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9/11

Bush's response to

civilian trials

Obama's views on

Pet Goat
moment after

A

Aaron, Hank

ABC news poll

Abdulmutallab, Umar

abolitionist movement

abortion

Afghanistan

compared to Vietnam conflict

German presence in

life expectancy in

media's effect on war

Obama/O'Reilly discussion about

Soviet Union invasion of

U.S. troops in

Africa

African Americans

in baseball

civil rights movement and

Agnew, Spiro

AIDS projects

Alamo, defending of the

al-Qaeda

Bush's attacks against

drone missile attacks on

relationship with Taliban

terrorist trials

alternative energy

Anbar Awakening

Annie Get Your Gun
(play)

anti-Semitism

Arafat, Yasser

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)

Arizona immigration law

Arlington National Cemetery

Ayers, Bill

Aykroyd, Dan

B

Baier, Bret

baseball

basketball bet, Obama/O'Reilly

Bayh, Evan

Beck, Glenn

age jokes by

opinion of Obama

role in Tea Party movement

Bennett, Richard

Biden, Joe

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, A
(O'Reilly)

Bolton, Susan

Bono

Boston Globe,

Boston Red Sox

BP oil spill

Brokaw, Tom

Brooklyn Dodgers

Brooks, David

Brown, Scott

Buchanan, James

Buchanan, Pat

Buddhism

budget deficits

Buffalo Bill

Bush, George H. W.

Bush, George W.

aid for Africa

antiterrorism accomplishments

criticism of

deploys National Guard to Mexican border

economic growth under

federal deficit under

immigration policies

lack of authoritarian posture

lack of concern about public opinion

Pet Goat
moment

presidential accomplishments

presidential failures

response to

response to Hurricane Katrina

response to shoe bomber plot

second term

Siena College poll ranking of

Butler, Frank

C

Cagney, James

capital gains taxes

Carter, Jimmy

Carter, Rosalynn

Carvey, Dana

Carville, James

Catholic Church

Cavuto, Neil

CBS Evening News,

Chaminade High School

Chancellor, John

Chase, Chevy

Chávez, César

Chavez, Hugo

Cherokee tribe

Cheyenne tribe

children

absentee fathers of

addiction to tech gadgets

Christianity

Christmas Day

terrorist plot

Ciccone, Madonna Louise.
See
Madonna

The Circle
(student newspaper)

civil rights

Civil War

climate change

climate conference

Clinton, Bill

Clooney, George

CNBC interview with Barney Frank

CNN

Coakley, Martha

Cooper, Anderson

Copenhagen climate conference

corporate taxes

Couric, Katie

Cravens, Ray

Crazy Horse

Creek tribe

Crockett, Davy

Cronkite, Walter

Culture Warrior
(O'Reilly)

Custer, Elizabeth

Custer, George Armstrong

Cutler, Robert

Czech Republic

D

Daily Kos

Davis, Lanny

Democratic Party

desegregation

Donaldson, Sam

Doocy, Steve

The Doors

Dowd, Maureen

drug addiction

drug smuggling

Duke, David

Duncan, Allyson

Dunn, Anita

E

economic growth

Bush administration

Clinton administration

Obama administration

economic sanctions

Edwards, John

Eisenhower, Dwight

Ellender, Allen

Emanuel, Rahm

energy crisis, in

energy policy

environmental policy

estate taxes

F

family dinner conversations

Fannie Mae

farm workers

Farrakhan, Louis

federal debt

Ferraro, Geraldine

financial reform

Flynn, Errol

Fonda, Jane

Ford, Gerald

Fort Hood massacre

Fox News Channel

America's trust in

audience demographics

conservative commentators on

Democratic commentators on

financial success of

Hume-Woods confrontation on

ratings

survey results

White House war on

Frank, Barney

Freddie Mac

G

Gable, Clark

Gaga, Lady

Gage, Thomas

Gates, Horatio

Gates, Robert

General Electric

Gerecht, Reuel Marc

Germany

Gibbs, Robert

Gibson, Mel

Gingrich, Newt

global warming

Gore, Al

Graham, Lindsey

Grant, Ulysses

Guantánamo Bay prison

H

Hannity, Sean

Harding, Warren

Harvard University Kennedy School of Government

Hasan, Nidal Malik

Hastings, Michael

hatred, compared with dislike

health care costs

health care reform.
See
ObamaCare

health insurance companies

Helsinki Accord

Hendrix, Jimi

Hezbollah

high-tech culture

effect on attention span

effect on clarity and creativity

effect on communication industry

effect on family conversations

effect on political campaigns

kids' addiction to

The Hill
(newspaper)

