Monthly Archives: May 2004

Why Bush Can Never Lie

Posted on 5/31/2004 by

I love the Noam Chomsky blogs. For starters, I can read his blog and not feel like I’m behind on reading Chomsky. (A number of his books, and books of his speeces, are on my “to read” list.) I love … Continue reading →

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More Patriot Acts

Posted on 5/30/2004 by

Via Fables of the Reconstruction. This is the face of George W. Bush’s America under compassionate conservatism. San Francisco gallery owner bears a painful reminder of the nation’s unresolved anguish over the incidents at the Abu Ghraib prison — a … Continue reading →

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A Parent Speaks

Posted on 5/30/2004 by

Via Atrios at Eschaton. Over the last 18 months, I’ve come to understand why no living thing is more fierce than a parent defending or protecting his/her child. The world becomes a different place, when one becomes a parent, one … Continue reading →

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Go Donna! Go Donna!

Posted on 5/30/2004 by

Upon reading Blog for America (formerly the blog for Howard Dean’s presidential campaign), I was surprise to learn that yet another person I know is running for public office; namely, Donna Red Wing. I first became aware of Donna when … Continue reading →

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More Amendments

Posted on 5/30/2004 by

One site I enjoy visiting from time to time is Landover Baptist Church. It’s a great parody site. While wandering through this afternoon I came acoss a link to this list of furthersuggested constitutional amendments that might give pause to … Continue reading →

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Moore’s Film Nears Release

Posted on 5/29/2004 by

It looks like Americans may just get to see Michael Moore’s Fahrenhiet 911 as it’s now one step closer to being released. Michael Moore’s controversial documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11″ moved a step closer to U.S. theaters on Friday as Miramax film … Continue reading →

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Keys to the Asylum

Posted on 5/29/2004 by

Something caught my attention earlier today, but parenting took priority over blogging at that moment. In all the news about the newly appointed leader of the soon-to-be “idependenet” new govermnet of Iraq is also the source of the now laughable … Continue reading →

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On Alert?

Posted on 5/29/2004 by

I have long suspected that the Bush administration trots out warnings of particualr terrorist attacks whenever there’s a need to distract the public from one of the administration’s many stumbles, or squeeze whatever bounce in the polls might result from … Continue reading →

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Cosby, the Cab Driver, and Me

Posted on 5/29/2004 by

Boy did I get an earful. After checking email and doing a bit of blogging, I was running late this morning; late enough to justify taking a cab, but not so late that I couldn’t duck into Whole Foods to … Continue reading →

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What Liberal Media

Posted on 5/28/2004 by

Via Kevin Drum of The Washington Monthly. I don’t quite know what to make of this statement from Fred Barnes. Does this affect coverage? Is there really liberal bias? The answers are, of course, yes and yes. It couldn’t be … Continue reading →

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The Invasion

Posted on 5/28/2004 by

And we though the cicadas were bad. With the dedication of the WWII memorial, D.C. is facing another invation, by members of “the Greatest Generation,” come to take part in the events around the memorial dedication. If you live in … Continue reading →

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Catania Quits

Posted on 5/28/2004 by

D.C. city council member David Catania, who is gay and (was) Republican, was one of the “Austin 12″; the 12 hand-picked gay Republicans with whom Bush agreed to meet during the 2000 election, after refusing to meet with representatives from … Continue reading →

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A Secure Strategy

Posted on 5/28/2004 by

Saying the following about the Bush administration, They looked to force before exhausting diplomacy. They bullied when they should have persuaded. They’ve gone it alone when they should have assembled a whole team. They have hoped for the best when … Continue reading →

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Kerry Surges Ahead

Posted on 5/28/2004 by

What does it mean that Kerry is beating Bush in the polls in 12 of the 16 “battleground” states? Less than six months from election day, polls suggest that Mr Kerry is leading the President in 12 of the 16 … Continue reading →

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As We Do

Posted on 5/27/2004 by

Kevin Drum has an intersting post about this poll from the Washington Post. On another subject, some people say (it’s acceptable to torture people suspected of terrorism, in cases where other methods have failed and the authorities believe the suspect … Continue reading →

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