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politic action in America in Bush's second term

The political space over the next four years is going to be different from anything we have ever experienced.  Things are going to get ugly, probably uglier than we can imagine.  Bush ruled as though...

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Child Molestation: Michael Jackson v. the Pope

Please tell me who you think is more responsible for molestation of children, Michael Jackson or the Pope.  Let's assume, just for the moment -- everybody deserves their day in court -- that all the...

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both parties likely to approve Negroponte

In July 1983, after Congress voted to end aid to the Contras, John Negroponte, then embassador to Honduras, sent cables supporting the continuation of the policy (...

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Seventeen Reasons Hillary Should not be our nominee in 2008

It would be nice if we did not even have to waste a lot of energy on it, but the hope is vain.  The Clintons love power more than service. Here are seventeen reasons we should snuff Hillary's hopes...

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How's the deal looking?

Some people on dailykos were really happy with the deal that stopped or delayed the nuclear option.  Some of us did not feel so happy about it.  I am one of the latter.  I would be so happy to realize...

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the Roberts nomination should be fiercely opposed

Will Democrats even now, even in this opportunity born of criminal tragedy, continue with their loser strategy?  Will those Democrats least representative of the heart of the Democratic Party and the...

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Chuck Schumer on Russert's show - with a poll

I just saw today's Russert show with Chuck Schumer.  Fine man.  One of the more liberal Democrats.  The panel was discussing the possible upcoming indictments of Rove? Libby? who knows . . .. Sen. Kay...

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It's not torture, it's assertive interrogation.

The administration and their embeds in the press support torture but deny that they do.  Recently I have noticed Tony Snow, Tucker Carlson and others repeatedly hitting that point.  The key is that...

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Santorum, traitor to Intelligent Design

Santorum has now come out against teaching Intelligent Design in the classroom.   I found that out, and the link, http://www.timesonline.com/...    on wonkette. Man of principle, eh?  Amazing how a...

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The Washington Post needs to hear it from its readers.

The Washington Post should not get off lightly for their role in confusing and deceiving the public.  Allowing one of their editors -- Robert Woodward -- to opine that the Fitzgerald investigation is...

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Washington Post acknowledges error re: libby indictment

I am not sure where to put this, but if I had missed it I would have appreciated someone else posting it.   After the Woodward revelation, the Washington Post bought into the lie that this shot...

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Why can't Democrats be anti-war?

Why can't the Democratic Party ever represent a true anti-war position? The base of the party is largely anti-war, and has had strong tendencies that way ever since the Democratic Party emerged as the...

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Annointed liberal media figures disappoint

Those who control the media are so overwhelmingly right wing, that the caste of characters we see every day in the world of pundits is heavily skewed.   We have a huge collection of mad extremists like...

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Extraordinary Syrian-born Los Angeles psychologist Wafa Sultan condemns...

Who is Wafa Sultan? Check out this video:   http://switch5.castup.net/... And this transcript: http://www.memritv.org/... This is mostly just one side of a debate between Wafa Sultan, a Syrian born...

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MSNBC's English the Official Language Poll

As of 8.20 AM east coast time today, Friday, May 19, MSNBC has an online poll going showing 75% of the people seeming to agree with the Republicans in the Senate about the English language.  The poll...

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US soldiers at the Blackwater killing scene: unprovoked

On September 16, Blackwater USA guards shot at Iraqi civilians at Nisoor square in Baghdad, killing seventeen. Blackwater claimed their personnel were defending themselves again Iraqis who started...

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Is Mukasey Pontious Pilate or more like a nazi?

On MSNBC now, Mukasey Won't Weigh in on Waterboarding.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/... "Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday he will refuse to publicly say whether the interrogation tactic known...

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Prediction: Obama's approach now

OK, my Pennsylvania prediction was off.  I predicted an Obama victory of 8%, with a MOE of 10% (one day I will explain my statistical methodology, but not now), and whoops, it should have been a MOE of...

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Obama said something that is not true

Obama is my candidate, and has been since he won Iowa, and I started entertaining the possibility of him as president and decided I felt good about it. Talking in West Virginia yesterday Obama struck a...

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How my sister and I are saving this great country of ours (a Biden for V.P....

I just got off the phone with my sister.  She said, I have this sinking feeling that Obama is going to choose Sen. Clinton as V.P.  Oh, no, sez I.  O yes, sez she.  Lookit, sez she.  There is going to...

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