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“The things America did were noble because they were done by America. Now, it...”
– How political lying became normal
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How the Arab Spring remade Obama’s foreign policy.
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Dodgers and L.A.: Romance has soured, but the... →
“The town and the team are too important to each other not to find a way through current struggles, interviews indicate. ‘This city will not allow the Dodgers to implode,’ an elected official says.”
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“…that as long as drugs that people want to consume are prohibited, and...”
– The drug war hits Central America
The Truth About Race, Religion, And The Honor Code... →
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Dennis Kucinich: Let me ask you about some of the specific provisions in your proposal to strip collective bargaining rights. First, your proposal would require unions to hold annual votes to continue representing their own members. Can you please explain to me and members of this committee how much money this provision saves for your state budget?
Scott Walker: That and a number of other provisions we put in because if you are going to ask, if you are going to put in place a change like that, we wanted to make sure that we protected the worker's of our state so they had a right to know what kind of value they got out of it. It's the same reason we gave worker's the right to choose, which is a fundamental America right, the right to choose whether or not they want to be a part of a union, and whether they went up to a thousand--
Dennis Kucinich: Would you answer the question? How much money does it save Governor? Just answer the question.
Scott Walker: It doesn't save any.
