Consider it an early shot over the bow of the White House. Not what they want to hear, first thing on a Monday…
Republicans Warn They Will ‘Switch Sides’ If Surge Fails
But nuances no longer might be enough to keep Republicans from breaking ranks. GOP leaders warn that they will need dramatic evidence of progress, something that has been in short supply in Iraq, to maintain support for the war. "We need to get some better results from Iraq both politically, economically and militarily, and that needs [...]
GOP Support for Iaq War Begins to Crack
"Cracks are starting to show in the near-monolithic Republican support for the Iraq War," according to Roll Call. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), who was one of two Republicans in the House that voted in favor of the Iraq War supplmental [...]
Tags: Iraq War, Troop Surge, GOP leaders
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It’s a bigger deal than first thought, apparently. Not just animal feed; human food. Ugly story. Where’s the FDA been for the past decade and a half?
Melamine A Hot Commodity, Which Means This
It is widely used. And the practice of adding powdered and even scrap melamine to grain products—a cheap and only “mildy toxic” (!) way to artificially boost protein readings and market prices—did not become popular on a China-wide basis overnight, either. We who live and dine in America might as well get used to the idea that we’ve probably already consumed an unidentified amount of melamine and, what’s more, that we may have been doing so for [...]
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Via the alwasy interesting blog of the McClatchy newspaper bureau in Baghdad. Certainly not the picture of life there that some would like you to see…
Homes no longer
Would it interest anyone to know that another member of our extended family has perished? Or has death in Iraq become old, boring news? He was killed on his doorstep, in full view of his wife and three daughters. Our [...]
Oh, just for comparison, here’s the big picture…
Surge in American, British deaths in Iraq in April
AP Five U.S. military personnel were killed over the weekend in Iraq, including three by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, the military said Monday, pushing the American death toll past 100 in the deadliest month so far this year…. April has been the deadliest month for British forces in Iraq since the first month of the war. The [...]
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Tony Snow was back at the podium, sparring with White House reporters again today. Good for him. He seemed in good shape after another round of surgery for cancer. Chemo is still ahead. It’s just such a darn difficult job, when you have to say stuff like this…
Tony Snow Returns: ‘There Has Been No Attempt To Try To Link Saddam To 9/11′
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow returned to the job this morning and hit the ground running. In his first interview with CBS’s Early Show, Snow declared that the White House never tried to link Iraq and September 11. Snow was asked about former CIA Director George Tenet’s remarks from 60 Minutes: TENET: We could never verify [...]
‘Are we winning the war?’
Throughout 2006, the president’s bravado was never-ending. In January, Bush boasted that “we are winning” in Iraq. By October, as conditions deteriorated, the president remained confident. “Absolutely we’re winning,” he told reporters. By the end of the year, the president didn’t like the question anymore. Asked if we are winning the war, Bush told the WaPo, [...]
Tags: Tony Snow, 9/11, Saddam Hussein, George Tenet
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Monday always means I’m doing some catching up around here. The weekends just seem packed to the brim with other obligations, many of which were on my "list" this weekend, but failed to happen! So, we begin this Monday evening a note of interest for those of you who listen to talk radio, particularly the few left-leaning shows. Los Angeles-based Stephanie Miller is filling the old Imus slot for the first three days of the week. She’s quick, she’s funny and her radio show seems to have a good mix of serious interviews and humor. Obviously, if you don’t agree with her political perspective, you ain’t gonna like what you hear. Catch her MSNBC gig if, for no other reason, a chance to really see what a "face on radio" looks like.
By the way, Taylor Marsh blogs that she, too, liked what she saw this morning:
Stephanie Miller on MSNBC
Ditto for Logan at Crooks and Liars:
Stephanie Miller Takes Her Turn On MSNBC
Today through Wednesday, progressive talk show host Stephanie Miller gets her chance to shine in Imus’s old slot on MSNBC. If this morning’s show was any indication, she could easily impact their ratings in the same way Keith Olberman has. Former CIA officer Larry Johnson was Stephanie’s guest this morning [...]
With all of that out of the way, for starters tonight, let’s go back to Sunday morning, when Condoleezza Rice made the rounds of the talk shows, talking Tenet:
A side of Rice
As part of an apparent pushback against George Tenet’s new book, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hit the Sunday morning talk-show circuit yesterday to, well, it’s not quite clear what she hoped to accomplish. No matter the goal, the result was rather clear: a series of odd statements from the Secretary of State. The real question [...]
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Well, one of them, at least. Two little words: "War Czar".
The Bush gang needs, but can’t find, ‘a lot of stature’
About three weeks ago, the Washington Post had a fascinating scoop: the White House was looking (unsuccessfully) for a “high-powered czar to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.” The person would apparently be the new Commander in Chief — coordinating military policy and having the power to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State [...]
