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Sep 06 2008
The Reform Game
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By MWC NEWS   

The campaign season is abuzz with all four of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates exclaiming how they’re going to “reform” Washington. Not surprisingly, the establishment media is excited about the theme, calling on the candidates to come up with the “specifics” of their respective “reform” plans.

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Sep 05 2008
Bandwagon Politics
Political Views
By James Secor   

All aboard the Casey Jones Special

I wonder. . .is anybody listening? Is anybody paying attention? Is anybody actually seeing anything? I feel like I'm Laurie Anderson calling her home:

"Hello? Is anybody home?"

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Tags:  James L. Secor Robert Greenwald Bandwagon Politics Casey Jones Pandora's box
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Sep 05 2008
Free Ride: John McCain and the Media
Political Views
By MWC NEWS   

Maverick? Author Paul Waldman

Media Matters fellow and American Prospect columnist Paul Waldman says Sen. McCain’s image as an independent maverick able to take on powerful interests is enabled by a complacent media that overlooks the facts.

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Tags:  Maverick Paul Waldman John McCain US Media
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Sep 04 2008
Republicans Hit New Low
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By MWC NEWS   

My jaw nearly hit the floor.  I was watching Rudy Giuliani speak Wednesday night at the RNC, and he was laying it on Obama thick and heavy, as would be expected.  But he ruthlessly attacked Obama’s record in a way that I never anticipated.  He ridiculed the field of community organizing.

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Tags:  Jim Moss Rudy Giuliani Republicans RNC GOP
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Sep 03 2008
Unintelligence in Federal Intelligence Agencies
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By MWC NEWS   

The Bush administration has found yet another way to waste taxpayer money while providing huge sums to private contractors.  According to a survey of activities in 2007 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, about a third of the federal professional intelligence workforce now consists of contractors, mostly in the Washington, DC area.

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