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POPSHillary an O'Reilly--Courtin the Repug vote?
Said O'Reilly: "You're going to raise taxes on the wealthy. That's income redistribution. You know what that is. And income redistribution is why some conservatives don't like you. It's because it takes from the wealthy and you give the less afluent - that's socialism - that has a socialist component ..." "No it isn't" said Hillary who recoiled from the S word like a vampire confronted with a cross. "Was Teddy Roosevelt a socialist?" she asked. When O'Reilly said "somewhat," she added that, "Teddy Roosevelt was a great American. Our country works better when we're all in it together.” On her $110 billion-a-year health care plan, O'Reilly, citing California's $8 billion health care deficit and New York's $5 billion health care deficit, asked "Are you going to tell me President Hillary Clinton is going to A) run this efficiently and B) not bankrupt the country when California and New York are already bankrupt?" In reply, Mrs. Clinton simply side-stepped defending the ruinous fis
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POPSPetraeus Promotion is just more Progress of Disaster The move guarantees endlessly high troop levels in Iraq and gives Petraeus a better shot at inflaming tensions with Iran, a country that Petraeus has recently blamed for all the nasty bits going on in our Baghdad boondoggle. Kewl, huh? Petraeus' predecessor at Centcom, Admiral William Fallon, resigned abruptly last month after 41 years of service. Fallon wasn't keen on Bush's Iraq policy nor was he a big booster of the saber rattling directed in Iran's direction. He and Petraeus didn't exactly see eye to anus. So, Fallon was given the boot. One senior civilian official described the relationship between the two men to "The Washington Post:" "Bad relations? That's the understatement of the century. If you think Armageddon was a riot, that's one way of looking at it." Petraeus' replacement is Lt. General Raymond T. Odierno, a guy who, according to McClatchy Newspapers, "came to the post under a cloud of controversy after some charged that his strong-arm approach to warfare lacke
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POPSRice, in Baghdad, calls al-Sadr coward With further HYPOCRISY, Rice lies on: “Some of the violence is a byproduct of a good decision,” to take on militias and consolidate military power, Rice told reporters following a few hours of meetings and lunch with Iraqi leaders. “That, I think, is what has given the sense to the Iraqis that they have a new opportunity, a window of opportunity,” Rice said. “I don’t think you would have seen this kind of unity,” before.
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POPSCan Americans Stop Bush/Cheney From Attacking Iran? The Answer is Yes! An interestingg idea--a national strike...read the whole article to understand my comment: I think Mad Jayhawk, who is aptly self-named, not so subtly tells us why a strike in "Murrika might not be possible. "murrikans are addicted to war as well as oil. We are too diverse, apathetic and delusional as a populace to pull together in "solidarity". I doubt that haf the people know what solidaroity means or could fathom the idea of a national strike. We're too selfish and still haven't reached the crisis level needed. Unfortunate and a bit sad, neh? Sorry to sound so negative about a strike I would join in a heartbeat but that's the way I see this benighted nation. Sick, ain't it?
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POPSNader for Prez '08--Civics Test Finally I can vote with a clear conscience, without holding my nose and I can look in the mirror without flinching 'cuz I had to vote for a Democrat (don't even consider Repubs)
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POPSThe War on Corruption--Still Code Red Note: A link to a description of the methodology and software used to create the diagrams above from the original newspaper article can be found here. The file will be a zipped MS Word document appearing there with the highlighted phrase "DL_NETVIEW\HOWTONETWORKS.ZIP"
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POPSGolden Falsie Award--Right Cup In early December, when U.S. intelligence agencies reported that Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program more than four years ago, Freedom's Watch ignored the news for several days. Finally, one of their blog posts approvingly pointed to an editorial which, in their words, argued that the intelligence report showed "we must continue to pressure Iran on their weapons program." That's right -- the weapons program that doesn't exist. Why let reality get in the way of well-funded war mongering? With that chutzpah, FreedomWatch truly deserves the most false of Falsies!
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POPSSad Truth--War is here to Stay Barbara Ehrenreich, in "Blood Rites," her extraordinary 1997 examination of the history of the passions of war, writes of the evolution of the phenomenon: "Meanwhile, war has dug itself into economic systems, where it offers a livelihood to millions, rather than to just a handful of craftsmen and professional soldiers. It has lodged in our souls as a kind of religion, a quick tonic for political malaise and a bracing antidote to the moral torpor of consumerist, market-driven cultures." Saying this, I return to the figure of a million war dead in Iraq, pause in horrified awe that, one, it could be possible, and two, it hasn't made mainstream headlines, where big, round numbers normally scream with significance. The estimate, by the U.K. organization Just Foreign Policy and corroborated by the market research firm Opinion Research Business, extrapolates from data published just over a year ago in the respected British medical journal Lancet, which indicated a violent-death toll, as
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POPSNeocons Down but not Out--Watch It! And here' why Hillary as Prez is such a bad idea: Though Bush and the neocons again find themselves on the defensive, the political battle is far from over. The neocons retain extraordinary strength within the U.S. news media as well as in the leading Washington think tanks and inside many of the presidential campaigns. Except for Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, the Republican contenders are enthusiastic backers of the neocon agenda of an imperial United States with an all-powerful Executive who will subordinate America's constitutional rights to the waging of an indefinite “war on terror.” While all the Democrats criticize Bush's approach to some degree, the neocons view purported front-runner, New York Senator Hillary Clinton, as an ally who often votes with neocon hawks, such as Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut. Until recently, Sen. Clinton was getting foreign policy advice from “surge” advocate Michael O’Hanlon. So, if the early political handicapping holds up, the neocons could
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POPSDe-mystifi-catering the BIG LIE Megalomaniacal horseshit just flows from Georgie's mouth as soon as he opens it. Love Cesca's blog--he manages to skewer with humor and never bores.
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POPSRFK. Jr. Endorses Clinton--Damn! Hirschorn continues: Here is my take: Hillary Clinton represents the worst of the Democratic contenders. She is totally committed to take all the corporate money she can get. She really is a hawk when it comes to the Iraq war and even voted the wrong way recently when it comes to Iran. She is incredibly dishonest and phony. The reason why there are millions of Hillary haters is that she inspires distrust. A Hillary presidency would pursue corporate globalization and the terrible trade policies of her husband that has done so much to destroy America’s middle class. Her views on universal health coverage do not seem focused on getting rid of all the insurance industry involvement. Kennedy’s endorsement of Hillary just shows how the status quo political establishment can rig the system to get what it wants. What has Bobby been promised? Head of the US EPA? Support for replacing Hillary in the Senate? Who knows? But his endorsement stinks and puts a big blemish on his credibility
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POPSKucinich Is Electable If you read the article and the comments it will give you hope that Dennis Can be elected. It won't be easy--the deck is stacked against him.
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POPSBiggest Danger to Amurrika--the Preznut! I'm amazed that we let this fuckin' criminal and his gang stay in power....wait...oh, yeah...i forgot--we're a nation of sheeple, lazy and ignorant....What's the latest on Britney?
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POPSDemocrats Worse Than Republicans? Aside from a few truly anti-war Democrats, the Congress is full of hypocrites and liars. Sweeping changes are needed but i see little sign that they well happen
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