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NPR protects advocates of mideast war and empire?

Breaking --not. posted 05/09/2008 at 03:50:50

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More and more it's all Kremlinesque. posted 05/08/2008 at 12:18:15

Gore left the stage a month after the generat election when the Court stole his since-proven victory. Lord help us if we have to wait till near Inauguration Day for Clinton to concede the nomination. posted 05/07/2008 at 22:39:45

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Please Clintons, go positive so the rest of us can start reaching out and mending bridges. posted 05/07/2008 at 13:51:28

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Voters now see the Republicans TRACK RECORD. It's not "cynicism" the voters are rejecting --it's REPUBLICANISM.

Voters have been moving left for several years and two national elections, but the Clintons either didn't see it or refused to adapt.

The Clintons presumed a low-energy, low power electorate and offered them some of their patented Republican LIte.

But the electorate was energized, they don't WANT Republican Lite, and they're newly empowered by the Internet. Obama saw those trends and built a far superior campaign machine than the virtual incumbent Clintons with all their connections and support network.

The Clintons lost not so much style as substance. They built an inferior machine and offered an inferior political product. posted 05/07/2008 at 11:21:37

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Noam Chomsky has a better shot at SC than Bill.

Unless you're thinking Obama is such a star that we get 95 Senate seats this fall. posted 05/07/2008 at 03:26:58

Yes, Obama vitriol. posted 05/07/2008 at 03:25:44

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The more he hypes his effect, the bigger loser Clinton appears, and the sooner the superdelegates will move to Obama. posted 05/07/2008 at 11:07:27

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Actually the framers Constitutionally protected the half dozen owners of access to 90% of mainstream Americans from any obligation to remind voters of your so-called facts.

--Or to present them with factual, intelligent discussion of any other issues. posted 05/06/2008 at 12:05:18

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It's all about juggling to benefit incumbent Republicans ahead of an election.

Management will do Whatever. It. Takes. to keep us stumbling along till December.

At that point, look to your moat. posted 05/06/2008 at 03:32:14

Lots of people understand what's happening. None of them can be found in the mainstream media.

The Great Depression started with repeal of steep top-end tax rates, then stock market and a real estate bubble which began crashing first in Florida.

Sound familiar? posted 05/06/2008 at 03:29:40

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She'll get the finishes she needs Tuesday.

I'd guess from their becoming more public about their plans that they now have all the muscle they need for the rest of it. posted 05/05/2008 at 12:33:43

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Germany was finished before the bomb. It couldn't have happened. posted 05/04/2008 at 03:10:23

We had the time in the 50's-70's so the owners declared "Never Again." posted 05/04/2008 at 03:07:25

Some say it wasn't only about Japan, but importantly a demonstration to the USSR. posted 05/04/2008 at 03:06:20

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Obama won EVERY COUNTY in Washington State, a reasonably white and very nonBlack state. posted 05/03/2008 at 22:55:04

Well the media are running against him, not being duped. They opposed Dean for the same reasons, though of course they had different ammunition, because he too was a people-funded candidate.

Both Obama and Dean were record fundraisers and both were politically moderate.

So while it's interesting that Obama has held or gained with various white demographics while Clinton has lost, the story will remain that Obama is tanking. posted 05/03/2008 at 22:53:48

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"VIABLE????"

That's it?

W. was VIABLE!! posted 05/03/2008 at 03:35:53

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Short version: smear your enemy with your weakness or fault. posted 05/03/2008 at 03:39:12

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Not necessarily an attack. If they're polling no more than 10% behind, they'll win the vote count, and they can wait on the attack for ideal conditions. posted 05/02/2008 at 19:31:44

Well the Republicans, the media and the Clintons all oppose people-driven candidacies, so there is a perfect storm of interests lined up against Obama.

Once that's settled, of course they will back the Republican. And we'll see that whether issues have been aired before or not, there is no such thing as a "vetted" Democrat. posted 05/02/2008 at 19:29:39

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The Neocons have the kinks all worked out now.

