FactCheck: Body Armor Claim: Still False and Nasty - defends Dole

FactCheck has renewed hostilities over an old issue about funding body armor for troops in Iran and Afghanistan.  The non-profit, nonpartisan group says the VoteVets attack on Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole is recycling "one of the worst 'Whoppers of 2006'"."The liberal...

A letter for Limbaugh,

" BOSTON (CNN) — Former Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole on Monday wrote conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh defending John McCain as a "mainstream conservative" who had supported the party on critical votes during Dole's time as the Senate Republican...

Huckabee: No Economic Conservative

" You've seen the ads, you've heard the mantra. You know, in your heart, and without a doubt that Mike Huckabee is not an economic conservative. At least, not in the way CfG's Pat Toomey and Dick Armey want to define economic conservatism. And apparently, to hear Quinn...

Auction of Maui Pineapple Cannery marks the end of an era

"Hawaiian pineapple first came on the scene in the late 19th century with the development of a "smooth cayenne" variety by Captain John Kidwell. However, the big boost in the industry's popularity came from a young Harvard graduate named James Dole, whose cousin Sanford Dole...

Dole Recalls Lettuce for E Coli Contamination

Why can they only find these problems after food has not just gone to market, but been sold? "A division of Dole Food Co. issued an international recall of bagged salad Monday after a sample taken from a store in Canada tested positive for E. coli, the company said. There...

Walter Reed 'Tip of Iceberg'; White House Vows to Do Very Little

So Bush's answer to the Walter Reed hospital scandal, in which wounded veterans are mistreated or ignored, is to conduct a "full inquiry". In other words, form a panel to tell us, a year from now, what we already know: that the White House neglected to care for soldiers...

Bolivarian Democracy

"With all international eyes on the December 3rd Venezuelan presidential elections, a totally new and revolutionary experience of Venezuelan grassroots democracy has completely slipped below international radar."

Left Wing Pragmatism III

"Ecuador It's oil that gives the Left it's power in Latin America. And Ecuador has lots of it.Ecuador to seek to rejoin OPEC: Correa And Canadian Petrocompanies are major investors, though they have sullied reputations having been implicated in the destruction of Ecuadors...

Republican Runs In London Byelection

"Dianne Haskett claimed she moved to Washington for her daughters sake. In reality she went to hone her skills as a neo-con Republican. Now she is running for MP in the London By-election. She has two American elections under her belt as a rightwing republican policy wonk....