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News & Politics

Thirteen Days in October: The Cuban Missile Crisis (LensRank: 15): In the summer of 1962, the Soviet Union dispatched a fleet of commercial cargo ships filled with nuclear missiles, launchers and anti-aircraft guns--all under false manifests--across the Atlantic Ocean to Fidel Castro's Cuba. Forty thousand Sovi...
Ten Quick Steps to Destroy America (LensRank: 30): In response to a friend who had survived Hitler's transformation of Germany from Democracy to Fascism, Naomi Wolf studied these transformations in various countries- Italy with Mussolini, Germany with Hitler, and so on. What she found is that there a...
Hillary Clinton (LensRank: 58): She's Hugh and Dorothy's daughter. She's Hugh Jr. and Tony's sister. She's a Yale Law School graduate. She's Bill's wife. She's Chelsea's mom. She's a former First Lady twice, wife of a governor and a president. She's the junior senator from the state of N...
When Will We Get Our Tax Rebate (LensRank: 134): With all the fuss about the upcoming tax rebate in the news. I would be greatly surprised if you haven't already made plans on how you are going to spend your new found wealth. Now, let's get to the reason you're here. Update: Rebate checks coming e...
That's Bamboo? Wow! (LensRank: 200): Bamboo is the eco-wonder of the world. It pumps oxygen into the air faster than trees, feeds the hungry, clothes the body, soothes the ear, carries water, digs potatoes, shelters the homeless as well as the privileged, and in case all that is not eno...
Would You Trade Your Daughter for a Cow? (LensRank: 206): The very idea seems absurd, but for desperate families in parts of rural Africa, it's an all too common answer to a present-day economic problem. Thus, when a family runs out of food and sees no other solution, they will strike a deal with a neighbor...
Mike Huckabee | Republican Presidential Hopeful (LensRank: 223): Mike Huckabee for President! Former 2008 presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is out to show people the American dream is still alive. Read on and see why! Email this page to a friend! Stumble It! | digg this Add...
Barack Obama in 2008 (LensRank: 238): This week, more than any other of the 2008 Democratic campaign, has acquired an air of decisiveness. That is because four primary contests on Tuesday could extinguish Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's hope of overtaking Senator Barack Obama. After 11...
2007 Tax Rebate Checks (LensRank: 255): The IRS will start mailing out the 2007 income tax rebate checks in May 2008 to taxpayers who have filed their 2007 tax returns by April 15. This lens is a complete guide to answer all of your questions about the tax rebate, such as: * Who qualifie...
2008 Presidential Voting Poll (LensRank: 257): This is a lens about what YOU think. Take this unofficial but fun poll about who you think should be President!
Want Less Crime? Add More Guns! (LensRank: 261): More Guns Equals Less Crime Give a gun to each person in the United States desiring to lawfully carry it for self defense. This person must be a law abiding citizen (no criminal record, age 21 , no mental history, you know...responsible). Make sure h...
Top 100 Rated Lensmasters (LensRank: 285): Here are the Top Rated Lensmasters, based on how many stars their lenses have received from fellow Lensmasters. This is calculated from the data collected for the Advanced Dashboard on SQUIDUtils.com (see Lensmaster Tools for more information).
Stimulus Check - Second tax rebate (LensRank: 325): We are getting our stimulus rebates a little sooner than expected. President Bush said the tax rebates, considered the extra tax return by most, will begin heading for the banks by Monday.
Vietnam: We Could Have Won (LensRank: 510): Today, three and a half decades after our withdrawal from Vietnam, it may be constructive to look back and ask if the U.S. military ever discovered the elements of a strategy in South Vietnam that, given the proper circumstances, might have achieved...
Buy ONE of Jaguar Julie's Lenses (LensRank: 511): Well, Jaguar Julie to the rescue! Why not buy one of Jaguar Julie's developed lenses? While many are not for sale and will probably never be for sale -- no matter what the price as they are PRICELESS -- there are at the minimum 100 lenses that can be...