Iran'll be a breeze this fall. posted 04/30/2008 at 23:12:45

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He had a narrow loss in PA, coming to single digits from being 20 points back, and improving in key demographics compared to Ohio. posted 04/30/2008 at 18:29:02

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Great interview, I enjoyed hearing it this morning.

Alas, stupidity has consequences.

The framers had the foresight to try to prevent an imperial executive. It never occurred to them there might be an equal threat of a _criminal_ executive, reduced by putting some prosecutorial power outside the executive branch.

The executive branch gets to decline to prosecute itself, and since it also has pardon power, it can prevent all subsequent executive branches prosecuting its misdeeds. posted 04/30/2008 at 02:13:08

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The media industry are protected Period. End. Of. Sentence.

This wasn't the only thing our framers got wrong.

They also failed to suspect the possibility of a criminal presidency. Oh, and so much, so much more. posted 04/30/2008 at 04:33:29

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Well if she criticized her country, w*M and C* C* will exercise their Constitutional right to cut off her access to mainstream markets. posted 04/29/2008 at 15:05:22

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Because it's their country not ours. Literally. They own it, they own the national discourse, it's theirs.

Next question? posted 04/29/2008 at 11:59:13

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Fair, yes.

He's a known fellow traveler with Negroes. posted 04/28/2008 at 03:15:04

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Well he is right for 3 out of 3 in my family. posted 04/27/2008 at 03:43:29

He's still verbal. He's not still "brilliant." posted 04/27/2008 at 03:42:32

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Hillary won an UNCONVINCING victory 15 points behind her start.

God I hate being a Democrat. Please install a Clinton so we can purge the Democrats once again from Congress and the courts. posted 04/26/2008 at 03:50:00

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It had previously fallen to lows not seen since George Bush was President.

Now I see it's fallen back to the days of Ronald Reagan's presidency.

I wonder if the Republicans will step consumer confidence back through all Republican presidential lows clear back to Hoover? posted 04/25/2008 at 22:35:04

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Yep, if you only ask the staff in Customer Service, you'll think all the products are crap. posted 04/25/2008 at 15:07:06

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Talent doesn't matter for a tv show? This is an insult to all 4 Monkees. posted 04/25/2008 at 03:39:49

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History's Worst Monster vs. the galaxy's most successful National Security Adviser and most successful Secretary of State.

If we hadn't had Condi, we could've been attacked by, like, terrorists and stuff. posted 04/24/2008 at 03:47:36

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He's improving steadily. Kitchen sink and septic tank nothwithstandng. posted 04/24/2008 at 05:08:46

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The Executive Branch doesn't answer to Congress any more, and you're about to find that the Pentagon doesn't either. posted 04/23/2008 at 12:58:32

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Gentlemen, unless this thing is stopped, he will take over the earth. posted 04/23/2008 at 12:02:16

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3.5% difference is within the margin of error. The polls got it right too. posted 04/23/2008 at 14:16:38

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The United States has proven to be Clinton's Waterloo.

Or should I say "The Clintons'?" posted 04/23/2008 at 12:09:22

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No, it raises no questions. Obama improved in PA his weakness in several key demographic groups.

But thank you for your CONCERN. posted 04/24/2008 at 04:55:08

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Obama best be spending cash.

No time tolouse. posted 04/22/2008 at 04:01:47

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Good on ya! posted 04/21/2008 at 03:27:01

Bull. White men haven't voted D since LBJ. posted 04/21/2008 at 03:24:53

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ABC needed to fan the acrimony of the campaign to strarve Obama of the the surge he typically has among normally-low-turnout constituencies that put him over the top.

They also needed to associate him with Middle East threats to various voting and funding blocks.

ABC succeeded.

It has nothing to do with logical thinking or voters in general. This has always been about dog-whistling to power blocks, about disqualifying someone with the establishment and not about voters per se. posted 04/21/2008 at 03:32:39

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Well face it, you have to be a pretty decent detective to find out what's going on in your own country.

