http://technorati.com/tag/politics Posts tagged with "politics" on Technorati Sun, 11 May 2008 17:09:59 -0700 Technorati v1.0 http://static.technorati.com/pix/logos/logo_sm.gif http://technorati.com/tag/politics support@technorati.com (Technorati Support) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 politics http://left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/state-schools-g.html http://left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/state-schools-g.html Sun, 11 May 2008 17:07:51 -0700 The Daily Telegraph, Pg 2. Sue Dunlevy. 12 May 2008. Senior high school students in NSW will get funding for 57,000 new computers within eight weeks as the Rudd Government honours and election promise. The computers are the first down payment on the Government's promise to out a computer on the desk of every student in Years 9-12. 2008-05-11 17:07:51 PDT http://technorati.com/search/left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/state-schools-g.html 3 37 http://liberalcommonsense.blogspot.com/2008/05/despite-john-edwards-commentshillary-is.html http://liberalcommonsense.blogspot.com/2008/05/despite-john-edwards-commentshillary-is.html Sun, 11 May 2008 17:01:30 -0700 Despite John Edwards comments...Hillary is still going forward Part of an email I just received from the Clinton campaign which shows she is not giving up and her campaign still believes they have a shot at winning the nomination: Hillary is within striking distance of winning the popular vote nationwide -- a key part of our plan to win the nomination. That means we need every last vote we can get in West Virginia on Tuesday and in the races to follow. I think her promise she's made that e 2008-05-11 17:01:30 PDT http://technorati.com/search/liberalcommonsense.blogspot.com/2008/05/despite-john-edwards-commentshillary-is.html 57 78 http://conservativemusings.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/kentucky-unders.html http://conservativemusings.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/kentucky-unders.html Sun, 11 May 2008 17:01:24 -0700 Barack Obama is now saying he understands Kentucky. Most specifically, Kentucky coal. I gotta go with the thoughts of the RNC on this one: "Barack Obama is telling Kentucky voters he 'understands' coal, but fails to mention that he has proposed taxing coal, voted against coal-to-liquid legislation, and that his own energy policy would restrict the growth of Kentucky's coal industry. If he can't 'understand' why that is bad for Kentucky's economy, then he doesn't 'understand' how to lead," sai 2008-05-11 17:01:24 PDT http://technorati.com/search/conservativemusings.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/kentucky-unders.html 12 19 http://www.illyria.org/blog/2008/05/11/obama-on-top/ http://www.illyria.org/blog/2008/05/11/obama-on-top/ Sun, 11 May 2008 17:01:07 -0700 Senator Barack Obama’s Democratic presidential primary lead over Sen. Hillary Clinton is widening due to his recent big win in North Carolina, along with a new increase in superdelegate endorsements.  It’s far from official as yet, but his eventual nomination seems assured.  I’ve arrived late to the Obama party, having first supported Rep. Dennis Kucinich and then former senator John Edwards, before each withdrew from the race. Senator John McCain, for his part, seems to be doing his level bes 2008-05-11 17:01:07 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.illyria.org/blog/2008/05/11/obama-on-top/ 1 2 Sergeant John’s 3-D Chiller House of Terror! http://mikk2.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/spin-city/ http://mikk2.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/spin-city/ Sun, 11 May 2008 17:00:27 -0700 From the Washington Post: NEW YORK — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) defended his attacks against Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) during his appearance tonight on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and suggested he might pick a fictional character from NBC’s “The Office” as his vice president. Marking his 13th appearance on the show, McCain parried with Stewart on questions ranging from his Secret Service detail to his relationship with President Bush. The senator joked that he decided 2008-05-11 17:00:27 PDT http://technorati.com/search/mikk2.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/spin-city/ 99 268 http://left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/compulsory-purc.html http://left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/compulsory-purc.html Sun, 11 May 2008 16:58:42 -0700 Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 2008, Wendy Frew, p.3 Amid rising opposition to the State Government's proposed planning reforms, Planning Minister, Frank Sartor, is expected to drop a controversial plan to allow state and local governments compulsorily to acquire private land to sell to developers. Currently state and local governments cannot sell land that has been acquired from a private party or transfer it to another person. The proposed amendments to the planning act make it clear that i 2008-05-11 16:58:42 PDT http://technorati.com/search/left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/compulsory-purc.html 3 37 http://left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/mother-of-all-h.html http://left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/mother-of-all-h.html Sun, 11 May 2008 16:56:10 -0700 The Australian, Pg 4. Ean Higgins. 