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August 2007

Everything Old Is New Again

August 31, 2007

We've all known for decades that the freak, J Edgar Hoover, ordered a lot of fascist-style spying on Americans. We have known for decades that one of the freak FBI Director's targets was Martin Luther King Jr. This we've known. But look at this…..
But KHOU has found that even after Martin Luther King Jr. was [...]

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How Fragile Is Our Democracy?

August 31, 2007

Digby nails it…..
Sadly, the Bush administration and the modern Republican movement have exposed a great gaping hole in our system, one which has previously been held together with respect for tradition, consensus on what was acceptable and a healthy belief in what goes around comes around. What we have learned is that an aggressive and [...]

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Chaos In Iraq & Washington

August 31, 2007

The wheels have come off at the White House and when the wheels come off disasters can happen. Read this, keeping in mind that Bob Gates is the acting Secretary of Defense….
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that President Bush will soon request an additional $50 billion from Congress for the war in Iraq. The request, [...]

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David Ignatius: Serious, Smart, Columnist

August 31, 2007

The Akron Beacon Journal, Thursday edition, reprinted a David Ignatius' Washington Post article, I suppose, because Ignatius is regarded as a serious writer for the MSM, or should I say KPM (Knee Pad Media).
Ignatius is part of the Washinton D.C. set of connected elitists. If you read the entire piece you'll see Haley Barbor's [...]

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Being Hypocritical About The Hypocrites

August 30, 2007

Yesterday's Washington Post states the GOP's response to Senator Craig's bathroom escapade was "stunning" in it's swiftness and severity…..
The intensity of the Republican leaders' assault on one of their own was stunning, if for no other reason than its unusual — un-senatorial — nature. Several ethics lawyers and experts could not provide an example in [...]

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Bush's Legacy

August 30, 2007

First read this….
Public schools in the United States are becoming more racially segregated and the trend is likely to accelerate because of a Supreme Court decision in June, according to report published on Wednesday.
The rise in segregation threatens the quality of education received by non-white students, who now make up 43 percent of the [...]

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Holy Liquid Explosives

August 29, 2007

The Reverend gives to you, without comment or commercial interruption, today's landslide winner of the "It's hard to make sh*t like this up" award….
Inspectors at Tarbes-Lourdes airport in France refused to give their blessing to holy water that passengers tried to bring on board the Vatican's new pilgrim flights this week, saying it was [...]

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What George W. Bush, On Acid, Would Sound Like

August 29, 2007

Speaking in front of the annual convention of the American Legion in Reno, Nevada, Commander Guy spoke like a president who had just dropped a tab of acid. Bizarre, it was. Full transcript here
Commander Guy: "On September the 11th, 2001, we learned that there's another region of the world that directly threatens the security of [...]

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Quick Stock Market Note

August 28, 2007

U.S. consumer sentiment took its sharpest plunge in nearly two years in August, and home prices declined at their fastest pace in two decades in the second quarter, according to reports that show the housing slump starting to weigh on the economy.Link
In a piece about neighborhood neglect brought on by foreclosures, there is this….
More than [...]

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Katrina: Strong Winds Of GOP Opportunism

August 28, 2007

Anniversaries are times for reflection, remembrance. And so it is with the second year anniversary of Katrina, the hurricane, and how it became Katrina, the Republican Party opportunity.
Bush White House neo-conservative freaks are consistent, at least. They purposely f**ked up Iraq, resulting in the re-election of the Commander Guy war president and so it [...]

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