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Soft bigotry of no expectations

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

In today’s Times we learn that Bush still eschews the hands on approach to Mid-East peace that Bill Clinton took in his final days in office. Besides the reflexive position that anything Clinton did was bad, there’s another consideration motivating Bush. He’d be risking visible failure, and he doesn’t like to do that. Unlike Clinton […]

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Another Profile in Timidity

Sunday, November 4, 2007

These have been dark days, as we watch the Democrats cave on one thing after another. But, paradoxically, they offer few new things to write about. How many times can you point out that the Democrats are wimps and not in tune with the rest of the country? So, when all else fails: rant. Today’s […]

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Empty gestures from the Congress

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Periodically I get emailed “rants” from my old friend Steve Fournier who blogs at Current Invective. The newest email is not on the site, so assuming Steve has no objection to somewhat wider distribution of his rants, I’m going to reproduce it here: Turkey on House Menu Are they merely pandering to Armenian-Americans in a […]

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The Times to American Workers: Suck it up, Wal-Mart needs cheap goods

Monday, October 8, 2007

The Editors of the Time are encouraging Democrats to heed the sages in their midst, who are telling them that they simply must approve free trade agreements with Peru, Panama and Columbia (Democrats Talk Sense to Democrats). The Times throws in South Korea for good measure. It is, of course, conventional wisdom among the wise […]

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Onward to Iran

Monday, October 1, 2007

If you ever wonder why so many people throughout the world despise Americans, you need look no further than Debra Cagan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Coalition Affairs to Defence Secretary Robert Gates, who somehow achieved that position without needing any brains at all: Britsh MPs visiting the Pentagon to discuss America’s stance on Iran and […]

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Bush prepares to go out Cheney style

Sunday, September 9, 2007

A few weeks ago I predicted we’d be hearing more about Bush’s plans to complete the destruction of the United States of America, starting with the environment, before he left office. I was hardly going out on a limb. Anyone could have predicted it. Today we get a glimpse of some more of the damage […]

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Ain’t it the truth?

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

I must pass on this Bill Maher rant, that I picked up on Daily Kos: New Rule: If you were surprised that the Chinese don’t care about toy safety, then the child who needs protecting is you. Over the last couple of months, American consumers have been learning a shocking lesson about supply and demand: […]

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Iran war coming

Friday, August 31, 2007

Must reading at firedoglake. Bush-Cheny want a war with Iran, and the Democrats have played right into Bush’s hands: Throughout this inexorable march to war, the Democratic Congress has done worse than nothing. They’ve voted for resolutions condemning Iran without having the factual basis for knowing what Iran is doing or intends, relying only on […]

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The limits of term limits

Thursday, August 16, 2007

In what can only be considered a precursor to an attempt to establish a Castro like dictatorship, Hugo Chavez is moving toward amending Venezuela’s Constitution to remove a term limit restriction which present prevents him from serving as President for life. It appears that the chances are good that he’ll get what he wants. No […]

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Losing in Afghanistan

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Interesting article in the Times this morning about the failure in Afghanistan (you expected something else from these folks?). It contains the usual litany of failures, incompetence and faith based governance. Nothing new there. I found two things interesting. One was the fact that almost all of the sources were on the record. Apparently the […]

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