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2008-07-04 09:05:57 - Iraq Oil Pact Debases Our Nation (Robert Scheer) (oped)
Robert Scheer - As we head into the Fourth of July weekend of patriotic bluster and beer swilling — but before we are too besotted by ourselves — might we also for once consider our imperfections? Why not take a moment to heed the cautions of our founding father, George Washington, whose true legacy will most likely be ignored during the flag-waving weekend?

2008-07-04 09:05:56 - Fake Outrage Over Clark Comments (Joe Conason) (oped)
Joe Conason - Despite all the feigned outrage fanned by the mainstream media and the right-wing noisemakers, Wesley Clark — retired four-star general, former Supreme Commander of NATO, wounded and highly decorated veteran of ground combat in Vietnam and a military man to his core — assuredly did not denigrate the war record of John McCain when he talked about the Republican candidate on television last Sunday.

2008-07-04 09:05:56 - Why Do We 'Keep and Bear Arms'? Part 1 (Larry Elder) (oped)
Larry Elder - A prominent 20th-century Democrat made the following statement about the purpose of the Second Amendment: "Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. … The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard, against the tyranny which now appears remote in America but which historically has proven to be always possible."

2008-07-04 01:05:19 - How Three Americans Ended Up Hostages in Colombia (HuffingtonPost.com) (oped)
HuffingtonPost.com - Colombia's audacious rescue of hostages held by the FARC, including American contractors Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell, adds an extra bang to the July 4 holiday. But we shouldn't forget the alarming backstory leading up to their captivity, which reveals a lot about the failings of government contracting, and government in general.

2008-07-03 21:05:49 - CONSTITUTION À LA CARTE (Ted Rall) (oped)
Ted Rall - One Amendment from Column A, Another from Column B

2008-07-03 19:05:36 - Obama Visits the Blue State of North Dakota (The Nation) (oped)
The Nation - The Nation -- Barack Obama is serious about going where no Democrat has gone before -- or, to be precise, where no Democrat has gone in a very long time.

2008-07-03 17:05:34 - Notes From the DLC: Me vs. Harold Ford (RealClearPolitics.com) (oped)
RealClearPolitics.com - For the record, I'm an admirer of Harold Ford, the former Congressman from Tennessee who is now the current Chair of the DLC.

2008-07-03 17:05:34 - Interview with Governor Phil Bredesen (RealClearPolitics.com) (oped)
RealClearPolitics.com - (Note: The interview with Governor Bredesen was conducted on Monday, June 30 in Chicago at the DLC's Annual Conversation.)

2008-07-03 17:05:34 - ADAMS AND JEFFERSON CAN POINT OUR WAY FORWARD (Georgie Anne Geyer) (oped)
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- As the Fourth of July approached that summer of 1826, John Adams, the second president of the United States and designer of American constitutionalism, lay dying in his Massachusetts home.

2008-07-03 17:05:34 - MCCAIN: PUMP THIS! (Ann Coulter) (oped)
Ann Coulter - Well, I guess we're all pretty relieved we didn't drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge back in 2002. What a disaster that would have been.

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