Open letter to Andy Rooney - By Larry Elder

Seeded on Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:53 PM EDT (Town Hall)

Dear Mr. Rooney, You ask, in your recent "60 Minutes" commentary, for the president to finally flat-out "explain" why we have troops in Iraq. While busy preparing your commentaries, you perhaps failed to hear the president explain this -- over and over and over again.

politics, rooney, elder, iraq, terrorism, hussein

A Bogus Study on Iraq Casualties.

Seeded on Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:48 AM EDT (OpinionJournal.com)

After doing survey research in Iraq for nearly two years, I was surprised to read that a study by a group from Johns Hopkins University claims that 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the war.

politics, johns-hopkins, survey, iraq, demographic

When Does Life Begin?

Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:42 AM EDT

I've been thinking about this for a while, and reading one of bwells' seeds inspired me to move forward with it.

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health, women, abortion, pro-life, pro-choice

Who You Callin' a Neocon?

Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:04 AM EDT

Perhaps a better question is, "What are you calling a neocon?" I see the word used quite frequently, here on Newsvine and in other places, but I'm not sure what it means. When I try to find out, I get answers like:

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The Bogus Blog Behind Foley's Fall

Seeded on Mon Oct 9, 2006 2:42 PM EDT (radaronline.com)

'ABCNews.com brought Mark Foley's boy-chasing to national attention, but it wasn't the first website to flog the story.

politics, emails, interns, foley, blog

Angels and Intelligence Estimates - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Mon Oct 9, 2006 2:24 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Lost between the Foley tsunami and the Woodward hurricane is the storm that began the great Republican collapse of 2006.

politics, iraq, war, bush, national-intelligence-estimate, jihadists, saddam, terrorism

U.S. Has Second Warmest Summer On Record

Seeded on Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:44 AM EDT (NOAA Magazine)

The hottest was in 1936. I wonder what happened in 1936 that made it so hot.

drought, science, temperature, warmest, noaa, degrees, precipitation

Sometimes it's the Small Victories That Count

Fri Sep 1, 2006 9:56 AM EDT

Saturday, I was buying groceries. My wife asked me to pick up some sandwiches from Ralph's deli. As I waited, I was looking at the selection of cheeses. My eye stopped on the limburger. Ever had limburger? I hadn't.

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