Because I really like the guy. And he has a new book..
On Sunday’s Reliable Sources, Jack Cafferty did something that most of the punditry class needs to do in this country and that is to take responsibility for his words. He admitted that he was caught up in the national hysteria that followed 9/11—-manipulated by the White House propaganda and pushed for war with Iraq. [...]
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I guess there are bad people everywhere…
– A U.S. Justice Department official has been arrested on suspicion of traveling to Detroit over the weekend to have sex with a minor. John David R. Atchison, 53, an assistant U.S. attorney from the northern district of Florida, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Detroit Monday afternoon. An undercover [...]
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Well, another weekend in the history books. I should have spent a lot more time looking for interesting posts, but traffic really does fall off during the weekend. Especially this time of year, when the weather is nicer and football is in play. Someday, I’ll organize my staff of dozens and schedule somebody to do the weekend posting! <G>
To kick things off for the new week, a troubling report from Iraq. Not that it’s that unusual to find a discouraging word from there, but this one hits the history books.
Cradle of civilization being looted and destroyed
It was so much different back when it was the Taliban destroying the Buddhas of Bayan in Afghanistan. The world was outraged and Colin Powell even referred to it as a "crime against humankind. Now that centuries of history are being looted and damaged across Iraq, we hear so little. We can add this to the list of history sites that the US has destroyed such as My Son and Hue in Vietnam. Who needs history anyway? "There are 10,000 archaeological sites in the country. In the Nassariyah area alone, there are about 840 Sumerian sites; they have all been systematically looted. Even when Alexander the Great destroyed a city, he would [...]
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The Administration seems to be feeding a rotating list of newspapers a daily round of information about the looming War Against Iran. We’re back to the British Press today -
Your Daily Dose of Iran Warmongering
Courtesy of the British conservative newspaper The Telegraph, more drum beating for a military attack against Iran by US forces in the Persian Gulf: Senior American intelligence and defence officials believe that President George W Bush and his inner circle are taking steps to place America on the path to war with Iran, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. Pentagon planners have developed a list of up to 2,000 bombing targets in Iran, amid growing fears among [...]
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Ya’ gotta love it. Censorship at its finest….
Fox stifles Field at Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards show was on time-delay last night, which offered Fox the chance to edit the live show and block “offensive” content. When Sally Field was giving her acceptance speech last night, however, Fox made a decision that warrants some follow-up. "At tonight’s Emmy Awards show, the audience cheered Sally Field’s acceptance speech, which the [...]
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This is generating the most political attention on this Monday – Hillary Clinton making waves from Iowa, announcing her detailed health care plan…
If Hillary Clinton were unveiling an energy policy, it would generate a fair amount of attention. When Hillary Clinton unveils a health care policy that would offer universal coverage to the nation, it’s a much bigger deal. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton announced a $110 billion health care reform plan Monday that would require all [...]
Then, just a few short hours later, the gloves came off:
Edwards hammers Clinton on health care
John Edwards aggressively attacked Hillary Clinton during an appearance this morning in Chicago, as Democratic presidential candidates sought to gain the upper hand in the health care debate. In his address to a union group, the former North Carolina senator repeatedly pointed to Clinton’s failed efforts to win health care reform in [...]
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If health care is Hillary Clinton’s big campaign issue, it looks like Obama is snagging the Iraq War funding as his..
Obama will also vote against bills without concrete plans for withdrawal
Apparently Obama has revisited his remarks at yesterday’s Harkin Steak Fry in Iowa where he said he’d vote against any Iraq funding bill that didn’t include a timetable for withdrawal. At a church later Sunday, the senator added that he would not only not vote for a bill that didn’t have timetables, but also a [...]
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Your world is changing. And, please, don’t try to tell me these changes have "always been underway". To the best of my knowledge, the lakes in Alaska weren’t boiling fifty years ago…
Dkos writer oxon wrote today about the melting permafrost and how lakes in Alaska are now boiling due to the release of methane gas. The story he references from Science Daily mentions that researchers are now finding methane bubbles rising from lakes in the Alaskan tundra. "Last month, UAF researcher Katey Walter brought a National Public Radio crew to Alaska’s North Slope, hoping to show them examples of what happens when methane is released when permafrost thaws beneath lakes. When they reached their destination, [...]
As long as we’re on the subject -
The National Climatic Data Center, a division of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, reports that last month was the second warmest August on record. Moreover, at the end of August, drought affected approximately 83% of the Southeast and 46% of [...]
