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Thanks to GOP Senators Arlen Specter, Susan Collins & Olympia Snowe, the federal government has passed a bill enabling them to devour approximately one trillion dollars of our future wages. That is only the beginning as Barack Obama is just weeks into his unchecked, unbalanced presidency. These Senators have brought dishonor to our party and we can no longer afford to allow them to hide behind the Republican banner. We would be better off taking the "risk" of losing their seats to the Democrats as their presence has already caused many in our conservative base to leave in disgust. Indeed...

'People are definitely sceptical' When the government announced last Thursday that it had foiled a massive terror plot, broadcasters and newspapers were barraged with a wave of sceptical views from listeners and readers. Nearly a week on, are people still so distrustful? Patrick Barkham takes to the streets to find out Wednesday August 16, 2006 The Guardian (UK) Police officers outside the Masjid-E-Umer mosque in Walthamstow. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters It was not in horror or panic that thousands of ordinary people contacted the BBC or posted points on the Guardian's Comment is Free website in the hours after last week's...