Ron Paul Will Win (LensRank: 521): Ron Paul Will Win Ron Paul has come out of nowhere and has beat 8 out of 11 candidates for President so far. I think Ron Paul can STILL BE our next president! Peace and Justice candidates are WINNERS! All the rest are itching for a Nuclear War withou...
Images of Dubai's Huge Growth (LensRank: 591): I was there a couple times around 1990. This is about the rapid growth of Dubai between 1990 and today. Look at its growth since then!
Ron Paul: The Best Hope For America Ever (LensRank: 599): Join Ron Paul Revolution On Squidoo But let it not be said that we did nothing. Let not those who love the power of the welfare/warfare state label the dissenters of authoritarianism as unpatriotic or uncaring. Patriotism is more closely linked to di...
Loren Davis Attacks On Barack Obama (LensRank: 666): Over the last month, a new round of dirty rumors about Barack Obama has begun circulating around the Internet, as ridiculous as ever. This new round of rumors claims that Obama is a secret Muslim and corrupt Kenyan political boss who will enact the c...
NEWAYS USA Convention 2008 (LensRank: 847): In March we came back from Neways North American Convention 2008 and wanted to share some of our experiences with you. Hope to see you at next convention! Dimitri and Liliya Nosarev Neways Diamond Ambassadors
The Most Important Squidoo Lenses For America Today - Part 1. (LensRank: 852): Many Squidoo lensmasters have a keen sense of what is happening in America and in the world of today. Their pages are powerful documents of our reality as a nation and its citizens. These lenses might never gain the same popularity as a Britney Spear...
How to Become President of the United States (LensRank: 1,013): To be President you have to be 35 years old, a natural born citizen of the U.S. (boo!), and a resident of the U.S. for 14 years. Are you qualified? Then why not give it a shot? And if you're too young, or too foreign-born, then maybe you have a frien...
Michelle Obama: Biography and Photos (LensRank: 1,069): * MICHELLE ROBINSON OBAMA - THE EARLY YEARS Born on January 17, 1964, Michelle Robinson was raised in a one-bedroom apartment on Chicago's South Shore. Of note is that she shared a "bedroom" with her brother, but it wasn't much of a bedroom...
Jaguar Julie Designs -- Logo CONTEST (LensRank: 1,073): The entries are rolling in! Have you submitted yours yet? I've included some of the entries below for viewing! Think YOU can do better? Well, what are you waiting for? Consider this your "engraved invitation!" ;-) Oh, entry deadline was moved to May...
Should we abolish the death penalty? (LensRank: 1,110): The death penalty should be abolished... The death penalty is barbaric and belongs in the past. There is no evidence of the death penalty having any deterrent effect, life imprisonment without parole is just as effective a means of preventing re-offe...
Michael Savage (LensRank: 1,240): Michael Savage is the most passionate and brilliant talk show host in America. As a first time listener he really hit the hot buttons, just because I frequently listened to conservative host that carried the Bush administrations water for too long.&n...
Truth about Barack Obama (LensRank: 1,249): U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill) is a leading candidate for the Democrat Party's nomination for President of the United States. The purpose of this lens is to present the facts, to the best of my ability, on various issues regarding Senator Obama's...
The One Million Lens Challenge Headquarters (LensRank: 1,286): The One Million Lens Challenge Lensmaster Skills takes on a challenge. To live off Squidoo royalties, or make one million lenses. Which ever one comes first ;-) WHEN THIS GROUP HITS #1, HE'LL GIVE AWAY 5 LENSES! TO THE MEMBERS! And That Could Mean Fre...
Global Warming Solutions (LensRank: 1,467): It seems to me that global warming solution has been pigeonholed into one outcome and that we are asked to accept this on blind faith by "expert" scientists. The current thinking is that recent global warming trends has been due prima...
Solar Energy (LensRank: 1,501): Solar power isn't perfect, but it's about as perfect as we can get if we need heat or electricity and don't want to generate emissions by burning carbon-based fuels (coal, oil, gas) or hazardous waste from nuclear power plants. Here we'll see what is...