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Consider it an early shot over the bow of the White House. Not what they want to hear, first thing on a Monday…
Republicans Warn They Will ‘Switch Sides’ If Surge Fails
But nuances no longer might be enough to keep Republicans from breaking ranks. GOP leaders warn that they will need dramatic evidence of progress, something that has been in short supply in Iraq, to maintain support for the war. "We need to get some better results from Iraq both politically, economically and militarily, and that needs [...]
GOP Support for Iaq War Begins to Crack
"Cracks are starting to show in the near-monolithic Republican support for the Iraq War," according to Roll Call. Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), who was one of two Republicans in the House that voted in favor of the Iraq War supplmental [...]
Tags: Iraq War, Troop Surge, GOP leaders
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It’s a bigger deal than first thought, apparently. Not just animal feed; human food. Ugly story. Where’s the FDA been for the past decade and a half?
Melamine A Hot Commodity, Which Means This
It is widely used. And the practice of adding powdered and even scrap melamine to grain products—a cheap and only “mildy toxic” (!) way to artificially boost protein readings and market prices—did not become popular on a China-wide basis overnight, either. We who live and dine in America might as well get used to the idea that we’ve probably already consumed an unidentified amount of melamine and, what’s more, that we may have been doing so for [...]
Tags: Melamine
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Via the alwasy interesting blog of the McClatchy newspaper bureau in Baghdad. Certainly not the picture of life there that some would like you to see…
Homes no longer
Would it interest anyone to know that another member of our extended family has perished? Or has death in Iraq become old, boring news? He was killed on his doorstep, in full view of his wife and three daughters. Our [...]
Oh, just for comparison, here’s the big picture…
Surge in American, British deaths in Iraq in April
AP Five U.S. military personnel were killed over the weekend in Iraq, including three by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, the military said Monday, pushing the American death toll past 100 in the deadliest month so far this year…. April has been the deadliest month for British forces in Iraq since the first month of the war. The [...]
Tags: McClatchy Newspapers, Baghad, Iraq
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Tony Snow was back at the podium, sparring with White House reporters again today. Good for him. He seemed in good shape after another round of surgery for cancer. Chemo is still ahead. It’s just such a darn difficult job, when you have to say stuff like this…
Tony Snow Returns: ‘There Has Been No Attempt To Try To Link Saddam To 9/11′
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow returned to the job this morning and hit the ground running. In his first interview with CBS’s Early Show, Snow declared that the White House never tried to link Iraq and September 11. Snow was asked about former CIA Director George Tenet’s remarks from 60 Minutes: TENET: We could never verify [...]
‘Are we winning the war?’
Throughout 2006, the president’s bravado was never-ending. In January, Bush boasted that “we are winning” in Iraq. By October, as conditions deteriorated, the president remained confident. “Absolutely we’re winning,” he told reporters. By the end of the year, the president didn’t like the question anymore. Asked if we are winning the war, Bush told the WaPo, [...]
Tags: Tony Snow, 9/11, Saddam Hussein, George Tenet
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Monday always means I’m doing some catching up around here. The weekends just seem packed to the brim with other obligations, many of which were on my "list" this weekend, but failed to happen! So, we begin this Monday evening a note of interest for those of you who listen to talk radio, particularly the few left-leaning shows. Los Angeles-based Stephanie Miller is filling the old Imus slot for the first three days of the week. She’s quick, she’s funny and her radio show seems to have a good mix of serious interviews and humor. Obviously, if you don’t agree with her political perspective, you ain’t gonna like what you hear. Catch her MSNBC gig if, for no other reason, a chance to really see what a "face on radio" looks like.
By the way, Taylor Marsh blogs that she, too, liked what she saw this morning:
Stephanie Miller on MSNBC
Ditto for Logan at Crooks and Liars:
Stephanie Miller Takes Her Turn On MSNBC
Today through Wednesday, progressive talk show host Stephanie Miller gets her chance to shine in Imus’s old slot on MSNBC. If this morning’s show was any indication, she could easily impact their ratings in the same way Keith Olberman has. Former CIA officer Larry Johnson was Stephanie’s guest this morning [...]
With all of that out of the way, for starters tonight, let’s go back to Sunday morning, when Condoleezza Rice made the rounds of the talk shows, talking Tenet:
A side of Rice
As part of an apparent pushback against George Tenet’s new book, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hit the Sunday morning talk-show circuit yesterday to, well, it’s not quite clear what she hoped to accomplish. No matter the goal, the result was rather clear: a series of odd statements from the Secretary of State. The real question [...]
Tags: George Tenet, Condoleezza Rice
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