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The US is the main fighting force in Afghanistan. If most of the Middle East are moderate muslims, except for Iran, how come they aren't helping us fight the Taliban and other extremists? The Middle East should take all their oil money and invest in...
Obama put a timetable on Afghanistan tonight. He said he's adding 30,000 more troops and withdrawing them by July 2011. So, all the Taliban have to do is hold them off until July 2011 and they get to take over. I don't remember the last time a war...
Senator Judd Gregg repeats CBO's (Congressional Budget Office) numbers saying that the current Health Care Reform bill will actually cost $2.5 trillion. Why the $900 billion? Because Obama's administration is starting the expenditures in the 5th or...
It's the typical political ecology of the world. People and institutions act based primarily upon self-interest. Those who don't, don't survive. Health care reform is no different. What is the motivation of the Obama administration to for health...
Here's a reality check. The US government just announced that it no longer recommends women to get a mammogram at the age of 40. The pushed it up to age 50. Critics are saying that this is just a prelude to the rationing of health care that will come...
