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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Pity any Democratic fundraiser that calls me today

Thursday, September 20, 2007

I am at an utter loss to describe the outrage I feel today. Actually, I suppose that I should be happy that I can still feel outrage. For a while there I had become comfortably numb. Today I got emails from my pals Chris Dodd and Pat Leahy, both of whom are telling me they […]

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It’s melting

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

At the present time the Yankees are beating Baltimore and the Red Sox are losing to the Bluejays. After tonight, the lead will be a game and a half. I have had faith throughout the season that the Sox could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Normally, I like to rely on reason, but […]

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Losers

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

One must wonder if the Democrats will ever start acting as if they are the majority party in Congress. They may not be able to roll back the totalitarian laws passed during the height of the Bush imperium, but at least they can choose to do no further harm. Apparently even that is beyond them. […]

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Bible lesson

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Post suggested by my son. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gpy4Y2OdzY[/youtube] A totally accurate re-telling of the story by the way, right down to the “take my daughters, spare my guests” part.

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Verdict on Petreaus is in and it’s not good

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

David Kurtz at Talking Points Memo writes: I ventured a guess last week that public opinion had long ago hardened on Iraq and that the elaborate dog and pony show of the Petraeus hearings would make little impact. Well, the verdict is starting to come in. A new CBS News poll shows a slight uptick […]

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On to Iran

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Stephen Kinzer, former New York Times reporter, and now columnist for the Guardian, makes the case that, mired as he is in Iraq, the Boy-King and his handlers are making ready to attack Iran: When President Bush took his place in front of television cameras last Thursday to deliver his latest assessment of conditions in […]

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Historical Revisionism, Conservative style

Monday, September 17, 2007

To hear Alan Greenspan tell it, he watched helplessly as a Republican President and a Republican Congress destroyed the American economy. In today’s Times, he tells a amnesiac and properly deferential Times stenographer: In an interview timed with the release of his memoir Monday, Mr. Greenspan sought to distance himself from the economic policies of […]

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Get Well, Liz

Monday, September 17, 2007

My wife and I were talking to Marcia Greenhalgh tonight after the Citizen Appeciation Day festivities at the Groton Senior Center, and were sorry to hear that her sister, Liz Duarte, has had some setbacks in her recovery from some recent surgery. Liz is one of the hardest working local Democrats. She is one of […]

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This should be interesting

Monday, September 17, 2007

The Iraqi “government” has cancelled Blackwater’s license to employ “contractors” in Iraq. Seems like Mercenaries R’ Us has engaged in exactly the type of behavior one would expect from an organization that employs thugs that are expressly exempted from the reach of all law, both civil and military: The Iraqi government said Monday that it […]

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Yet Another Friday Night Concert

Friday, September 14, 2007

Talking Heads, from Stop Making Sense. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUgKb-5u6v4[/youtube] Okay, here’s another artist covering the same song. I wasn’t sure about putting this up, but what the heck. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbya4kxC6E[/youtube] Back to Maine tomorrow. I may or may not be posting tomorrow.

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