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Tuesday’s Top Pick 1 Round 10
1st Place: Good Cop, Bad Cop
Since the fall of the Soviet Union over 15 years ago, Europeans complained about the one ruling power with great pleasure. Few Europeans, however, stop to realise what the Unites States through their dominating and overbearing behaviour is offering us. The advantages of having a global police force that does [...]
Tuesday’s Top Pick 2 Round 10
2nd Place: The End of Loyalty
Perhaps it is my feminine predisposition… perhaps it is my Republican (not “conservative”) soul… or maybe, it is my unabashed respect for the Alpha-male - especially in the role of world leader - but the addition of Pete Domenici to the small chorus of “Republican” US Senators screeching an [...]
Tuesday’s Top Pick 3 Round 10
3rd Place: This Post is Progressive/Liberal Eyes Only
Josh Marshall posted a great column on The Hill recently in which he notes that recent polling shows 38% of Republicans are now against the war;
The new CNN poll that came out earlier this week had a lot of eye-popping numbers. But one was particularly striking: 38 percent.
That’s [...]
New Political Grind Network Members - Round 3
Round 3 has completed and we have some new Political Grind Network members:
Maggie’s Notebook
Code Pink: Women for Peace
The Art of Peace
Lionboi Blues & News
Political Gastronomica
African American Political Pundit
Dyre Portents
Litterbox
123beta
Analyzing EU
Global Flashpoint
City Boy
Congratulations to those who have been accepted, and thank you for everyone who submited a PGN membership form (We got a lot!).
I have [...]
Republican Strategist Bucks the Beltway with New Book
Addresses the Bush Doctrine, the Conservative Ground Game, and the perils – and payoffs – of American Politics.
(Bend, OR) Elizabeth “Media Lizzy” Blackney, a native Oregonian raised primarily in Atlanta, Georgia, is celebrating the release of her first book Sex, Lies & Politricks. The book was published by TMK Books, a boutique-publishing house led by Blackney.
“For [...]
GrassrootsPA Survivor Final Round
Political Grind Author Nathan Shrader has made it to the final round of the GrassrootsPA Survivor.
The final is between Aces and Nathan.
Please support Nathan by heading over to www.grassrootspa.com and voting for Nathan.
The poll is located on the far right column, directly underneath an image just like the one to the right.
Thanks for your support.
Update [...]
Sex, Lies, and Politricks - The Book
Media Lizzy (Political Grind Network Member) has a brand new book titled ‘Sex, Lies, and Politricks‘…
Book Description
Sex, Lies, Politricks is a sassy, provocative and opinionated analysis of American politics and the Global War on Terror. The political equivalent of an IED, she targets Conservatives and Liberals alike for pandering and putting political expediency before national [...]
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue Concludes, Promises Further Strengthening of
Security Relationships Across Asia-Pacific and Beyond
Singapore: Sunday, 3 June 2007
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
The 6th IISS Asia Security Summit: The Shangri-La Dialogue, which opened on Friday 1 June with its largest ever gathering of ministers and senior security officials from 22 participating countries, welcomed more [...]
CNN WMUR NH Democratic Presidential Debate
The democratic debate is under way here in Manchester, NH and Part 1 has just finished.
Lets Hear your take…
LIVE UPDATES: Questions from the audience (Always good to have some unplanned questions)
Elementary School Teacher: War in Iraq. -> How do you plan to rebuild the military?
Social Worker: Veteran’s Care -> Why is it that veterans can [...]
June Update and GrassrootsPA Poll
Hi Everyone,
It has been a busy past few weeks for all of us at Political Grind and we appologize for not posting more articles (and our failure to post the Tuesday Top Picks). We will be back on track next week. For the time being, head over to our forum.
Also, Our own Nathan Shrader has [...]
Sharpton vs Romney
Political Grind Network Member Political Vindication has a nice read about the Al Sharpton/Mitt Romney debacle titled: Al Sharpton begins Democrat Offensive Against Mitt Romney.
You could see this coming from a mile away.
This weekend Al Sharpton debated Christopher Hitchens on the existence of God. Hitchens mentions something about Mormonism, and Al Sharpton, seizing the opportunity [...]
April Revenue Shower
Here’s the “surge” you aren’t reading about: the continuing flood of tax revenue into the federal Treasury. Tax receipts for April were $70 billion above the same month in 2006, and April 24 marked the single biggest day of tax collections in U.S. history, at $48.7 billion, according to the latest Treasury report.The April comparison [...]
Tuesday’s Top Pick 1 Round 9
1st Place: Indigent A-hole
The Death of a Political Party
I have posted a few times on how I believe the Republican party is in dire trouble, and without modifying their base of support, it is possible they could reduce themselves to a minority party for decades to come. That is if they don’t disintegrate completely.
As [...]
Tuesday’s Top Pick 2 Round 9
2nd Place: DeMediacratic Nation
NY Times Has the Answer to All Our Problems and Theirs in Iraq
Foreign Policy Wisdom from today’s New York Times Editorial Board:
“Whether out of blind loyalty or blind denial, most Congressional Republicans are prepared to back up President Bush’s veto of the Iraq spending bill. It is now essential that the revised [...]
