Susan Thur

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China's Holdings of U.S. Securities:Implications for the U.S

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 20, 2009, 4:24 pm
Given its relatively low savings rate, the U.S. economy depends heavily on foreign capital inflows from countries with high savings rates (such as China) to help promote growth and to fund the federal...
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China's Holdings of U.S. Securities:Implications for the U.S - SusanThur - Open Salon

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 20, 2009, 4:23 pm
China’s Holdings of U.S. Securities:Implications for the U.S - SusanThur - Open Salon Given its relatively low savings rate, the U.S. economy depends heavily on foreign capital inflows from countri...
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Eugene Robinson - Eugene Robinson on Sarah Palin as our rogue Evita - washingtonpost.com

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 10:59 am
Eugene Robinson - Eugene Robinson on Sarah Palin as our rogue Evita - washingtonpost.com It's futile to try to ignore Palin, however noble the effort may be. She's a phenomenon, and it hardly...
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Eugene Robinson - Eugene Robinson on Sarah Palin as our rogue Evita - washingtonpost.com

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 10:58 am
No force on Earth can stop Sarah Palin from becoming our very own "lite" version of Eva Perón -- a glamorous and tragic legend, minus the tragedy. Eventually, some clever composer will write a blockb...
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House health bill includes Medicaid relief for states - washingtonpost.com

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 10:55 am
House health bill includes Medicaid relief for states - washingtonpost.com Wedged in the House health-care bill is $23.5 billion that looks a lot more like new federal stimulus spending than anything ...
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Obama: Aim is to put U.S. on path to end Afghan war - USATODAY.com

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 10:45 am
Obama: Aim is to put U.S. on path to end Afghan war - USATODAY.com BEIJING (AP) — President Obama said Wednesday his upcoming strategy in Afghanistan will "put us on a path towards ending the war" ...
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World Health Organization Says Cell Phones can Cause Brain Cancer -- Signs of the Times News

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 10:02 am
Although research has not shown that short term cell phone use causes cancer, a large population study from Sweden has shown that people who use cell phones for more than ten years on the same side of...
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RNC health insurance plan covers abortions

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 6:32 pm
The Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers elective abortions for its employees, an option Republicans strongly oppose in health overhaul legislation that Democrats are tryin...
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RNC health insurance plan covers abortions - Examiner.com

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 6:31 pm
The Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers elective abortions for its employees, an option Republicans strongly oppose in health overhaul legislation that Democrats are tryin...
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Increasing Medicare Tax on High-Wage Earners Could Help Pay for Health Reform and Strengthen Medicare's Finances — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 5:59 pm
Increasing Medicare Tax on High-Wage Earners Could Help Pay for Health Reform and Strengthen Medicare’s Finances — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Increasing the Medicare payroll tax on hig...
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Robert Greenwald-America Funding Taliban

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 5:57 pm
Greenwald talks about how American tax dollars are funding both sides of the war . Robert Greenwald opium heroin smack afghanistan alex jones CIA 9/11 FBI black ops inside job al qaeda taliban ...
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We need a history lesson about Nazis

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 5:19 pm
I hope this column makes you sick. See, we'll be talking about Nazis, something many of us are doing lately. Indeed, just this week a fellow named Joseph emailed me about a caller he heard on a ra...
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We need a history lesson about Nazis - Leonard Pitts on Obama - MiamiHerald.com

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 5:18 pm
We need a history lesson about Nazis - Leonard Pitts on Obama - MiamiHerald.com See, we'll be talking about Nazis, something many of us are doing lately. Indeed, just this week a fellow named Jos...
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Clergy issues call for civility - NOLA.com

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 4:43 pm
Clergy issues call for civility - NOLA.com Thursday, November 12, 2009 By Bruce NolanStaff writerIt's gotten ugly out there in the pubic square -- on television, at public meetings, on the Intern...
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Clergy issues call for civility

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 4:33 pm
Thursday, November 12, 2009 By Bruce NolanStaff writer It's gotten ugly out there in the pubic square -- on television, at public meetings, on the Internet.
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American Atheists | Pre Christian Christmas Stories with Other Gods

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 10:03 pm
American Atheists Pre Christian Christmas Stories with Other Gods
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Vets Battle Unemployment and War Injuries

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 6:10 pm
SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. Army veteran Walter Williams was homeless when he returned from tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Paranoid Style in American Politics 1964 Hofstadter - SusanThur - Open Salon

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 6:07 pm
The Paranoid Style in American Politics 1964 Hofstadter - SusanThur - Open Salon
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Wounded Warrior fellowships help give injured vets a working hand in Congress - washingtonpost.com

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 4:52 pm
Wounded Warrior fellowships help give injured vets a working hand in Congress - washingtonpost.com
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Blackwater approved payments in Iraq shooting: report

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 4:41 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Blackwater executives authorized about $1 million in payments to Iraqi officials to buy support and silence criticism of the private security firm after a deadly shooting in...
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Why don't Democrats talk more about the perils of too little government?

Susan Thur posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 1:38 pm
WASHINGTON--Here's a story you may have missed because it flies in the face of the dreary conventional wisdom: When advocates of public programs take on the right-wing anti-government crowd direct...
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What 'Controlling the Media' Really Means

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 7:10 pm
The same media whining over criticisms of Fox was happy to be bullied and controlled by the Bush administration.
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Reading The Clinton Tapes; thinking about Obama

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 22, 2009, 1:21 pm
By Joan Walsh of Salon--- That's why they always win. And they're going to keep winning until somebody tells them the truth, that this administration is killing itself every day to help people...
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Obama vs. FOX | AfterDowningStreet.org

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 2:13 pm
However you got to this point, you still have a choice: reign in FOX News, fire Beck, speak out to undo some of the lies you have told through your people about our President, our country and the worl...
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Janet Ritz: What Is Patriotism?

