Tag: barack obama
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Barack in Fort Collins
Today 50,000 people packed the Oval at CSU to see Barack Obama speak. The line was two and a half miles long, and the rally got an early start, so the Secret Service stopped screening people in order to get everyone in as quickly as possible. My friends and I got a spot about two…
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Meet Joe the Plumber
This last debate had me wondering what all this “Joe the Plumber” fuss was about… So I asked the internets, and they told me to watch this: Joe the Plumber on YouTube This is just me talking, but I found this conversation much more informative than the entire debate which kept on throwing Joe’s name…
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Responsible Economic Recovery
The Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion, no-strings-attached bailout of the financial industry is meeting strong opposition from Congress on both the left and right. Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd, a Democrat, said, “What they have sent us is not acceptable.” Kentucky Republican Jim Brunning said the plan would “take Wall Street’s pain and spread…
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The Obama Tax Cut
This site is a great tool, check it out… Put in your basic tax information (nothing personal) and it calculates your tax cut under Barack Obama’s tax proposal – and how much more you will pay under McCain’s plan. This is an important factor for conservatives to consider- the Republican party of the last eight…
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Peace Corps?
I’m seriously considering going into the Peace Corps after I graduate. The thought has occurred to me off and on for the last year or so, and some of Barack Obama’s comments on service at his Wesleyan commencement address brought it back to my attention today: I also began to realize that I wasn’t just…
Zeke Weeks 