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Whoever heard of such a thing?
Matthew Yglesias is throwing a hissy at his place because of some former Bush “officials” who won’t support Obama based on a New York Times article by Peter Baker who writes; A half-dozen former senior Bush officials involved in counterterrorism told me before the Christmas Day incident that for the most part, they were comfortable […]
Not soft on terror?
In 1949, Mao Zedung (or however we’re supposed to spell it these days) successfully seized the reigns of the mainland Chinese government and US Republicans charged that the “Democrats lost China”. That’s what was in the back of Lyndon Johnson’s mind when he sent combat troops to Vietnam in reaction to the fuzzy details of […]
Morons of the highest order
David Brooks of the New York Times inspires Glenn Greenwald and Alan Colmes to call Americans names for demanding that our government do it’s best to keep us safe. Brooks first; History is not knowable or controllable. People should be grateful for whatever assistance that government can provide and had better do what they can […]
Cheney strikes a nerve
With speculation about the culpability for the latest failed attempt by a terrorist, Dick Cheney spoke to Politico and charged that the current administration seems to be avoiding the fact that we’re at war with terrorists; “[W]e are at war and when President Obama pretends we aren’t, it makes us less safe,” Cheney said in […]
Just let ’em all go
While the Obama Administration had us distracted with the health care debate this weekend and the plan for putting Gitmo detainees in IL, the media had us fixated on snowfall and cops with guns, under the table the Justice Department was releasing some Guantanamo detainees back where we got them. One of our readers, bdaman […]
Witness to the fix
Yeah, we don’t have a state-controlled media. We have a media that trips over their own feet to be the mouthpiece of the White House. Ed Schultz witnessed the process last week and tells us about how it works. From The Radio Equalizer; SCHULTZ (08:12): So Mika starts looking at her Blackberry and so does […]
New Casey Porter trailer
Since Casey Porter left IVAW, he’s been focusing on cars, and here’s a trailer for his latest video about SEMA 2009 in Vegas. Needs more scantily clad models; You’ll notice my criticisms are consistent.
Washington Times cuts back staff
According to Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz, the Washington Times is planning to draw down their staff and make some changes in subscriptions and purchase rates; Nearly three decades after its founding by officials of the Unification Church, the Times said Wednesday it is laying off at least 40 percent of its staff and shifting mainly […]
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