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...McCain's stated determination to rise above politics and partisanship may also be easier to declare than to accomplish. Before McCain arrived at the rally, which was held at a minor league ballpark, several of his surrogates offered pointed attacks on Barack Obama in an effort to fire up the crowd. The Republican Missouri Governor Matt Blunt noted that Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden, were among the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate, according to one ranking. Blaine Luetkemeyer, who is running for Congress, tried to minimize Obama's energy plan. "His plan is to inflate your...
...thievery is fueled in part by the conservation effort itself. "International rules aimed at preventing the movement of plants and seeds in order to protect them have had unintended consequences," says Dick Wiedhopf, president of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America and its Tucson chapter. "They have made [cactuses] more valuable." That explains why wildlife - including cactus - ranks just below drugs and guns as the most popular good smuggled out of Mexico, according to experts...
...become a more secure nation. And I say this, of course, knowing the situation we are in right now - at war, not knowing what the plan is to ever end the war we are engaged in, understanding that Americans are seeking solutions and are seeking resolution in this war effort. So energy supplies and being able to produce and supply domestically is going to be a big part of that. And the GOP agenda is the right agenda in that respect, but the GOP is going to have to prove to Americans in following weeks that we can safely, responsibly...
...Samak, who has rejected the activists' calls to resign, ordered a royal event originally scheduled to take place at Government House the following day to be moved to another venue. Meanwhile, PAD protestors have set up washing lines and police have even trucked in portable toilets in an effort to keep the area clean. The grounds, though, have already been marred by piles of trash and the once-immaculate lawns have been scuffed up. The golf clubs won't be used in their normal line of work any time soon...
...from moving his speech outdoors - the first time a major-party nominee has tried it since John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech in 1960. "We want to open up this convention to make sure that everybody who wants to come can join in the party and join in the effort," he said. To him, a huge crowd will illustrate a basic premise of his campaign: "Change in America doesn't start from the top - the top down. It starts from the bottom...