Tag Archives: Barack Obama

The politics of racism

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Featheriver

The Ugliness of Race [Shirley Sherrod] Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The squabble between the Tea Party and the NAACP over racism has evolved into a firestorm. How it began The NAACP has … Continue reading →

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Obama Comes to Vegas for Reid

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Featheriver

President Barack Obama flies to Las Vegas to stump for Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid. Obama calls Sharron Angles ideas “old worn out” theories. See the video on the Las Vegas Sun.

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A different kind of Republican Conservatism

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Featheriver

Remember that last week President Barack Obama met with British Petroleum’s CEO.  When they parted company BP agreed to set up a $20 billion escrow fund to compensate victims of the oil spill. Next day the BP CEO and top … Continue reading →

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Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Featheriver

Is off-shore drilling for oil worth it? I have my doubts. The oil from the BP spill is now onshore leaving much devastation in it’s wake. Wildlife killed indiscriminately. Nature’s food chain broken, perhaps irrevocably. The fishing industry along the … Continue reading →

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Nye County DA arrested for embezzlement!

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Featheriver

Nye County District Attorney, up for re-election, has been arrested and being held in jail. News 3 has confirmed that Nye County District Attorney Robert Beckett has been arrested. He is facing numerous charges including embezzlement and misappropriation of funds. … Continue reading →

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Lowden named worst person in the world by Olbermann

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Featheriver

After nearly a month of national ridicule, Lowden’s campaign manager’s (Robert Uithoven) outrageous comments while discussing health care reform and BarterGate on Face to Face culminate with he and Lowden being named Worst Persons in the World.

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Arizona Acts to Halt Illegal Immigration

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Featheriver

Last Friday Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed an illegal immigration bill into law. The new Arizona law requires immigrants to carry alien registration documents at all times. It also requires the police to question people if there’s reason to suspect … Continue reading →

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Economic Recovery Advisory Board

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Featheriver

The President Economic Recovery Advisory Board met this afternoon about Wall Street Reform. President Obama said: We can’t allow history to repeat itself.  Never again should American taxpayers be forced to step in and pay the price for the responsibility … Continue reading →

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Malarkey About Health Care

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Featheriver

FactCheck.org writes: We’ve seldom seen a piece of legislation so widely misrepresented, and misunderstood, as the new health care law. We stopped counting the number of articles and items we turned out on the subject after the total reached 100. … Continue reading →

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Don Rust’s email account hacked

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Featheriver

On Friday, April 16, 2010 I received the following email with the subject being “urgent please!” ostensibly from Don Rust: Hope you are doing well? I am writing to ask you to please loan me some money.I’m in UK right … Continue reading →

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