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GUATEMALA CITY -- Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday.
bush admin + repugs = scorched earth policy
vote democratic in '08
Best. Two word encapsulation of the enduding clusterfuck of a train wreck and meat grinder that is Iraq. Evar: Hollow Victory
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Perhaps this kind of formulation could get the Dems out from under the cloud of fear of being cast as the "war losers". Hey, we won. We all saw the victory party. Mission Fucking Accomplished. Boo yah! It's just that it was not the victory we wanted, since it had nothing to do with threats to the US homeland. Further, handing Iraq over from Sunni thugs to Shiite thugs seems rather pointless. But what's done is done. Saddle up and move out.
Has anybody seen my army man? I can't seem to find him. He was here a minute ago but then he just disappeared...ohhh, there he is---
Be careful following links from Eschaton today. From Atrios's page, you're two clicks away from some oh-so-very-not-work-safe sword play. Why do these things keep popping up in the Republican Party? Repress much, GOPers?
GUILTY! 4 of 5 counts
now go for cheney!!!!
Beyond all these huge tasks, Congress should halt the federal government’s race to classify documents to avoid public scrutiny — 15.6 million in 2005, nearly double the 2001 number. It should also reverse the grievous harm this administration has done to the Freedom of Information Act by encouraging agencies to reject requests for documents whenever possible. Congress should curtail F.B.I. spying on nonviolent antiwar groups and revisit parts of the Patriot Act that allow this practice.
The United States should apologize to a Canadian citizen and a German citizen, both innocent, who were kidnapped and tortured by American agents.
Oh yes, and it is time to close the Guantánamo camp. It is a despicable symbol of the abuses committed by this administration (with Congress’s complicity) in the name of fighting terrorism.
What followed was riveting theater, with Kerry coldly staring down a clearly-nervous Fox and Bush's nominee withstanding a barrage of questions from Kerry that the Massachusetts Senator nicely referred to as questions of Fox's "judgment" while many of us would have just flat-out called him a scumbag.