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• Spying: A Spectator Sport

  Published: August 19, 2007, 1:36 am

  Tags: Civil Liberties, Terrorism, Spineless Dems, Republican Arrogance, Bush Arrogance

  When the Democrats caved to White House fearmongering in the last week before their August recess and passed a bill that gave the Bush administration new powers to conduct warrantless surveillance inside the US, opponents of the bill were appalled. But our warnings that too much latitude was being given to the Bush administration were sidelined.

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• Foreclosures Surge - Who Could Have Predicted?

  Published: August 21, 2007, 10:26 am

  Tags: U S World Economy, Politics U S, Spineless Dems

  When Democratic Party senators capitulated to the finance industry in assisting the GOP to pass the draconian bankruptcy bill two years ago (I’ve previously referred to the legislation as the Indentured Servitude Act of 2005), there were many warnings of problems for credit consumers on the horizon. No one listened. The bill passed anyway,

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• Opening The Files: 08/22/07

  Published: August 22, 2007, 6:09 am

  Tags: Iraq, Military Issues General, Spineless Dems, Republican Pundits Gone Wild, Bush Arrogance, Lies The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  Catapulting Phony Ponies Last month, an op-ed in the New York Times prompted all sorts of media attention. Here we had two so-called “critics” of the Iraq war claiming the surge as actually working. Nevermind that these two “critics” were anything but. Nonetheless, the narrative was propagated far and wide in the mainstream

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• Debunking The Myth Of The “Troop Surge”

  Published: August 24, 2007, 5:31 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Iraq, Politics Global, Military Issues General, Spineless Dems, Bush Arrogance, Propaganda Catapulting

  Everybody’s talking about the surge…is it succeeding…is it a failure…will it allow the Iraqi government to turn the corner? Some Democrats have been willing to acknowledge that the additional 30,000 troops has had a positive impact…which has led other Democrats to accuse them of capitulation. Simultaneously, these

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• Bush To Lay Out Vision: U.S. To Relive Nightmare?

  Published: September 8, 2007, 2:03 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Iraq, Spineless Dems, Middle East, Bush Arrogance, Propaganda Catapulting

  Never let it be said that George Bush isn’t a man of vision…unfortunately his visions have become a virtual nightmare for a majority of Americans. The President intends to offer a national address in the coming week to provide his latest vision for Iraq…a new segment in a never ending saga of disjointed vignettes designed to

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• Opening The Files: 09/19/07

  Published: September 19, 2007, 7:35 am

  Tags: Iraq, Spineless Dems, Republican Pundits Gone Wild, Propaganda Catapulting

  will change that. That Dems would wait until they could gauge the publics reaction to the Petraeus parade also points to how little faith they have in our ability to understand the situation. Then again, a PR surge worked to get us into this war. But once bitten, twice shy as they say. In any event, the Bushies are no doubt squirming and

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• Jackass: The Sequel - Twenty Two Donkeys For Brother Bush

  Published: September 20, 2007, 11:17 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Spineless Dems, Stupid, 2008 Presidential Election, 2008 Congressional Elections, Propaganda Catapulting

  disgusting demonstration of spineless submission on the part of the Democrats. Once you’ve had a chance to barf at the idiocy of the bungling burros, perhaps the following graphic will help you muster a much needed chuckle. Cross-posted at Thought

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• Shootin’ Thru The ‘Tubes

  Published: September 27, 2007, 7:30 am

  Tags: Civil Liberties, Terrorism, Iraq, Spineless Dems, Iran, Propaganda Catapulting, Domestic Surveillance

  I’m still trying to find my muse this morning so here’s what’s Shootin’ Thru The ‘Tubes: Despite warnings that it could be read as tacit approval for military confrontation with Iran, the Senate, following in the suicidal footsteps of their counterparts in the House, overwhelmingly passed an amendment by Joe

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• Political Strategy: Are History & The Future A Zero-Sum Equation?

  Published: October 8, 2007, 5:46 pm

  Tags: Politics U S, Media, Republican Incompetence, Spineless Dems, Republican Arrogance, 2008 Presidential Election, 2008 Congressional Elections, Propaganda Catapulting

  Paul Krugman has an interesting opinion piece in today’s New York Times in which he argues that, despite assertions to the contrary, the GOP (conservatism), under the tutelage of George W. Bush, “is the same as it ever was”. Generally speaking, Krugman makes a number of convincing points. While one could argue that some of his

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• Poster Childrens: Theirs and Ours

  Published: October 16, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Civil Liberties, Terrorism, Healthcare, Republican Incompetence, Spineless Dems, Republican Pundits Gone Wild, Bush Arrogance, Doj, Propaganda Catapulting, Domestic Surveillance

  The GOP is in quite a bind. They have found themselves on the losing side of the argument regarding Bush’s SCHIP veto. And though there may be some discrepancies amongst the electorate, by and large Americans simply trust Democrats better on the issue. Thus far the GOPers has relied on surrogates like Stalkin’ n’ Balkin’

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• Feckless on FISA

  Published: October 18, 2007, 7:07 am

  Tags: Civil Liberties, Spineless Dems, American Fascism, Republican Arrogance, Domestic Surveillance

  to submit to his will. The Dems have made a “deal” with the White House regarding telecom immunity. You would have thought they would have learned their lesson the last time they made such a deal but then they are more concerned that the Repubs will say they weak on terror. That the GOPers will do so no matter what only shows how

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• Still a Law Unto Themselves

  Published: October 19, 2007, 6:49 am

  Tags: Civil Liberties, Spineless Dems, American Fascism, Republican Arrogance, Bush Arrogance, Domestic Surveillance

  issue in the past. That the Dems still refuse to confront it is a sure sign that they too may be aware that all of this haranguing about the rule of law is just so much hot air. It would make their fecklessness all the more appalling. So long as Bush claims the authority to circumvent the law and Congress does not confront him on this, the law

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• Great Idea - Let Harry Reid Know About Telecom Immunity

  Published: October 25, 2007, 2:40 pm

  Tags: General, Spineless Dems, Homeland Insecurity

  President Bush has said that he won’t sign any new FISA bill that doesn’t contain retroactive immunity for telecoms, re: illegal wiretapping in the past at the behest of the government. It’s hard to believe that the DINOs in congress won’t cave on this one just like every other damn thing they’re caving on, but as

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• Countering a Tortured Argument

  Published: November 3, 2007, 4:51 am

  Tags: Civil Liberties, Terrorism, Military Issues General, Spineless Dems, American Fascism, Bush Arrogance

  by the remainder of the Dems in Congress. Thus far, the sticking point for those opposed to his nomination has been because of his hedging on the issue of whether or not waterboarding constitutes torture. Here now is the only question that need be asked of Mukasey or anyone who refuses to affirm that waterboarding is indeed at form of

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• 2007 Deadliest Year In Iraq: Defining A Successful Surge?

  Published: November 6, 2007, 3:50 pm

  Tags: Terrorism, Politics U S, Iraq, Politics Global, Holy War, Republican Incompetence, Spineless Dems, Lies And The Lying Liars, Propaganda Catapulting

  It’s easy to get lost in the rhetoric that seeks to explain the status of the war in Iraq. Opponents and apologists alike work tirelessly to find the ammunition necessary to support their positions…yet only two thing remains a constant…the war continues and the deaths it creates are tallied. Our latest preoccupation is

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