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Nine and 1/2 inches tall, resin and steel, functional corkscrew with screw secured by internal steel components in its body. Pull up the screw and use as common corkscrew. Corkscrew Bill will stand upright. Not recommended for the dishwasher or for use by children.

Kitchen:  You'll never have more fun opening a bottle of wine, Could create pinot envy, The new action hero for wine drinkers, Adds amusement to any dinner party
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Finally, a change of clothes you can believe in! A magnetic Obama you can stick on your fridge, dress up for the beach, the Oval Office, and everything inbetween.

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**JUST RELEASED!** How Democrats and Progressives Can Win: Solutions from George Lakoff is a powerful tool for concerned citizens, activists, volunteers- everyone- who wants to communicate effectively between now and the election. Using television news clips, graphics, and a lively interview with George Lakoff, this 25 minute DVD program will help you understand the critical role of language in today's politics and the ways you can make language work for you. This is a 'How-to' style program with a particular emphasis on this year's presidential election. "One of the most influential political thinkers of the progressive movement"- Howard Dean Here's what you'll learn:- How conservatives gained so much power? What is framing?- How the term "tax relief" works to frame the debate over taxation?- Values win elections. Conservatives know theirs. Do you know yours?- How do you debate a conservative? A look at four issues.- Where have all the religious liberals gone?- Why do there seem to be two Americas?- How do you influence a swing voter?- How do you 'frame' President Bush? How Democrats and Progressives Can Win: Solutions from George Lakoff' is meant to empower you, to inspire you, and to give you valuable, useful information that you can use immediately. ____________________ Please help spread the word about this dvd, email this link to all the people you know who could benefit, and tell them to spread the word, too....together we can take back America! George Lakoff is one of the world's best-known linguists and a professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a founding senior fellow at the Rockridge Institute. He is the author of the influential book, Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, 2nd Edition, (2002). Howard Dean calls Lakoff "one of the most influential political thinkers of the progressive movement."

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Election Time Democrat 9" Dinner Plates (8 count) have a blue background with the Democratic symbol -the donkey, in the center and red, white and blue stars and stripes surrounding it.

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MONTPELIER ? Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas said Thursday that he would oppose legislation allowing same-sex marriages, saying the state?s civil unions law is adequate and lawmakers should focus on the state?s money problems. State Sen. John Campbell ... (more...)

The CNN Election Tracker fundraising map displays how much money the presidential contenders Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have raised during the 2008 presidential election. The map also displays where the candidates have raised ... (more...)

In the wake of the series of profound failures that define the 2007 Democratic Congress, there is much debate over what accounts for this behavior. There are almost 300 "Congressional Democrats" and they are not a monolithic group. Some of them are ... (more...)

A federal judge has ruled that a Mississippi court, not a federal one, should hear a dispute over a state settlement with MCI in which $14 million in legal fees is at stake and political charges and countercharges have been flying for years ... (more...)

With about 55,000 requests for fewer than 400 tickets to Barack Obama's inauguration, Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin's staff says he has no choice but to dispense them in a random drawing. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, a fellow Maryland Democrat with 35,000 ... (more...)

Are you a red-blooded Republican or a true-blue Democrat? Take the Republican Loyalty Quiz and the Democratic Loyalty Quiz and we'll gauge your political affiliation. (more...)

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Democrat Party is a political epithet used in the United States by some people (in many cases, conservative commentators or some members of the Republican Party in speeches and ... (more...)

A democrat that asks a lot of questions. ... Money and Power; The Cranky Conservative; The Political Bear; Recent Comments (more...)

