pods.swedesforobama.com

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Bush makes Baby Jesus cry

"In US, record numbers are plunged into poverty: report" Raw Story

The McClatchy analysis found that the number of severely poor Americans grew by 26 percent from 2000 to 2005,"

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Paint your car and
drive through Alabama

British car show Top Gear takes on a challenge the they shouldn't have and almost gets killed for supporting Hillary, being gay, hatin' NASCAR and country music.

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"You go to war with the President you have, you don't go to war with the President you wish you had"

Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) on Iraq (.mp3)

Great documentary Ryan for Congress

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New Rules!

Very good point by Bill about
who can run for President.

New Rules (.mov)

- - 2007-02-16 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Coming this summer...

click image to enlarge

A new book from the boys of
Sweet Jesus I Hate Bill O'Reilly.

"Fair & Balanced, My Ass! - An Unbridled Look At The Bizarre Reality Of FOX News"

...we'll keep you updated.

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Damn, those Libs sure
care about the kids

"UK is accused of failing children" BBC

The UK has been accused of failing its children, as it comes bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries.

The Unicef report looked at 40 indicators including poverty, peer and family relationships and health.

Child Well-Being Table
1. Netherlands
2. Sweden
3. Denmark
4. Finland
...
19. Hungary
20. United States
21. United Kingdom

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McCain wants everyone to get all sides of a story. That's why he's testing all of them out.

the flip flop, the flippedy flop flop flop

"McCain To Deliver Keynote Speech For Creationists" ThinkProgress

Yet, on February 23, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will be the keynote speaker for the most prominent creationism advocacy group in the country. The Discovery Institute, a religious right think-tank, is well-known for its strong opposition to evolutionary biology and its advocacy for “intelligent design.” The institute’s main financial backer, savings and loan heir Howard Ahmanson, spent 20 years on the board of the Chalcedon Foundation, “a theocratic outfit that advocates the replacement of American civil law with biblical law.”

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Not a good week for BS-BO

O'Reilly no longer allowed to speak at National Center for Missing and Exploited Children fundraiser.

...and Lowe's pulled their ads on the O'Reilly Factor.

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Warning! Non-Anti-Catholic Pod.

"Portugal votes on abortion reform" BBC

The choice placed before Portugal is whether it resigns itself to staying in the group of the most conservative countries or if it embraces modernity and joins the most developed nations
- Prime Minister Jose Socrates

"AAAaaaah, you didn't write anything anti-catholic . This time! But I can still find something to be angry about. Aaaaah!!"

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Not only the team of Barack

....but also, some guy named "Peyton" (!?!) gave money to Bush. So we have to root for Da Bears in the MegaBowl.

"Another Reason to Root for Da Bears: Peyton Manning is a Hwuge Bush Backer" DailyKos

Colts Quarterback Peyton Manning is a big W backer. According to the web site Newsmeat.com, Manning gave the MAXIMUM, $2,000 to Bush/Cheney in 2004!
He also gave the maximum ($4,200), to Bob Corker in Tennessee.

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Paul Wolfowitz spent all his money on Iraq.

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Swedish Stuff

Peter Bjorn & John play (really bad) on Conan. Appearently this song, like every song ever made by a Swedish artist, is used in some US commercial (or on Greys Anatomy).

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Unlike his crazy right-wing counterparts, Al Gore actually have a Nobel Prize nomination.

"Gore, Watt-Cloutier Are Nobel Prize Candidates for Climate Work" Bloomberg

"They are both key figures who put climate change on the agenda in global politics,'' said Heidi Soerensen, a Norwegian member of parliament, who made the nominations with fellow MP Boerge Brende. "The threat to the climate is so important that if it isn't solved, it could lead to huge conflicts as people fight over access to water and land.''