Archive for November, 2006
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
The Link Between Bush Supporters and Mental Illness
With a tip of the hat to Daily Kos and Tom Tomorrow, here’s news confirming what many of us have suspected all along:
Lohse, a social work master’s student at Southern Connecticut State University, says he has proven what many progressives have probably suspected for years: a direct link between mental illness and support for [...]
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Bush demonstrates how NOT to stabilize international turmoil
Fred Kapln wrote a great article in Salon about how President G.W. Bush has chosen to allow international problems get even worse. Highly recommended.
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Sunday, November 19th, 2006
Kissinger - Iraq Military Win Impossible
From Associated Press:
LONDON — Military victory is no longer possible in Iraq, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said in a television interview broadcast Sunday.
Kissinger presented a bleak vision of Iraq, saying the U.S. government must enter into dialogue with Iraq’s regional neighbors _ including Iran _ if progress is to be made in the [...]
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
John McCain- the Ultimate Flip-Flopper
“I think I’d just commit suicide. I don’t want to face that eventuality because I don’t think it’s going to happen.”
John McCain, Oct. 18, 2006, when asked what he would do if the Democrats seized control of the U.S. Senate.
UPDATE:
Not long afterwards, John McCain was actually complaining about the very thing he actually [...]
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
James Carville - Backstabbing Hack
I used to consider James Carville a good ally for the Demcratic Party. He helped Bill Clinton get elected, and often provided some entertaining commentary on the political process. My favorite quote of his was “When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil.”
That was then. This is [...]
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
News of the day
Here’s something from today’s news that I fully approve:
… followed by something progressive Mac users would appreciate:
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Time for a New Direction in America!
My hat is off to all the Democrats that fought the good fight to restore accountability to the government of the United States of America. We have regained the House of Representatives, and it looks like we may actually have the Senate as well if all goes well in Virginia and Montana.
I fully [...]
