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• The George W. Bush Presidential Library Is So … Conservative

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 150
  James Gardner, formerly the architecture critic of the New York Sun, now writes on culture for several publications. To put the matter politely, presidential libraries tend not to inspire very good architecture. One generalization that can be made about the twelve libraries already in existence is that they tend ...
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• You Think the American Relationship With Pakistan Is Fraught Now...

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 150
  ...but just imagine if this scenario had played out: Shortly after 9/11, President Bush had issued a “lethal finding,” giving the C.I.A. the go-ahead to kill or capture al-Qaeda members. (Under an executive order issued by President Gerald Ford, it had been illegal since 1976 for U.S. intelligence operatives to ...
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• Cheney for fisherman

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 150
    Jon Meacham is clearly an intelligent person and skilled writer, but his judgment about America and what America needs is somewhat inferior to that of my cat Lexie. Last November, he was telling us that the election affirmed the nation’s conservatism. Now he is urging Dick Cheney to run for president in ...
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• In Bad Times, Obama Shatters Spending Record for First-Year Presidents

  
  The Liberal Democrat — Authority: 125
  President Obama has shattered the budget record for first-year presidents — spending nearly double what his predecessor did when he came into office and far exceeding the first-year tabs for any other U.S. president in history.In fiscal 2009 the federal government spent $3.52 trillion — $2.8 trillion in 2000 ...
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• Clayton: History Buff or Bluff?

  
  Carpe Diem — Authority: 133
  As loyal Fox & Friends Weekend fans know, co-anchor Clayton Morris fashions himself a history buff. However, today he appeared to be more the dilettante of the American narrative in an F&FW interview of Governor Mike Huckabee. During that segment (on Obama’s hinting that he might not run again in 2012), ...
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• Obama’s approval rating slips below 50 percent

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Nov 21 (RIA Novosti) US President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent for the first time since he took office, according to the latest Gallup poll.Gallup’s daily “tracking” poll showed that 49 percent of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing as the president.It ...
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• Obama’s job approval rating dips below 50% for first time in his presidency

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Nov. 21 (ANI): Amid rising unemployment and growing unpopularity for his health care reform plan, Barack Obama’s job approval rating has gone below 50 percent for the first time in his presidency, a Gallup survey has found. After dropping to 49 percent in the national survey conducted this week, Obama ...
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• It is a victory for the American people. Thank God for Ron Paul!

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  Ron Paul, the only politician who truly has Americas interest at heart. And screw the likes of Barney Frank who is, at best, self serving. Ron Paul knows who he was elected to represent and has never lost sight of that. I would like to see a list of anyone who votes against this and have them explain themselves to the ...
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• The Rival Rundown: Michigan vs. Ohio State

  
  College Candy — Authority: 659
  Welcome back to The Rival Rundown ! If you’ve always wanted to give props to your school on CC, now’s your chance! Shoot us an email explaining what’s awesome and unique about your school (or what stinks about Rival U) at rivalrundown@collegecandy.com ! This is it, folks, the grand daddy of all college ...
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• Profiles in Courage: Atif Moon

  
  Muslim Media Network — Authority: 431
  Atif M. Moon of California was recently honored as one of the top ten outstanding Americans by the United States Chamber of Commerce. His story is one of courage and determine to overcome all odds. Born with neuroblastoma, a cancer of the spinal cord, Atif M. Moon, 24, was given no chance of survival. After three ...
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• eBay Watch: Jesse Owens, Gerald Ford and 1934

  
  MVictors.com — Authority: 132
  Regular readers of this site know one of my favorite decades of Michigan football is the 1930s, having covered different seasons and events in eBay Watch and in the Little Brown Jug Lore series from those years. If I had to pick one year as my favorite during the stretch it’s definitely 1934 which is ...
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• F-15 Eagle Earns its Wings

  
  Today's History Lesson — Authority: 123
  When any of us boards an airplane, I wonder if we ever give any real thought to how much work, design, and planning went into building and testing it.  I’m not a big fan of flying by any means, so I usually hope that the plane I enter merely conquers gravity for the 90 minutes or 2 hours I’m in its clutches.  ...
  3 weeks ago

• Geeky Moment: The Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier

  
  motorcitytimes.com — Authority: 521
  Via The Detroit News:Construction of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford got its official kickoff Saturday with a keel-laying ceremony at the shipyard where the $7 billion nuclear-powered ship is being assembled.The 38th president’s daughter, Susan Ford Bales, declared the keel “truly and fairly laid” at an ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Brief History of Veteran’s Day

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 577
  Today is Veterans Day, originally Armistice Day, marking the end of World War I, which came to a close on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year in 1918. The Department of Veterans Affairs tells us that President Wilson first marked the anniversary in 1919, when the President ...
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• This is NOT your pilot speaking....

  
  chuckography — Authority: 115
  Flying on Aer Lingus recently, I was reminded of the time I held the microphone and talked to a planeload of startled passengers. When a Convention Bureau goes after a group to come to their city, it tries to show ingenuity whenever possible. Off the wall works too. So the Committee to select where the 1980 ...
  4 weeks ago

• The punchiest Daily News headline ever

  
  Ephemeral New York — Authority: 549
  Okay, so it lacks the cadence of The Post ’s 1983 masterpiece “Headless Body in Topless Bar.” But this Daily News gem, from the October 30, 1975 edition of the paper, more than makes up for it in punch and bluntness. Of course, Ford didn’t actually tell the city to drop dead. New York City in the 1970s ...
  5 weeks ago

• Recalling the 1976 Swine Flu Debacle

  
  Health Tips — Authority: 131
  In the history of the United States, this is not the first time that the country is experiencing a swine flu outbreak. The first recorded incident of H1N1 infection in the US was recorded on January 27, 1976, when there…
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• What is Indira Gandhi’s legacy?

  
  India: A billion aspirations — Authority: 119
  It is former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s 25th death anniversary on October 31.  What was her legacy? She was associated with events like the Emergency, which briefly made Gerald Ford head of the largest democracy in the world, and decades of militancy in Punjab. Her policy of nationalising banks was mentioned ...
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• The Yankees White House Stimulus

  
  RAGGED THOTS — Authority: 416
  The championship round of the national pastime should be a moment of unity. Save for supporters of the teams playing in the Fall Classic, the country should come together and celebrate a sport as American as apple pie. Alas, this years World Series carries with it serious built in conflicts. As The New York Times ...
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• Frederick K. Biebel Dies; Was State GOP Chief And Activist

  
  Capitol Watch — Authority: 574
  Frederick K. Biebel, 83, of Stratford, former chairman of the state Republican Party, has died, party officials said Tuesday. Details and funeral arrangements are not yet available. Current state GOP Chairman Chris Healy issued the following statement: "The Connecticut Republican Party and Republicans everywhere ...
  6 weeks ago

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