Another one falls

Think Progress says CNN is reporting that Tony Snow is stepping down. Dana Perino will be taking his place as Chief Propagandist, aka President’s Liar to the Public.
The Bush administration has begun it’s fall, and there aren’t many left to go.
On a side note, Snow is saying he’s leaving because he needs to make more [...]

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Why aren’t they in jail?

Mother Jones has a story titled School of Shock that turned my stomach.
It starts off:
Rob Santana awoke terrified. He’d had that dream again, the one where silver wires ran under his shirt and into his pants, connecting to electrodes attached to his limbs and torso. Adults armed with surveillance cameras and remote-control activators watched his [...]

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Verbal Flogging?

Here’s an idea that just might work:
For three hours during a townhall meeting last night, Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) “was verbally flogged by hundreds of his constituents for no longer supporting the quick withdrawal of troops from Iraq.” “There is only one way to end an illegal and immoral war, and that’s to end it,” [...]

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Generation Obama Launch

Generation Obama Salt Lake City launched last Saturday, with about 25 people in attendance at the BBQ. Most of the faces were familiar, though we did meet a couple of new people. We all signed public supporter cards, so the campaign can use our names as endorsers. Here are most of the children who were [...]

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Amazing Qualifications for New Secretary of Homeland Security

So, CNN thinks Michael Chertoff is going to replace Alberto Gonzales. Mr. Chertoff happens to be the head of Homeland Security. So, who is going to get his job?
CNN Video is reporting that Clay Johnson III is the likely replacement.
Let’s take a look at Mr. Johnson’s qualifications, currently serving as the Deputy Budget Director.
Of course, [...]

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Vietnamese Say Bush Was Wrong

We’re all probably aware that Bush rejected the comparison of Iraq to Vietnam, more than once.
We’re also probably aware that Bush recently compared Iraq to Vietnam.
“One unmistakable legacy of Vietnam is that the price of America’s withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like ‘boat [...]

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War Protest Next Tuesday

I’m hoping to make it, to this, and providing I don’t have another meeting that I have tentatively scheduled, I will be. The protest is called “Stand up for Peace”, and is going to be at Liberty Park, instead of downtown like most of them are.
Here is part of what the MoveOn email I got [...]

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Keep an Eye on ‘Em!

Thanks to Widgetbox and Open Congress, I now have an easy way to keep an eye on what my representatives are doing.
Widgetbox allows you to submit the URL of any blog and create what’s called a Blidget. Open Congress has a feed for all of the Senators and Representatives, so all I had to do [...]

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My President Will Be…

Russ Feingold, of the Progressive Patriots Fund, sent me an interesting video today. You can read the story behind it on the Progressive Patriots Fund web site.

One of the things I thought about as I read the signs was that I think almost anyone could agree that these are all qualities [...]

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Two Years Ago

Two years ago:
THE PRESIDENT: You know, I’ve heard this theory about everything was just fine until we arrived, and kind of “we’re going to stir up the hornet’s nest” theory. It just doesn’t hold water, as far as I’m concerned. The terrorists attacked us and killed 3,000 of our citizens before we started the freedom [...]

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