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I always heard something from my neighbor
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A Gift from the US Surgeon General
I'm not in the mood today to be understanding or patient or anything but opinionated and a little pissed. So be it. The result is that as I surf the blogosphere I keep getting annoyed - at nothing really. Poor writing, echo chambers, missing facts, opinions I disagree with - real or not, I'm gri...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Bush is Leading What?
Yesterday morning, Bush announced that he was going to lead an investigation into the response to Katrina: What I intend to do is lead a -- to lead an investigation to find out what went right and what went wrong. (Bush in response to press question before meeting with the Cabinet.) Except he's...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Taking Our Money and Then Taxing Us to Repay It
The Republicans keep referring to the Social Security trust fund as a pile of IOUs, a mirage, a fictional source of funds. The trust fund was built up, of course, because in 1983 the system was facing insolvency. Under the advice of Greenspan, Reagan raised payroll taxes to cover the pending ins...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Republican Relativism
So it looks like Judge Patricia Owen's nomination to the appellate courts will be sent to the Senate floor. Opponents to her nomination take great pleasure in citing the judgment of Bush favorite, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The Gonzales cite comes from the time when both Gonzales and Owe...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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So This is How Mad Really Sounds
I thought I'd seen mad in different places in the blogosphere. I was wrong. THIS is mad. I know it's awful. I know it does nothing to further civil discourse, bridging divides, turning purple. I know the points made will be lost in the foaming vitriol. I know. I read it anyway. At the very lea...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Who's Zoomin' Who?
(Posted by Marjo) To file under Anarchy: I just filled my gas tank. It cost $2.78 a gallon. But did I despair? No. Because while I was watching the little numbers spin faster than a Las Vegas slot machine, I suddenly realized that my beloved morning coffee costs about the same - $2.80 for a tall...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Getting Down to Business
It is my fervid hope that the continued dissolution of support on the right for privatization of social security will kill the initiative so that the government can actually address the problems at hand - a projected shortfall decades from now and the more compelling crisis in medicare funding, ...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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No Child Left Unrecruited
A little-known provision buried in the No Child Left Behind Act requires public high schools to give students' names, addresses, and phone listings to military recruiters, or lose all of their federal money. According to the U.S. Dept of Education, the four pillars of the NCLB Act are: Stronger...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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In Search of Fighting Dems - and a Fisk of Sen. Coburn
The Alito hearings are an embarrassment. Republican Senators displaying their transparent ass-kissing skills. The Democrats illustrating how difficult they find it to actually confront something they don't support. I don't want to hear any more about Senators being troubled or concerned. I want ...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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I always heard something from my neighbor
Who's Zoomin' Who?
(Posted by Marjo) To file under Anarchy: I just filled my gas tank. It cost $2.78 a gallon. But did I despair? No. Because while I was watching the little numbers spin faster than a Las Vegas slot machine, I suddenly realized that my beloved morning coffee costs about the same - $2.80 for a tall...
I always heard something from my neighbor
شات الخليج
شات الحب
شات السعودية
I always heard something from my neighbor
Republican Relativism
So it looks like Judge Patricia Owen's nomination to the appellate courts will be sent to the Senate floor. Opponents to her nomination take great pleasure in citing the judgment of Bush favorite, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The Gonzales cite comes from the time when both Gonzales and Owe...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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شات السعودية
I always heard something from my neighbor
So This is How Mad Really Sounds
I thought I'd seen mad in different places in the blogosphere. I was wrong. THIS is mad. I know it's awful. I know it does nothing to further civil discourse, bridging divides, turning purple. I know the points made will be lost in the foaming vitriol. I know. I read it anyway. At the very lea...
I always heard something from my neighbor
شات الخليج
شات الحب
شات السعودية
I always heard something from my neighbor
Taking Our Money and Then Taxing Us to Repay It
The Republicans keep referring to the Social Security trust fund as a pile of IOUs, a mirage, a fictional source of funds. The trust fund was built up, of course, because in 1983 the system was facing insolvency. Under the advice of Greenspan, Reagan raised payroll taxes to cover the pending ins...
I always heard something from my neighbor
شات الخليج
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شات السعودية
I always heard something from my neighbor
Bush is Leading What?
Yesterday morning, Bush announced that he was going to lead an investigation into the response to Katrina: What I intend to do is lead a -- to lead an investigation to find out what went right and what went wrong. (Bush in response to press question before meeting with the Cabinet.) Except he's...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Bush Has Forgotten His Oath of Office
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." This is the oath of office that every US president has been required by the Cons...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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The Where are the Women Meme Jumps to the NYT
From Howard Kurtz Washington Post column: Gail Collins, the first woman to run the New York Times editorial page, says, "The pool of available people doing opinion writing is still tilted toward men. There are probably fewer women, in the great cosmic scheme of things, who feel comfortable writi...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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I always heard something from my neighbor
A Gift from the US Surgeon General
I'm not in the mood today to be understanding or patient or anything but opinionated and a little pissed. So be it. The result is that as I surf the blogosphere I keep getting annoyed - at nothing really. Poor writing, echo chambers, missing facts, opinions I disagree with - real or not, I'm gri...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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I always heard something from my neighbor
Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?
I call bullshit. Sen. Frist , supposed reluctant champion of the "nuclear option" to end filibusters of judicial nominees, is declaring that Democrats are against people of faith because they don't support every damn judge nominated by the President. The Family Research Council, that tax-exempt...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Speculation on Why Ashcroft's Resignation Letter was Hand Written
I've read that Ashcroft's five page resignation letter was hand written in order to retain confidentiality. I found that odd, wondering if Ashcroft thought there was some special provision for hand written correspondence. Then I realized that it probably meant that Ashcroft can't type and he wou...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Religion Today: Infusing Faith into the Super Bowl
The second article in Sunday's online NYT National section that dealt with faith was all about efforts to infuse faith into the week of Super Bowl celebrations in Jacksonville, FL. Now obviously, anyone is free to use the attention focused on Jacksonville and the Super Bowl to promote their inte...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Apologies
I've disappeared from my blog for days now - days where a lot has been going on. My apologies. I've been swamped. I'm doing some writing for a project Mick at Arran's Alley has underway (more on that later), and I've been volunteering huge swaths of time to the Christine Cegelis campaign. Chris...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Bush Got Stoned, Media Yawns
In Thursday's World Opinion Roundup by Jefferson Morley (WaPo), the topic is the world media's coverage of Bush's indirect confession to smoking marijuana (those tapes, where he says he won't admit smoking pot because he doesn't want kids doing what he did). I like the healine used by Morley: Bu...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Indictment Matters
Well what do you know. The Pubs have decided not to give DeLay a pass if he's indicted. They're retracting their rule change that allowed an indicted House member to hold a leadership position. Officially, they're saying that the change of heart is in response to the public's demand. But I'm not...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Former Bush Physician Speaks Out Against Detainee Mistreatment
Think those concerned about detainee mistreatment are partisan players intent on using the issue to damage Bush or that it's inherently a criticism of our troops? Read this excerpt of an op-ed on the issue by a former personal physician to President Bush: Today, however, it seems as though our g...
I always heard something from my neighbor
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Question of the Day: Prayer in Schools
Why does everyone believe that prayer isn't allowed in public schools? Prayer is generally a private affair, between the person praying and God. You don't have to wait for someone to announce that its prayer time or for them to form the words for you. You don't have to kneel, bow your head, or ...
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