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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
Tagged Iraq, Party politics
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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
Tagged congress, Corruption, Democrats, Party politics, Republicans, sex
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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
Tagged Technology
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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
Tagged media, North Korea, Nuclear weapons, United Nations
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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.
Tagged North Korea
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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
Tagged congress, Corruption, Party politics, Republicans, sex
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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
Tagged economy
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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
Tagged al qaeda, cia, Iraq, media, Party politics
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