Monthly Archives: October 2006

American Style Democracy

Click Image to Enlarge. People vote in Iraq but not much seems to get done.  Here's a  USA Today interview with Prime Minister al Maliki.  He's optimistic about controlling the militias because he says they are at  at least of … Continue reading

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Values Voters

Click Image to Enlarge. Outraged Democrats plan to use the behavior of Mark Foley  as a campaign club to beat the bushes for Republican voters. Maybe it's working.  Republican Tom Reynolds is in charge of protecting House seats in the … Continue reading

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Boob tube to YouTube

Click Image to Enlarge. A year and a half ago Steven Chen and Chad Hurley used credit cards to launch their video site, YouTube. The site was soon hosting 100 million video clips. Chen and Hurley were concerned. With no … Continue reading

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Putin's Good Press

Click Image to Enlarge. Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist who wrote about the Dirty War in Chechnya, was assassinated.  She was a constant critic of Vladimir Putin.  She died on his birthday.  Putin is a former head of KGB. According … Continue reading

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Nuke Distractions

Click Image to Enlarge. Well, he went ahead and did it anyway.  House Speaker Hastert demanded an immediate response thanking Kim Jong II for knocking the Foley scandal off the front page.  Madeline Albright will drink to that.

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Foley's Message Parlor

Click Image to Enlarge. Florida Republican Mark Foley took big chances sending raunchy e-mails and lewd text messages to congressional pages.  Maybe he thought he would be protected.  Or maybe we was committing political suicide. He resigned his seat. On … Continue reading

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Evil Wal-Mart Bullies Evil Drug Companies

Click Image to Enlarge. In a bold bid for world domination, Wal-Mart will sell generic prescription drugs for $4.00.  This undercuts the United States world domination price of free.  While technically lower than the Wal-Mart price it is posted in … Continue reading

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CIA Célèbre

Click Image to Enlarge. Parts of a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq were leaked to the New York Times last Sunday.  The leaks attracted  attention: "The Iraq conflict has become the "cause célèbre" for jihadists, breeding a deep resentment of … Continue reading

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