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POPSDeconstructing Harwood on Biden But what troubles me about Harwood’s comments is that they are, I’m willing to bet, not the expression of some broad belief in freedom of speech, but rather are a pragmatic rhetorical attempt to rescue Biden from the very kinds of criticisms Harwood would be loath to defend were the target someone like Trent Lott. – All of which points back to the animating tenet in “liberal” ideology — namely, that, simply by virtue of adopting the left-liberal agenda, one is good, and so his “mistakes” are but minor slip-ups, hiccups in a life of sublime goodliness. Whereas any kind of minor slip-up by those on the “right” (classical liberals included, these days) are to be seen as brief inadvertent flashes revealing their grubby souls — even when those flashes are either admittedly unintended, or else have to be run through a special code book to prove visible to the watchdogs of all that is good and righteous.
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POPSAirlines Get Creative in Cutting Costs One analyst in this article even jokes that airlines may start charging passengers by their weight. For now, airlines are doing things like flying slower and washing planes more frequently to save on very expensive fuel.
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POPSDemocrat tied to Obama wins special election in Mississippi More: The special election was held to fill the seat of former Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), who was appointed to serve out the remainder of Sen. Trent Lott’s term last December. Wicker had never faced a competitive race since first elected in 1994, and the district gave President Bush 62 percent of the vote in 2004. The results amount to a rebuke of the Republican strategy of trying nationalize the race by tying Childers to Sen. Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Obama held low approval ratings in the district, but the nearly $2 million that GOP groups poured into northern Mississippi failed to make the race a referendum on the national political landscape. A GOP House leadership aide told Politico last week that “if we don’t win in Mississippi, I think you are going to see a lot of people running around here looking for windows to jump out of.”
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POPSMilitary cars this is actually a cool thing if you have a good amount of money you can buy a Lott pick one for you and sell the rest
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POPSAmericans Get It! I wish I could find the original primary source from the CNN interview more quickly. If I had known that this was so poorly understood outside our country, I would have clipped the original CNN interview at the time when it was easier to find. One month of news at CNN is mountain to sort through. Sorry! This source does cite the CNN interview though
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POPSChris Lott on Doris Lessing: she has a point Ed-tech blogger Chris Lott offers some reflections on Doris Lessing's Nobel speech, in which she decries the "stupidity" fostered by the Web. I tend to think, as does Lott, that she's mostly right.
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POPSA New Brand of Lobbyist? Very interesting news concerning one of Washington's top insiders. Especially since Sen. Trent Lott also plans on a lucrative lobbying career. Will Breaux and Lott go into business together? -- Brian Wingfield
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POPSEscort Throws Cold Water On Lott Rumor This story is important not because yet another prominent Republican might be gay, but because a moralistic, sucker of lobbyist cock may be going down. Pun intended. I don't give a fuck if Lott is gay, but leaving the senate so suddenly right before changes in lobby rules is disgusting.
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POPSTranslation: Give Bush what he wants or we die! Just how stupid is Trent Lott? Seriously! Apparently, there has been recent intelligence indicating that there *may* be an attack planned on DC between now and September 11th. As the former chief of the Capitol Police notes, however, *we're* the one's with the hang up on dates and anniversaries - terrorists don't focus on those nearly as much. But even going beyond that, Lott is telling people that it would be a good idea stay out of town until September 12th - as if the terrorists are going to keep their plan (if there is one) the same even though they know we're aware of the possibility? What makes him think that the terrorists won't just change their plans and attack on, say, the 13th, after everyone who followed Lott's advice and left will have returned? Yeesh! And of course, everyone caved and Bush got the bill he wanted . I wonder if Trent thinks everyone there will be safe now?
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POPSTrent Lott, R-MS, votes for Mexicans while Thad Cochran, R-MS votes for Americans
When will we get rid of Trent Lott? He has proved his uselessness with this vote. The Republicans are obviously trying to win over the latino vote, because they know that without their support their party is doomed with American citizens. It was the latino vote that saved Bush's ass in the last election, and this is Bush's way of securing that for republicans in the future, but the sad thing is, IMO, Bush has squandered the Republicans chance to lead us, unless they break away from him now. Bush has driven this country further into debt than any other president! He isn't focused on what is important, like America, and Americans! The last thing we need is a 13 million new cheap legal workers in america further driving down the wages!! It's already hard enough! Come to Mississippi and I'll show you hell!! I'm sure it's not so bad in other states, but here it's the pits! Get the illegals out!! Make room for Americans and raise our damn wages!
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POPSNo more Free Speech When Venezuela's Chaves disagreed with what was being said on the television stations, guess what he did. He shut them down. I wonder what Lott means by, "We have to deal with that problem."
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POPSWhere Have You Been All My Life? I loved, loved, LOVED the 2K football series put forth by Sega so many years ago. I loved paying for NFL 2k5 with a $20 bill, too. I will gladly buy this game for the 360 without a second thought. Create-a-player plus a league of football legends means that the customization will be limitless (at least I hope).
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