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"Madame Speaker, many Americans are hoping the new administration will solve the economic problems we face. That?s not likely to happen, because the economic advisors to the new President have no more understanding of how to get us out of this mess than previous administrations and Congresses understood how the crisis was brought about in the first place. Except for a rare few, Members of Congress are unaware of Austrian Free Market economics. For the last 80 years, the legislative, judiciary and executive branches of our government have been totally influenced by Keynesian economics. If they had had any understanding of the Austrian economic explanation of the business cycle, they would have never permitted the dangerous bubbles that always lead to painful corrections. Today, a major economic crisis is unfolding. New government programs are started daily, and future plans are being made for even more. All are based on the belief that we?re in this mess because free-market capitalism and sound money failed. The obsession is with more spending, bailouts of bad investments, more debt, and further dollar debasement. Many are saying we need an international answer to our problems with the establishment of a world central bank and a single fiat reserve currency. These suggestions are merely more of the same policies that created our mess and are doomed to fail. At least 90% of the cause for the financial crisis can be laid at the doorstep of the Federal Reserve. It is the manipulation of credit, the money supply, and interest rates that caused the various bubbles to form. Congress added fuel to the fire by various programs and institutions like the Community Reinvestment Act, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FDIC, and HUD mandates, which were all backed up by aggressive court rulings. The Fed has now doled out close to $2 trillion in subsidized loans to troubled banks and other financial institutions. The Federal Reserve and Treasury constantly brag about the need for ?transparency? and ?oversight,? but it?s all just talk ? they want none of it. They want secrecy while the privileged are rescued at the expense of the middle class. It is unimaginable that Congress could be so derelict in its duty. It does nothing but condone the arrogance of the Fed in its refusal to tell us where the $2 trillion has gone. All Members of Congress and all Americans should be outraged that conditions could deteriorate to this degree. It?s no wonder that a large and growing number of Americans are now demanding an end to the Fed. The Federal Reserve created our problem, yet it manages to gain even more power in the socialization of the entire financial system. The whole bailout process this past year was characterized by no oversight, no limits, no concerns, no understanding, and no common sense. Similar mistakes were made in the 1930s and ushered in the age of the New Deal, the Fair Deal, the Great Society and the supply-siders who convinced conservatives that deficits didn?t really matter after all, since they were anxious to finance a very expensive deficit-financed American empire. All the programs since the Depression were meant to prevent recessions and depressions. Yet all that was done was to plant the seeds of the greatest financial bubble in all history. Because of this lack of understanding, the stage is now set for massive nationalization of the financial system and quite likely the means of production. Although it is obvious that the Keynesians were all wrong and interventionism and central economic planning don?t work, whom are we listening to for advice on getting us out of this mess? Unfortunately, it?s the Keynesians, the socialists, and big-government proponents. Who?s being ignored? The Austrian free-market economists ? the very ones who predicted not only the Great Depression, but the calamity we?re dealing with today. If the crisis was predictable and is explainable, why did no one listen? It?s because too many politicians believed that a free lunch was possible and a new economic paradigm had arrived. But we?ve heard that one before ? like the philosopher?s stone that could turn lead into gold. Prosperity without work is a dream of the ages. Over and above this are those who understand that political power is controlled by those who control the money supply. Liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats came to believe, as they were taught in our universities, that deficits don?t matter and that Federal Reserve accommodation by monetizing debt is legitimate and never harmful. The truth is otherwise. Central economic planning is always harmful. Inflating the money supply and purposely devaluing the dollar is always painful and dangerous. The policies of big-government proponents are running out of steam. Their policies have failed and will continue to fail. Merely doing more of what caused the crisis can hardly provide a solution. The good news is that Austrian economist Did you know that tomorrow 11/22 is End the Fed day at 39 Federal Reserve branches across the nation? www.endthefed.us SORRY - it cut off - here's the rest: "The good news is that Austrian economists are gaining more acceptance every day and have a greater chance of influencing our future than they?ve had for a long time. The basic problem is that proponents of big government require a central bank in order to surreptitiously pay bills without direct taxation. Printing needed money delays the payment. Raising taxes would reveal the true cost of big government, and the people would revolt. But the piper will be paid, and that?s what this crisis is all about. There are limits. A country cannot forever depend on a central bank to keep the economy afloat and the currency functionable through constant acceleration of money supply growth. Eventually the laws of economics will overrule the politicians, the bureaucrats and the central bankers. The system will fail to respond unless the excess debt and mal-investment is liquidated. If it goes too far and the wild extravagance is not arrested, runaway inflation will result, and an entirely new currency will be required to restore growth and reasonable political stability. The choice we face is ominous: We either accept world-wide authoritarian government holding together a flawed system, OR we restore the principles of the Constitution, limit government power, restore commodity money without a Federal Reserve system, reject world government, and promote the cause of peace by protecting liberty equally for all persons. Freedom is the answer." So which do you want? Virtual world government through control of the global banking system, or a return to the Constitution? http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul494.html (more...)

GPA: about 3.5 unweighted (one of the most elite private schools in the country) SAT: 1330 670 math 660 Reading SAT II: US history: 790 Math 1: 680 Essays: Great Recs: College counselor says "dynamite" AP exam for US history: 5 High honors from 11-12, honors in 10th EC's 135 hours of community service, three different jobs as camp counselors, president of young democrats club, editor and director of photography for my schools nationally renowned magazine, owner and operator of a successful political blog (very professional; people participate and respond to my team's posts across the nation), advanced photography class and photography resume, JV soccer 9th and 10th grade, model congress, film appreciation, chess club. Straight A's senior year and junior year. My school only allows us to take around 2 APs at a time. My GPA is a little on the low side because I attend one of the most selective and elite private schools in manhattan and there definitely isn't any grade inflation. AP classes: US history, US government and politics, Environmental Science I would probably major in either business or political science but emory doesn't allow a major until your second year or so (more...)

