Wow. The first reviews are in of the president's big "victory speech" and they aren't pretty. The NYT, for example, has a scathing review. Their conclusion? A president who seems... [More]
December 1, 2005
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES
How dumb is Bill O'Reilly? He's created a McCarthy-style "enemies list" with just 3 news providers - and one of them carries his syndicated column! --------... [More]
FOR YOUR HOLIDAY TREE!
It's been way too long since I've posted something from Media Matters.... But this is just WAY too good to pass up. You know how O'Reilly is on a "they're... [More]
PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC
Still working on that paper. Here's a bit from FDR's first Inaugural address that caught my eye: If I read the temper of our people correctly, we now realize, as... [More]
WHEN IT COMES....
It will come from the West --------... [More]
FLIP FLOP! FLIP FLOP!
Woah. Via Atrios, it looks like the NYT is reporting that Abramoff might try and cut himself a deal. This scandal already has historic written all over it. But if... [More]
December 2, 2005
SAFE, LEGAL, AND RARE
Moves like this could mean a long-term Democratic majority. Democrats in Congress are preparing a bill they say will reduce U.S. abortions by 95 percent over 10 years by preventing... [More]
December 3, 2005
DEFEATING THE INSURGENCY?
I just now got around to reading the article in Friday's NYT about the insurgency in Iraq. Assuming that this story is accurate - and it certainly tracks with everything... [More]
WE'RE ALL LIVING ON EASTER ISLAND
That headline is a quote from Kid Oakland's new review of Collapse over at DailyKos. Solid work on a book I wish more people made the effort to read. And... [More]
December 4, 2005
LIKE MCCAIN?
Are you one of those centrist Dems who think s John McCain might not make such a bad choice for president? This one is for you. --------... [More]
SYRIANA
Anyone out there seen Syriana yet? The endlessly spot-on Peter Travers gives it one hell of a review, but I don't have time to see it right now. Once these... [More]
BLAST FROM THE PAST
So I'm up to Carter in my presidential rhetoric paper, and look what I found in his 1976 DNC Acceptance Speech: Each time our nation has made a serious mistake... [More]
TRUE MEANING
When Giblets is on, he's just so damn on Christmas is a sacred, religious time - a season to commemorate the coming of our lord and savior Santa Claus. Heh.... [More]
December 5, 2005
STRAY FROM THE HEAVENLY WAY
Would someone please ask the president why his brother is on a speaking tour with this man? $200 billion for a tunnel to glorify Rev. Moon? By building a tunnel... [More]
QUOTE OF THE DAY
From Tom Paine, circa 1776.... "The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves... [More]
QUOTE OF THE DAY II
This time a short one from FDR... 'The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. --------... [More]
DO OVER?
Uh oh. Does this mean that James Cameron is going to have to ask for a do over? Then again, faster would mean shorter, wouldn't it? --------... [More]
WHY THEY LOVED REAGAN
Because its moments like these that are the ones we remember It is time for us to realize that we're too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams.... [More]
December 7, 2005
MORE RHETORIC
Last day for that paper.... Here's yet another quote I found along the way. From Clinton's 1996 speech accepting his nomination: We are fighting terrorism on all fronts with a... [More]
CALLING IT LIKE HE SEES IT
Woah. Your president is a repeated and unrepentant liar on the gravest moral issues now facing the country. Andrew Sullivan's words, not mine. I'd say he's done gone off the... [More]
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST
This one from Bush, giving his nomination acceptance speech in 2000 The world needs America's strength and leadership, and America's armed forces need better equipment, better training, and better pay.... [More]
December 9, 2005
A GRAMMY?
Wow. A Grammy? Sen. Barack Obama was nominated Thursday for a Grammy Award, but the Illinois Democrat was cited not for his singing, but for his speaking. In the somewhat... [More]
December 12, 2005
SECRET LAWS?