An awful lot of people don't have the education, skill and time to swim up our Niagara Falls of pap and disinformation. posted 04/19/2008 at 23:34:20

Earth to Clintons: Obama is outdoing you.

Obama's track record is that he's drawing more moderate middle than the Clintons EVER did.

If their goal is the party's goal, the contest needs to be stopped with the one who's consistently done the best at it. posted 04/19/2008 at 23:31:40

It's almost the reverse, they don't do squat for any person or group left of Zell Miller _unless they momentarily need them._

You have to be on the bus to be thrown off it. posted 04/19/2008 at 23:30:18

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Why does our kids' music sound like noise? What's with their weird haircuts and clothing? And all their gadgets?

Why does modern art look like rhinoceroses throwing paint at walls?

Isn't this complaint about 15,000 years old and counting? posted 04/21/2008 at 05:55:18

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How could she compete against those millions of activists, when all she has are the connections, donors and other assets of a 2 term presidency? posted 04/18/2008 at 23:40:13

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It will surprise you to learn that Obama does not intend to fight the Republicans with the kid gloves he's generally reserved for fellow Democrat Clinton.

Of any candidate in the past 40 years, this guy's the best at handling attacks.

I'm much more concerned about a candidate who despite all the assets of a 2 term Presidency is unable to pass the rising newcomer in her own party. Problem, shmoblem, the Republicans are going to eat her for lunch. posted 04/18/2008 at 23:50:58

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Science is not a democracy. You don't get a vote in this any more than you can overrule an NFL ref. posted 04/20/2008 at 03:27:56

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The important thing is that they are a variant on Republicans: Purely institutional-oriented, although they would serve the people much better than Republicans would.

But they are absolutely about keeping the people out of participation. Government BY the people is as finished for the Clintons as it is for the Republicans. posted 04/17/2008 at 18:34:23

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The point is to keep all these issues out of reach of the voters.

And about putting the presidential race permanently out of influence of insurgents and popular movements. posted 04/17/2008 at 18:38:48

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ABC wins. They achieved their political objective and drew the eyes.

This is what it's all about, baby. posted 04/17/2008 at 15:45:33

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He'll be even harder on Walters than he was on Obama.

This'll be a real hard hitting expose, that's for sure. posted 04/17/2008 at 12:27:21

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The League couldn't continue because the parties and candidates wouldn't allow them to run rational debates.

Our political system favors the kind of event we had tonight. posted 04/17/2008 at 00:00:38

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The only surprise is that anyone is surprised.

And if you think tonight was biased, in the fall they will be competing in the campaign as though they were candidates themselves. posted 04/17/2008 at 03:21:11

Your college costs you more than a house, vastly more than my boomer college did because boomer conservatives are at war with YOU.

You can't get health care because conservative boomers are at war with YOU.

Your vote is stolen or flipped in computers because conservative boomers are at war with YOU.

Your country is contemplating initiating regional nuclear war and may trigger an international financial collapse because conservative boomers are at war with YOU.

Morons hold a gossipfest preventing presidential candidates from discussing issues because conservative boomers are at war with YOU.

I back Obama, don't get me wrong, but if you think ANYTHING about boomer politics was ever about boomers alone, what you don't know could kill you. posted 04/17/2008 at 03:18:24

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It only fails to make sense if you presume the primary interest is US national interest.

It actually makes quite a bit of sense if assorted other interests rank higher. posted 04/17/2008 at 00:05:57

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Mainstream media: " " posted 04/15/2008 at 03:44:16

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2010, because it'll take till then for American Enterprise Institute to storyboard and flesh out the history, and then they have to get it out there 2 years away from a Presidential election. posted 04/15/2008 at 00:44:43

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"Israel" is like "America."

