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Essay:Conservatives of the Decade (view source)
Revision as of 17:24, December 29, 2009
, 17:24, December 29, 2009→Story of the Decade: The unsuccessful attempt by liberals to change the outcome of the 2000 presidential election by reinterpreting ballots and examining "chads".
*"I'm not sure what Mr. DeLay meant when he said, 'The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior.'" (Ted Kennedy after the killing of [[Terri Schiavo]]; the [[liberal]] Kennedy passed away in 2009, so now he does know what Mr. DeLay meant).
*"I'm not sure what Mr. DeLay meant when he said, 'The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior.'" (Ted Kennedy after the killing of [[Terri Schiavo]]; the [[liberal]] Kennedy passed away in 2009, so now he does know what Mr. DeLay meant).
== Story of the Decade ==
== Stories of the Decade ==
*[[September 11]], 2001 Terrorist Attacks
*[[September 11]], 2001 Terrorist Attacks
*The taking, for the benefit of a corporation and higher tax revenue, of the long-held homes of Susanne Kelo and others in New London, Connecticut, decided against the homeowners by a 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court. Forcibly ousted and their homes destroyed, the residents moved elsewhere at great disruption to their lives. Then, four years later, Pfizer [[Kelo v. New London|abandoned the project]] for its own reasons, leaving a useless eyesore in the wreckage.
*The taking, for the benefit of a corporation and higher tax revenue, of the long-held homes of Susanne Kelo and others in New London, Connecticut, decided against the homeowners by a 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court. Forcibly ousted and their homes destroyed, the residents moved elsewhere at great disruption to their lives. Then, four years later, Pfizer [[Kelo v. New London|abandoned the project]] for its own reasons, leaving a useless eyesore in the wreckage.
*The Ramos-Compean incident that began in February 2006 with actions by agents Ignacios Ramos and Jose Compean and did not end until their sentences were commuted by President [[George W. Bush]] in January 2009.
*The Ramos-Compean incident that began in February 2006 with actions by agents Ignacios Ramos and Jose Compean and did not end until their sentences were commuted by President [[George W. Bush]] in January 2009.
*The unsuccessful attempt by [[liberals]] to change the outcome of the 2000 presidential election by reinterpreting ballots and examining "chads".
== Looking forward ==
== Looking forward ==