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10 Reasons Not to Skimp on Sleep - Yahoo! News
You may literally have to add it to your to-do list, but scheduling a good night's sleep could be one of the smartest health priorities you set. It's not just daytime drowsiness you risk ...
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20081016/ts_usnews/10reasonsnottoskimponsleep
Vote411.org
VOTE411 is a one-stop-shop for election related information. It provides nonpartisan general and state-specific information aspects of the election process including Absentee ballot infor...
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http://www.vote411.org
US Elections 2008: Democrats-Republicans
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http://www.2008uspresident.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=072bcecbad92838762fcea077b64a614
Tax Plans (that’s one for you, nineteen for me)
A great visual breakdown of the impact of the tab plans from Senators McCain and Obama.
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http://chartjunk.karmanaut.com/taxplans
Everymoment Now : Obama Vs. McCain : Context and Scope to the 2008 US General Election
Everymoment Now. Exploring news histories and bringing context and scope to the moments shaping our world.
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http://everymomentnow.com
Black Box Voting - America's Elections Watchdog Group
We want citizens out in the field observing, asking questions, asserting the right to know. We know it will help to have a booklet you can put in your purse or jacket pocket, to remind yo...
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http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit.html
PollTrack : Tracking Elections from the Ground Up
Polltrack gauges the mood of the nation and predicts the outcome of elections from the perspective of where it matters the most: with voters on the ground. Maurice Berger presents a compr...
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http://www.polltrack.com
The Front-Runner’s Fall
Hillary Clinton’s campaign was undone by a clash of personalities more toxic than anyone imagined. E-mails and memos—published here for the first time—reveal the backstabbing and co...
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http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200809/hillary-clinton-campaign
Fight the Smears
A site put together by the Obama campaign to fight rumors, falsehoods and smear tactics.
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http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome
Repeal Day is December Fifth
The official website of Repeal Day, which celebrates the repeal of Prohibition on December 5, 1933.
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http://www.repealday.org
StateMaster - US Statistics, State Comparisons
Welcome to StateMaster, a unique statistical database which allows you to research and compare a multitude of different data on US states. We have compiled information from various primar...
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http://www.statemaster.com/index.php
What I Hate About Political Coverage
Paul Krugman discusses political reporting: "There are two big problems with this kind of reporting. The important problem is that it fails to inform the public about what matters. In 200...
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http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/19/what-i-hate-about-political-coverage
USAspending.gov
Have you ever wanted to find more information on government spending? Have you ever wondered where federal contracting dollars and grant awards go? Or perhaps you would just like to know,...
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http://www.usaspending.gov/index.php
Your Billion Dollar President
"Your Billion Dollar President will look at how your money is being spent and invite you to weigh in. And, in early 2008, these specials will lead us to a new national daily morning publi...
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http://www.billiondollarpresident.org
Unity08
These are exciting times that need the best of all of us. But isn't that America's story – ordinary people doing extraordinary things! If we each re-light the torch of freedom, we can ...
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http://www.unity08.com
The Hardest Working Presidential Candidate Logo
An eye-opening view into the design of the Obama '08 logo and the way it has been integrated throughout the candidate's Web sites.
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http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/004262.html
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Propagandists
"This November, the President, Vice President, one third of the Senate, and the entire House are up for election. Between now and then, we’ll see dozens of debates, thousands of ads, an...
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http://www.ironicsans.com/2008/01/the_7_habits_of_highly_effecti.html
Change Congress
"Change Congress is a movement to build support for basic reform in how our government functions. Using our tools, both candidates and citizens can pledge their support for basic changes ...
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http://change-congress.org
Reading Tea Leaves and Campaign
A very interesting graphical commentary by illustrator Ward Sutton, on the logo designs of current Presidential candidates.
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http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/11/18/opinion/20071118_OPART_index.html
Presidential candidate logos = politics as usual
Broad review of the various presidential candidate's logos.
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http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/522-presidential-candidate-logos-politics-as-usual
How to Create an Angry American
A montage of statements made by members of the Bush administration, and further video footage contradicting their assertions.
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http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/64513/detail
2008 Presidential Election Candidates on the Issues
The following is a general guideline to the candidates' positions on some of the top issues. Some of the issues are more complex and usually require more than a 'yes/no' or 'support/oppos...
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http://www.2decide.com/table.htm
Center of the U.S.
An Independent Voter’s Thoughts on the 2008 Presedential Election, Congressional Politics and other Political News of the Day The Center of the U.S. keeps an eye on, and sparks discussi...
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http://centerofthe.us
Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society
Hundreds of scans of Civil War era envelopes, etchings and posters.
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhsarcpp.html
Congresspedia
Welcome to Congresspedia, the "citizen's encyclopedia on Congress" that anyone—including you—can edit. Congresspedia is a not-for-profit, collaborative project of ...
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Congresspedia
American Memory from the Library of Congress
The home page for the American Memory Historical Collections from the Library of Congress. American Memory provides free access to historical images, maps, sound recordings, and motion pi...
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
RealClearBlogs
"Founded in 2000 by John McIntyre and Tom Bevan, Chicago-based RealClearPolitics.com (RCP) has become one of America’s premier independent political web sites. Updated every morning and...
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http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog_coverage
Karl Rove Dissects the 2008 Election
An Independent Voter’s Thoughts on Karl Rove's analysis of the 2008 Presidential race, focusing on the tactics required for this prolonged schedule instead of the individual stances of ...
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http://centerofthe.us/2007/08/karl-rove-dissects-2008-election
Dick Cheney on why America shouldn't invade Iraq (1994)
A 1994 interview with Dick Cheney on why we shouldn't invade Iraq. A choice quote: "how many additional dead Americans is Sadam worth? Our Judgement was 'not very many', and I think we g...
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http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9a8_1186873756
Your Government: How To Write To Congress
"Writing to Congress is the single best way to express your view on public policy. The average consumer has a surprising ability to influence legislation by crafting a well written missiv...
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http://consumerist.com/consumer/your-government/how-to-write-to-congress-302775.php
Election '08: Seeking a 'Tech President'
Technology companies have much at stake in 2008. Here's where the candidates stand on the issues of crucial importance to Silicon Valley.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2007/tc20070917_079427.htm
Technorati Topics: Politics
Technorati's constantly updating stream of political stories from the blogosphere.
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http://technorati.com/topics/politics
Biography timelines of the 2008 presidential candidates
A collection of biographical timelines of the 2008 presidential candidates.
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http://www.xtimeline.com/sets/2008_election.aspx
Political Base
Political Base is a user-powered online community providing bi-partisan commentary, information and coversation about US Politics.
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Select a Candidate 2008
Minnesota Public Radio has posted a candidate quiz, meant to "find out which candidates are most aligned with your views and opinions...This quiz is not meant to pick your candidate for y...
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http://www.wqad.com/Global/link.asp?L=259460
BarackObama.com | Technology and Innovation for a New Generation
Presidential candidate Barack Obama's technology platform.
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http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology
Government APIs and Mashups - ProgrammableWeb Resource Center
"With over a dozen government-related APIs and government-related mashups there are a growing number of ways to get data from government sources and to learn more about what elected repre...
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http://www.programmableweb.com/government
The U.S. prison industry - big business or slavery?
Read the whole article.
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http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/octubre/juev13/42carceles.html