Top 10 Music Picks From Obama & McCain

Blender Magazine has published a list of top 10 songs from presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama." Ready or Not by The Fugees" is on top of Obama's list. ABBA's " Dancing Queen" tops McCain's list.

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The Complete Bushisms

A must read for all you interested in the accidental wit and surprising idiosyncrasies of President Bush. They are absolutely priceless, sometime food for thoughts, more often Freudians slips and always wonderful fodder for political satire.

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Why isn't Obama crushing McCain?

A conversation with two prominent journalists and a Bush-Cheney campaign official about why, in what should be a Democratic year, Obama can't put McCain away.

A key factor in this is still the lack of enthusiasm of 30% of Hillary Clinton's supporters to Obama's presidential bid. It is likely that America's great divide between blue and red will remain whomever get elected in November.

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Why are we still paying for Iraq's Reconstruction?

Iraq has being posting record profit from oil revenues, almost 80 billion in the current fiscal year. It is time for the US to scale down its financial help for Reconstruction and military assistance and let the Iraq's government take control of their own future.

However, because of the large exodus of Iraqis' professional (around 3 million left Iraq) and the dismantling of the Baath party by the US in the early stage of the invasion, Iraq has a lack of competent administrators to deal with the budget surplus and make life of Iraqis citizens better.

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" Maverick" on a short leash.

The Arizona senator famous for his improvisational style is sticking closer to a professional playbook, with carefully scripted statements instead of open-ended news conferences between now and Election Day.
The " Maverick" is now on a short leash and will have to stick to the script and talking points from his campaign.

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In 'Way Of The World,' Fabricating A Case For War

In The Way of the World: A Story of Truth And Hope In An Age of Extremism, author Ron Suskind alleges that the Bush administration knew Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, and eventually fabricated intelligence assets to support its case for war. The White House and the CIA deny his claims.

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US Election polltracker

The race for the White House is getting closer. McCain has found traction with the energy issue and his claim that off shore oil drilling can lower gas prices. Most experts think that it would take a long time for oil production to be online and that the impact on oil prices would be very limited.

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More oil firms report big profits

Exxon, Chevron, Total are reporting record profits.....once again. Keep it in mind next time you go to a gas station.

McCain, just like Bush, advocates off shore drilling, in our current context it seems to resonate with US voters. McCain forget to mention that this type of new exploration wouldn't increase oil production for a while and would have almost no impact on oil prices.

On the other hand, it seems that taxing oil companies and getting rid of their tax rebates is what should be done.

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How Terrorist Groups End: Study by the RAND corporation.

The authors write, in this report, that policing & intelligence rather than military force should be the backbone of US effort in the matter. They also say that the use of the phrase " war on terror " by US policymakers should end since there is no battlefield solution against groups such as Al Qaeda.

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