12 May 2008. Kevin Rudd last night warned Australia faces "waking up with the mother of all hangovers" in its failure to address "a multitude of economic weaknesses" hidden by the mining boom. He has also insisted that the budget would contain measures aimed at what he identified as the key factor placing the nation's long-term prosperity at risk: declining productivity growth. 2008-05-11 16:56:10 PDT http://technorati.com/search/left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/mother-of-all-h.html 3 37 http://roadkillrefugee.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obama-mccain-unmoderated-town-hall-debates-good-move-for-obama/ http://roadkillrefugee.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obama-mccain-unmoderated-town-hall-debates-good-move-for-obama/ Sun, 11 May 2008 16:55:45 -0700 McCain has suggested that Obama and McCain hold a series of unmoderated town hall-style debates in front of live audiences. Obama said it’s a great idea. The New Republic and others say Obama shouldn’t agree to these type of debates because McCain will benefit from the large crowds and buzz, he’ll appear pleasantly moderate instead of a Bush/Cheney clone, and he’ll get free publicity to overcome his fund raising disadvantages to Obama. I disagree. I fail to see the “free rider” issue here. Th 2008-05-11 16:55:45 PDT http://technorati.com/search/roadkillrefugee.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/obama-mccain-unmoderated-town-hall-debates-good-move-for-obama/ 60 98 http://concreteloop.com/2008/05/video-vote-obama http://concreteloop.com/2008/05/video-vote-obama Sun, 11 May 2008 16:55:13 -0700 Check out the video from Taz Arnold (aka TI$A), frontman to underground hip-hop group Sa-Ra, for his first solo single, “Vote Obama,” in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama. Kanye West, Jay-Z and Chris Brown are among the celebrity cameos. Shout out to CL Reader Danny for the tip. 2008-05-11 16:55:13 PDT http://technorati.com/search/concreteloop.com/2008/05/video-vote-obama 1000 2746 // 'CONCRETELOOP.COM' - 'GLOWIN' IN THE DARK' http://moorethoughts.com/2008/05/11/truly-we-need-a-strong-patriot-obama-youre-not-it/ http://moorethoughts.com/2008/05/11/truly-we-need-a-strong-patriot-obama-youre-not-it/ Sun, 11 May 2008 16:54:36 -0700 The Democrats’ utterly ridiculous nomination campaign seems to be (about) wrapped up. Hillary can still cause trouble - and I hope she does. But the fact of the matter is, unless Obama is caught with a communist gay goat, Hillary Clinton has lost the nomination. Now the adults can discuss things. And in a frank discussion, real matters of global import must be discussed. Is Obama ready for this discussion? Well, decidedly, no. Since Barack Obama has decided to equate the leader of the Islami 2008-05-11 16:54:36 PDT http://technorati.com/search/moorethoughts.com/2008/05/11/truly-we-need-a-strong-patriot-obama-youre-not-it/ 44 461 MooreThoughts http://www.nathanhowe.net/family/?p=12 http://www.nathanhowe.net/family/?p=12 Sun, 11 May 2008 16:52:33 -0700 Nate likes being a Dad. He’s going to teach Phineas important guy things, like how to grow sideburns. Alli enjoys reading good children’s books aloud to Phineas while she feeds him. Here she interprets a selection from The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. They also like to discuss religious issues and world affairs. Phinny is skeptical about the “new” Russian government. 2008-05-11 16:52:33 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.nathanhowe.net/family/?p=12 0 0 http://blog.greenleemedia.com/?p=32 http://blog.greenleemedia.com/?p=32 Sun, 11 May 2008 16:51:46 -0700 Like most people in Mingo County, West Virginia, Leonard Simpson is a lifelong Democrat. But given a choice between Barack Obama and John McCain in November, the 67-year-old retired coalminer would vote Republican. “I heard that Obama is a Muslim and his wife’s an atheist,” said Mr Simpson, drawing on a cigarette outside the fire station in Williamson, a coalmining town of 3,400 people surrounded by lush wooded hillsides. and I heard that Obama turns into a werewolf when the moon is full. He 2008-05-11 16:51:46 PDT http://technorati.com/search/blog.greenleemedia.com/?p=32 1 2 http://taylorsiluwe.typepad.com/taylor_siluwe/2008/05/even-the-mennon.html http://taylorsiluwe.typepad.com/taylor_siluwe/2008/05/even-the-mennon.html Sun, 11 May 2008 16:51:44 -0700 [Chicago Tribune] — At the east end of the giant Wal-Mart parking lot in this northern Indiana town of about 32,000, there's a metal-roofed building accommodating as many as 20 horse-drawn buggies. People in plain dress—flat black hats, white bonnets—can be seen around town. Goshen is a population center for Mennonites and their religious "cousins," the Amish. Both are Protestant Christian faiths built on foundations of pacifism and keeping government, politicians and politics at arm's l 2008-05-11 16:51:44 PDT http://technorati.com/search/taylorsiluwe.typepad.com/taylor_siluwe/2008/05/even-the-mennon.html 13 14 http://www.stunned.org/weblog/2008/05/hasan_elahi_on_the_colbert_rep.html http://www.stunned.org/weblog/2008/05/hasan_elahi_on_the_colbert_rep.html Sun, 11 May 2008 16:50:45 -0700 Stephen Colbert interviews the artist Hasan Elahi who after being detained as a suspected terrorist now tracks himself documents everything he does in minute detail and sends the results to the FBI to help them out. Interestingly he's the second artist to be on the Colbert report in a month after Trevor Paglen's appearance. Thanks Nathaniel 2008-05-11 16:50:45 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.stunned.org/weblog/2008/05/hasan_elahi_on_the_colbert_rep.html 24 26 ::Stunned.org:: http://blogsabbath.