Then why has his administration started backing away from the Iraqi PM?
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I’m sorry this woman lost her son, but for her to say that pulling out of Iraq could bring about another 9/11 is not doing her son’s memory justice.

Notice she use the word surrender. Well, I think many can agree that the sectarian violence will keep going on whether we’re there 2 months or 20 [...]

They may be giving his campaign money, but he only pulls 1% in the latest Gallup poll.
Who’s ahead of him? Duncan Hunter.
Duncan who?
Here’s the thing that I think a lot of you Paul supporters don’t get that even if that 1% is giving him money like crazy, that doesn’t mean it’ll translate into real [...]

I’ve often said not if we’re involved, and Rick Moran offers some additional insight in response to Bush’s speech yesterday…
Not a word in the President’s speech about the British withdrawal from the south which has already precipitated a civil war within a civil war between rival militias for control of that vital area. The hand [...]

I’m continuing to post the answers to 7 questions I recieved from Ron Paul supporters. If you’d like, read the answers to questions 1,2 and 3 before you read about #4.
I will say that the following question brought about the most interesting answers to date. Because many of you questioned whether or not “unity” was [...]

Does such a thing exist?
Supporting the war effort and dismissing the president in a single breath won’t win you many friends around the blogosphere. But perhaps this is the niche that the “Center-sphere” will carve out, if such a thing is to exist. After all, when both sides are screaming at you, you may have [...]

Why doesn’t this surprise me?
From AFP:
Two-thirds of US adults admit to being in the dark about political issues outside the United States, and only a third are well-versed in US politics, the results of a poll published Tuesday showed. [...]
Global political knowledge was miniscule, with just three percent of women and 14 percent of men [...]

The writing is on the wall. The Iraqi Prime Minister is about to get the boot amid rampant disunity in the government.
And what’s more…Bush is starting to step away from him…
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 — When President Bush and Nuri Kamal al-Maliki stood side by side in Jordan last November, the president proclaimed the prime minister [...]

From Reuters:
Bloomberg says won’t run for president
By Daniel Trotta
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he cannot win the U.S. presidency and won’t run, the strongest statement to date about his intentions for the 2008 presidential race.
Bloomberg previously had said he had no plans to run, which failed to quiet speculation that [...]

If you’re just getting here for the first time, I asked Ron Paul supporters 7 questions and got an avalanche of answers.
So today I’m continuing to post their answers to each question in a single convenient post. Find their answers to 1 and 2 by clicking the numbers.
Now onto…
Question 3: What would a Paul presidency [...]

Jason Steck, a co-blogger over at The Moderate Voice, wrote an editorial that was recently published in the Omaha World Herald.
I’m reprinting the original here in full…
Making his first significant public statement since his appointment, “war czar” LTG Douglas Lute argues that the draft should be considered to resolve strains on the all-volunteer force [...]

The former Democratic Senator from Georgia is making noise…
“It’s a possibility, not a probability,” said Nunn, now the head of a nonprofit organization out to reduce the threat posed by nuclear, biological and chemical weaponry. “My own thinking is, it may be a time for the country to say, ‘Timeout. The two-party system has served [...]

Nicholas Popaditch lost his eye in Iraq…so we rebuilt him.

Apparently a highly usable, remarkably light solid that’s made up of approximately 99.8% air.
From TimesOnline:
Aerogel, one of the world’s lightest solids, can withstand a direct blast of 1kg of dynamite and protect against heat from a blowtorch at more than 1,300C.
Scientists are working to discover new applications for the substance, ranging from the next generation [...]

Apparently a highly usable, remarkably light solid that’s made up of approximately 99.8% air.
From TimesOnline:
Aerogel, one of the world’s lightest solids, can withstand a direct blast of 1kg of dynamite and protect against heat from a blowtorch at more than 1,300C.
Scientists are working to discover new applications for the substance, ranging from the next generation [...]

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ABC News’ Democratic Debate (8/19/07)
Status update on John McCain’s campaign
Bill Clinton visits Nevada
John Edwards moves staff out of Nevada, while Bill Richardson moves staff in
We respond to reader’s questions
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Yes, that’s a bionic hand peeling a banana, and it could mean a lot more freedom for our soldiers who’ve lost their appendages in Iraq and Afghanistan.
You can see more pics at the bottom of the page.
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We have added an actual blog component, and continue to feature [...]

That’s the question posed over at Daily WTF:
Hillary Clinton is the oatmeal raisin cookie of the Democratic Party. She is forced into blue faces everywhere, called “inevitable” despite the fact that not a single primary vote has been cast. And if the Clinton Machine somehow manages to win the Democratic nomination, if the primary voters [...]

The former Virginia Governor is back in the news, and this time we’re hearing whispers about his chances for becoming…a VP?
From the prince of darkness…
Anticipating that Sen. Hillary Clinton will clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, some supporters are beginning to argue against her choosing her principal rival — Sen. Barack Obama — for vice president.
They [...]