Category: Politics & World Affairs
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Rush Limbaugh has a problem with Michael J. Fox’s condition. He thinks Fox is faking his illness. Fox suffers from Parkinson’s disease, a progressive neurological disorder for which there is no known cure. He is endorsing political candidates who favor stem cell research, seen by some as the only possible hope for cure of Parkinson’s…
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(be sure to click for enlargement!) In a comment to a previous post, I wondered about George Bush’s reading habits or even whether he has one. If we are to believe White House presidential aides, Bush is a regular book worm and an erudite one at that. The presidential reading list put out for public…
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Remember Pat Tillman – the Arizona Cardinals player who abandoned a lucrative football career and enlisted in the US Army so he could defend America? He served in Iraq and later in Afghanistan where he was killed by friendly fire under circumstances that the Pentagon tried to hide from his family. Tillman’s brother Kevin served…
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Ever since the Reagan era, right wing blowhards have characterized the Democratic party as the "fretting, kvetching, hand wringing, nervous Nelly" Mommy party – as if mommies are the unreliable half of the parental dyad. Republicans would like us to believe that they are the tough "bring-home-the-bacon, keep-out-the-intruder, make-the-tough-decisions" Daddy types. They also claim that…
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After reading and viewing Keith Olbermann’s thought provoking commentary on President Bush’s signing of the Military Commissions Act, dealing a death blow to Habeas corpus, I was taken back to a time in the 1970’s of similar powers awarded to the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. She was in deep political doo-doo, and chose…
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Liberal Avenger: 655k There’s been some dispute lately over exactly how many people have died in Iraq since we decided to "liberate" it. The Liberal Avenger notes that it doesn’t really matter, that either way we’re looking at a massive number, an incredible story of suffering: Is the number 655,000? I don’t really know. It…
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The Washington Post notes George Bush’s increased tendency to use the word "unacceptable" in describing events at home and abroad. It is seen as an indication of the rise in his frustration level and the decrease in his influence around the world. The behavior of corrupt House members of the GOP has scandalized the nation.…
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A study by scientists published in the medical journal, Lancet reports that Iraqi civilian deaths have soared past all previous estimates. The report puts the number of deaths after the US led invasion at 655,000, which is roughly 58 times higher than the unofficial claim. "We estimate that as a consequence of the coalition invasion…
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The vindictive Bush administration has done it again. Its poll numbers are sinking, Iraq and Afghanistan policies are in tatters, the GOP is neck deep in sordid scandals involving money and sex. Instead of cleaning up the mess they have created with their brutish and mulish ways, Bush and his henchmen are intent on punishing…
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Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist famous for her reporting of human rights abuses in Chechnya, was murdered yesterday in her apartment building in Moscow. Mikhail Gorbachev is complaining–loudly–and Vladimir Putin is being blamed. Sebastian Alison, writing for Bloomberg, notes: The murder is the third killing in weeks. Enver Ziganshin, the chief engineer of BP Plc’s…
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Ellen Goodman, like me, was initially reluctant to comment on Mark Foley’s foibles and the inevitable political fallout from the disturbing and sordid "chicken hawk" saga. Just as I had hoped that the upcoming elections would be a stinging rejection of Bush and the Republican Party’s failed policies of peace and prosperity at home and…
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In his recent post, Joe asks the pertinent question why Democrats are scared to stand up to Bush on any issue related to national security. Even when the so called measures to "protect" Americans smack of extra constitutional illegalities. Are they just being cautious, not wanting to rock the boat so close to an upcoming…
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The President is busy thumbing his nose at Democrats (CNN). (One might also be tempted, as I was and did earlier, to use stronger language to describe his reaction). President Bush, on a campaign swing in the West, is arguing the Democratic Party is weak-kneed on national security and shouldn’t be trusted to hold the…
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