Friday, February 16, 2007

They Write E-Mails

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"The biased editorial reprinted below was written by a laughable member of the opposition, and is offered here without comment."--...

Amanda Marcotte Speaks

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Via Salon.com Pandagon was a personal blog, where I wrote in my own voice; clearly the blog for the Edwards campaign would be a campaign blo...

The Constantinian Church

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Via Atrios , this from Faith in Public Life : A majority of those who attend religious services weekly oppose President Bush’s move to incre...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

Current Events

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From a list compiled and published by Molly Ivins in September, 2003. "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has wea...

An effort worth making

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I mentioned that I was listening to Molly Ivins' last book (see? everything connects!). I recommend the experience as a sure cure f...

My further two cents

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Blog wars are all about power. That's the only reason people invest so much personal energy in them. Bill Donahue is a despised figure b...

Blog Wars! Those crazy Blog Wars!

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olvlzl warned me : Prepare yourself, RMJ, for you have broken two of the china figurines of the code of liberal ethics. You have actually lo...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Murphy was an Optimist

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Surfing past C-SPAN last night, I heard a great deal of nonsense about "Muslims" who want to "kill us all for not being Musli...

"Jesus loves me, but he can't stand you..."

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This is why I've stayed away from the controversy in left blogistan stirred up by the hiring and now the resignations of Amanda Marcotte...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Send in the Clowns*

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"There is no question that the war in Iraq has been difficult. All Americans are frustrated we haven't seen more success more quick...

Signs of the Times

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Three items: 1) The driving force behind the "punishment" of the Dixie Chicks was Cumulus Media , which lifted the ban in April, 2...

A Demon Haunted Science

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I think I would agree with Carl Sagan at least in part, at least this far: I would suggest that science is, at least in part, informed worsh...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Does the name "Judith Miller" mean anything to you?

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So Deborah Howells slaps William Arkin's hand for this blog entry , while the New York Times runs this thoroughly bizarre piece: After w...

Do You See This Woman?

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I've posted my thoughts on this before, but Google on shows me two posts where I've mentioned it ( here and here ). It comes to min...

When it changed

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Thinking about the war this morning, hearing news of the House debate on a resolution to oppose the troop surge, the NPR story on Hillary Cl...
Sunday, February 11, 2007

Life really is like high school

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and the GOP is not at the cool table : Nancy Pelosi has been struggling to explain her need for a big Air Force jet to fly nonstop to her ho...

When will they ever learn?

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Ret. Gen. William Odom speaks : As Congress awakens to these realities -- and a few members have bravely pointed them out -- will it act on ...

No one likes us, I don't know why...

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One is tempted to respond, " Consider the source :" Rubble from the Berlin Wall was “hauled away as souvenirs” to countries that p...
Friday, February 09, 2007

"When did we see you in prison....?"

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I could make a mini-career off this one parable, I'm beginning to think. Despite my best efforts, I cannot ignore the mistakes I made at...

Lord, when did we see you?

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A hospital van dropped off a paraplegic man on Skid Row Thursday, allegedly leaving him crawling in the street with nothing more than a soil...