War News From Right Blogistan
For those of you who are, like me, geographically-challenged, Bush has not opened up another front in his War on Terror in some previously unheard-of part of the world. The title refers to my brief...
View ArticleGonzales Fighting for your Religious Freedom
Good news. From the front page of what passes as a newspaper in my hometown came the following yesterday morning: "Saying the government has not always paid enough attention to religious...
View ArticleA Modest Proposal for Enforcement of Congressional Oversight
VermontGriz hit the mojo jackpot with today’s post on Snowjob’s latest constitutional pronouncement (maybe Snow is jockeying for that soon to be available position at Justice). Several commentors,...
View ArticleThe Purge, e-mail, and Presidential Secrets
Somewhat lost in all the fonts dedicated to BushCo’s claims of executive power and secrecy is the fact that there is already pending before Congress a bill that will make some inroads into the unitary...
View Article"The Man and Not the Party."
My apologies for the gendered title, but that’s the phrase we hear so prominently each election cycle. Or in polite conversations about politics with our next door neighbors. "Oh, I vote for the man,...
View ArticleSometimes those Nazis really make you think . . . .
The Preznit took a break from his perp rally yesterday to attend ceremonies at the Capitol Rotunda honoring the surviving members of the famed "Tuskegee Airmen". Many of you know the story. When the...
View ArticleBush's Veto: Let's Hold Blackwater Hostage
Despite the dedicated efforts of journalists like Jeremy Scahill and the many diarists on this site, the MSM has not yet caught hold of this story: There are now something like 100,000 private...
View Article"Plan B" must be the Draft.
The reference is to this item from earlier in the week (courtesy of a gnostic):Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA), who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, told "Hardball" fill-in host David Gregory...
View Article13 Questions on Presidential Power For All Candidates
Note: I intended to post this diary yesterday, but felt preempted by wardlow's excellent diary. At her invitation, however, I post this anyway, because the thrust of both diaries is that now is the...
View ArticleThe White House's Gonzales Strategy
I've been following the live blog and trying to figure out where Abu fits within the larger conflict between the white house and congress. I think we see a key in the performance of some of the repo...
View Article"Wisconsin Death Trip"
Whenever the news media explodes with the newest manifestation of man's apparent creativity in the destruction of innocent life -- as it has with the tragedy at Virginia Tech -- I think of a book that...
View ArticleWhat Our Candidates Need to Say About the DOJ
I have been waiting for one of our candidates to do more than simply jump on the Gonzo bandwagon, decry the rampant politicization at Justice, and call for his resignation. Its time for a strong...
View ArticleThe Senate Needs to Give Cheney a Day Job
I enjoy trying to come up with creative ways for the Unitary Congress to flex its dormant muscle. This one popped into my head while reading that Cheney's latest shot at the Senate Majority leader came...
View ArticleTroll Rating: To Explain or Not to Explain, and Poll
Some recent exchanges have left me with the following question: Are TU's expected to explain by way of comment why they have troll rated another comment? I'm looking for guidance on this, so if you...
View ArticleMy One and Only, Probably Ever, I/P Diary with Poll
I rarely venture into IP territory. As Plutonium Page has aptly put it, "[t]hese diaries are no place for the non-violent." Having seen what have appeared to me to be reasonable diaries and comments...
View ArticleOn Throwing in the Towel
I'll get right to the point. I share the disappointment that is rife around here regarding the inability of the democratic party in Congress to stand up to Bush over the war in Iraq. But I do not share...
View ArticleTwo Simple Campaign Ads
I'd like to see these very simple ads:"Throw the Bums Out", Part 1:[At the Repo convention, a McCain look-alike at the podium (jello-green background optional), as he rises to his closing crescendo]:
View ArticleWe Know Its the Economy -- But They Think Its Taxes
Folks are wondering this morning why it is that some recent polling seems to suggest that more voters favor McCain over Obama when it comes to handling the economy. One obvious answer is that the polls...
View ArticleWe need a president -- Now
Two videos from yesterday continue to leave their mark on me, today. The first was Obama's 2-minute ad on the economic crisis, which apparently aired in certain markets in the midwest, and which was...
View ArticleI Found a Ransom Note
This morning, when I went out to get the newspaper, I found a note. It was stuck to my SUV with a yellow "support the troops" magnet. This is what it said:Read This Carefully.
View Article"She's Palin, and I'm Bailin'!"
That should be McCain's new campaign motto after today. And if the MSM just plays the latest McCain 'hail Mary' straight, then this should about wrap it up.Notice what Obama did and what he didn't do...
View ArticleJoe -- memorize this.
Presumptious, huh? Indulge me for a moment. Let's face it, Obama and Biden are running a terrific campaign, and seem to have made all the moves at the right time -- a credit to both of them and to...
View ArticleNow they're stuck with her
Sure I would have liked to see her crash and burn last night -- the tearing of hair and rending of clothing on the right would have been glorious to see. But aside from the fact that Palin still paled...
View ArticleChoice, Privacy, and Terri Schiavo
Remember her? I sure do. I actually think that when the history of this miserable last 8 years is written, the Schiavo case will rank as one of the top 10 turning points in America's rejection of the...
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