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On Friday night, Congress passed its third major piece of legislation under the Obama Administration: The Stimulus Package. Intended to help the country take baby steps towards economic recovery, the bill has been hotly debated in recent weeks as to whether or not it is the right way to get us back on our feet. [...]
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Shepard Fairey’s iconic blue and red Obama “Hope” poster. Though not an official poster of the Obama campaign, it’s likely to be remembered as one of the coolest and most popular campaign posters ever. Even French President Sarkozy has ripped it off . And now you can too. Thanks to Paste Magazine, all you have [...]
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After getting about 2.5 hours of sleep last night, I am absolutely exhausted, and I have an Art History exam tomorrow. (I spent about half the night at a convention center outside of Florence with way too many Americans watching CNN and BBC on big screens and then the other half of the night refreshing [...]
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So after two years of campaigning and all that jazz, Election Day in the United States has finally arrived. And I’m in Italy. Funny how things work. Anyway, how I made it through classes today without suffering a nervous breakdown, I have no idea, but I survived all the same. I hope to do some [...]
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Prematurely lauded as the most important vice presidential debate in the history of the universe, last night’s “disuscussion” between Democriatc VP nominee Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and Republican VP nominee Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska largely fell flat. As many have pointed out over the last few days, this was Palin’s debate to win [...]
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Yesterday, Republican Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain decided to suspend his campaign and called for a cancellation (note: not a postponement) of his upcoming debate with Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama so that he could return to D.C. and help solve the financial crisis. (READ THE NEWS HERE) OK, I have several issues with this [...]
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Barack Obama & Joe biden Between the hours of midnight and 4AM on Saturday, people learned of Obama’s vice-presidential pick: Joe Biden. I learned when my dad sat his blackberry down in front of me at 9:30. Wait, he wasn’t supposed to find out before me. Anyway, my mom and I listened old-school style on [...]
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Let’s face it, it’s easy to attract media attention, especially if you’re a politician, a celebrity or a criminal. It’s not easy, however, to distract the media, mostly because they’re EVERYWHERE. It’s especially difficult to distract them when there are two big international events to pay attention to, the Olympics AND war between Russia and [...]
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The CNN report aside, it has nothing to do with skin color and everything to do with Commissioner Gordon’s last major quote of the film (with a few revisions) “He’s the President we need, but maybe not the President we’re ready for.” Think about it. Does America deserve a President that understands them so well [...]
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So I cleaned my desk AND my closet tonight. It only took about five hours, one ginormous iced coffee and a generous glass of red wine. You’d think I was pissed off at someone if I could accomplish that much. But no, contrary to most Democrats, I don’t need to be pissed off at someone [...]
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