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Type Your Article Here ...I just finished reading about the scandal involving Senator Rangel. Why is this new news? The only I have learned about politics is that no one is innocent. They all have scandals/skeletons in their closets.

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Pro-Life & Pro-Obama

Frank Schaeffer explains the Pro-Life + Pro-Obama position

AP Impact: Italy grapples with priest sex abuse

It happened night after night, the deaf man said, sometimes in the priest's bedroom, sometimes in the bathroom, even in the confessional.

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Beck fan and 9/12 protest attendee explains why Obama will oppress white America

Despite the tea parties' ostensible purpose of opposing taxation, many of the signs today at the 9/12 march attacked President Obama using explicit racial and ethnic smears.

The hypocrisy of tea party conservatives

These "Tea Parties" are nothing more than a pulpit to spew hate.

Radical, Racist Signs Featured At 9/12 March

excerpt: ""This morning on ABC's Good Morning America, Sen.

Top French general: 'Strike on Iran no longer viable' | Iran news | Jerusalem Post

The head of the French military said Thursday that military intervention is no longer a viable option to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear capability.

The Republican Party that Cried Wolf

Seven years ago we were led into a war based on propaganda and fear, fueled by a hodgepodge of insinuations and innuendo that Saddam Hussein posed a threat to American interests, was harboring Al Qaeda, and had possibly, in some way, something to do with the tragedies of 9/11.

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Opposition to Health-Care Reform Re-Energizes Christian Right - washingtonpost.com

The Christian right, facing questions before the presidential election about its continuing potency as a force for cultural and political change, has found new life with Barack Obama in office, particularly around health care.

Remember This? Republicans Do NOT Allow Diversity of Opinion - Not Even Among Their Own

In view of the furor over the upcoming Presidential education speech, I thought a brief trip down memory lane was in order. You all remember William F. Buckley, Jr., right?

8 Things You Don't Know About Me

You've been tagged. First the rules: 1. Post these rules before you give the facts. 2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves.

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Sizeism - An Old Prejudice

Some people judge humans by their size. Some people judge humans by how big their city or town is. I have noticed a tendency online for people to hate people from large cities or small cities. How unfortunate.

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Inmate death triggers reform -- chicagotribune.com

Why isn't there a "Crime" choice for our Vine? Housing criminals is costing a fortune, but no one seems to care about prison reform. After a murder, prisons are in the spotlight, at least for a moment.

Grocery gives sweet taste of victory -- chicagotribune.com

Merchants are finding emerging neighborhoods can be profitable. It is about time.

See - We Need Universal Health Care To Get Mentally Ill Off the Street!

This shooting demonstrates the need to get the mentally ill panhandlers off Chicago's streets!

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Facebook Moves to Improve Privacy and Transparency

Facebook announced on Thursday that it planned to change the site to give users more privacy and control over their personal information. But the biggest changes may be for the 1 million software developers who create Facebook applications.

Come On Now, Give Us Something

As I toodle around Newsvine, I notice many articulate writers have neither picture or bio. Come on people, give us something. If you want anonymity, do what I did, put up a tree, a flower, SOMETHING! Is there nothing you can reveal to us about yourself in your bio?

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Liberals and the CIA, Where is Pelosi taking US? Endangering those who protect US?

I think it is intolerable, the unaccountability of those liberals who put our people (CIA) at risk, those who protect and who have dedicated their lives for our Security are now being investigated by the questionable liberals who will soon be reviewed for their Ethics violations.

In southern Afghan city, fears of Taliban takeover

Southern Afghanistan's largest city, Kandahar, is slipping back under Taliban control as overstretched U.S. troops focus on clearing insurgents from the countryside — a potentially alarming setback for President Barack Obama's war strategy.

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US-Colombia deal could fuel arms purchases

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has raised the stakes for Friday's meeting of South American presidents by threatening to break relations with Colombia over plans to give U.S. troops a 10-year lease on its bases.

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In Memorium

Link: Dear Friends,

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Laid-off workers eye the abyss

Despite repeated extensions of the unemployment compensation program, some 1.5 million people are expected to exhaust their benefits by year’s end, and many don't know how they are going to cope.

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U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy dies

U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died late Tuesday night after a yearlong battle with a brain tumor, his family said in a statement to the media on Wednesday morning.

Israel's Netanyahu brings balancing act to Europe

Benjamin Netanyahu's talks in Europe this week will force the Israeli leader to balance the demands of his right-leaning ruling coalition against an international front opposed to Israeli settlements.

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Poorest US Cities Are Democrat Controlled

An interesting correlation between America's poorest cities and their overwhelming control by the Democrat Party can be seen, with some cities never having elected a Republican mayor.

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