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September 2007

Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, October 22

September 30, 2007

It's true. No joke. Go here and read all about it. I just can't comment on it. Some stuff is just too insane for even The Reverend to get involved. And that's sayin' somethin'.

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The NSA's Knee Padding Seminars

September 30, 2007

When the state needs to take pre-emptive measures to control what the media says, the state does stuff like this….. Frustrated by press leaks about its most sensitive electronic surveillance work, the secretive National Security Agency convened an unprecedented series of off-the-record "seminars" in recent years to teach reporters about the damage caused by such [...]

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The Republican Party: Party of Intolerant Voters

September 29, 2007

Tavis Smiley on the GOP frontrunners and their refusal to deal with minorities… "When you say no to every black and brown request you receive, is that a scheduling problem or is that a pattern? They're trying to go, these frontrunners, these Republican frontrunners, trying to go through this entire primary process and never have [...]

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Is "The Credibility of the Beacon Being Destroyed"?

September 29, 2007

Well, hell, I take exception to the idea set forth by this blogger that the Plain Dealer has better bloggers than the Beacon. Some of what he says…. The Beacon brings on two unknowns to blog anonymously, "Political Guru", "All da King's Men" and "Blog of Mass Destruction". A cursory inspection seems to indicate that [...]

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Bill Clinton On The MoveOn/Petraeus Issue

September 28, 2007

Bill Clinton understands the political strategy of the Bush Bunglers. He calls it "bait and switch", in football it would be called a misdirection play, while The Reverend might call it "being ashamed to talk about the crimes they have committed". Those Republicans criticizing MoveOn were only acting like the little boys they are. They [...]

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Have They All Died In Vain?

September 28, 2007

The Akron Beacon Journal opinion page editors need taken to the woodshed for printing today's Michael Smerconish, "What do we owe those killed in Iraq?" opinion piece. The Beacon can't bring itself to print national blogger pieces that have been correct about everything dealing with Iraq from before the invasion. But the ABJ can print [...]

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Bob Dyer's Sobriety Checkpoint Article

September 28, 2007

Don't stare at the picture too long, it messes with your mind Earlier I made mention of Bob Dyer's AB Journal column on sobriety checkpoints in Summit County. Dyer's original column here. Dyer just had a feature piece in Wednesday's Beacon about a Jerry Seabrook and his experience with a sobriety checkpoint on Rt. 21 [...]

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UAW Strike Settled

September 27, 2007

I have a couple of observations about the settling of the UAW GM strike. First here's a few Washington Post paragraphs about the deal…. General Motors and the United Auto Workers agreed to a new contract early Wednesday, ending a two-day nationwide strike with a watershed deal that establishes a new union-managed trust fund for [...]

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Denying Free Speech One Text Message At A Time

September 27, 2007

Read UPDATE below. Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo directs his readers to consider this NY Times article on Verizon and NARAL Pro-Choice America. Here's a taste… Saying it had the right to block "controversial or unsavory" text messages, Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make [...]

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When You Wish Upon A Lie

September 27, 2007

Perhaps you've heard about the new "Downing Street Memo"-like dialogue Spain's Prime Minister Aznar had with President Bush on Feruary 22, 2003. First here's some of what President Bush told the Spanish prime minister weeks before he ordered the act of aggression against Iraq….. Saddam Husein will not change and will keep on playing games. [...]

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