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Edwards backs Obama
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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, is joined by former Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards, at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday.
May 15, 2008
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party’s likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy.
The surprise endorsement came a day after Clinton defeated Obama by more than 2-to-1 in the West Virginia primary, and it helped the Obama campaign steer much of the evening news coverage away from a painful subject.
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House passes farm bill by veto-proof margin
May 15, 2008
WASHINGTON — By a strong, veto-proof majority, the House passed a $290 billion farm bill with increased subsidies for farmers and food stamps for the poor amid rising grocery prices while sprinkling in pet projects that lawmakers can take home to vot
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Culver to veto collective bargaining, pay raise bills
May 15, 2008
DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said Wednesday he would veto measures broadening public union bargaining rights and raising salaries of elected officials.
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U.S. foreclosure filings surge 65 percent in April
May 15, 2008
LOS ANGELES — More U.S.
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Wed, May 14, 2008 @ 3:08PM
Isn't time for Hillary Clinton to just go away? I know I have her Web site as one of my favorites -- her Clinton for president Web site that is. The reason for this is simple. I am simply a big fan of the fantasy fiction drama -- and Clinton still presenting herself as a viable presidential candidate certainly does qualify. The only way Clinton can win now is to somehow steal superdelegates at the convention. She will not overtake Obama's pledged delegate lead and more superdelegates are jumping her ship every day. It is hard to see what kind of plan she is going to devise to turn things around. Unless those FBI files from the Bill Clinton years had more dirt on superdelegates than we know, this is over. Let's move on to the main show. A McCain-Obama matchup may not be what most of us were hoping for but it's still better than watching two liberal Democrats argue over which one is more liberal than the other.
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Weight loss craze has hit the Chinese too?
Wed, May 14, 2008 @ 2:53PM
On the whole, Chinese people are not only shorter than Americans but thinner as well. However, I can see how the trend may be going the way of the West, prompting the need for weight loss clinics, which I wrote about this past week — A Tama area man and his brother are going to China for a weight loss contest using acupuncture, Chinese herbs and massage. From my own experience there — I studied in Beijing for two years after college, which was my sojourn on the other side of the world, as my blog biography states — the Chinese have been slow to adopt a sweet tooth and stock up on junk food. (A quick note: My wife and I brought Chinese-made Snickers bars back to the states for a taste test with our families, and it was obvious the Chinese version had less sugar.
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City on the Edge of Yesterday
Tue, May 13, 2008 @ 3:32PM
I know that I've used this blog more than once to decry living in a rural environment. People being pathologically nice, a general inability to perform the modest task of utilizing a four way intersection, and the bewildering lack of 9pm movie times during the week; all symptoms of small town life and all have been addressed here in “The Stranger's Opinion”. And yet I find myself today taking the other side of the argument; not so much that Marshalltown is a rural town drowning in its own unspoken rage and mediocrity but rather that M-Town is a modern American city that should expect all of the benefits therein. I'm going to need to explain. Sunday night I had returned from Ames where I had spent the weekend at my friend's wedding. The ceremony was great, as were the following 9 hours of the reception. And while I worry about potential employers finding pictures of myself attempting to remember the words to “The Piano Man” (by William Joel) I had a phenomenal time.
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Is this too judgemental?
Thu, May 15, 2008 @ 12:11PM
I have a hard time disassociating musicians, actors and other entertainers from their public persona. I know people who love Amy Winehouse's music and don't care that she is in the news every other day for smoking a crack pipe on film, drinking while holding a baby or getting taken to a London police station for head-butting a stranger. These people are able to look beyond her unstable personal life and enjoy the product of her music based purely on her talent. Me, not so much. Maybe I am just too much into celebrity culture to appreciate the talents of an individual for the sole purpose of art and not for their public lifestyle. But I want to like someone not only for their amazing talents, but because they are also a likeable person. I don't want to contribute to a product — financing the bank accounts of those like Winehouse — where they will spend my $15 on crack and lawyer fees.
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