Posted on May 2nd, 2009 by Berry Craig
Condoleezza Rice “would make a great middle school social studies teacher,” according to the late Don Askew, a retired Green Beret colonel and Middle East advisor to Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
“Incompetent” was about the kindest thing I ever heard him say about Rice and her boss over the mess they made in Iraq.
My [...]
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Posted on March 27th, 2009 by Guest Post
Guest Post: By BERRY CRAIG
Sometimes, people unintentionally define themselves by what they call others.
Take Republicans who say Barack Obama is a “socialist.” It just shows how far right-wing they are.
They pinned the “socialist” or “socialistic” label on the president when he was a candidate last year. Their man, John McCain, got clobbered.
Name-calling is about all [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Democrats, Economy, Election '08, George W. Bush, Healthcare, International, Opinions, Politics, President Barack Obama, Republicans
Posted on December 11th, 2008 by Hart Williams
It is December 11, my birthday, which I share with Senator John Kerry. Happy birthday, Senator.
Pearl Harbor day today. (Note: this was begun on December 7).
I was born in 1955, when the memory of “where were you when you heard about Pearl Harbor?” was common currency to all adults. For my generation, it was [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by Hart Williams
Some creepy statistics:
From Lusitania sinking
To Armistice Day =
1284 days.
= World War I
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From Pearl Harbor
To Japanese Surrender =
1365 days.
= World War II
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From Fort Sumter
To Appomattox courthouse =
1458 days.
= U.S. Civil War
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From Lexington and Concord
To British surrender at Yorktown =
2375 days.
= American Revolution
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World War I + World War II =
2649 days.
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From September 11, 2001 (bin Laden on [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on November 29th, 2008 by Hart Williams
My regular readers will recall the Phrygian cap*, which the “Sons of Liberty” adopted about 1766 as the emblem of our Revolution. Many of the militia who served in the Revolutionary War wore the “Liberty cap” with “Liberty” or “Liberty or Death” or “Congress” embroidered on the headband.
[* "Who Stole Our American Hat?" 9 Sept [...]
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Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
This is the title of today’s column by Paul Krugman. I can only hope that many in the coming Obama Administration read it and take it to heart. In the article Krugman points out the many successful parts of the New Deal but also the one glaring misstep: The Great Depression itself.
It’s cause:But Barack Obama [...]
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Posted on October 16th, 2008 by Hart Williams
Hi there. Hart Williams here. I am guest-blogging for a few days at the kind invitation of Pamela Leavey, and it’s good to see you.
Here’s something that you might have seen and not quite noticed. …
Let’s pass over the Rovian Campaign of McCain’s dual smoke screen/smears, the ACORN kerfuffle to mask REAL voter disenfranchisement, and [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Hart Williams, In The News, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans
Posted on August 24th, 2008 by Walter Brasch
WANDERINGS, with Walter Brasch
The “star” of the Olympics may not be multiple medalists but the Great Wall of China. Every TV network covering the Olympics took the world to see the Wall. It seemed as if almost every newspaper and magazine reporter also visited the Great Wall.
But, the Great Wall, which was built and rebuilt [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, China, In The News, International, News Media, Opinions, Politics, Walter Brasch
Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
The passing of Tim Russert has left a great void in the Sunday morning news shows. NBC announced today that Tom Brokaw will anchor ‘Meet The Press’ through the general election season. Brokaw will begin hosting the show on June 29. He was the host for the Sunday immediately following Russert’s sudden death from a [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, General Election, In The News, NBC News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Election, TV
Posted on May 24th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
As long time Dem Daily readers know, Senator John Kerry has called on the Bush administration in the past to engage in direct talks with Iran. In an OP/ED in today’s WaPo, Kerry responded to Bush’s “attack on Democrats ”suggesting they favor “appeasement” of terrorists in the same way some Western leaders appeased Hitler in the run-up to [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, Democrats, George W. Bush, In The News, Iran, Israel, John Kerry, John McCain '08, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics
