Horrible Numbers

Absolutely horrible…

Chart: 1 out of every 8 Iraqi children dies before age 5

Data from the newly released State of the World’s Mothers Report 2007 from [...]

Tags: Iraq, Infant Mortality, State of the World’s Mothers Report

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I’m Just Sayin’

It’s something to think about! Read Howard Fineman in Newsweek…

Could 2008 Spawn a Viable Indy Candidate?

Early primaries could mean festering dissatisfaction, favoring independents in 2008 presidential race [...]

Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Al Gore, Michael Bloomberg

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Not in Kansas, Anymore

You simply can’t fight the facts.  Tony Snow is among the best at trying, but reporters caught him today and left him struggling to spin his answers.  Think Progress has the transcript and the evidence to refute what Snow says.  His attempt at digging his way out is truly remarkable…

White House Blames Gov. Sebelius For National Guard Shortages

Kansas is currently missing approximately 60 percent of its National Guard equipment because of the war in Iraq, hampering its ability to respond to the recent tornadoes. In a “spat reminiscent of White House finger-pointing at Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco after the federal government’s botched response to Hurricane Katrina,” White House Press Secretary Tony [...]

Tags: Kansas Tornado, National Guard, Tony Snow

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Giuliani’s Gaffe

It’s all about abortion and it began at last week’s Republican Debate.  It’s snowballing today, with something "The Politico" dug up…

Giuliani gave to Planned Parenthood

GOP candidate contributed money at least six times to one of the country’s leading abortion rights groups.

Over at Time Magazine, Tom Bevan thinks he knows what’s behind the story…

Going For the Jugular

Jonathan Martin’s story on Rudy Giuliani’s past contributions to Planned Parenthood is a killer, but what fascinates me most about it is the timing. Obviously, the rival campaign that leaked this [...]

Tags: Giuliani, Abortion Rights, Planned Parenthood

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Not Going Anywhere

Charlie Rose was asking the tough questions.  Condoleezza Rice was playing dodgeball. And saying things likely to aggravate a lot of Americans.  Maybe the 70% who think we need to get out of Iraq..

Rice: ‘Iraqis Need To Know That We Are Not Looking To Leave Iraq’

In an interview last night on the Charlie Rose Show, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pointedly said, “[O]ur friends in the [Middle East] need to know and the Iraqis need to know that we are not looking to leave Iraq.” “Ever?” Rose asked. Rice responded, “We are not going to leave an Iraq that is [...]

Tags: Iraq War, Condoleezza Rice, Charlie Rose

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Fort Dix Threat

6 Men.  Alleged terror plot against Fort Dix soldiers.  Not the kind of story you want to wake up to, is it?  What’s the underlying story? Thoughts follow…

Fighting Them There…

…So what are we looking at here? We’re looking at American residents so frustrated and so angry at the war being waged against people who share a religion with them that they are willing to forget all the goodwill we built up during the Kosovo campaign and target fellow Americans. We’re looking at people who aren’t "brownskinned," who could easily pass into any facility in America without so much as a second glance for racial profiling. We’re looking, in other words, at home-grown terrorism. Which is the folly of the "Flypaper Theory" in [...]

Or maybe…

The plot at Fort Dix

I try not to be a cynical person. When mainstream news outlets report on disrupted terrorist plots, my first instinct isn’t to question the timing or doubt the validity of the report, but rather to cheer. But when it comes to disrupted plots, the Bush administration’s track record is discouraging. Too often, threats have been irresponsibly [...]

Tags: Fort Dix, Terrorism

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Coming Together

Could it be?  Could there be some Congressional middle-ground?  Agreement on a War Plan?

Wake me up when September ends

After hearing “just a few more months” repeatedly for years, it looks increasingly likely that September may very well be the end of the president’s Iraq policy. Congressional leaders from both political parties are giving President Bush a matter of months to prove that the Iraq war effort has turned a corner, with September looking increasingly [...]

Tags: Iraq War, War Funding, George W. Bush

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NOLA Update

Not much news out of our wonderful neighbor to the South, but New Orleans is still struggling. And it’s not in shape for hurricane season…

New Orleans’ Rebuilt Levees “Riddled With Flaws”

From National Geographic: Almost a year ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers declared that it had restored New Orleans’ levees and floodwalls to pre-Hurricane Katrina strength. But the system is actually riddled with flaws, and a storm even weaker than Katrina could breach the levees if it hit this year, say leading experts who have [...]

Tags: New Orleans, NOLA, Hurricane, Corps of Engineers

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The Arkansas Connection

Somebody just pointed out this article Investigative Reporter Greg Palast posted yesterday.  There’s a great Arkansas connection in it, but the overall topic is powerful, indeed. If the "caging" technique reported here really WAS used, we have a problem.  A huge problem…

RFK: Rove And Rove’s Brain, ‘Should Be In Jail,’ Not In Office

Voting rights attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for prison time for the new US Attorney for Arkansas, Timothy Griffin and investigation of Griffin’s former boss, Karl Rove, chief political advisor to President Bush. “Timothy Griffin,” said Kennedy,”who is the new US attorney in Arkansas, was actually the [...]

Tags: Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Tim Griffin, Karl Rove, Caging Lists, Voter Fraud

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Budget Battle

Blogging time is tight these days.  Hopefully, quality will make up for any lack of quantity.  Even if I do resort to a link to another link, via one of the big bloggers on the right.  Something, indeed, is wrong with this. No matter where you stand, politically.

When $9 Million Per Day Isn’t Enough

Ah, Nevada budget fun – details over at Battle Born Politics for all of those who have a strong stomach for government hard at work [....]

Tags: Nevada Budget

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