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Interesting political speculation today that keeps General Wesley Clark in the campaign picture. Folks who see Clark as an intelligent, straight-shooting, kind of guy were a bit disappointed last week when he took himself out of any presidential bid, by announcing his support of Hillary Clinton. Consider this possibility…
Democratic Vice Presidential Prospects
Wesley Clark’s endorsement of Sen. Hillary Clinton for president is well-timed. There had already been speculation about a Clinton-Clark ticket, and Clark’s public embrace of the Democratic frontrunner comes just after Mark Warner, another leading Clinton veep prospect, effectively removed [...]
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Simply a marvelous collection of outlandish quotes from our leaders…
Never before have so many expected so little.
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Remember that "Cone of Silence" on the old Get Smart Show? Seems Dick Cheney is just about as secretive…
Cheney explains his memo philosophy
Dick Cheney, based on nothing but on-the-job performance, is unlikely to receive kind treatment from historians, but The Examiner noted today there’s another reason for scholars to get frustrated with the Vice President. Anyone awaiting an anthology of Vice President Dick Cheney’s papers might be in for a disappointment. Speaking on Friday at the Gerald R. Ford [...]
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Keep on rolling…It just puts a song on my lips…You just had to figure they’d get caught messing something up, eventually…
Iraqis Order Blackwater out of Iraq — But Will It Leave?
Following a Baghdad shootout yesterday that left at least nine civilians dead, security-contractor giant Blackwater will no longer be permitted to operate in Iraq, according to the Iraqi Interior [...]
Via Talking Points Memo, Larry Johnson explains it all…
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Just a little predicting here, from TPMmuckraker…
Intel Chief McConnell in for A Headache at Hearing Tomorrow
Welcome to the worst week of Admiral Mike McConnell’s life. Before the week is out, the director of national intelligence will appear before the House judiciary and intelligence committees to defend [...]
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He’s not winning rave reviews. But, it’s not the left that’s complaining. Hardly!
GOP on Mukasey nomination: ‘We’re in an alternate universe’
As expected, the president officially nominated former New York district judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. Also as expected, large contingents of the conservative movement just aren’t sure how upset they should be right now. Schumer and Fielding went so far as to discuss names, and Mukasey’s came up. “We’re in an [...]
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I’m officially up there in the "55 or over" category (not by much, mind you!), but I find these figures a bit surprising. Maybe it’s just me, but I haven’t played with video games since the kids were little – and that was back in the days of Sonic the Hedgehog on a Sega system…!!!
We’ve all heard that the Wii is a favorite pastime for senior citizens in fact, the console has even become a staple in retirement communities and taught us that 47 percent of all casual game players are 50 or older, and nearly 20 percent are 60 or older. Sure, the image of granny picking up the Wii is pretty darn cute, but it doesn’t stop there. The Sun is reporting that residents as old as 103 have ditched knitting and bridge after [...]
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We can come up with billions for the Iraq War, but we can’t find the funding for this investigation? I wonder who’s holding the purse string…oh, yeah……
Rove investigation in jeopardy due to funding.
In April, the Office of Special Counsel launched a six-member task force examining “the firing of at least one U.S. attorney, missing White House e-mails, and White House efforts to keep presidential appointees attuned to Republican political priorities.” The task force is in now jeopardy. “Without a last-minute infusion of nearly $3 million, the [...]
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Just a little something to wrap up your weekend.
She’s not even a major talk show host, but Contessa made Jim Dyke, (an advisor to Rudy) look like a fool. Giuliani is trying to fund raise and blur the problems for the GOP over the Iraq war by targeting MoveOn and Gen. Petraeus, but seemingly unknown to his camp, 52% of Americans have [...]
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O.J.’s in trouble. Again.
A conviction on the most serious charge, robbery with use of a deadly weapon, could bring a sentence of three to 35 years for each count, he said. Simpson was transferred to a detention center for booking Sunday evening, Dillon said. "He was [...]
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Yet another opinion…
At the White House, the president has got to be muttering "some friend" when he pores over the new autobio from his old buddy Vicente Fox, Mexico’s former leader. That’s because Fox raps his border pal as stubborn and "the cockiest guy I have ever met in my life." Revolution of Hope, out next month, is a well-written, well-researched book about [...]
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Some thoughts from the past…
The Clinton economy of the 90’s was the doppleganger of the Bush economy. It existed to solve the same problems that the Bush economy attempted to solve. The first was labor arbitrage, which was not invented in 2000. Labor arbitrage helped keep inflation under control – the US imported goods from low cost domiciles after [...]
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