Bill is running AMOK sacrificing everything so the Witch could be nominated or running AMOK Crucifying Americans? Secretary of State performance include negotiating with foreign representatives and instructing U.S. embassies or consulates abroad Her supporters are #1. Ann Lewis, Hillary's advocate, responded: "The role of the president of the United States is to support the decisions that are made by the people of Israel. It is not up to us to pick and choose from among the political parties." #2. Abramoff Hillary Clinton connection with Abramoff + millions of illegal Chinese money was used for the Clinton?s legal defense fund. #3. Colombia she's up to her ears in lobbyists for foreign entities--- Bill Clinton met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on March 26, 2007, at the 80th birthday party for Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Ten days later, on April 5, ColombiaProExport signed a $40,000 a month contract with the Glover Park Group - a lobbying firm often called "the Clinton White House in exile." A few weeks later, Penn's firm, Burson MarSteller, signed a $300,000 contract on the Colombia trade deal. According to one high Colombia official privy to Bill Clinton's private conversations, the former president urged Colombia to shift its focus from GOP legislators to Democrats (who'd taken control of Congress) and then made phone calls to two Democratic congressmen. How did the Colombians end up hiring lobbying firms with close ties to the Clintons' political operations? #4. China and Asia On Feb. 27, 2005, Bill Clinton gave a speech in Taiwan and had dinner with the country's president. On April 15, Glover Park was hired to lobby for the Taiwan Cultural and Economic Minister at $25,000 a month. Before then, it had relied on Republican Bob Dole. Remember the Dubai Ports deal? Bill Clinton was caught advising the Emir of Dubai on how to handle Congress at the very same time that Hillary was blasting the deal. #6. Mark Rich Mark Rich ? Born: 18 December 1934 ? Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium ? Best Known As: Fugitive pardoned by President Clinton Marc Rich was convicted in U.S. federal court in 1983 of tax evasion, racketeering, and other charges related to Rich's oil deals with Iran during a U.S. embargo contributed money to the presidential library fund of Bill Clinton and to the 2000 Senate campaign of Hillary Clinton. Marc Rich was one of more than 100 people President Clinton pardoned just before leaving office in January of 2001. #100 Any crooks with $$$ Ingrid me speaka my language too french english Thai Chinese spanish and two others I can't share with you because that would tell you who I am (more...)

or Crucifying Americans? Secretary of State performance include negotiating with foreign representatives and instructing U.S. embassies or consulates abroad Her supporters are #1. Ann Lewis, Hillary's advocate, responded: "The role of the president of the United States is to support the decisions that are made by the people of Israel. It is not up to us to pick and choose from among the political parties." #2. Abramoff Hillary Clinton connection with Abramoff + millions of illegal Chinese money was used for the Clinton?s legal defense fund. #3. Colombia she's up to her ears in lobbyists for foreign entities--- Bill Clinton met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on March 26, 2007, at the 80th birthday party for Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Ten days later, on April 5, ColombiaProExport signed a $40,000 a month contract with the Glover Park Group - a lobbying firm often called "the Clinton White House in exile." A few weeks later, Penn's firm, Burson MarSteller, signed a $300,000 contract on the Colombia trade deal. According to one high Colombia official privy to Bill Clinton's private conversations, the former president urged Colombia to shift its focus from GOP legislators to Democrats (who'd taken control of Congress) and then made phone calls to two Democratic congressmen. How did the Colombians end up hiring lobbying firms with close ties to the Clintons' political operations? #4. China and Asia On Feb. 27, 2005, Bill Clinton gave a speech in Taiwan and had dinner with the country's president. On April 15, Glover Park was hired to lobby for the Taiwan Cultural and Economic Minister at $25,000 a month. Before then, it had relied on Republican Bob Dole. Remember the Dubai Ports deal? Bill Clinton was caught advising the Emir of Dubai on how to handle Congress at the very same time that Hillary was blasting the deal. #6. Mark Rich Mark Rich ?Born: 18 December 1934 ?Birthplace: Antwerp, Belgium ?Best Known As: Fugitive pardoned by President Clinton Marc Rich was convicted in U.S. federal court in 1983 of tax evasion, racketeering, and other charges related to Rich's oil deals with Iran during a U.S. embargo contributed money to the presidential library fund of Bill Clinton and to the 2000 Senate campaign of Hillary Clinton. Marc Rich was one of more than 100 people President Clinton pardoned just before leaving office in January of 2001. #100 Any crooks with $$$ grump56 Is Reagan currently seeking the the office of the Secretary of State...? I thought he was dead and being stump by the devil (more...)

The Democrats represent large govt. geared toward legislating a "green agenda" (not asking, forcing) and things such as the "fairness doctrine". The Republicans represent large govt. dedicated to continuing the military industrial complex via foreign interventionism (Democrats also support the philosophy of pre-emptive war if the "threat" is "imminent". Both of these parties have lost touch with the ideals of the founders of this country: small govt., individual freedoms, no central bank, etc. So do you think a new party dedicated to protecting the Constitution (not just the 2nd amendment) and eliminating the Federal Reserve (central banks don't exist in free markets) could make any sort of impact on the 2012 elections??? I watched the Republican primaries. Ron Paul got blackballed by his own party. I don't foresee them letting him lead at any point in the near future. (more...)