One of the most intriguing observations I’ve made over the course of my misspent career (to me) is the manner in which “facts” alter with the passage of time and the new contexts that history tosses in.
Example: When I wrote these words in the local newspaper in August 2003, they meant one thing, without irony, [...]
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Filed under: Iraq, News Media, Politics, Republicans
Politically, in case you hadn’t guessed, I tend to be a liberal libertarian. Which is why I so utterly have always opposed George W. Bush, who is a conservative (radically so) authoritarian, radically so.
In both the Republican party and the Democratic party, each of which I was a member of for about 15 years, the [...]
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Filed under: Economy, Education, Politics, Republicans
Hat Tip to Oyster.
If you think that title is kinda pushing the limit, then wait till you see what the President has to say! Quick, think back and try to remember all the promises made during all his photo ops. Now take a look at what he says now. Remember, think Jackson Square!
Imagine going out [...]
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Filed under: Bush, Hurricane Katrina, Natural Disasters, Weather
“Please understand that I hold Catholics and Catholicism in high regard, and I would go so far as to venture that some of my best friends are Catholics. So, I do not understand your sudden antipathy to myself and to others on the internet ….”
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Filed under: Church & State, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, Supreme Court
Just kidding, but the best line of last night’s Dem debate, uttered by former Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska: “Some of these people up on this stage scare me.”
LOL. What a nut, but it was the only interesting moment, frankly, in a debate that was short on specifics and long on yucks. Actually the [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Politics
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Filed under: Iraq, Politics, Republicans
They’re at it again. When I supported Speaker Pelosi when she was attacked by the right-wing, I said, “They thrive on destroying our leaders – we can’t let them.” I take no pride in my prognostication.
Now they’re going after my friend and Majority Leader Harry Reid.
And once again, it’s up to us to defend him.
There’s [...]
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Filed under: Bush, In The Blogosphere, Iraq, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Editor’s Note: Buzz’s commentary below has been pulled from the comments here…
Both VP Cheney and President Bush have consistently misled us on Iraq:
1. They predicted weapons of mass destruction and chemical stockpiles. There were none.
2. They predicted that we would be greeted as liberators with flowers. We were not, instead we were greeted with mines, [...]
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Filed under: Foreign Policy, Iraq, Military, Politics, Republicans, Senate
James Madison had words of advice for today’s impeachment questions.
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Filed under: Political News Shows, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, Republicans
Zee News has a story on a “super-Earth, which has a mass about five times that of the Earth and orbits a red dwarf already known to harbour a Neptune-mass planet.”
An international team of astronomers from Switzerland, France and Portugal have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date.
The planet has a [...]
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