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trueBill2006-08-09T23:01:00-04:002006-08-10T03:39:25Z2006-08-10T03:01:13Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176035.post-115517887359549813Wrongheaded from start to finishIt has been a long time since I’ve read anything as wrongheaded as Jacob Weisberg’s piece in Slate today on Ned Lamont’s primary win. Let’s start with this masterful observation:The election was about one issue and one issue only: the war in Iraq. Joe Lieberman was an otherwise highly regarded, well-ensconced Democratic incumbent who would never have faced a meaningful primary challenge had he notfalseBill2006-07-21T15:20:05-04:002006-07-21T19:20:05Z2006-07-21T19:20:05Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176035.post-115350960524536807Appearance and realitySays here that Republican members of Congress are beginning to notice not everything’s hunky-dory in Iraq.“It's like after Katrina, when the secretary of homeland security was saying all those people weren't really stranded when we were all watching it on TV," said Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.). "I still hear about that. We can't look like we won't face reality.”Careful wording. We can stillfalseBill2006-04-25T11:06:00-04:002006-04-25T15:07:55Z2006-04-25T15:07:55Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176035.post-114597767513731633A must-read essay on oil prices that I'm very pleased to host here:
Phony%20Rationale%20for%20high%20Oil%20Price.pdffalseBill2006-04-21T19:31:23-04:002006-04-21T23:31:23Z2006-04-21T23:31:23Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176035.post-114566228377242985The coming Iran crisis: Start planning the biggest anti-war demonstrations in world historyI never thought I’d say this, but the era of the political demonstration is back. The immigrants’ rallies are a harbinger. But we now need to prepare for something far bigger. It is now clear beyond a doubt that George Bush plans to attack Iran, almost certainly before Election Day, and quite likely with tactical nuclear weapons. They will call them “bunker busters.” The weapon most likely underfalseBill2006-04-08T14:51:59-04:002006-04-08T18:51:59Z2006-04-08T18:51:59Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176035.post-114452231975972283Is he insane, too?The question answers itself. WASHINGTON (AFP) - The administration of President George W. Bush is planning a massive bombing campaign against Iran, including use of bunker-buster nuclear bombs to destroy a key Iranian suspected nuclear weapons facility, The New Yorker magazine has reported in its April 17 issue. ...former intelligence officials depicts planning as "enormous," "hectic" andfalseBill2006-04-05T18:46:31-04:002006-04-05T22:46:31Z2006-04-05T22:46:31Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176035.post-114427719112487001Beyond lyingThey are serious about nothing (except power and greed). And if you take them at face value about anything, even (and most especially) the sacred task of spreading democracy, you’re either profoundly ignorant or criminally dishonest. From today’s Washington Post: While President Bush vows to transform Iraq into a beacon of democracy in the Middle East, his administration has been scaling backfalseBill2006-04-02T13:02:00-04:002006-04-02T17:03:49Z2006-04-02T17:03:49Ztag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176035.post-114399742958007014Not long ago, the United States passed a milestone: more than 300,000,000 people live here now. Out of all of them, who would you envision to be the worst qualified to protect Americans from rapacious companies out to exploit them by violating wage-and-hour laws? Yup, sure enough: the one George Bush just chose to do that job:
As a private practice lawyer, [Paul] DeCamp represented Wal-Mart infalse