Posted on November 30th, 2006 by Javelin
The WaPo reports today: “Study group to call for pullback,” and notes that the Iraq panel does not call for timetable.
The Iraq Study Group, which wrapped up eight months of deliberations yesterday, has reached a consensus and will call for a major withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, shifting the U.S. role from combat to [...]
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Filed under: Iraq, Politics, Republicans
Posted on November 29th, 2006 by Nick
OK so the doctrine of preemption didn’t work in Iraq, but I bet it’ll work here. Whether the nominee is Kerry or anybody from the Northeast, I guarantee you’ll hear media pundits (and not just the Rush Limbaughs of the world) say the following: A northeastern Democrat can’t win. Should Republicans nominate a [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Iraq, John Kerry, Politics, Republicans
Posted on November 28th, 2006 by Guest Post
EDITORS NOTE: Today’s Guest Post is from John F. Borowski. John is a science teacher of 26 years whose pieces have appeared in the N.Y. Times, UTNE Reader, Counterpunch, Commondreams and many other sites.
The National Teachers Association (NSTA) has spurned 50,000 free DVDs of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” and is squandering a golden opportunity [...]
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Filed under: Bush, Education, Energy, Environment, OP/ED's, Politics, Republicans
Posted on November 27th, 2006 by Todd Mitchell
Cross Posted From Article of Faith:
Anyone else shocked at the competing stories this morning in the Times about rich and poor in America?
Gilded Paychecks: “The opportunity to become abundantly rich is a recent phenomenon not only in medicine, but in a growing number of other professions and occupations. In each case, the great majority still [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on November 27th, 2006 by Donnie McDaniel
Todays Blogger Highlight comes from Dizzy Dezzi. This may be one of the most insane things that I have heard of in quite some time.
Today’s dose of s.t.f.u. goes to some of the residents of a home owners association in Pagosa Springs, CO!
Apparently some dolts have a problem with the following decorative wreath:
Colorado Subdivision Bans [...]
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Filed under: In The Blogosphere, State & Local Politics
Posted on November 27th, 2006 by Steven Roach
oh come on you know carbon is ok…
No tag for this post.
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Filed under: Environment
Posted on November 25th, 2006 by Donnie McDaniel
Hop on aboard Republicans, continue your trip to the school of hard knocks.
I deserve respect for the things I did not do.–Dan Quayle
El Salvador is a democracy so it’s not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans… I have heard a single voice.–Dan Quayle
It’s wonderful to [...]
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Filed under: Bush, Homeland Security, Iraq, National Security, Politics, Republicans, Terrorism
Posted on November 24th, 2006 by John Freeland
Many states are raising minimum wages and their own Earned Income Tax Credits
Recent wage gains and two consecutive months of falling prices, especially for gasoline, have raised real average hourly earnings, which should finish positive for 2006, as described here.
There will be attempts to claim credit for this good news for low-wage workers. If the [...]
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Filed under: Economy, Taxes & Tax Cuts
Posted on November 24th, 2006 by Donnie McDaniel
Poppy Bush was at the World Leadership Summit and got a suprise attack (Yea, big suprise there!) on his bouncing baby boy. That led up to Poppy having to try to defend his twisted little son. I wonder if Poppy ever wishes that he would have turned that little demon seed over his lap and [...]
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Filed under: Bush, Homeland Security, Iraq, National Security, Republicans, Terrorism
Posted on November 23rd, 2006 by Virginia Cotts
The American celebration of a day of Thanksgiving has always been special to me. One of my favorite ministers once talked about how the Pilgrams used the concept of giving thanks to focus on what was really important in life as much as to praise God or diminish their discouragement.
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Filed under: Religion, Spirituality
