Originally posted at
I'm Not The Only One.
For those of you who are U.S. citizens, I hope you joined myself and scores of others in placing an American flag on display in their windows or doors.
As a libertarian, I do not agree with, but I do respect the wishes of those Americans who choose to not salute the flag, recite the Pledge of Allegiance, or display it in their home. I even respect the wishes of those who choos…
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Posted by Daniel Cuevas on July 4, 2008 at 8:11am —
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When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are en… Continue
Posted by Rod on July 4, 2008 at 6:00am —
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Posted by Rod on July 4, 2008 at 3:31am —
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Dear Barack,
Our time together during the primary season has been great. I think we made a really good match together. I heard all of your speeches, watched all of your debates, and you kept me updated on what you were doing with your campaign. I have a lot of fond memories from the last several months.
But the summer is here and I feel I need some space. I'm starting to feel slightly claustrophobic from your presence in my life and I think it would be best if we took a break from our current…
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Posted by Kori on July 2, 2008 at 2:08pm —
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Originally posted
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New York Post
Barack Obama "had nothing to do" with Gen. Wesley Clarks curt dismissal of John McCains military record, the retired Army officer wants everyone to know. "I dont think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president," Clark said of…
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Posted by Dave Justus on July 2, 2008 at 11:13am —
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This post originally appeared in:
www.monkeyinmind.com.
The Monkey and I have come to the conclusion that General Wesley Clark's much dis…
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Posted by Paul Davison on July 2, 2008 at 8:14am —
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society.… Continue
Posted by Rod on July 2, 2008 at 3:42am —
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Originally posted here--http://billyjacksblog.com/?p=517
It is not the purpose of this post to “prove” or “disprove” anything relative to global warming in general. Rather, the focus of this article is on the claim that Global Alarmists make of a “consensus” among all scientific organizations regarding the conclusions reached by the IPCC in 2007. Ever since that report came out, global warming scientists have pronounced the issue “closed” with no further evidence or testing needed. That claim i…
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Posted by Billy Jack on July 2, 2008 at 12:24am —
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Originally posted in
Poetry in Pink Shoes
Image via Skeptic
One of my favorite authors is acclai…
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Posted by Tara on June 30, 2008 at 12:01pm —
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Pollster Peter Hart conducts a focus group with York, Pennsylvania, voters on the 2008 presidential race. Then Mr. Hart speaks with reporters who observed the participants as they shared their thoughts. Watch the focus group - Monday on
C-SPAN at 8pm (ET).
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Posted by Razorwire on June 30, 2008 at 9:16am —
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First published on
Chuck for...
Generally speaking humankind seems to have a desire to have a Supreme Being, a Creator of the Universe. This would seem to bear some implications for His attributes, the size and scope of the creation. All the stars we can and cannot see down to the subatomic particles making up all of that creation infer a huge act of creation, something well beyond the scope of human concrete conce…
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Posted by Chuck Butcher on June 30, 2008 at 6:15am —
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Originally posted at:
www.monkeyinmymind.com
A recent
debate over at…
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Posted by Paul Davison on June 29, 2008 at 9:40pm —
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Originally posted at
I'm Not The Only One.
I just finished reading “Revolution!: South America and the Rise of the New Left” by Nikolas Kozloff. Kozloff is no stranger to Latin America (he has a Ph.D. in Latin American History from Oxford University) and impressively demonstrates his profound knowledge of the history and politics of South America.
While U.S. foreign policy focused more on Mexico and the Middle East in the…
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Posted by Daniel Cuevas on June 29, 2008 at 6:00pm —
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The Court , this week, ruled that the so called "Millionaire's Amendment" to the McCain-Feingold law was unconstitutional. Years ago, I watched the debate on this provision and got so pissed off I posted this runaway rant.
Are There Libel Laws in Lisbon?
At my age, recently fifty, “ex-patriot” would make an interesting addendum to my personal resume, Technicolor a motley curriculum vitae.
Portugal is possible, don’t you think? Lisbon offers a mix of old-world pretension and new world,…
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Posted by Razorwire on June 28, 2008 at 7:30pm —
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I willingly admit that I’ve learned as much from all volumes of VH1’s “I Love the 70s,” 80s and 90s as from watching "Behind the Music" over the years. My friend and I frequently recall and quote Michael Ian Black’s droll commentary on historical classics like…Malibu Barbie, shag carpeting, pet rocks or Lonie Anderson and Burt Reynolds. However, VH1’s latest incarnation of the “I Love the…” series is about the decade WE ARE CURRENTLY IN. Of course has its laugh-out-loud funny moments, but nostal…
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Posted by Katie on June 28, 2008 at 6:07pm —
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Originally posted at Bronx Latino, www.bronxlatino.blogspot.com
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Posted by Clarisel Gonzalez on June 27, 2008 at 8:30pm —
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Hello all!
