Word: iraq
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...sense alone, his skin color does matter. In Asia (with the exception, perhaps, of India), it is virtually unthinkable that an individual from a minority could rise to become a serious national leader. Whatever we may think of the U.S., of its hardly stellar handling of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, of its lack of oversight, restraint and thrift over the financial meltdown, the fact that a Barack Obama can overcome the disadvantages associated with being black and have a shot at the highest office in the land speaks volumes about the possibility of hope in America - a possibility...
...beginning or end / of real love / when we pity a person / because, in him, / we see ourselves?” Armantrout said that her work draws from many facets of daily life—the poems she read referenced Anna Nicole Smith, Playboy, CNN and the Iraq War—but that it is not a comment on any particular theme of contemporary times. “I don’t think my writing is that intentional,” she said. “It reflects the world.” Armantrout was one of the first founders...
...Sept. 29]. And Klein could think of only one instance when Obama crossed the line (though never calling it a lie), whereas McCain has turned it into an art form. Absent from the list of Obama's "lies" is his declaration that McCain is OK with the war in Iraq continuing for 100 years if need be. That pronouncement far exceeds any exaggerations from the McCain camp. The media's love affair with Obama is well documented. Nevertheless, TIME magazine should at least attempt objectivity. Hirbod Rashidi, LOS ANGELES...
...heavy-drinking, heavy-praying Scots-Irish who populate the southwestern hill country. But even he barely defeated the disgustingly stupid, backyard-barbeque bigot George “Macaca” Allen in 2006, amid widespread discontent with the Bush Administration’s handling of the economy and Iraq. And a Harvard-educated, cerebral crypto-Muslim is a much harder sell, especially one with an ethnically dubious name...
...currently running in Michigan for a seat in the House of Representatives. Kervorkian also spoke at length on what he said he perceived as the dishonesty, lack of discipline, and undercurrent of fear in modern society. Departing from the stated topic of his talk, he compared the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the actions of the Nazis. One audience member said he fundamentally agreed with Kevorkian’s views on civil liberties, in spite of the politically unpopular conclusions that the former doctor drew. “I don’t disagree with his arguments...