Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?category=politics http://thesop.org/index.php?category=politics http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:00 GMT What a dumb thing to say. I don't pretend to know the reasons why Rep. Arthur Davis, (D-AL) voted against the health care bill earlier this month and I'm not http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/20/the-healthcare-bill-not-for-blacks http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/20/the-healthcare-bill-not-for-blacks contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:44:00 GMT What is a control within the structure of an experiment? Thats a great question, right. Control is, without doubt, something Hollywood has failed to produce on the big screens, http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/19/we-are-the-control http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/19/we-are-the-control fieldofblackbirds@cox.net (Clayton S. Jeppsen) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:08:00 GMT In a full-page ad published yesterday in the Ledger-Inquirer of Columbus, GA, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/19/who-will-thank-our-heroes http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/19/who-will-thank-our-heroes contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:31:00 GMT There have been criticisms of this decision from all over the spectrum. Some have questioned the decision to hold the trial in New York, in fact, some 1000 meters from Ground Zero. Will this http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/18/the-trial-of-khalid-sheikh-mohammed http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/18/the-trial-of-khalid-sheikh-mohammed geoff@al-pha.com (Geoff Dean) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:33:00 GMT President Barack Obama today emphasized the importance of keeping international efforts focused on nuclear weapons programs in North Korea and Iran. http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/18/obama-talks-tough-on-iran-north-korea http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/18/obama-talks-tough-on-iran-north-korea mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:41:00 GMT A range of decisions still remain for President Barack Obama and his administration to finalize the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, the president said in Beijing today. http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/18/obama-decisions-will-pave-path-to-end-afghanistan-war http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/18/obama-decisions-will-pave-path-to-end-afghanistan-war mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:26:00 GMT Despite progress being made in closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Obama acknowledged today that the administration likely will not make the January deadline. http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/18/obama-gitmo-likely-to-miss-closure-deadline http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/18/obama-gitmo-likely-to-miss-closure-deadline mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:30:00 GMT A political 527 group, which claims responsibility for derailing Mitt Romney's presidential hopes in 2008 in the early-contest states of Iowa and South Carolina, is now targeting Sarah Palin. But for what? http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/16/palins-prolife-credentials-she-has-none http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/16/palins-prolife-credentials-she-has-none contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:59:00 GMT At a speech in Wisconsin this week, Sarah Palin noted how the words 'In God We Trust' had been moved to the edge of the new dollar coins. http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/16/sarah-palin-still-on-warpath-against-obama http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/16/sarah-palin-still-on-warpath-against-obama rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:13:00 GMT Of all the things Americans are hectored into taking to heart "patriotism, low taxes, Ayn Rand, trickle-down economics, etc "one thing remains conspicuous for its absence: ignorance. http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/15/do-americans-really-want-to-be-bothered-with-the-facts http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/15/do-americans-really-want-to-be-bothered-with-the-facts dmmarbrook@earthlink.net (Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)) Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:25:00 GMT You may recall the prophecy, the south will rise again! " I am sure you have wondered, as I have, just what that means. http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/15/the-south-will-be-right-again http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/15/the-south-will-be-right-again rammellrex@msn.com (Rex Rammell) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:21:00 GMT President Barack Obama used his weekly address today to call for a careful and complete review of what happened before the Nov. 5 tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas. http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/14/obama-orders-review-of-fort-hood-massacre http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/14/obama-orders-review-of-fort-hood-massacre mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:18:00 GMT Republican victories in the November 3, 2009, elections -- specifically in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections -- dealt a "deathblow to ObamaCare." http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/13/obama-care-myths-and-the-gop http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/13/obama-care-myths-and-the-gop contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:39:00 GMT Obama made it clear that while we have come back from the brink of what many predicted would be a depression, he will not be satisfied until robust job growth returns. http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/12/obama-announces-a-forum-on-jobs http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/12/obama-announces-a-forum-on-jobs mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT People around the world regard both superpowers as cooperative, but they also see both countries, especially the US, as using the threat of military force to coerce other nations. http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/12/world-public-gives-china-us-low-marks-on-climate-change http://thesop.org/politics/2009/11/12/world-public-gives-china-us-low-marks-on-climate-change contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2)