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Why We Lost The Cold War

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Submitted by Waxing America on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 04:08.
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As a child growing up in the nineteen fifties there were plenty of reminders about the never-ending battle against Soviet Communism.

In and out of the classroom we knew of the value of our democracy, the freedoms we enjoyed as Americans.  We had open and free elections, though blacks could not vote in the South where the poll tax ensured the rule of whites. We could travel across our great country without having to show identification or answering to anyone as to our purpose, so long as there was no probable cause to stop us.

The differences were not limited to democratic values.

The virtues of capitalism were everywhere. In Poland, peasants stood in line for hours for a loaf of bread. In Moscow it took weeks, no months, to have a telephone installed. And the Soviet airline Aeroflot was a joke, United States Airlines Compete With Aeroflot - And Win :

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Obama health plan to cost $75 billion

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/12/2008 - 11:39.
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President-elect Barack Obama's plans to overhaul the U.S. health care system would cost the federal government $75 billion but would provide health insurance for 95 percent of Americans, consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers said on Wednesday.

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Submitted by admin on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 06:21.
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Virginia's 2nd Congressional District Debate: Nye v. Drake

Submitted by MOMocrats on Sat, 09/13/2008 - 11:20.
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We interrupt this coverage of Barack Obama and John McCain, to give you some local political news.

Nye_drake_001 If you haven't guessed, from my coverage of the Virginia Democratic Convention, I live in Virginia.  A swing state.  Finally!  We've been working hard to make Virginia turn blue this year.  It's happening in our local elections too.  We're actually fielding Democratic candidates in all 11 of our Congressional Districts for the first time since anyone can remember.

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McCain touts Bush healthcare plan

Submitted by hummingbirdminds on Sat, 09/13/2008 - 06:22.
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This comes from the DNC:

The Tulsa World reports that President Bush will conduct a business roundtable in Oklahoma City today to promote his failed plan for health savings accounts before heading off to a private closed door fundraiser for John McCain's campaign. [Tulsa World, 9/12/08: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080910_16_A4_hHepla243517]

As part of his record of voting with President Bush more than 90 percent of the time, John McCain endorsed the Bush plan for health savings accounts even though the Wall Street Journal said was "dead-on-arrival in Congress in early 2007." This plan is a radical new scheme to tax health insurance benefits for the first time in history, provide more power to insurance companies, and give families a tax credit that covers only a fraction of average health insurance costs.
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