This article was originally published on March 3, 2008 in the newspaper "The Red and Black."
ARTICLE:
Although the Bush administration most likely will be remembered for its senseless commitment to the ever-worsening war abroad, President George W. Bush recently has left another, equally ugly stain on American history.
In 2007, Bush twice vetoed two measures passed by Congress to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
This program, known as SCHIP, is a program run…
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Posted by Zach Nikonovich-Kahn on June 27, 2008 at 3:04pm —
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Posted by Rod on June 27, 2008 at 12:30pm —
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Much to my surprise and pleasure, I got a response today from my representative in the Oregon Senate.
Doug Whitsett wrote back to me that he too has been noticing a difference in the mileage between gasoline with and without ethanol.
In his Volvo he averages 29 mpg on regular gasoline, but with ethanol his mileage drops to 26.5. He tells me he travels an average of 3000 miles per month covering his five county district.
He maintains that he is strongly opposed to the use of ethanol and calls…
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Posted by Darrel Mulloy on June 27, 2008 at 12:04am —
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Originally posted on http://darrels-forum.blogspot.com/2008/06/highway-robbery.html
My wife and I just returned home from a road trip that took us 4500+ miles. We live in Oregon, where gasoline now includes 10% ethanol and is over $4.00 per gallon. When we left we filled at our local station at $4.09 per gallon and drove to Caldwell, Idaho where gasoline is still just gasoline with no ethanol in it. Idaho and Wyoming were the only two states we traveled in that had no ethanol in the gas.
We dr…
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Posted by Darrel Mulloy on June 26, 2008 at 11:24pm —
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This rant is inspired mostly by Tom Sullivan’s piece about identity politics and policy wonks on the
Campaign for America’s Future blog. He argues for greater sensitivity and understanding by progressive leadership toward the constituencies it serves. A worthy aim, I thought, giving his piece a quick read. Then I hit the word, “messaging,” used unironically, a word best left to corporations and the advertising agencies tha…
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Posted by Citizen Inice on June 26, 2008 at 4:39pm —
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We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! - T.S. Elliot
It may seem an odd setting in which to bemoan the wonders of the internet. And it is a wondrous innovation. Never before have we been so close to vast resources of information. We need only to "Google" a topic and within seconds (Google even tells us how long the search has taken) we can pour over endless lines of digitized text, hyperlinked to ev…
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Posted by Justin on June 26, 2008 at 4:30pm —
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If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him - James Baldwin
One of the reasons why
Children of a Retired God did not win awards was my decision to exclude the piece,
In Search of Muhammad’s Picture.
Just before the Danish cartoons emerged, I had given up the fight to include the piece if that would help get the editors to agree. Though it wasn’t pleasing to t…
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Posted by Rudolf on June 26, 2008 at 10:00am —
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Originally posted at Puerto Rico Sun at www.prsun.blogspot.com
Puerto Rican Sun is on 156th Street a…
Posted by Clarisel Gonzalez on June 26, 2008 at 12:30am —
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This one's a bit long in the tooth. I originally posted it on themestream around this time of the year during the 2000 Presidential race. It made the rounds to a friend's website and even an old Homestead account of mine.
Both are now defunct. And even though it refers to Bush v Gore, I think it still mostly applies (except for perhaps he second to last paragraph) to McCain/Obama.
Show Me… Continue
Posted by Barry Wynn on June 25, 2008 at 9:07pm —
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CNN reports that out in Colorado recently, Ralph Nader made what some consider disparaging remarks about Barack Obama and Race.
I dunno.
Ralph raises some important points. John Edwards standing up for the poor and worker's rights is "populist". Obama saying too much about the same subjects is "dangerous" in a lot of people's minds. And yeah, everybody kisses the ring (or, if you want to go there, the boot…
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Posted by Barry Wynn on June 25, 2008 at 2:00pm —
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Originally posted here.
Fearless reporter Buck planned to attend Florida's "Serve to Preserve" climate summit, now taking place in Miami. His day job is getting in the way, but Buck has mixed feelings about not being there.
I don't think this year's summit is anything like last year's —…
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Posted by Trish on June 25, 2008 at 1:22pm —
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Should Congress Move Forward with Impeachment Investigations?
