Politicians promise all sorts of things on the campaign trail, but it's a rare breed of politician that follows through on their promises at all, let alone before they're even elected. Enter Tom ...
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Entries Tagged as 'politics'
Compassionate Congressional Candidate Compels Community Caring
July 23rd, 2008 by Abe Silk
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Mirror Mirror On The Wall Who’s The Greenest Of Them All? (update)
June 17th, 2008 by Abe Silk
Full disclosure: I don't foresee any circumstance (alien invasion, terrorist attack, earthquake, amnesia, bad day, or even brief narcoleptic moment in the voting booth) under which I would ever vote...
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Burma FINALY opens door for aid
June 11th, 2008 by Jerri Chou
The state of Burma has been sad, infuriating and mind boggling. But finally, 5 weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta, the country's leaders have granted admission to foreig...
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TI$A Tells You to “Vote Obama”
May 6th, 2008 by Jerri Chou
A new Obama video steals our attention from the polls for a visually delightful minute. Signed to Kanye's GOOD Music label, the vid's by TI$A of Sa-Ra and features cameoed and average American Obama s...
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Who will tell the people?
May 5th, 2008 by Jerri Chou
Thomas L. Friedman's Times op-ed gave us an inspiring bridge into the beginning of the week by expounding on a lesson learned while recently traveling cross country: "people want to do nation-buildi...
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ADB at the Global Philanthropy Forum
April 11th, 2008 by Abby Goldberg
I feel privileged and humbled by my day yesterday representing alldaybuffet at the Global Philanthropy Forum in Redwood City, CA. The Global Philanthropy Forum, or “GPF,” is a gathering of 500 ...
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The Torch Stops Here?
April 7th, 2008 by Elizabeth Foughty
On April 9, the Olympic torch will arrive in San Francisco, the only US city to receive the torch this time around. At first this didn't seem too exciting...after all, I've lived in other areas the ...
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