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Friday, Feb 13, 2004
mon of reason
"But I don't actually get a thrill out of this ... well, a little one, maybe. But I'd much rather see the media go wild about crimes that really matter -- like the outing of Valerie Plame, the fraudulent march to war in Iraq, the White House's axis of Enron, the assault on civil liberties, etc. etc. But at the same time, I'm not even the tiniest bit apologetic about how this is playing out.
Yes, this is the "politics of personal destruction" -- in about its purest form. But it's certainly no purer -- and no more destructive -- than the final battles of the Clinton Wars. What the Republicans did during "Monicagate" was the political equivalent of a nuclear strike. What the Democrats are trying to do now is the equivalent of -- no, it is -- massive retaliation."
Thursday, Feb 12, 2004
kerry is so very.... softporn
big buzz over drudge today. a potential kerry sex scandal. one wonders what the motivation for the timing. is it a desperate attempt to alter the course of anti-bush sentiment reaching as fevered a pitch as has ever been. or do the rovians now fear a potential kerry candidacy and they saw this as their last opportunity to knock him offstride as the frontrunner before his nomination was absolutely certain. one would think if they had a bombshell to unload on kerry theyd hold it until he was nominated and then hit him. this would seem to benefit bush the most unless he was pressed by the contingencies of the two previous suppositions.
sadly, yes
harvard is now the harvard of porn. and its pc, too! decline and fall of western civilization, anyone?
big bopper
chris lydons radio show seems worth a listen tomorrow at 10 est.
Wednesday, Feb 11, 2004
false pretenses
i give little credence to the anecdotal but these "reagan republican"soundbites were worth savoring, even if theyre cherry-picked..
Monday, Feb 09, 2004
curb your bush
first chapter of The Book on Bush by mark green and larry davids new best friend.
cheney gang
"As Defense Secretary, Cheney developed a contempt for Congress, which, a friend said, he came to regard as “a bunch of annoying gnats.” Meanwhile, his affinity for business deepened. “The meetings with businessmen were the ones that really got him pumped,” a former aide said. One company that did exceedingly well was Halliburton. Toward the end of Cheney’s tenure, the Pentagon decided to turn over to a single company the bulk of the business of planning and providing support for military operations abroad—tasks such as preparing food, doing the laundry, and cleaning the latrines. As Singer writes in “Corporate Warriors,” the Pentagon commissioned Halliburton to do a classified study of how this might work. In effect, the company was being asked to create its own market."
talking pointed
funny fake SOTU
Sunday, Feb 08, 2004
lying down
"Only weeks after 9/11, the Bush administration set up a secret Pentagon unit to create the case for invading Iraq. Here is the inside story of how they pushed disinformation and bogus intelligence and led the nation to war."
Saturday, Feb 07, 2004
why did i eat that?
dont forget to watch timmy and the prez tomorrow morning on meet the dent.