“hippie fascism,”

Hispanic Americans

Hoffman, Abbie

Holder, Eric

Holt, Lester

Hoover, J. Edgar

Horseshoe Bend, battle of

House Financial Services Committee

Hume, Brit

Hunt, David

Huntley, Chet

Hurricane Katrina

Hussein, Saddam

I

Immelt, Jeffrey

immigration, illegal

Arizona immigration law

debate over

Obama's views on

protests against

income redistribution

income taxes.
See
taxes

Indian Removal Bill

Indians.
See
Native Americans

Ingraham, Laura

interceptor missiles

Iran

nuclear weapons program

Obama's policy on

sanctions against

threat from

Iraq

unstable regime in

U.S. troops in

Islamic faith

J

Jackson, Andrew

Jagland, Thorbjørn

James, LeBron

Jay-Z

Jefferson, Thomas

jihad

Jindal, Bobby

Johnson, Andrew

Johnson, Lyndon

Jones, Van

Joplin, Janis

Joseph (chief of Nez Percé)

Judeo-Christian tradition

K

Kaiser Family Foundation study

Karzai, Hamid

Kelly, Megyn

Kennedy, John F.

Kennedy, Robert

accomplishments of

Eisenhower's criticism of

Kennedy School of Government

King, Robert

King, Steve

Klaus, Václav

Kuralt, Charles

L

La Cosa Nostra

Lady Gaga

Landau, Carolyn

Lassie (dog)

lawsuits, frivolous

Lee, Robert E.

Leno, Jay

Lieberman, Joe

Limbaugh, Rush

Lincoln, Abraham

accomplishments of

Buchanan's comments to

Siena College poll ranking of

lobbyist, origin of term

Louisiana wetlands

M

Madoff, Bernie

Madonna

Mafia

malaria projects

Marcello, Carlos

Marist College

Massachusetts politics

Mays, Willie

McCain, John

Fox News coverage of

held as prisoner of war

presidential campaign

McChrystal, Stanley

McClellan, Scott

McKinley, William

Medicare spending

Medvedev, Dmitry

Melton, Dickie

Menkel, Angela

Mexico/U.S. border controls

Microsoft Corporation

migrant workers

Minuteman movement

The Misfits
(movie)

missiles

Mississippi Burning
(movie)

Mitchell, Andrea

Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh

monopolies, corporate

Monroe, Marilyn

Moore, Michael

Morrison, Jim

Mortenson, Norma Jeane.
See
Marilyn Monroe

Mosey, Phoebe Ann.
See
Annie Oakley MoveOn.org

Moyers, Bill

MSNBC

financial losses at

left-wing bias at

response to Hume-Woods confrontation

support for Obama's campaign

Murphy, Audie

Musharraf, Pervez

Muslim terrorists

Fort Hood massacre

Major Hasan

Obama's views on

persecution by

N

National Guard

national health care.
See
ObamaCare

Native Americans

Cherokee

Cheyenne

Creek

Indian Removal Bill

Nez Percé

Sioux

NATO forces

NBC

NBC cable news.
See
MSNBC

The New Yorker
magazine

New York Giants

The New York Times

blind partisanship at

failure to cover Tony Snow's funeral

op-ed on Christmas Day terrorist plot

op-ed on Democratic Party

op-ed on Obama

treatment of George H. W. Bush

New York Yankees

Nez Percé tribe

Nixon, Richard

Nobel Peace Prize

Noonan, Peggy

nuclear weapons

Iran's program of

reducing stockpiles of

O

Oakley, Annie

Obama, Barack

antiterrorism accomplishments

basketball bet with O'Reilly

childhood

compared with Ronald Reagan

conciliatory demeanor abroad

confidence of

divided views about

extremist colleagues of

fourth quarter

report card

handling of BP oil spill

interview on
The O'Reilly Factor,

interview style

job approval ratings

MSNBC's support for

presidential campaign

public persona

public service accomplishments

reaction to Christmas Day

reaction to Fort Hood massacre

reaction to Times Square terrorist plot

receives Nobel Peace Prize

sends troops to Afghanistan

Siena College poll ranking of

signature on FNC photo

“socialist” leanings

use of drone-driven missiles

views on absentee fathers

views on America's superpower status

views on illegal immigration

views on

The Wall Street Journal,
op-ed about

Obama, Michelle

Obama administration

declares war on Fox News

entitlement spending by

ObamaCare

backroom deals and

cost of

criticism of

debate over

Obama's defense of