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...Klein referred to Congressman Ron Paul's "singular moment of weirdness" as "proposing that al-Qaeda attacked on Sept. 11 because the U.S. had been messing around in the Middle East, bombing Iraq" [May 28]. Klein assumed the reader would see this perfectly reasonable notion as weird when it echoes an observation made in The 9/11 Commission Report. I have to wonder where the weirdness really rests...
...came from a family of political bigwigs, so it was no surprise that Democrat Parren Mitchell became Maryland's first black U.S. Congressman. Among the experiences that helped prepare him for his eight terms in Washington, where he championed civil rights and was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus: successfully suing then segregated University of Maryland for admission to graduate school...
...other hand, there's John Dingell. Michigan's eternal Congressman, defender of Detroit's carbon-spewing gas hogs, would seem an unlikely cause for optimism. After all, his wife Deborah is a General Motors Foundation trustee, leading his critics to assert that Dingell is literally in bed with the auto industry...
...leftist parties and opposition BJP nationalists have opposed the deal, citing concerns over national security, technological self-sufficiency and sovereignty. And their claim that the deal could have a negative impact on India's independent foreign policy were boosted earlier this month when U.S. lawmakers led by California Democratic congressman Tom Lantos wrote to Prime Minister Manhmohan Singh warning that India's close relations with Iran could negatively impact the future of the deal...
...Chavez, who has used his petro-largesse to build a raft of global alliances, now exploiting the big screen to spread propaganda for his socialist revolution? Chavez critics in Washington, like Florida congressman Connie Mack, are blasting Glover for cutting "a sweetheart movie deal" with Chavez, whom they denounce as a protege of Cuba's communist comandante, Fidel Castro...