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Warner is in. Hooray.

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

I don’t know what kind of Senator Mark Warner will be. When Jim Webb was elected, I expected he would do things and say things I wouldn’t like much — from time to time anyway. That certainly turned out to be true.
And I suspect I’ll feel the same way about Warner. I’m not one who […]

Lily-livered.

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

I can’t believe this.
Per Kagro X at Daily Kos: Pelosi and Emanuel say no criminal contempt citations for Bolten and Meirs until they’ve had a chance to figure out the implications — if then!
Let me join the chorus:
You HAVE to quit enabling these people. They’re destroying the Constitution, corrupting our elections, sending our young men […]

Responsibility.

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Here in the DC area it’s raining today, and I’m happy about that. This anniversary is all the worse on a bright clear day like that one six years ago.
I’m writing this a few short blocks frmo the White House, where I suspect there are a few people who also don’t want to be reminded […]

Duty & Honor

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

It’s been said that courage is is doing your duty despite being afraid.
Cowardice, by the same token, is dereliction of duty out of fear.
By those definitions what is about to transpire in Congress over the next several weeks is cowardice.
Before I explain that, let’s get a few things straight:

When the White House asks for […]

Another liar. What we don’t need.

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

This video is getting a lot of play, but just in case you haven’t seen it…
Surely by now we can demand, as a base requirement, that anyone who is brazen enough to lie in front of cameras while being confronted by hard evidence of the lies, is ineligible for public office.