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Good grief. You know what you did.

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

The NYTimes has a story that’s been picked up all around the blogosphere, pointing out that the changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), passed at the eleventh hour, may have given the White House more authority than those who voted for the changes thought.
Nope. Sorry. You don’t get a free pass this time. […]

What corporate America thinks.

Monday, August 13th, 2007

This what CNBC corporate shill Erin Burnett thinks is good for us. Do you still think there isn’t a class war?

Rescue the GOP.

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

You don’t have to listen very hard to hear the refrain. Sen. Joe Biden will tell you you can’t get anything done without a consensus and that means ‘reaching across the aisle.’ The DLC will gladly wax poetic about the ‘vital center.’ David Broder promotes the Unity ‘08 approach. Ad nauseum. Everyone decries partisanship, divisiveness. […]

Cornered. Oh my.

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

There are plenty of good arguments for impeaching George Bush (and Cheney), but none more interesting or appropriate than the one advanced by psychologist Justin Frank (author of Bush on the Couch) in a July 27 article/paper coauthored with Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
The argument is simple. What should we expect from the White House […]

No more patience.

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

I am officially tired of hearing that bringing the crew of miscreants now running our country to account for their crimes and misdemeanors — high and low — would ‘distract’ Congress from the important business of passing legislation. Even the highly regarded MyDD makes a passing reference to this meme.
Last time I looked, being a […]

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