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...most of these songs, but outside of “Lay it Down” and “Nothing to Worry About,” this album isn’t particularly interesting or memorable. Certainly, making a boring album is not the worst sin a band can commit, but Peter Bjorn & John have proven themselves capable of producing more exciting music than this. In “The Feeling,” Peter Morén sings, “Been waiting for signs / Last time we got high we thought we had the puzzle worked...
...stopping the Taliban's momentum. But the limited reinforcements made available by the Europeans - and the restriction to noncombat roles in order to win the consent of Europe's mostly antiwar electorates - have raised questions about the purpose of the Alliance. "NATO lost its credibility when it refused to commit the resources needed," says Barkawi. After several appeals by then President George W. Bush for more combat troops from Europe failed to secure significant reinforcements, the Obama Administration has made clear that it won't even bother to ask in Strasbourg this weekend. In Europe, says De Hoop Scheffer...
...important that U.S. border police be better able to stop the flow of illegal weapons into Mexico. The U.S. also needs to be able to share more information with Mexico - like intelligence about [U.S.-based] gangs like Barrio Azteca, whose members are used by the Mexican drug cartels to commit so much of the violence here. (See pictures of Mexico's drug wars...
...state of ideological flux - which means we'll be unusually free to improvise a fresh course forward. We can have universal health coverage and public schools unbound from the stultifying grip of teachers' unions. We can tax fossil fuels so that solar and wind become more economical and commit seriously to nuclear power. We can impose sensible regulatory mechanisms and enthusiastically promote free markets and free trade. We can grow the armed forces to fight all necessary wars but also forgo pork-barrel weapons systems...
...Though he spoke of the cooperation of the world's nations in addressing the credit crisis, Obama also applied some pointed pressure on major economic powers, including nations in Europe and Asia, that have yet to commit to sizable stimulus programs. "We don't want a situation in which some countries are making extraordinary efforts and other countries aren't, with the hope that somehow the countries that are making those steps lift everybody up," he said...