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 12:56 pm
Janet Ritz: What Is Patriotism? Posted using ShareThis
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Janet Ritz: What Is Patriotism?

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 12:54 pm
Calls for patriotism were used during the Bush Administration with the implication that those who did not support them in wartime were unpatriotic. But what about the summer of 2009 with its town hall...
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Hoyer: GOP abandoned focus in Afghanistan for seven years - TheHill.com##

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 9:59 pm
An irritated House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday fired back at Republicans who have charged President Barack Obama with jeopardizing U.S. troops by deliberating over whether to send a...
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The Gospel according to Conservapedia

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 1:01 pm
As Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman demonstrates in his book, Misquoting Jesus, that passage and others were indeed inserted into the Gospels -- by copyists whose transcriptions were once the primary mean...
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Preaching the Gospel Would be Against the Law! (And Other Hate Crimes Myths) -- Politics Daily

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 1:58 pm
With a Senate vote expected soon to expand federal hate crimes laws to include sexual orientation, religious conservatives are ramping up the rhetoric against the bill, which passed the House last wee...
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Time to Reawaken Young Voters

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 1:54 pm
WASHINGTON -- Will the young and hopeful abandon the political playing field to older voters who are angry? That is the quiet crisis confronting President Obama and the Democrats. Left unattended, it ...
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Wall Street's Shame

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 1:53 pm
Something's amiss when Michael Moore and Larry Kudlow see the same problem.
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Ted Turner Says His Wish Would Be to Run CNN Again

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 1:45 pm
Billionaire Ted Turner, who founded the Cable News Network in 1980, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about his desire to run CNN again. Turner said if he got his wish, he'd cut "fluffy" news a...
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How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 1:39 pm
President Obama averages 30 death threats per day, preachers pray publicly for his death, and right-wing pundits speak openly of military coups. Dave Neiwert, author of The Eliminationists, gives some...
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Missy Meets President Obama Town Hall Meeting in New Orleans

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 17, 2009, 2:56 pm
Missy the little stuff dog meets President Obama in New Orleans October 2009 for a Town Hall Meeting. She went all the way to Washington D.C. in January to try to see him and here he is in her own bac...
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President Obama visit to New Orleans for Town Hall Meeting 2009

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 17, 2009, 2:54 pm
YouTube Video I made when President Obama came to New Orleans for a Town Hall Meeting October 2009. I won the Ticket lottery for two tickets. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTX__7XYSg4
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President Obama visit to New Orleans for Town Hall Meeting 2009

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 17, 2009, 2:53 pm
Home Video on Youtube I made of President Obama's Visit to New Orleans 2009.
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Missy Stuffdog meets the President/New Orleans 09/video

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 17, 2009, 11:32 am
Missy on YouTube/video Missy meets President Obama in New Orleans at Town Hall Meeting 2009 #p/a/u/0/TtWLB7LzZvA
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Why is New Orleans important to America?

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 16, 2009, 2:27 pm
Why is New Orleans important to America? The Port of New Orleans is one of the busiest ports in America. The city is the home of major shipbuilding facilities, a naval base, the nation's Marine r...
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The Civilian Surge Myth | The New Republic

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 16, 2009, 11:17 am
There is consensus on the problem and general agreement on the solution, but absolutely no sense of how to make it happen.
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Going to see President Obama!!

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 6:12 pm
The White House Called! I GOT TICKETS! Going to Town Hall Meeting to see President Obama Tomorrow/Thursday/10-15-09 in New Orleans. I am so Excited-Going Early to get good seats.
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Going to see President Obama!!

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 5:45 pm
The White House Called! I GOT TICKETS! Going to Town Hall Meeting to see President Obama Tomorrow/Thursday/10-15-09 in New Orleans. I am so Excited-Going Early to get good seats. Susanthur
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But How Does the GOP Win With 1 Percent of the Vote?

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 1:47 pm
Excerpt:Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann maintains one of the largest press operations in Congress.
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The Tough-Love Dictator of My Dreams

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 1:55 pm
The Tough-Love Dictator of My Dreams Very funny Article. Social change may happen fast, but no one stops polluting unless an Indian cries on TV. My point isn't that activists and advocates don&#...
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Fox shows serve as GOP echo chamber

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 1:42 pm
But Fox is in a class by itself.
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"Scientist In Chief": $5 Billion in Recovery Funds Support Biomedicine, Create Jobs

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 4:01 pm
"We are very grateful to have a president who respects science," said Director Francis Collins this morning, addressing staff and leaders of the National Institutes of Health. Collins was introducing ...
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How Moses Shaped America

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 3:06 pm
How Moses Shaped America We are in the presence of a lot of Moseses," Barack Obama said on March 4, 2007, three weeks after announcing his candidacy for President. He was speaking in Selma, Ala., surr...
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A Window On the War in Afghanistan

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 3:04 pm
The war in Afghanistan is at a crossroads. President Obama will soon decide whether to commit more U.S. troops to a conflict that's already on the verge of becoming the longest military action in ...
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A Window On the War in Afghanistan

Susan Thur posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 3:02 pm
A Window On the War in Afghanistan The war in Afghanistan is at a crossroads. President Obama will soon decide whether to commit more U.S. troops to a conflict that's already on the verge of beco...
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