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Posted by We Op-Ed on June 25, 2008 at 10:00am —
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Originally posted
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NYTimes
After months of wrangling, Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress struck a deal on Thursday to overhaul the rules on the government’s wi…
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Posted by Dave Justus on June 25, 2008 at 8:45am —
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Originally posted
Chuck for...
The dissent filed by Antonin Scalia in Boumediene v. Bush was scathing concerning the dangers of releasing Guantanamo detainees.
"At least 30 of those prisoners hitherto released from Guantánamo have returned to the battlefield."
It is flatly untrue.
Seton Hall Univers… Continue
Posted by Chuck Butcher on June 25, 2008 at 4:27am —
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Posted by Rod on June 23, 2008 at 4:22pm —
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First, a few questions to ask yourself. You really only need to read the first one to get the gist of the post, so you can read the first question and then skip to my commentary if you like.
(1) What do you think of when you read the words "Human Dignity & Life"?
(2) Does your answer to the above question call to mind some notion of "universal values," (such as moral values)?
(3) If yes to the above question, are these values closely identified with your politics?
(4) If yes to th…
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Posted by Bill on June 23, 2008 at 2:19pm —
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Originally posted here: www.theragsshow.blogspot.com
WILL WORK FOR...
MORE EXPENSIVE FOODS MADE FROM CORN.
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WHO BUYS THIS STUFF?
IN A DISCARDED NEWSPAPER I READ HOW THE ELITE AUCTION HOUSE CHRISTIE'S IS SET TO AUCTION A VERY SPECIAL LIFE PRESERVER.
ONE OF ONLY SIX IN EXISTENCE... USED AT THE TIME OF THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC, IN 1912 WHEN AROUND 1500 PEOPLE DIED.
WEIRD, IF YOU ASK ME.
THAT'D BE LIKE BUYING PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER PAPER MATERIALS AUTOGRAPHED BY COLONEL PAUL TIBBETS AND…
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Posted by RAGS on June 23, 2008 at 8:41am —
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Originally published in the City Room blog of the New York Times
My quote is currently featured under "Comments of the Moment" in the New York Times' City Room blog section. I commented in the paper's blog in response to a story by David Gonzalez on the Bronx Walk of Fame and how it was honoring Dr. Ruth even though she's not a Bronxite.
Here's part of my comment:
“I don't believe that anyone who wasn't born or has lived in the Bronx should be on the Walk of Fame.”
— prsun
Bronx Acclai…
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Posted by Clarisel Gonzalez on June 22, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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There is, of course, a difference between the Democratic party and the Republican party. There's a difference, a real difference, between Barack Obama and John McCain. The Republican party is the party of sexism, racism, stupidity and Christian fundamentalism, and it's retreating from reality faster than the Italian Army. McCain is completely beholden to the party of insanity. The Democratic party is not completely insane, and Obama is not beholden, body and soul, to this sort of insanity. I get…
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Posted by The Barefoot Bum on June 22, 2008 at 12:34pm —
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Opinion
Originally posted at http://bronxlatino.blogspot.com
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Posted by Clarisel Gonzalez on June 20, 2008 at 2:30pm —
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Posted by Rod on June 20, 2008 at 12:21pm —
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Originally posted at:
www.monkeyinmymind.com.
The Mainstream Media (MSM) airwaves have been making much ado about the recent news concerning Obama’s decision to opt-out of public financing for the 2008 Presidential General Election. Talking head…
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Posted by Paul Davison on June 20, 2008 at 8:38am —
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Originally posted here: www.theragsshow.blogspot.com
THE SUBWAY TRAIN ADS FROM ANHEUSER BUSCH IMPLY THAT WE SHOULD "LIVE LIFE TO THE ULTRA"... BY DRINKING MICHELOB ULTRA.
HMM... PERHAPS YOU OR A DRUNK WOULD LIKE TO. BUT NOT ME.
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ARE YOU A MIDLEVEL TYPE?
OR STUCK IN THE MIDDLE?
IF YOU THINK SO, DO CHECK OUT A COLUMN I JUST READ IN A DISCARDED NEW YORK TIMES WRITTEN BY NYC COLUMNIST CLYDE HABERMAN AND TITLED, "LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT ARE HARD TO APPRECIATE."
I THINK YOU MIGHT FIND IT INT…
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Posted by RAGS on June 20, 2008 at 7:30am —
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The entire country is abuzz in the usual manner it is during an election year- which really just means Americans are concerned about the economy. It has become so common and ritual in fact that no one ever asks why the economy often trumps every other issue facing us, even in years when war seems afoot and the debate widens to the economy or war (the old guns and butter trade off).