It all comes down to which interests within them you mean. posted 04/20/2008 at 03:21:11

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Tracy's brilliant, but I'll bet an entire penny she doesn't back Obama. posted 04/21/2008 at 05:39:56

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I don't get the point about the insistence that rape is "about" power. Violence, power and control are used in this world to obtain things that aggressors want. The violence is used because the victim or victim population DON'T MATTER to the aggressor.

I don't see why it's necessary to insist that rapists aren't seeking sex. Unless the term "sex" feels too consensual.

In that case, OK, call it orgasm.

I lived near a battered women's shelter, and I've had a number of women friends tell me of being raped or injuriously imposed upon by SO's or family members, and I've seen the dimensions of injury it causes. So I have no intent here to question severity.

It occurs to me that being attacked for purposes of control almost confers a degree of importance on the victim, whereas being brutalized for a brief gain because the victim just didn't matter to the attacker could be an even more devastating experience. posted 04/13/2008 at 02:48:38

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Hillary Wrights the nomination with her Hitler whisper campaign, her supporters turn out but many blacks stay home and indies give us McCain.

Don't say _I_ didn't warn you. posted 04/11/2008 at 03:53:51

More to the point: the amount he doesn't HAVE TO give. posted 04/11/2008 at 03:51:54

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We have ongoing votes on Obama/Clinton. We don't have any votes on McCain for almost 7 months.

So yeah there's going to be a lot of democratic attention paid to the race we have, rather than the race we'd like to have at some later time. posted 04/11/2008 at 00:44:17

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You can go back, most of them seem to have been told to quit taking sides. posted 04/11/2008 at 00:58:22

Who says a political commentator should not take sides in an election??

Of course style is in the ear of the beholder. posted 04/11/2008 at 00:56:17

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I think the point is that government is not passing those laws, needed or not. The issue is how to bring government around to doing the big jobs that are beyond the people, and that requires popular pressure, and before that we have to make contact with the people and persuade them.

Just because a job desperately needs doing doesn't mean it's possible for us to do it, especially if immediate action is needed. posted 04/10/2008 at 01:06:44

I don't recall a lot of reaching out to opponents.

What Gandhi and King and their movements did was to confront their opponents nonviolently, to embarrass and shame them.

This works with people and with elected governments. I seriously doubt it can work with corporations and their propagandists, first because they're command structures, and second because they own and operate our public discourse.

Now there may be an Obama-esque opportunity to reach out positively to citizens and voters.

On the other hand, Obama is doing it mainly by touring and speaking at campaign rallies, in part because it's far too expensive to hire the mainstream media to reach the people. But that means it's laboriously slow.

It will take us years, maybe a decade or more to reach and persuade enough of the general electorate manually. posted 04/10/2008 at 01:04:00

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How would she be a change --er, an improvement? posted 04/10/2008 at 00:54:29

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Not the reality; but the frustration might get to him. Or maybe some other medication is sinking in. posted 04/09/2008 at 18:10:22

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What he's saying is that it's none of our business. posted 04/09/2008 at 18:26:12

One Friedman Unit away, the 6-month critical Iraq policy term perennially given by Tom Friedman.

Maybe more properly it should termed the Standard Neo Con. posted 04/09/2008 at 18:25:45

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Silly reader! "OUR" country did spectacularly, but the country that matters did not.

Our system was the envy of the common people of the world, not of the priests, merchants, generals and bankers who own it. posted 04/09/2008 at 14:14:57

The risk of increased Democratic representation is driving the right to grab up as much as possible right now.

Even more dangerous is that the same incentives apply for the Pentagon. posted 04/09/2008 at 14:11:46

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Everyone who could add anticipated all this. And everyone who could read knows that Greenspan has been a primary cause of it. posted 04/09/2008 at 03:07:19

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There is no evidence for this. Their messages consistently complain about our actions and policies.

Maybe you have a different "us" in mind than "usa." posted 04/09/2008 at 03:04:58

They have no equals at attacking 60-year-ago global industrial empires.

