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State Department Won't Budge on Call for Pipeline Review Despite Rerouting

Posted by pkbarret on Tuesday, November 15 @ 21:43:45 EST (77 reads)

Anonymous writes "


 A day after Canadian oil company TransCanada agreed to reroute its proposed Keystone oil pipeline around Nebraska' ecologically sensitive Ogallala Aquifer, the State Department refused to budge on a new environmental review of the project that is not slated for completion until 2013 -- after the presidential election. The State Department on Tuesday denied that the delay is designed to appease environmentalists, a core constituency of the Obama administration.

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Newt Rises In Polls

Posted by pkbarret on Friday, November 11 @ 16:16:41 EST (92 reads)

Anonymous writes "Newt Gingrich has moved into the top tier of Republican presidential candidates, according to two national polls released Friday.  The rise of the ex-House speaker comes as other candidates in the race encounter hurdles. Businessman Herman Cain spent the last two weeks fending off sexual harassment allegations. Texas Gov. Rick Perry capped off a string of shaky debate performances with an awkward moment Wednesday when he couldn't remember the three Cabinet departments he wants to eliminate. 

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And Then There Was Newt

Posted by pkbarret on Thursday, November 10 @ 16:03:54 EST (123 reads)

Story By Pat Barrett


Surely you have to say this preseason leading up to the actual GOP Primary voting has been a bit on the strange side. We started the year with the only candidate who made the final four the last election cycle as our front runner as was expected. Roughly twenty five percent of Republicans supported him and his numbers remain solid. Romney is bright, articulate and isn’t prone to the usual gaffs committed by less polished candidates, or should I say conservatives, Liberals don’t seem to make any.

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Times Spikes News Story

Posted by pkbarret on Thursday, November 10 @ 14:06:13 EST (86 reads)

Obama administration Attorney General Eric Holder was grilled by Republicans on Capitol Hill Tuesday about the Justice Department’s botched sting Operation Fast and Furious, which allowed guns to flow un-tracked into the U.S. and Mexico, putting thousands of illegally purchased firearms on the street, one of which led to the death of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in the Arizona desert.

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