Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Personally, I gave up watchingKeith Olbermann months ago, when it was clear that his primary coverage had become biased. James Poniewozik exaimines Olbermann’s latest “gasket” blowing commentary directed at Hillary Clinton and says:
But mostly his outburst reminds me of how the long Democratic primary has divided the left-of-center media (or at least, the media outlets [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
Standard Operating Procedure is a book co-authored by Philip Gourevitch (also author of the great We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow, We Will Be killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda and writer for the New Yorker) and Errol Morris (director of the great documentary The Fog of War [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Alegre
I worked all day and then went in to make phone calls as part of a Women For Hillary phone bank this evening. I just got home and I’m zonked, and since I’ve been thinking of this old diary of mine from Feb. over the past few days, I thought this was a good time [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
Via the Guardian,
“The oil giant ExxonMobil has admitted that its support for lobby groups that question the science of climate change may have hindered action to tackle global warming. In its corporate citizenship report, released last week, ExxonMobil says it intends to cut funds to several groups that “divert attention” [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.
Via Human Rights Watch , or, as I call it, “is there no issue on which this administration is not willing to take the most vile position, contradicting every standard of good global governance and just plain ol’ human decency”? I know… simple answer to simple question. Anyhoo,
“US efforts [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
A lot of people are asking why Hillary Clinton’s supporters, like myself are sticking with her. There’s a multitude of reasons why and for many those reasons are personal.
I think Hillary Rosen does a great job spelling it out though, in her piece on the HuffPo today: Why Do We Stick With Her?:
Sphere: Related Content
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Former Bush Administration press secretary Scott McClellan has written a memoir: “What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception,” that is a harsh critique on “the man he served for close to a decade.” Confirming what we all know at this point, McClellan writes in his memoir that “the Iraq war was [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
I’m ba-aaack! I have been quite busy over the last several days, but I am back and posting the Ten Post Round-Up:
1: 3 million home-school kids can’t be wrong….
Why are Homeschoolers so Touchy about Subway’s Snub?–American Thinker Blog
2: Oh, snap!…
Swiss to return drug lord’s money–BBC NEWS
3: “Dude! Look what they gave me at the [...]
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