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Archive for October 7th, 2008

Federal Judge Orders Release of Chinese Muslims

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 7, 2008

Seventeen Uighurs held at Guantánamo Bay must be freed and allowed into the United States, the judge ruled.

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Sarah’s Pompom Palaver

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 7, 2008

Watching Gov. Sarah Palin’s strenuously folksy debate performance, we could wonder when elite became a bad thing in America.

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Who You Callin’ a Maverick?

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 7, 2008

A Texas rancher’s descendant defends the liberal family’s name.

“[To] those who know the history of the word, applying it to Mr. McCain is a bit of a stretch — and to one Texas family in particular it is even a bit offensive.”

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THIS is where Sarah Palin comes from!

Posted by Ted Hopton on October 7, 2008

The Daily Show skewers fools like no one else, and the Vice-Presidential Debate was rich raw material for their talents. I recommend checking out all they did about that, but to me the best thing they did was show Palin up by going to the Wasilla Main Street she keeps talking about. Yep, it’s really, really scary that she thinks those people are worth emulating. Is this really where we want our Vice President to come from?

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