November 2005

Way to Go, Congress!

November 18, 2005

The members of the Republican controlled Congress voted themselves a $3,100 annual raise today, the same day that the House voted 217-215 to cut $700 million from the food stamp program. Compassionate conservatism? Not to the estimated 235,000 people who would lose benefits under the plan. How did your multimillionaire Represenative vote for you, Montana? [...]

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House Debate

November 18, 2005

I don’t have any idea who Representative Steny Hoyer from Maryland is, but his remarks about tonight’s sham in the House were memorable. The willingness of the GOP to politicize the deaths of American soliders is sordid and must be condemned. Wow, the Republicans have some spectacularly stupid people on their side of the aisle. [...]

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Dean and the Iraq War

November 18, 2005

Jeremy Scahill, in piece at Common Dreams News Center, makes one of the most absurd arguments I have heard about Democrats and the Iraq war. He claims, The refrain of the Democrats about being misled into supporting the invasion of Iraq has become really tired. And someone other than the White House smearmongers needs to [...]

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Friday Entertainment, Courtesy of Matt Singer

November 18, 2005

From Matt, at Left in the West: Make no mistake about it. Jesus Christ himself could appear and call for a withdrawal from Iraq and soon we would be witnessing TV ads accusing him of consorting with prostitutes. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with [...]

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Support the Montana Human Rights Network and See Al Franken

November 18, 2005

Check out Al Franken in Missoula, January 13th, and support the Montana Human Rights Network. Although, does anyone really think that Franken is best known for playing Stuart Smalley? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on [...]

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Bob Woodward, Valerie Wilson, and Nostalgia for Watergate

November 16, 2005

Bob Woodward has become entangled in the Valerie Plame investigation. And it is shaping up to be more than an innocent problem of recollection, as Judy Miller so glibly argued.

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83,000 Detainees

November 16, 2005

An unbelievable news article from the AP demonstrates that the US has detained 83,000 people in the “War on Terror”: The United States has detained more than 83,000 foreigners in the four years of the war on terror, enough to nearly fill the NFL’s largest stadium. The administration defends the practice of holding detainees in [...]

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Bill O’Reilly’s Enemies List

November 16, 2005

Dear Bill: Recently, on your television program, you threatened to out bloggers on the left who attacked your remarks about San Francisco and Al Qaeda. Because you seem to have a somewhat selective memory these days, you said: Come on! Can you imagine this happening during World War II? So, I’m glad the smear sites [...]

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