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Collectors Cost IRS More Than They Raise
By Lyndsey Layton and Christopher Lee
Tuesday, April 15, 2008; A01
The Internal Revenue Service expects to lose more than $37 million by using private debt collectors to pursue tax scofflaws through a program that has outraged consumers and led to charges on Capitol Hill that the agency is wasting […]

Another Obama Endorsement, and a Clinton One, Too
By Katharine Q. Seelye
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/another-obama-endorsement-and-a-clinton-one-too/
Senator Barack Obama’s debate performance last night may have been panned, but he was endorsed today by the Philadelphia Daily News. That makes it a sweep for Mr. Obama among Pennsylvania’s major newspapers.
“Most candidates claim that they will change the way business is done in […]

The media is playing up the false idea that McCain is going to just rely on public financing of his general election campaign. I almost bought the BS myself but the DNC caught the trick. Read the message below. Will the media report the dirty trick by the Republicans or just repeat the Republican spin?
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Dear […]

Obama would ask his AG to “immediately review” potential of crimes in Bush White House
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Barack_on_torture.html
William Bunch, Monday, April 14, 2008
Tonight I had an opportunity to ask Barack Obama a question that is on the minds of many Americans, yet rarely rises to the surface in the great ruckus of the 2008 presidential race — and […]

Colombia: No Rights, No Trade
By John Sweeney
Last Sept. 27, 16-year-old Andres Damian Florez Rodriguez was on his way home from school when he was forced into a van by three armed men. Andres is the son of Jose Domingo Florez, a leader of the Coca-Cola bottling union in Santander. The assailants drove along, beating the […]

Democratic Talk Radio went on the air in the Lehigh Valley
March 31st, 2008
Democratic Talk Radio went be on the air in the Lehigh Valley on Thursday mornings at 8:05 am on WGPA, 1100AM. The program will be streaming live on the Internet at http://www.wgpasunny1100.com/welcomepg.html. All programs will be archived on the Democratic Talk […]

Convince me, but be nice, superdelegate says
by The Republican Newsroom
By JO-ANN MORIARTY
[email protected]
Newspaper article link
WASHINGTON - Undecided superdelegate Debra S. Kozikowski of Chicopee is asking supporters of the two Democratic presidential candidates to tell her why she should give her vote to their candidate.
Disgusted by the mean tenor of online conversations about the […]

http://www.startribune.com/nation/17322434.html
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A leading Democrat on Saturday declared last year’s troop buildup in Iraq a failure.
Sen. Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the military push didn’t succeed because U.S. troops remain committed there in large numbers and political reconciliation has not been achieved.
“The purpose of the surge was to bring […]

RESUME
GEORGE W. BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC […]

http://demookie.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37733
OKLAHOMA CITY (April 2nd, 2008) The leader of the Cherokee Nation was barred from speaking in the General Government and Transportation Committee today.
“This is reprehensible,” said Representative Mike Brown, D- Tahlequah. “The House of Representatives is supposed to be a forum of free debate. To not allow the leader of one of the great native […]