The United States Constitution

“[Note: Repealed text is not noted in this version. Spelling errors have been corrected in this version. For an uncorrected, annotated version of the Constitution, visit http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html ] We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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ThinkProgress » After Lobbying To Kill The Stimulus, Koch Meeting Attendees Guarded By Police Saved By Stimulus

ThinkProgress » After Lobbying To Kill The Stimulus, Koch Meeting Attendees Guarded By Police Saved By Stimulus

“This weekend, ThinkProgress reported from the ground at Rancho Mirage, California for the conservative fundraising meeting convened by Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries. The event — disclosed by a ThinkProgress report last October detailing the twice annual gathering of wealthy business executives, Republican politicians, conservative “journalists,” and political operatives — was met by a protest organized by the good government advocacy group Common Cause. A coalition of progressive and California-based groups assembled about 1,500 people for a demonstration yesterday outside the gate of the resort where the Koch meeting was occurring. Activists from Code Pink and the Ruckus Society staged a civil disobedience action resulting in the arrest of 25 individuals, who were charged with trespassing.

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BBC News – Egypt protests: curfew defied in Cairo and other cities

BBC News – Egypt protests: curfew defied in Cairo and other cities

“Tens of thousands of demonstrators remain on the streets of Egypt’s major cities, despite a curfew from 1600 local time (1400 GMT).

The army has warned that anyone who breaks the curfew will be in danger.

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Obama, You Had Me At ‘Doubling Our Exports by 2014’ | The Nation

Obama, You Had Me At ‘Doubling Our Exports by 2014’ | The Nation

“The biggest problem, at least for liberals and close listeners, was the logical holes in Obama’s tax talk. He mentioned “tax cuts” twice: Once to claim credit for fattening paychecks with the tax compromise, and once to criticize the thought of making that same tax plan permanent. He vowed to eliminate the ‘billions’ of tax benefits that oil companies currently receive, and then, after bemoaning the deficit, called for cutting ‘the corporate tax rate for the first time in 25 years.’ Two of the three biggest corporations in America are oil companies, by the way, so those reforms might cancel each other out a bit. Now guess which one the Republicans will act on first.

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The Moral Case For Asking The Rich Pay Higher Taxes | The New Republic

Congress adjourned last month without voting on whether to extend the Bush tax cuts. But the debate hasn’t stopped, with prominent Republicans and most of their conservative supporters pushing hard to preserve the cuts that fall exclusively on high incomes. Letting those tax cuts lapse, these conservatives say, would not only be bad for the economy. It would also be unfair.For the most part, President Obama and his suppo

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Gulf Oil Spill — Los Angeles Times – latimes.com

The Obama Administration failure to hold British Petroeum accountable for Ecocide. How disgusting, and what a whimp.

Gulf Oil Spill — Los Angeles Times – latimes.com

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Billionaires Who’ve Lost BIG: 10 Titans Who’ve Watched Their Net Worth Plummet (PHOTOS)

Thirty years of Reaganomnics and Clintonomics has destroyed our economics, and has desseminated the middle class “Working Class.” This is something that the GOP doesn’t acknowledge.

Billionaires Who’ve Lost BIG: 10 Titans Who’ve Watched Their Net Worth Plummet (PHOTOS)

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Florida Panhandle beach shows few signs of Wednesday’s oil sludge – Gulf Oil Spill – MiamiHerald.com

Give British Petroleum the Death Penalty.

Florida Panhandle beach shows few signs of Wednesday’s oil sludge – Gulf Oil Spill – MiamiHerald.com

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