Smoking and politics in the Obama era
An opinion piece argues that President-elect Barack Obama’s smoking and proposed policy path will fuel public backlash from libertarian and conservative readers. It critiques government programs as oppressive Big Nanny, defends personal freedom, and defends Obama’s right to smoke while noting limited White House rules.
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Obama
George W. Bush
Freedom Defenders
Tom Brokaw
Brokaw
White House
Big Nanny
Dupes
David Hill
Hill
Abenews.com
Bill Clinton
McDonald’s
Ronald Reagan
Freedom Ken Brodnax Editorial Page Editor
Let peace begin with me. This newspaper aims to inform readers to promote and preserve freedom and inspire others to see its blessings. Freedom comes from self control and must align with moral guides such as the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence.
Lawless justice and the Nisour Square killings
Sullum discusses the Nisour Square shootings by Blackwater guards in Baghdad, noting U.S. law limits on extraterritorial prosecutions. He cites MEJA gaps, Iraqi immunity rules, and the January 2009 lift of contractor immunity, arguing for Iraqi prosecutions despite moral outrage and accountability gaps.
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David Price
U.S
North Carolina
Baghdad
Nisour Square
Blackwater Worldwide
State Department
Jeremy Ridgeway
Blackwater
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FBI
Ridgeway
United States
Defense Department
Congressional Research Service
Congressional Budget Office
Department of State
Department of Defense
Abu Ghraib
Department of the Interior
Price
Illinois style government cronyism and Blagojevich row
Ron Hart argues that Illinois politics has sunk to new lows with Governor Blagojevich's bid to auction Barack Obama’s Senate seat. He compares the scandal to gambling and drug use, questions Obama’s inner circle, and calls for less government while highlighting corruption in Chicago politics and ties to figures like Jesse Jackson Jr and Ayers.
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Ron Hart
Guam
Puerto Rico
Illinois
Blagojevich
Barack Obama
Obama
G Golden
Senate
Chicago
Willie Nelson
Eral
Polit Sci
Tennessee
Windy City
Jesse Jackson
Democratic Party
Jesse Jackson, Jr
Eliot Spitzer
Rahm Emanuel
David Axelrod
W’s
Blago Javitch
Springfield
Rapper R. Kelly
Mount Rushmore
William Ayers
Wright
Flager
Farrakhan
Hart
Aol
Area football players named to All State teams
Odessa American notes several area players earned All State honors in a positive feature. Readers are invited to send letters with opinions via email, including a thumbs nomination, to share views on current topics.
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Odessa
Freedom.com
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