The economy is the blood of our lives; it is our livelihoods; it is the primary concern for every working adult wh…
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Posted by Sean Elliott on June 19, 2008 at 10:30pm —
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Originally Posted
here in the dead of a dreadful winter
It's too cold to be a commonplace propagandists. Thirty below wind chill requires more flame. So I'm thinking of becoming a professional controversialist. I shall write gingery gossip and white heat harangues. Just thinking about the invectives raises the room temperature. How hard can it be to go all "Coulter" on policy and players and Amer…
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Posted by Razorwire on June 19, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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The more I listen to political debate on TV, the more it becomes painfully obvious that our national vocabulary could use some trimming. Or maybe a lot of trimming. When words cease to have meaning and become blanket descriptions or misrepresentations of ideas that actually do have meaning, it’s time they go, put the kibosh on it. Using these items no longer does anything to advance the debate…for anybody. I’m not actually for outlawing words, but humor me. The following is a list of words or te…
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Posted by Katie on June 19, 2008 at 1:36pm —
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Angry to bed
Angry to rise
Why is Michael
A device?
Angry to bed
Angry to rise
Which rights will
Nino excise?
Angry to bed
Angry to rise
Will John our troops
Underprice?
Angry to bed
Angry to rise
Why is Dick
As cold as ice?
Angry to bed
Angry to rise
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Posted by Rod on June 19, 2008 at 5:13am —
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Recently their have been a lot of calls from Republican politicians to open up AN… Continue
Posted by Dyre42 on June 19, 2008 at 1:50am —
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Originally posted at Pensito Review
Barack Obama's Facebook profile hit the one million mark on supporters tonight, and then blew past it. As of this writing, there are 1,007,643 members in his group, and by hitting the reload button, you can add to that total with each passing mi…
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Posted by Trish on June 18, 2008 at 11:23pm —
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Originally posted at http://bronxlatino.blogspot.com
The Bronx continues to be the poorest borough yet it is a hot borough for newcomers to come to live.
Instead of trying to improve the Bronx for the people who live here, politicians are just looking forward to those who want to move here: the gentrifiers.
Watch out South Bronx.
Look at what is happening in El Barrio and in Washington Heights. Look what happened at the Lower East Side.
It is sad to see that the people who remained i…
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Posted by Clarisel Gonzalez on June 18, 2008 at 12:30pm —
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Our collective standards for choosing a president haven’t gotten any higher
By Elan Barnehama
I was recently surprised to discover that George W. Bush was still in office. Two years of a relentless rush to press with every nuance of primary coverage (gossip) had produced a news blackout. And then, after it was over, I barely had time to catch my breath before the six-month election campaign coverage began. The primaries were replaced with daily score sheets rating the McCain and Obama campaign…
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Posted by Elan Barnehama on June 18, 2008 at 11:32am —
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It struck me recently that the more vehement
Obama-haters could actually be closet Obamaniacs. You know, like how the worst gay-bashers are sometimes priests with little kid issues. Or how the people who go on and on about their co-worker's immaturity have growing up to do themselves. Or how the most violent critics of a religious regime tend to have their own religious tenants.
Thus, the…
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Posted by Tara on June 17, 2008 at 4:00pm —
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Would you like to own your own? You can buy it from Exxon Mobil- no, it's not a gimmick, nor am I trying to sell you anything. Except maybe a little truth, but I don't want your money for it.
Exxon-Mobil is selling 800 gas stations and 1400 dealer operated sites because they aren't profitable enough. Oops! There's that evil word again, "profit".
With politicians and candidates screaming about "obscene profits" of oil companies, and talking about raising taxes on them, who can blame them.
These c…
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Posted by Phill Senters on June 17, 2008 at 12:40pm —
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Previously posted on
Chuck for...
Republicans are going crazy in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that military detainees have a right to challenge their confinement in federal court. You would think that life as we know it has ended, that the reinforcement of an ancient right of people to challenge their incarceration's validity is something new under the sun. You will die in your bed because a right a common rapist has i…
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Posted by Chuck Butcher on June 17, 2008 at 3:44am —
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Previously posted on: www.theragsshow.blogspot.com
I STILL HAVE WITH ME A LONGSLEEVE SHIRT I WORE THE LAST TIME I SAW TIM RUSSERT IN PERSON.
