The McCain campaign has been more than clear that they don’t want to talk about the economy. Ostensibly this is because by default the Democratic party and Barack Obama are generally more trusted on the subject. However, there is another reason why they don’t want to talk about the economy;...
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Mick Arran on Nov 26, 2007 in Uncategorized |
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What with the Fabulous Condi ginning up a photo-op-centered “Mid-East Summit” in Annapolis intended to provide pictures-without-words (or results) to make it look like Bush is, you know, doing something about The Palestinian Problem, the NYT thought it would be a good time to excerpt not one but...
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matttbastard on Oct 16, 2007 in Uncategorized |
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The Iraq war was probably doomed from the start. And while [Lt. General Ricardo] Sanchez couldn’t have won the war, he could have contributed less to its loss. And this is what Sanchez’s account never grapples with: The proposition that a war likely to fail shouldn’t be fought. That...
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matttbastard on Sep 28, 2007 in Uncategorized |
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The title says it all: “Six inconvenient truths about the U.S. and slavery”. Yes, it’s exactly what you think it is, a revisionist ‘essay’ on slavery – and yes, it’s as bad as (if not worse than) you’d expect, considering the source. Apparently erstwhile movie...