March 2007

House Republicans? Unbelievable!

March 15, 2007

Wow.  This is rich. I'll admit I am a little tired of the media simply repeating the Republican talking points about "well…well…  it is the Democrats refusing to discuss the budget" when reporting about the Republican decision to wait until well into the session to change the rules completely. Today's threat deals with the muli-billion [...]

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A pattern, perhaps?

March 13, 2007

I have been watching the news around the fired US attorneys with great interest, if for no other reason than it helps build a clearer picture of the power-hungry White House.  Today, one of the news sites I read dug up this article from the Boston Globe nearly two years ago.  Sound familiar?  A US [...]

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General Calls Homosexuality Immoral, No Opinion on Unprovoked War

March 13, 2007

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff knows immorality when he sees it : Marine Gen. Peter Pace likened homosexuality to adultery, which he said was also immoral, the newspaper reported on its Web site."I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be [...]

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The Danger of Free Press

March 10, 2007

I guess there's a reason they didn't call it "Operation Enduring Freedom of the Press".  Because those three last three words would have been awkward in the face of US troops erasing footage of US troops shooting Afghan civilians.  But don't worry, its justified, or so the millitary claimed in a letter to the Associated [...]

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Law Enforcement? No. Resume Building!

March 10, 2007

Matt's take on Bill Mercer's role in the U.S Attorney scandal is well worth a look. Under President Bush, U.S. Attorneys–you know, the people who are the "chief federal law enforcement officer(s) of the United States within his or her particular jurisdiction," are being replaced, as our double-dipping U.S. Attorney puts it, to allow more [...]

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Another Hard Hitting Piece of Lee Journalism on Dennis Rehberg

March 9, 2007

Well, it's been  a few days, so it must be time for another story straight from Dennis Rehberg's press office to make the rounds of the Lee papers. In this story, readers are delighted with the exploits of our intrepid Congressman as he makes plans to visit Fort Harrison weeks after the Walter Reed scandal [...]

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Is Cuba THAT MUCH WORSE Than Iraq?

March 8, 2007

The US is, most hospitably, going to be accepting 7,000 Iraqi refugees this year, according to CNN.  While that is an admirable goal, fewer than 500 have so far been accepted.    But this begs the question:  Why is this number still less than half the 20,000 authorized under the Special Cuban Migration Program, and substantially [...]

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Dennis Rehberg’s Office Lies, Lee Flacks for Him

March 7, 2007

It's disappointing, but not surprising when a press flunky for a member of Congress lies to the public. To some extent, a certain level of dishonesty and politicking probably goes with the job. The trade off is that the public tends not to believe most of what these hacks have to say, so when Dennis [...]

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