The ones that are the most lucrative to arm against. posted 04/09/2008 at 03:01:45

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Call me paranoid but this guy struck me more as the Pentagon's Ambassador than somebody who reports to Constitutional government. posted 04/09/2008 at 00:01:02

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That theory requires a world of infinite space and easily-obtained resources, perfect isolation from enemies, and a tribe-sized economy with a prehistoric level of technology so that all parties have full knowledge and equal influence over each other.

Hence the corporatists' obsession with the oldest possible traditions and "original intent" of the Constitution. They need to keep government as far in the past as they can get it, to keep it as clueless as possible about the risks and side effects of cutting edge business. posted 04/08/2008 at 12:17:42

He deserves an h of a lot more criticism than he'll ever get in the mainstream. posted 04/08/2008 at 12:13:50

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Thanks! Good post too!! posted 04/08/2008 at 02:42:20

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I've spent 40 years burying your peers, as a funeral military-music player.

I serve human beings in their hours of need.

More than their country does. posted 04/08/2008 at 05:11:02

Shouldn't the patriots be swamping the recruiting offices? posted 04/08/2008 at 05:08:44

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Sorry Bill, our system of government prescribes an environment that prevents journalism reaching all but a few tiny niche audiences. It may eventually prove to be a better prescription for disinformation than either the Nazis or Soviets ever dared dreamed of.

The audience that can be reached in America with thoughtful, detailed truth compares in size with the market for left-handed fifes.

Ours is not merely the best of all possible worlds, it's the sole possible world under this system. posted 04/08/2008 at 02:57:21

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Sure he is. And Rove has quit politics too. posted 04/07/2008 at 02:50:28

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American entertainers like all citizens should not be critical of anything. They should know their place. posted 04/07/2008 at 02:52:57

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3 am and she's still answering the neighbor's phone. posted 04/05/2008 at 15:36:35

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The problems are two: one, top-end tax rates that are way way too low, which makes it possible for all sorts of interests in all sorts of activities to buy favors of all sorts of leaders and managers by offering fantastic incomes. Second, as you point out, the fact that most of this money was probably investment in Clintton II era favors.

Which in turn is the fault of a system of government in which political campaigns must spend and therefore must raise stupendous amounts of money to communicate the peoples' business. posted 04/05/2008 at 15:41:43

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No, I need the Democratic Party, and last time they were in office the party crashed all over the country.

Obama may not be what I need but he's definitely less of what I don't need. posted 04/05/2008 at 00:22:33

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Get over what?

Explain, advisor. posted 04/05/2008 at 03:23:50

Thanks for reminding us of the King Who Must Never Be Mentioned.

An edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring. posted 04/05/2008 at 03:19:02

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Face, not the brains!!

I always said the best luck we ever had was that the Republican who overthrew the 2000 election was W.

Except, I no longer think it was lucky enough. The Pentagon is announcing 2009 plans.

The Pentagon and empire are not going to lose any more elections. posted 04/05/2008 at 03:28:40

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He is an Authority. posted 04/05/2008 at 03:35:49

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Apples and oranges.

Each of them is brilliant at what they do best. I'd hate to meet either one of them as combatants in a metaphorical artistic dark alley.

But in the performing arts emotions run high, they must if people are to give important performances. Randi Rhodes comes to mind for some strange reason. posted 04/06/2008 at 04:02:49

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No biggie, the Holy Air Force is ready to bomb-bomb-bomb Iran, and that's what really counts. posted 04/02/2008 at 03:10:08

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None of this needs to matter.

First, return to a trade scheme that charges sociopathic manufacturing locales an import duty that levels the economic playing field with socially responsible countries. It protects us at the same time as establishing incentives to potential exporters to be environmentally and socially responsible. Don't kill trade, just put some drags on it with incentives to be humane.

2nd, return to 20th century top-end income taxation that lets people get rich but only reasonably rich, and slow enough that it's not worth sinking their own businesses and society for short term jackpots. posted 04/02/2008 at 03:46:46