Pius XII Memorial Library Government Documents

OK, completely fouled up comparisons —
Clarence Thomas and Thurgood Marshall
And
Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton

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Harry Truman on the campaign trail in 1948 exercising his second amendment rights!
Fifty years ago at the Democratic Convention it was Missouri’s time to shine with Harry Truman heading up the ticket — not just our junior senator sandwiched between Ted Kennedy and Michelle Obama; but the state could still be pivotal in the White [...]

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The military has no rivals when it comes to “branding.”  Historically, units of armies have always had unique identifiers, but recently unit patches have gone over the top. In the recent book by Trevor Paglen, I could tell you but then you would have to be destroyed by me : emblems from the Pentagon’s black [...]

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Conspiracy buffs will not rest, but at least they will be distracted for the next few months looking over the NIST report on the destruction on 9/11 of World Trade Center building seven. The summary:  “Our study found that the fires in WTC 7, which were uncontrolled but otherwise similar to fires experienced in other [...]

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EPA now offers kids a chance to pick their fish; yes the safe eating fish website helps parents and kids make the choice that is safe.  Wait one second, shouldn’t EPA be eliminating hazardous chow?  I mean didn’t the Pure Food and Drug Act address this at the turn of the 20th Century? Since when [...]

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On to the next briefing slide, PLEASE!  Statistics in graphic format from the Agriculture Department press office…

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Bush & Putin — into the sunset (official White House photo)
We decry the violence, but can’t help but wonder “what were they thinking” when President Bush said “Georgia is a sovereign nation and its territorial integrity must be respected…”  Consider that he introduced the doctrine of “pre-emptive” invasion in 2003, and in the Bush example the country [...]

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GCN will be listing “what we deem are the best government Web sites” in the August 25 print issue — stay tuned and if you have any favorites, send you suggestions to the magazine.

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Hillary has an op-ed piece in the WSJ this week speaking out on the GAOs new report on tax shelters in the Cayman Islands (remember, don’t count Senator Clinton out until Jan 20).
From GAO abstract:
Financial activity in the Cayman Islands is measured in the trillions of dollars annually… to evade income taxes or hide [...]

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Watch the campaign’s reaction when this Census Bureau press release is released:

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance

The U.S. Census Bureau will release the 2007 report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage for the nation at a news conference on Aug. 26, 2008, at 10 a.m. (EDT). The data are derived from the Annual Social [...]

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