I've been taking some time off from blogging these past few days, and to be honest, had planned on taking off a few more. 75 pages of papers in under... [More]
FROM BAD TO WORSE
Wow. The train done gone fully off the rails now. SCOTUS has decided to take a look at DeLay's redistricting plan. This is huge. And it fuses perfectly with this... [More]
MORE OBAMA-RAMA
Now here's an interesting move: reframe Bush's"Ownership Society" back into what it really should be called, "Social Darwinism." Aside from being truthful, it has the added benefit of reframing the... [More]
HOW HE GOT HIS GROOVE BACK?
Time has an interesting piece this week on the administration. There's so much here its hard to know where to start. Let's see... White House strategists believe they have ended... [More]
FOLLOW THE MONEY
WaPo does, and for the visual among you, they've produced an easy to read chart. --------... [More]
December 13, 2005
WHEN FITZMAS MEETS CHRISTMAS
Time to get the milk and cookies ready kiddos - It looks like we're about to get a return visit from good St. Patrick Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will present... [More]
TINFOIL TIME!
Grab your foil, make yourself a hat, and then read this. --------... [More]
December 14, 2005
COLOUR ME CONFUSED
First Bush says this "It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong," Bush said. "As president, I'm responsible for the decision to go into Iraq."... [More]
MORE ON TORTURE
If it weren't for my insane end of semester schedule these past few weeks there are a ton of posts I would have written. Mostly its just too late now... [More]
OH THE HYPOCRISY!
Well now this is rich... I know, I know... I've been railing on for years about how silly the whole Fox / Fox News thing is. On the one hand... [More]
THE DEATH PENALTY
Want to know why I oppose the death penalty? This is why I oppose the death penalty. Mistakes are inevitable. What's important is that they can be corrected. --------... [More]
SAD HEADLINES
What does it say about your presidency that AP can write this as a serious headline for a lead stroy: Bush: Iraq Invasion My Responsibility The man is the President... [More]
December 17, 2005
A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
I start my return to blogging with a story that is so unbelievable its almost impossible to comprehend - except, of course, for the fact that we now have 5... [More]
MINI-BLOGGING!
In addition to the aforementioned constitutional crisis, there are plenty of other stories in the news worth watching. And perhaps unsurprisingly, many of them fit into the much broader story... [More]
December 18, 2005
A GOOD OVERVIEW
Hilzoy picks up where he (she?) left off yesterday with a detailed examination of the constitutional issues at stake in Bush's recent admission of domestic wiretapping. The overview comes complete... [More]
WHAT THEY SAID
Want a sense of how bad this is going to be? Inspired by the front page of HuffingtonPost, here are some editorials from around the nation today.... Th Kansas City... [More]
MORE CORRUPTION? YESSIR!
Will this ever end? Doesn't look like it. From the Toledo Blade, a nice round-up: Federal and state authorities are investigating the Bush Pioneers and Rangers, individuals who raised at... [More]
December 21, 2005
TIME OFF & ROUND UP!
Once again I decided to take a few days off from blogging, and with Christmas right around the corner I was hoping that the news would slow down just a... [More]
December 22, 2005
ON STRIKE!
Interested in the NYTransit strike? Read this. --------... [More]
WIRETAPS, THE FISA COURT, AND MORE
Absolutely unbelievable. The presiding judge of a secret court that oversees government surveillance in espionage and terrorism cases is arranging a classified briefing for her fellow judges to address their... [More]
December 23, 2005
A POWER WE DIDN'T GRANT
Whoooboy! Former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle puts the smackdown on the Bush administration today, and he does it by heading to the history. Here's the opening: In the face... [More]
A SIMPLE QUESTION
Josh is curious: very so often a reader writes in and asks this question. And it's a pretty good one. So here goes: When was the last time there was... [More]
THOSE DETAINEES
Hilzoy speaks: We are illegally detaining innocent people, and there is nothing that a federal court can do about it. Read and weep. --------... [More]
RESURGENCE
Great piece in today's WaPo on the ongoing resurgence of Congressional authority, including a great quote from Republican Sen. Graham: "What you have seen is a Congress, which has been... [More]
December 27, 2005
STILL ON VACATION
I'm still down in DC for the holidays, but this one from today's Post is too good not to pass along: In Vietnam we destroyed villages in order to save... [More]
December 31, 2005
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
No year end madness for me. At least, not that I'm going to report on my blog! Until next year...... --------... [More]
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