Posted on June 8th, 2008 by Frenchdoc
About two weeks ago, I posted about this story of an honor killing in Iraq of a girl who had fallen in love with a British soldier. There is now an update from the Guardian, and it’s not good:
“Five weeks ago Leila Hussein told The Observer the chilling story of how her husband had killed [...]
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Posted on May 30th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Earlier today on a Obama campaign conference call with reporters Senator John Kerry questioned ”Republican presumptive nominee John McCain’s judgment and grasp of the facts about what’s going on Iraq.”
Yesterday, McCain said that U.S. forces in Iraq have “drawn down to pre-surge levels.” Kerry, citing figures that show the opposite, skewered his friend, fellow Vietnam War veteran and [...]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Patrick Healy has a piece in the N.Y. Times blog The Caucus about a press conference on the Clinton campaign plane over Arizona on Saturday night. Healy notes “one interesting comment” from the presser:
She noted that at a conversation with a small group of voters in Los Angeles Saturday morning, no one brought up the Iraq war [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Paul Krugman on why John Edwards mattered:
Mr. Edwards, far more than is usual in modern politics, ran a campaign based on ideas. And even as his personal quest for the White House faltered, his ideas triumphed: both candidates left standing are, to a large extent, running on the platform Mr. Edwards built.[...]
If 2008 is different, [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2008 by PanMetron
Of all of the many reasons to support a Democrat for President of the U.S. in 2008, one of the most vital is to start to bring to a close the reckless bloodbath that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and friends opened up in Iraq. From the safety of our homes we only know the starkest [...]
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Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Darrell Prows
Does a younger population that wants to feel like they live in a young country elect an old warhawk for their leader? It would be bad enough in 2008 if McCain would not be the oldest President ever, but for him to promise to continue an experience of military adventurism that is unpopular in the [...]
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Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
I know that I said, yesterday, that I am sick to death of politics. No…no, that wasn’t a lie.
You see, the thing is, the main reason I put together this round-up, these days, is not so much for my own pleasure (narcissist, though I may be), but to give SSG Dizzy (currently serving his third [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Tom Driscoll
The most disturbing aspect of the sorry spectacle of President Bush’s last State Of The Union Address —his airbrushed rendering of his Mideast misadventure. Where it concerned the situation in Iraq the president’s address wasn’t any realistic accounting of the state of affairs. It was a delusional display of false premises and distorted fantasy.
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Posted on January 25th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The editorial board of the N.Y. Times has endorsed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Primaries today, noting that the “early primaries produced two powerful main contenders: Hillary Clinton, the brilliant if at times harsh-sounding senator from New York; and Barack Obama, the incandescent if still undefined senator from Illinois.”
The endorsement takes an interesting look at the [...]
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Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
Who needs television when you have the blogosphere?
Despite pretty much being bedridden for the last four days and pretty much “watching” my favorite music channel on my HD-cable (I’m sure SSG Dizzy is rolling his eyes going “we spend how much on cable so you can “watch” a listening channel all day, every day???). It’s [...]
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Posted on January 21st, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
With all of the talk about the economy being in the toilet, I was surprised earlier today when I read that Barack Obama to South Carolina’s The State what the “three most important issues of his administration” would be:
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Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
Wednesday? Wednesday! Yes! We are so close to the weekend now, I can almost taste it!
Did you guys catch the Democratic debate in Nevada, last night? I missed it, but I wonder, did it look anything like this: ダンボールの攻防: Attack and Defense?
My big news involves yours truly, my chosen political party, a podium, and a [...]
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