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Politics 2000: How to Understand Politics in the Third Millennium

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A blog for people who want to know what's happening but may not be able to spend all day watching C-SPAN or deciphering the spin of other outlets.

Added on: Aug 7th, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Tyson Chaney
Listed in: Politics News & Media
Tags: politics media journalism Government election electoral college

Recent Posts

House Passes Health Care Bill

Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 00:30 in republican, Democratic, Barack Obama, Government, corruption, legislation, health care, congress, prison, louisiana, Senate, nevada

By a 220-215 vote, the House of Representatives approved a health-care reform bill Saturday. One Republican, Joseph Cao of Louisiana, joined 219 Democrats in support of the bill. The other 176 Republicans were joined by 39 Democrats against the mea...
Republicans Win New Jersey, Virginia Races

Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 01:18 in texas, republican, Virginia, ohio, Democrat, new york, growth, Government, population, washington, elections, law

Change was the prevailing theme of Election Day this year. The governorships of New Jersey and Virginia switched parties to Republican. The hotly-contested 23rd New York Congressional District elected a Democrat for the first time since the 19th ce...
How Was Your Boss Day?

Posted on Sunday October 18th, 2009 at 01:27 in holidays, media, stress, sunday, arbor day, national boss day, national ferret week

Were you nice to your boss Friday? Yesterday was National Boss Day. I know a lot fewer of you have bosses thanks to the recession. Perhaps you are your own boss. Did you take of yourself? Whether you are a boss, employee or not employed, you dese...
Snowe Backs Baucus Bill

Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 21:19 in republican, house, speaker, floor, Government, leaders, health care, montana, maine, Nancy Pelosi, Senate, tome

The health-care reform bill crafted by Montana Sen. Max Baucus today passed the Health Committee he chairs, 14-9. Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, long a subject of “will she or won’t she” concerning her vote on Baucus’s proposal, v...
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 21:13 in media, Barack Obama, Woodrow Wilson, parliament, jimmy carter, theodore roosevelt, nobel peace prize, alfred nobel, nobel prize in economics, nobel prize in literature, herta muller, nobel prize in chemistry

President Obama became the fourth American president, and the third sitting chief executive, to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama joins Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson as in-office presidents to win the prize. Jimmy Carter received the ...
Interest Rates Low for Savers

Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 01:37 in Government, account, interest, bank, access, statement, rates, borrowers, inactivity, federal reserve bank, atm card, deactivated

I received my quarterly bank statement in the mail today. There are about 1,000 dollars in an account there and I didn’t access the account in any way during the past three months. My interest is 54 cents. That total is based on an annual per...