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................But why bring Nate Silver into this?Silver is the poll-analyzing guru of the New York Times, whose reputation as a wizard was developed in crunching baseball statistics before being applied to political campaigns. On Saturday afternoon, Silver published an analysis which asserted that Obama now has a nearly 80 percent chance of winning the election, with 317 Electoral College votes and 52 percent of the popular vote. All of which is very interesting -- and very important, if true.However,....I recall the Sunday in October 2010 when I arrived in New York's 25th Congressional District and was greeted by a Syracuse...

It is not difficult to deprive the vast majority of independent thought.[i] Does anyone remember what happened on Christmas Eve last year? In one of the most expensive Christmas presents ever, the government removed the $400 billion limit on their Fannie and Freddie guaranty. This act increased taxpayer liabilities by six trillion dollars; however, the news was lost in the holiday cheer. This is one instance in a broader campaign to manipulate the public perception, gradually depriving us of independent thought. Consider another example: what news story broke on April 16, 2010? Most of us would say the SEC's lawsuit...

State Department Launches TV Studio by: Emmanuel Opati, February 26, 2008 Given the increasing negative perception of the world towards the United States, the Department of State has created a new Television Studio to improve America’s image... ....Ms. Colleen Graffy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Europe and Eurasia at the U.S. Department of State, said, “we have invigorated our public diplomacy by fusing policy and public diplomacy and creating new tools by which to effectively operate in these two short-term/long-term frameworks.” This comes amidst concerns that positive views of United States have been declining in the last six years...