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/shooting-off-sparks/ http://blogsabbath.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/shooting-off-sparks/ Sun, 11 May 2008 16:49:08 -0700 I’m tired of disconnected lefties shouting through their little megaphones at their little rented audiences. The silos must go! Saving the salmon = stopping run-of-the-river projects = increasing food production = creating cooperative solutions = preserving valuable land = [your project here]. It’s all connected. So it’s past time to start getting it together. Let’s find a way of overthrowing the stranglehold of the stupefyingly mediocre local media, and let’s do it guerrilla-style, with no fu 2008-05-11 16:49:08 PDT http://technorati.com/search/blogsabbath.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/shooting-off-sparks/ 2 2 http://northwestlaw.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/mccains-foreign-policy-maverick-erratic-or-just-gimmick/ http://northwestlaw.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/mccains-foreign-policy-maverick-erratic-or-just-gimmick/ Sun, 11 May 2008 16:48:44 -0700 I just realized that I know very little of John McCain’s voting record. It’s easy to summarize what I’ve heard: he is an independent thinker, and a maverick. With regard to foreign policy I understand that this policy area is his strength, that he supports the military but compared to administration his military enthusiasm is tempered by concern for human rights and civilian lives. I thought that it would be useful to look at his voting record and thought that I’d do this in separate installme 2008-05-11 16:48:44 PDT http://technorati.com/search/northwestlaw.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/mccains-foreign-policy-maverick-erratic-or-just-gimmick/ 9 13 http://left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/pms-green-media.html http://left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/pms-green-media.html Sun, 11 May 2008 16:48:09 -0700 The Australian, 10 May 2008, Christian Kerr, p.4 Kevin Rudd's minders have made a major concession to journalists just one day after The Australian canvassed their media management style. Television cameras were yesterday invited into ABC radio studios in Brisbane to film an interview with the Prime Minister. Television reporters have been angry at what they see as a policy to exclude cameras from radio studios during interviews with Mr Rudd. They say the Prime Minister's media staff do not 2008-05-11 16:48:09 PDT http://technorati.com/search/left-field.typepad.com/headlines/2008/05/pms-green-media.html 3 37 http://mollymew.blogspot.com/2008/05/canadian-politics-brantford-land-claims.html http://mollymew.blogspot.com/2008/05/canadian-politics-brantford-land-claims.html Sun, 11 May 2008 16:46:53 -0700 CANADIAN POLITICS:BRANTFORD LAND CLAIMS- THE TRUTH BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Over the past few years the land claims of the Mohawk First Nation residing near Brantford Ontario have been in the news frequently as the Province of Ontario and the Six nation's community have faced off repeatedly. This coming Thursday, May 15, there will be a public lecture in Brantford putting forth what has often been obscured by the fireworks, the truth behind the claims. If you live down that way try and catch it. h 2008-05-11 16:46:53 PDT http://technorati.com/search/mollymew.blogspot.com/2008/05/canadian-politics-brantford-land-claims.html 35 286 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/05/11/in-oregon-on-monday-bubba-clinton-at-emu-ballroom-mccain-at-pdx/ http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/05/11/in-oregon-on-monday-bubba-clinton-at-emu-ballroom-mccain-at-pdx/ Sun, 11 May 2008 16:45:33 -0700 In Oregon on Monday: Bubba Clinton at EMU Ballroom, McCain in PDX May 11th, 2008 by Ian Former President Clinton will give a speech at the UO EMU Ballroom tomorrow night at 8:30. Be sure to thank him for helping torpedo his wife’s campaign and his party’s chances in the general election! Good work, big fella. Just remember to stay away from those girls at the soft serve in Carson. And if you have $1,000 to $33,100 to spend on a man who voted for campaign finance reform, why not attend the Joh 2008-05-11 16:45:33 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/05/11/in-oregon-on-monday-bubba-clinton-at-emu-ballroom-mccain-at-pdx/ 30 42 Oregon Commentator http://semidi.com/2008/05/11/barack-obama-is-unfit-for-the-presidency-part-xvii/ http://semidi.com/2008/05/11/barack-obama-is-unfit-for-the-presidency-part-xvii/ Sun, 11 May 2008 16:44:25 -0700 The New York Times has written a massive expose of Barack Obama, showing the country what so many of us on the pro-Hillary side have seen for a while: Barack Obama is a power hungry fair-weather friend who has been pursuing the White House for most of his life. Further, his centrist stance is, ironically, highly Clintonian — such irony being lost on Obamazoids, of course, who condemn the Clintons’ Third Way centrism. [Obama] moved from his leftist Hyde Park base to more centrist circles; he f 2008-05-11 16:44:25 PDT http://technorati.com/search/semidi.com/2008/05/11/barack-obama-is-unfit-for-the-presidency-part-xvii/ 1 1