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November 2007

Neo-Con Birds of a Feather

November 30, 2007

Rudy Giuliani is the GOP presidential frontrunner. I'm not sure how much longer he will hold that position, but right now, it is what it is. Finally challenged by tough questions in the last several days, Mr. Authoritarian demonstrates what a Rudy presidency would look like…..
From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger
OKATIE, SC — Giuliani refused to [...]

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Debating Dual Narratives

November 30, 2007

Dual and competing narratives seeking to explain reality are the visible symptoms of America's current political health condition.
The danger of the information age, an age in which the flow and the amount of information circulating has become overwhelming……..is an American populace not knowing what is real…..what is true and what is a [...]

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The "You-Boob" CNN, GOP "Debate"

November 29, 2007

I know, I know…..it was called the YouTube CNN "Debate". But my goodness, didn't those Republican candidates put on a clinic last night on how to further marginalize their own political party while embarrassing themselves personally, at the same time? I think I'll call that a Twofer of You-Boob'ers.
Get a load of this….
(49 [...]

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This Looks Like An Important Story About Rudy

November 29, 2007

Ummm…..this…..is actually a huge story. Will the establishment-right teevee Knee Padders share it with American viewers?
Three weeks after 9/11, when the roar of fighter jets still haunted the city's skyline, the emir of gas-rich Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah al-Thani, toured Ground Zero. Although a member of the emir's own royal family had harbored the [...]

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Trent Lott, Man Of Integrity

November 28, 2007

Integrity is what I like to see from politicians. By god, if there's one character trait The Reverend looks for in a politician….it's integrity. One senator who has a lot of integrity is Trent Lott, GOP'er from Mississippi. And a politician with integrity, like Trent Lott, when he finally steps down and retires from his [...]

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Richest Country Can't Afford Rehab For Seniors

November 27, 2007

Dianne Feinstein, Democratic Senator from California, has been a huge disappointment to progressives. The following story needs read in it's entirety to appreciate the stench in it's robust fullness….click on the links…..it's quite a story. Follow the bread crumbs of the following pieces of the story to see why I say that….
In 2002, the [...]

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CNN & GOP Talking Points

November 27, 2007

The focus of many of my posts has been, and will continue to be, on the media. Oftentimes called the mainstream media by others, oftentimes called the Knee Pad Media by me.
I believe the KPM members are actually very intelligent, talented, people fully aware of what it is that they are doing. I [...]

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Creating A Problem To Solve

November 26, 2007

Part of Junior's language about Iraq from the beginning has been that Iraq, eventually, will be a strategic partner with the U.S. in Junior's bumper sticker "war on terror".
This language by Junior just coincidentally follows the neo-conservatives long held doctrine of a permanent U.S. military presence inside Iraq. Just as WMD and "mushroom clouds" [...]

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Lies Meant To Scare And Divide Us

November 26, 2007

As we move closer to the general election next November, it is crystal clear that one of the primary topics for discussion for the Republican Party will be….Immigration. And, of course, the establishment-right media will do their unlevel best to prioritize their "content" so that it aligns with GOP talking points. Tim Russert, Wolf [...]

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Twin Towers of American Leadership

November 25, 2007

Very similar in nature to America's reliance on war and violence as foreign policy is American reliance on greed as the basis of our economic policy. Violence and greed. They get results.
Republicans are mostly proud of our nation's reliance on these two attributes. Democrats less so. Both carry on the twin traditions.
How's greed been [...]

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