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Six months ago today obama had his first full day in office as president. Reports from all over make it clear he’s lost his famous mojo.
Health Care Reform? Likely off the table until after the August recess of Congress. Flanks from all sides have turned in on obama in the middle, who is trying so [...]

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Frequently Asked Question: “Can I be a Puma if I’m a Republican?”
Answer: Who you vote for or how you like to think of yourself politically is up to you — this really IS a free country. I can’t say that a person who is registered as a Republican can’t be a Puma. Of course they [...]

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Via cannonfire:
 
“The Obama administration has decided to oppose the reinstatement of a civil lawsuit filed by outed CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson.
Obama’s Justice Department says the Wilsons have no legitimate claim to sue. They also put forward another startling claim.
“The Obama administration has gone one step further, suggesting Mr. Wilson failed to provide any [...]

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I like this from Betty Jean Kling:

“I must have the swine flu or have slipped into the outer limits – I just heard two speeches neither of which I would bother to listen to if I were not home sick in bed.
Obama first. With his Teleprompters and well scripted and delivered speech he was fresh [...]

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The Republican Party might as well pack up and go home. Oh wait, they already did.
But it doesn’t really matter, because the dude in the white house basically IS a republican. Except for the rotten ways in which he’s still a democrat (election shenanigans, back-room dealing, cronyism, woman-hating, you know — all that good stuff [...]

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Women who smoke!
Amrit Singh, staff attorney for the ACLU, which is fighting the obama administration’s attempts to block the release of damning photos of prisoner abuse by U.S. personnel. Singh and the ACLU won a Freedom of Information Act order from the courts which required the government to release the photos by May 28th. Obama, [...]

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