Today's Fresh Blogs...

• The Real Threat To Civil Liberties

  Published: July 21, 2007, 11:04 pm

  Tags: Liberals Lefties, Conservatism

  From Victor Davis Hanson:But at least the Patriot Act passed both houses of Congress with wide public support. In contrast, there are a variety of other assaults on personal freedoms, due process, and the sanctity of the law that leftwing moralists not only ignore, but often seem to endorse--as if the liberal ends should justify illiberal

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• After the surge, the purge - key Cheney aide is leaving.

  Published: July 25, 2007, 3:51 pm

  Tags: Cheney, Iran, Conservatism

  From Robert Dreyfuss, via Dan Froomkin's White House Watch :Vice President Cheney is losing a trusted aide: David Wurmser, Cheney's chief adviser on Middle East affairs and perhaps the Bush administration's most radical hawk. According to multiple sources, Wurmser will leave the office of the vice president (OVP) in August for the private sector,

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• How far will it go?

  Published: July 20, 2007, 3:41 pm

  Tags: Authoritarianism, Constitutional Issues, Conservatism

  As reported by the Washington Post and discussed extensively by Glenn Greenwald and David Kurtz at Talking Points Memo, the Bush administration just asserted that it considers itself not subject to Congress' contempt citations. As Greenwald remarks, no-one should be surprised by this attempt at extending further the purview of executive immunity.

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• Conservative movement leader : senator Vitter should resign

  Published: July 18, 2007, 2:28 am

  Tags: Scandal, Sex, David Vitter, Conservatism

  Paul Weyrich, one the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the conservative movement writes:Whatever Vitter decides he at least can know that God loves him. With that in mind, this very bright, well-educated senator has much more to contribute. I just hope it is not as a United States senator.Ouch. But at least Weyrich is a consistent

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• Defeat in Iraq

  Published: July 17, 2007, 10:56 pm

  Tags: Scandal, Iraq, Conservatism

  From Peter Galbraith in today's Salon.com:Iraq after an American defeat will look very much like Iraq today -- a land divided along ethnic lines into Arab and Kurdish states with a civil war being fought within its Arab part. Defeat is defined by America's failure to accomplish its objective of a self-sustaining, democratic and unified Iraq. And

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• Announcing the concern troll

  Published: July 17, 2007, 9:43 pm

  Tags: About, Conservatism, Debunking

  refute and debunk American conservatism, its superficial manifestations and its philosophical underpinnings, in order to hasten its ultimate demise. All done in the spirit of enlightened, biting and - I hope - humorous pamphleteering.The "concern troll" moniker comes from the preferred rhetorical tactic of conservative hacks on- and offline.

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• Vitter speaks

  Published: July 16, 2007, 8:10 pm

  Tags: Senate, Election 2008, Fetishism, Christianists, Rudy Giuliani, David Vitter, Conservatism, Republican Party

  Via Talkingpointsmemo.com:Here's my question: which stories aren't true? the Canal Street brothel stories? the diaper stories? I mean, talk of non-denial denial...Technorati Tags:David Vitter, Republican Party, conservatism, christianists, fetishim

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• Diaper Vitter Picture

  Published: July 15, 2007, 6:07 am

  Tags: Senate, Election 2008, Fetishism, Christianists, David Vitter, Conservatism, Very Graphic, Republican Party

  human mind...Technorati Tags:Conservatism, David Vitter, Picture, Humor, Republican Party, fetishism, sex, hookers, politics, election

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• Diaper Vitter about to resign

  Published: July 15, 2007, 3:20 am

  Tags: Senate, Election 2008, Fetishism, Christianists, David Vitter, Conservatism, Republican Party

  fetish, Republican Party, Conservatism,

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• David Vitter Diaper Fetishist

  Published: July 15, 2007, 1:29 am

  Tags: Election 2008, Fred Thompson, Fetishism, Christianists, Rudy Giuliani, David Vitter, Conservatism, Politics, Republican Party

  election 2008, patriarchy, conservatism, white trash,

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• On a lighter note: Rudy vs. the Ferret guy

  Published: July 14, 2007, 11:56 pm

  Tags: Election 2008, Curiosities, Rudy Giuliani, Conservatism, Politics, Republican Party

  You need help! It's your shield, it's your whatever... Rudy knows a creep when he hears one...And tomorrow: Argentina meets Brazil. This is a dream match. Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Hernan Crespo (possibly) and Juan Roman Riquelme against a young Auriverde squad featuring the amazing Robinho. WOW. Oh and let me commit that to the hard drive: 3-2

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• Family values, Republican Style

  Published: July 10, 2007, 7:21 pm

  Tags: Senate, Election 2008, Christianists, Rudy Giuliani, Conservatism, Republican Party

  Rudy Giuliani, David Vitter, Conservatism, Gay marriage, Macaca, George Allen, Dr.

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• Government is not the solution to our problems

  Published: August 8, 2007, 7:33 pm

  Tags: Politics, Christian Living Theology, Conservatism, Dependents, Give Man Fish, Liberal Policies, Liberalism

  from Rush Limbaugh today: Conservatism is really the essence of compassion. It seeks the best for everybody; it has trust; it has confidence; it has faith in average people overcoming obstacles. Liberalism doesn’t. It doesn’t want people to learn how to do that. Democrats don’t want people to learn to do that. If you

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• The state of American conservatism : bigotry, racism and Iraq

  Published: August 10, 2007, 5:58 pm

  Tags: Conservatism

  An epochal article in the Economist: The Republicans have failed the most important test of any political movement wielding power successfully. They have botched a war. They have splurged on spending. And they have alienated a huge section of the population.And a very significant, if completely buffoonish, pronouncement from Congressman Bill

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• Every Mile an Obligation

  Published: August 10, 2007, 11:00 pm

  Tags: Infrastructure, Taxes, Conservatism, Tim Bedore, Npr

  by a single word:  conservatism.   I live just three miles away from the bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis last week, so perhaps more intensely than some of you, I am asking the question, "What the hell has happened to our infrastructure?"   Some of the reasons our infrastructure has been ignored and that bridge went

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