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Downsizing America's Economy

You can thank President Obama for the lower standard of living coming your way. The numbers tell the story. March 25,...

Original post made by Pleasanton Mom on Mar. 25, 2010
Last comment by Cholo, on Mar 27, 2010 at 1:27 pm | 49 comments | 4399 Views

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Fact Check - Obscene Profits

Interesting article regarding obscene profits of the healthcare insurance industry. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091025/D9BI4D6O1.html Perhaps...

Original post made by Ken in South Pleasanton on Oct. 25, 2009
Last comment by jimf01, on Oct 29, 2009 at 9:00 am | 49 comments | 4134 Views

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Liberal Media Death Spiral

What would cause average Americans to get off the couch and join a Tea Party? INFORMATION. Here's just one example:...

Original post made by Pleasanton Mom on Mar. 30, 2010
Last comment by What Community of Character People?, on Mar 30, 2010 at 10:38 pm | 49 comments | 3747 Views

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State's school funding process is failing

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik19-2009nov19,0,5135920.column " Some mandates have broad support from districts,...

Original post made by Stacey on Nov. 20, 2009
Last comment by Stacey, on Nov 23, 2009 at 10:01 pm | 48 comments | 3514 Views

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Looks like our dictator is at work again

Read this folks and wake up as your rights are being stripped each and everyday and it will only get worse unless we act...

Original post made by Linda on Jul. 1, 2009
Last comment by Alan, on Aug 29, 2010 at 12:23 am | 48 comments | 6532 Views

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Obama's New Fearless Strategy Against ISIS...

ISIS is now shaking in their boots upon hearing Obama's new strategy to defeat them. "We're going to win this fight...

Original post made by Karen on Jul. 16, 2016
Last comment by DKHSK, on Jul 18, 2016 at 10:31 am | 48 comments | 2623 Views

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Guest Opinion: What can Pleasanton do about climate change?

The world's leading scientists are calling on us to finally heed the warnings about the climate catastrophe that we're running...

Original post made on Mar. 18, 2019
Last comment by Grumpy, on Mar 20, 2019 at 8:43 pm | 48 comments | 5032 Views

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Ruling sparks fresh hope for high-speed-rail critics

In their quest to build the nation's first high-speed rail system, California officials have been banking on a wide range...

Original post made on Sep. 6, 2013
Last comment by Ned, on Sep 16, 2013 at 4:51 pm | 47 comments | 11167 Views

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Republicans Need Help

I came across this article on Al Franken's Senate victory by a former "staffer for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and...

Original post made by Love Palin on Jul. 1, 2009
Last comment by Hallelujah!, on Jul 7, 2009 at 4:40 pm | 47 comments | 4712 Views

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Letter to My Employees

To All My Valued Employees, There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more...

Original post made by _ on Mar. 2, 2009
Last comment by Larry Haney, on May 18, 2010 at 9:35 am | 47 comments | 10405 Views

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Another "Brilliant" Democrat Bill to Become CA Law...Re: Babysitters

This is asinine - and about to become the law in the state of California: Assembly Bill 889 (authored by Assemblyman...

Original post made by FormerDemocrat ButNeverAgain on Aug. 31, 2011
Last comment by Tuscany Slim, on Sep 5, 2011 at 10:50 pm | 47 comments | 4381 Views

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Alameda County leaders say state budget cuts will be devastating

In a strongly-worded message issued by Alameda County officials today, they said the failure of five state budget-related...

Original post made on May. 20, 2009
Last comment by John, on May 24, 2009 at 2:15 pm | 47 comments | 5973 Views

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End of high-speed rail boondoggle?

A Sacramento judge has thrown a monkey wrench into Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to build a $68 billion high-speed rail system...

Original post made on Aug. 24, 2013
Last comment by Kathleen Ruegsegger, on Aug 29, 2013 at 8:14 am | 46 comments | 5689 Views

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The recession is over declares the king!

Even President Obama's most ardent supporters are being to take notice that he only blames others while he makes things worse....

Original post made by Pablo on Sep. 20, 2010
Last comment by Big Mike, on Sep 25, 2010 at 6:39 pm | 46 comments | 4198 Views

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Article: Wisconsin tries to reform unions

The article states: ""The proposal marks a dramatic shift for Wisconsin, which passed a comprehensive collective bargaining...

Original post made by Resident on Feb. 17, 2011
Last comment by Resident, on Feb 24, 2011 at 1:06 pm | 46 comments | 4383 Views

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Public employee benefits - beyond reasonable

"As America's recession spooled out, Chicago responded to the ensuing budget crunch the way many cities have: by cutting...

Original post made by Joe on Nov. 27, 2012
Last comment by Kathleen Ruegsegger, on Dec 5, 2012 at 1:40 pm | 46 comments | 14332 Views

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Faux News has a new commentator!

Guess who? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_palin_fox_news Sarah Palin! Yes, the circus is complete now. Tune in for entertainment...

Original post made by HHR on Jan. 11, 2010
Last comment by Rat Turd, on Jan 14, 2010 at 9:18 pm | 46 comments | 4005 Views

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Montana Newspaper: "We Were Wrong to Endorse Obama" ...

I am curious to know if the Pleasanton Weekly endorsed Obama. I know they have endorsed most other Democrats...like McNerney....

Original post made by curious on Jun. 28, 2014
Last comment by curious, on Jul 4, 2014 at 10:01 am | 46 comments | 6455 Views

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Lois Lerner advised IRS employees "be cautious about what we say in emails"

Let's see, if I am a public servant, doing my job, in an honest an ethical way, "not even a smidgen of corruption" as our...

Original post made by jimf01 on Jul. 9, 2014
Last comment by Mac, on Sep 25, 2015 at 11:02 am | 46 comments | 6526 Views

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Obama saved the economy, facts don't lie

This is a story from bloomberg (hardly a liberal propaganda rag) on how Obama's policies are working, have brought the economy...

Original post made by Reality, deal with it on Mar. 10, 2010
Last comment by Cholo, on Mar 12, 2010 at 6:59 pm | 46 comments | 3889 Views
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