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Let History Judge

   Nationalism has been a key player in some of history's big international "conflicts," and I'd have to say that Bush & Co's real legacy to the future may just be an exponential heightening of...

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In the Middle of the Road, Yeah...

  Everybody thinks they are basically right, that's human nature.  Everyone is a centrist within their own world view... that's just common sense.  There's supposedly a bell curve that describes us...

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Whoa, look who's collecting the chickens before they hatch!

   This is quoted from MSNBC's "Foley e-mails an open secret in D.C.?"  "The House leaders said it is their duty to ensure House pages are safe. They said they are creating a toll-free hot line for...

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Being al Queda: Bush Cuts and Runs from Afghanistan

  Well, NATO is taking over the last vestiges of American control of the multinational forces in Afghanistan.  I guess this frees the White House and the Pentagon to to focus on Iraq, the "main front...

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Do you remember where you were when...

  I remember where I was when I stopped being afraid of "foreigners" in this post 9-11 world.  It was in a Dunkin' Donuts drive-thru.  It's maddening to write those sentences, they seem to mock and...

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Depression and the War Economy

  Do you ever wonder how America was transformed from the crushed economy of the 1930's to the baby-booming suburban frontierists of the post WWII era?  I know I do.  I'm no economist, but it is...

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Bush v. stem cells

  The Bush White House, with its draconian stance on stem cell research is accomplishing something that hasn't gotten a lot of discussion.  They are not merely kowtowing to a special interest and...

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Looking Forward

   Fall is beautiful in Pennsylvania.  The warm autumn colors belie the crispness in the air, you can find fresh apple cider at roadside stands, and frost and woodsmoke portend the coming bitter...

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A Simple Plan

  With a showdown looming between the Bush Administration and the newly minted Democratic-led Congress over policy in Iraq, I forward a simple idea.  The House should hold hearings to draw together the...

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Hail Mary: Leveraging Iraq

 I am not one given to warrantless flights of fancy, and I deeply distrust analysis that insists on finding hidden motives behind major tragedies and catastrophes.. but our ongoing debacle in the...

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The NRA Makes An Example of Jim Zumbo

    Jim Zumbo is in big trouble.  An avid outdoorsman, hunter, and 40 year member of the NRA, he recently had the misfortune of posting against the use of assault weapons by the hunting community, or...

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Going Down with the Ship of State

 There are two ways to influence decisions, right?  Besides giving advice...   The carrot and the stick.  Our government needs to use both here and abroad to further our goals and purposes.  The...

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Steal This Diary: Complicity ed.

 Ths will be a short diary... I'm playing hooky this morning.  Much like our Democratic leadership.  My dereliction of duty is simply to explore the questions of where the unitary executive is burying...

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On the Table

  I was perusing the rescued diaries when I came across a quote from G W in GenWhy's excellent diary : Bush said "all options are on the table" to protect U.S. ships. He said the Iranian boats "were...

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I know nobody cares who I vote for.

  Even though my primary vote might actually count this year.  I live in Pennsylvania.  We won't be voting until the 22nd of April.  This year, it might actually come down to us... so be nice to me!  I...

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Obama Steps Up

  It's almost noon on Saturday...  and I sit here thinking how Barack Obama threw down a mighty big gauntlet in the Texas primary debate with Hillary.  It was not over health care, who'll be at the...

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Hmmmmm. "Appeasement." Rings a Bell Called "Beirut".

  As I was watching Chris Matthews tear Kevin James a new... well, the man's all @sshole to begin with, so it really didn't leave a discernable mark... Tweety got me thinking about the nature of...

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Newsweek's New "Racial Resentment Index"

   This is what is passing for journalism at Newsweek's web site... a whopping "concern troll on steroids" of an article, as their Top Story.   It is penned by Evan Thomas as an 'open letter' to Obama...

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 McCain Campaign "Boxed In"

 In an unprecedented move today the McCain campaign announced a stunning new cost-cutting measure intended to maximize the funds available for television ad buys in major markets and in the remaining...

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Self Congratulations, Republicans!

  You're so goddamn wonderful, practically blindingly perfect, actually, from the way I've been hearing you tell it.   Damn, your V.P. pick's son is even heading off to fight Islamo-fascism on 9-11....

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