. But – damn it! – the Cold War had the impudence to dry up and blow away back in the early 1990s, seemingly never to return. Of course, the contractors could always direct their wiles and their lobbying budgets toward reminding members of Congress that we never know when another Big Bad Enemy will pop up. For a while China was the favorite emerging threat to serve up at defense-industry banquets and military-association get-togethers. Yet, coming up with a truly convincing replacement for the USSR proved to be an extraordinarily difficult task. China appeared to be more interested in supplying Wal-Mart and bankrolling the U.S. Treasury than in attacking the United States .
The onset of the war in Iraq diverted the defense-industry boys from their usual fun and games, but only slightly. Although KBR, Blackwater, Dyncorp, Bechtel, Fluor, Triple Canopy, and many others have made a killing in Iraq, the truly humongous proceeds in military contracting continue to be made by bending metal for aircraft, ships, missiles, satellites, and combat vehicles and by supplying the countless related items of software, maintenance, remodeling, upgrading, training, and so forth that can keep one of these big projects going strong for decades in a sole-source, competition-free environment with limitless potential for engineering change orders – “contract nourishment,” as it’s known in the trade. (The B-52 project, for example, has been going strong for more than 60 years and has no end in sight. If you are a U.S. taxpayer, the Boeing Company says thank you very much.)
The Russians have not been very cooperative about reviving the Cold War. Not that they’ve demonstrated themselves to be Mr. Nice Guys, especially in Chechnya, but in their relations with the West, they’ve shown more interest in soliciting foreign investment, exporting oil and gas, and purchasing mansions in Cyprus than in nuking London and Washington. It’s true – and a fact that bears more repeating – that they still possess thousands of nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them accurately anywhere on earth within the next hour. But since the USSR ‘s demise, they have not been talking menacingly enough to maintain the Russian threat as a terribly serious fear in the minds of American taxpayers.
Which brings us back to the little nation-state known as Georgia . 
 

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Aug 19

McCAIN’S WORDS CAUSES GEORGIA TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE?

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Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili on Wednesday called for John McCain and other American leaders to do more for Georgia in their response to the conflict in his country.

“Yesterday, I heard Sen. McCain say, ‘We are all Georgians now,’” Saakashvili said on CNN’s American Morning. “Well, very nice, you know, very cheering for us to hear that, but OK, it’s time to pass from this. From words to deeds.”

 

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 Georgian President Challenges Mccain: Move From “Words To Deeds”

  1. Aug 13, 2008 … Lobbyist who promised Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili the world …. McCain thinks only white people are allowed to act presidential. …
    www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/13/georgian-president-challe_n_118690.html – 137k – Cached – Similar pages – Note this

  2. McCain Calls for Halt of Violence in Georgia – The Caucus …

    Mccain words, without Obama to disparage, are naked for the world to see. ….. nuclear war over a conflict initiated by an act of aggression by Georgia …
    thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/11/mccain-calls-for-halt-of-violence-in-georgia/ – 241k – Cached – Similar pages – Note this

  3. McCain too bellicose on Georgia? – 2008 Presidential Campaign Blog …

    McCain has turned that on its head — speak really tough words and have ….. South Osetia called Georgia’s act “genocide” and pleaded Russia for help. …
    www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/08/mccain_too_bell.html – 93k – Cached – Similar pages – Note this

  4. CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive …

    Aug 13, 2008 … Even his good friend from Georgia can see that McCain is a ….. McCain is all words and no deeds. 25 years in Washington and what has he …
    politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/13/georgian-president-to-mccain-move-from-words-to-deeds/ – 140k – Cached – Similar pages – Note this

  5. Technorati: Discussion about “Obama And McCain On Georgia”

    Aug 9, 2008 … Not that McCain’s words are much comfort to the Georgians. … The Kremlin decided it was time to act, since Georgia was only growing …
    technorati.com/posts/%2BtT5Cjxc5yjYTcR3kicFnIFbsvqcCS4h7GUwmRJGe1o%3D – 47k – Cached – Similar pages – Note this

  6. ABC News: Obama, McCain Fire Away on Georgia War

    Aug 10, 2008 … And when hostilities erupted along the Georgia-Russia border, McCain was characteristically bold and quick to act. …
    abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=5552954&page=1 – Similar pages – Note this

  7. Georgia crisis tests presidential candidates – CNN.com

    McCain is known for his pointed words toward Putin. He’s told audiences that when he looks … 2 West to act against Russia? West to act against Russia? …
    www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/11/candidates.georgia/index.html – Similar pages – Note this

  8. » McCain foreign policy adviser got money from Georgia Dvorak …

    Aug 13, 2008 … Georgia’s president Mikhail Saakashvili twice mentioned McCain by name as ….. I would have expected McCain to act exactly the way he did. …
    www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=20726 – 118k – Cached – Similar pages – Note this
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