To Shut Up the Critics: What Obama's Done in a Year
esquire.com — A blow-by-blow breakdown of the president's first year reveals that today's frustration stems not from a lack of policy so much as a lack of common ground. The state of the American center may not be strong, but Obama's record sure is. (Submitted by Ziriux) More…
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The Myth of '08, Demolished
washingtonpost.com — Obama's 2008 sweep was a historical anomaly...The same conventional wisdom that proclaimed the dawning of a new age last November dismissed the inevitable popular reaction to Obama's hubristic expansion of government, taxation, spending and debt—the tea party demonstrators, the town hall protesters—as a raging rabble of resentful reactionaries. (Submitted by Blinker1315) More…
Steele To Palin, Limbaugh: Your Opinion Doesn't Matter
thinkprogress.org — NY-23- national conservative leaders — like Dick Armey, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin — forced Scozzafava out in favor of right-wing candidate Doug Hoffman. Following his defeat, Steele struck back at firebrands within his party, telling reporters earlier today that the opinion of conservative outsiders “really doesn’t matter much” (Submitted by novenator) More…
Dutch 'among lowest cannabis users'
theaustralian.com.au — THE Dutch are among the lowest users of marijuana or cannabis in Europe despite the Netherlands' well-known tolerance of the drug, according to a regional study. Among adults in the Netherlands, 5.4 per cent used cannabis, compared with the European average of 6.8 per cent, according to an annual report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs (Submitted by SirPopper) More…

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