IT WAS LAST SEPTEMBER IN THE BIG APPLE... ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON WHEN I TRIED TO BUMP INTO HIM... HOPING I COULD LATER PUT THAT SHIRT UP FOR AUCTION AT "NO SIGNATURE HOUSE" IN HTOWN. REALLY.
YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE LIKE TO BUY THINGS OWNED, TOUCHED AND SIGNED BY CELEBRITIES AND ALL.
IT'S ALSO THE VERY SAME SHIRT I WORE NEARLY FOUR YEARS EARLIER WHEN I DID SUC…
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Posted by RAGS on June 16, 2008 at 1:30pm —
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The Democrats took back both the house and the senate from the Republicans in 2006, but have failed to accomplish much of anything since doing so. Party leaders complain bitterly that without a sympathetic ear in the white house, control of the legislative branch is useless. Being a child of the early nineties (I remember them quite fondly), I always thought that feuding stalemate was the only state in which the executive and legislative branches related to each other. H.W. Bush fought a Democra…
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Posted by geoffrey on June 16, 2008 at 11:32am —
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An article on AOL news caught my eye,
Historians See Little Chance for McCain and having been a history major, I read it, trying to see what grand truths from the march of time were being distilled.
Well, as the article says, a group of historians think that despite the apparent dead heat between the candidates, McCain will ultimately not win. Basically the thinking is that McCain h…
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Posted by Ben Nardolilli on June 16, 2008 at 10:24am —
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Oringally posted
here
Gib at Crosblog writes about some of Mugabe's latest activities, and then talks about how Obama as President might be able to effect some change:
Sen. Obama is a superstar in Africa, and should he become President, his popularity in Africa will continue to skyrocket, and his first official visit to the continent will be h…
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Posted by Dave Justus on June 16, 2008 at 9:26am —
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Recently there has been some discussion about the level of inequality in the US and about how workers are economically worse off than they have been in past decades, and the different reasons contributing to this, both economic and political.
This post will be my effort at consolidating some of the best of that material that I am aware of, into one place, in the interest of furthering the discussion.
Last Friday's episode of Bill Moyers Journal on PBS was one of the best examples I am aware of…
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Posted by Bill on June 16, 2008 at 8:07am —
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Originally posted
here.
I was annoyed to learn recently about a molehill that has been built to mountainous proportions:
transracial adoption, or to be exact its opposition to it.
For those unfamiliar with the term, transracial adoption is when a child is adopted by an adult or couple who is of a differen…
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Posted by Daniel Cuevas on June 15, 2008 at 8:30am —
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Sen·ti·nel: A soldier stationed as a guard to challenge all comers and prevent a surprise attack.
It was the beginning of the campaign for the 2000 election, and the primaries for the Republican Party were in full swing. As usual, my routine on that Sunday morning was to find out who would be sitting in the
Meet The Press hot chair.
On that specific Sunday, it was Steve Forbes turn. Perhaps because of the format of the show; perhaps because of the occasional redesign of th…
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Posted by Rod on June 14, 2008 at 4:11am —
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(Cross-posted at Conservathink.)
Just imagine that telephone call.
You've just graduated from Boston College and you're on holiday in Italy with Mom, and you're getting ready to go back home when you find out that your dad has just had a heart attack - and died.
You weren't expecting this. Dad had been in Italy with you just before but decided to go back to the States early to get some work done. You and Mom were going to go home soon to…
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Posted by Damian G. on June 14, 2008 at 1:30am —
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Flagging Down Some Sense
Happy(?) Fourth of July...
Subject: My Inbox is Full
McCain's Service
The Wesley Clark Gaffe: Why Nuance Has No Place in Politics
Global Warming--A Scientific Consensus Or A Truth Smuggling Conspiracy?
My God has a bigger Forehead than Yours
What Have We Done To "God" ?
Post-Nostalgia Nostalgia and You
Remembering a Bronx 9/11 Mural
SCHIP Disaster
Oregon Senator Responds to my letter
Social change by numbers
Internet Generation: How Google Will Turn Us Into Search Engines
In Search of Prophet Muhammad’s Picture
The Cowboy Way
Looking for Lame Ideas to Fight Global Warming? Ask a Republican
"Human Dignity & Life" and the Values Debate
I THOUGHT McCAIN HAD DIED.
The Lesser of Two Evils
It's Not the Economy, Stupids
Failing the Bar
Gas station for sale
Historical Party Control of the Legislative and Executive Branches
A Pseudo-Historian Sees Little Chance for McCain, Originally posted here: http://mirrorsponge.blogspot.com/2008/06/pseudo-historian-see-little-chance-for.html
Journalism, and America, have been robbed.
