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To: Sdgla who wrote (842112)	3/11/2015 10:26:01 PM
From: Mongo2116	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576189

Republicans have long history of meddling with foreign affairs for political reasons. When Nixon did it during the Johnson Administration, it cost 22,000 American soldiers their lives in Vietnam.

To: Sdgla who wrote (842112)	3/12/2015 12:20:51 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576189

"the biggest lie of the century" The Results Are In: The Number One Lie of the Year Is... Politifact says that climate denial irks its readers more than anything else. The Tampa Bay Times launched its PolitiFact feature in 2007 to fact check claims made by politicians, candidates and special interest groups. At the end of every year, they name their Lie of the Year. 2014’s “exaggerations about ebola” is surely a worthy contender. But they also let their readers vote, and their readers clearly don’t care for climate deniers. Their Lie of the Year in a landslide is “ global warming is a hoax.” It was picked by 31.8 percent of the respondents, with the second biggest “lie”—John Boehner’s claim that there has been a net loss of people with health insurance because of Obamacare—only snagging 18.8 percent. In close third place, with 17.8 percent of the vote, was a claim by Russ Girling that “The State Department says the 42,000 jobs created by the Keystone XL pipeline are ‘ongoing, enduring jobs.'” Who is Russ Girling? Why, he’s the CEO of TransCanada, the company that wants to build Keystone XL. That means nearly 50 percent of PoliticFact’s readers found anti-climate positions to be the most significant falsehoods in the public discourse.... alternet.org ==