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California Supreme Court Rules Gays May Marry!

Bill Lenner — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:45:00 GMT

No kidding!

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Pastor Chosen to Lead Christian Coalition Steps Down in Dispute Over Agenda

New Cyclone May Develop, Hit Myanmar/Burma

Bill Lenner — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:30:00 GMT

Geez, I heard about the tropical depression heading for the devastated areas of Myanmar, but not it's believed the phenomenonn

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Bush Administration Accused of Spurring Myanmar/Burma Regime's Hostility to Relief efforts.

Bill Lenner — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:20:00 GMT

LA Times U.S. scolding of Myanmar leaders comes under fireAccording to the Times report some say that Bush administration demagoguery over Myanmar/Burma's human rights record may have added to regime's reluctance to allow open aid distr

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Democrat Wins Mississippi Seat. Thank you, Trent Lott

Bill Lenner — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:21:00 GMT

A Democratic candidate has won the formerly Republican seat in the House of Representatives vacated when the former Republican member left to replace Trent Lott the former Senator who at one time held the top spot in the legislative chamber.Analysts

Former US Officials: Bush Administration Igrnored Corruption in Iraq Grovernment

Bill Lenner — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:16:00 GMT

Wasn't a lot of the corruption they may be talking about, actually about portions of the government actually going out and killing people from other sects, especially the interior ministry, and a gulag worse and more deadly than Stalin's?

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We Should Thank Lebanon For the Object Lesson

Bill Lenner — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:32:00 GMT

Many Americans assert that our gun problems would be over if more people carried guns rather than fewer.Well, apparently Lebanon is now flooded with guns.Over to you, gun lovers.

Bob Barr Jumps Into US Presidential Race

Bill Lenner — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:31:00 GMT

Former Congressman from Georgia has entered the presidential election running for a slot as the candidate from the Libertarian party which will hold their convention in Denver over Memorial Day weekend.Mr. Barr said that the US government has "r

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Obama's Short List for VP?

Bill Lenner — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:10:00 GMT

The Huffington Post makes some very educated guesses.

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Man Picked To Head GOP Convention Quits. Firm Lobbied for Myanmar Regime.

Bill Lenner — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:38:00 GMT

Excerpt Seattle Times "GOP convention leader quits, citing Myanmar ties".The man picked by the John McCain campaign to run the 2008 Republican National Convention resigned Saturday after a report that his lobbying firm used to represe

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More on the Controversies Surrounding Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Bill Lenner — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:17:00 GMT

Here are two more articles that shed light on how the sculpting job was outsourced, what is being done to correct the situation, how people have felt about the statue as well as it's outsourcing. The pieces tend to push in different directi

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Ballot Designs Still Confusing Voters

Bill Lenner — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:38:00 GMT

The worst confusion recently was found during the Super Tuesday primaries in Los Angeles, a high population minority city of an important state AP report "Confusing ballot designs still plague elections".

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Talk of Invading Burma-Myanmar Started as Early as 1990

Bill Lenner — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:55:00 GMT

The New York Times today reran a 1990 oped that ends with the idea that invading Myanmar for civil rights reasons might be a good idea. The point is that this is the intelligent thinking of the Republican party. This is the good. Th

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Hollywood Finds Room for Outrage Over Burma. Is it a bit too easy? And thoughts on Juno.

Bill Lenner — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:31:00 GMT

If anyone still thinks that Hollywood is basically 'liberal' they should read this.Besides the conservative pro-war and torture themes they use, the low probability that just any Hollywood professional (except for a select few) will come out

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Proposed US Martin Luther King Memorial Statue, As Planned by Chinese Sculptor, Looks Like 'Socialist Leader'

Bill Lenner — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:44:00 GMT

According to an AP report at Yahoo News ""China's top sculptor has designed a statue of the civil rights leader that some have complained looks more like a dictator than the beloved American minister who led the 60s movement away from

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US Says Al Qaeda in Iraq Leader Not Captured

Bill Lenner — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:35:00 GMT

I guess the phony stories about Down Syndrome bombers bit the military a little too hard. Once they supported the Iraqi story of two women with Down Syndrome (nearly always associated with severe mental retardation) they had to push the story forcefu

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No Wait! Don't Go! Border Patrol Now Targeting Immigrants Leaving the US

Bill Lenner — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:39:00 GMT

The LA Times reports in "Border busts coming and going " that vehicles leaving the US at the Mexican Border are being searched for drugs, contraband, and er, illegal aliens that are going home.Once found the immigrants will be 'processe

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Hillary's Clinton's Campaign Dives Deep into McCarthyism Over Who Barack Obama Knows and Since When Did He Know Them. Carl Bernstein Says: Wait a minute, Senator!

Bill Lenner — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:50:00 GMT

Before Hillary's people start talking about Barack Obama's past associations, maybe they'd better take a peek back into her own closet.They might want to think twice about using the McCarthyism of guilt by association as a political tool.

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George Mc Govern Bails on the Hubert Humphrey of our Time. Says It's Her Time -- to Quit.

Bill Lenner — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:32:00 GMT

George McGovern, who's presidential race was destroyed by Hubert Humphrey (who thought -- for the second time in 1972 -- that he had the right to claim the Democratic nomination because of his former status and age) has switched his support to Ba

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Nuclear Power. Not as Green as They Claim.

Bill Lenner — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:58:00 GMT

Yes, nuclear power does create greenhouse gases.In fact, during the construction, fuel gathering, extraction, and enrichment, and then dismantling a plant at the end of its functional life, creates a lot of greenhouse gases. The current availab

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Poll Barack's Issues with Reverend Wright Haven't Hurt Him As Much As Clinton's and McCain's Gas Tax Proposals Hurt Their Images.

Bill Lenner — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:13:00 GMT

A NY Times report poll found voters saying that the broohaha over Senator Obama's former pastor, stimulated twice by opposition campaigns, hasn't changed their opinion of the Illinois senator much, but Hillary Clinton's and John McC

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William M. Arkin -- (WP) Early Warning: We Are Losing the War In Iraq.

Bill Lenner — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:21:00 GMT

His reasoning is that we cannot win. Therefore we are losing it. His other thoughts on the war are interesting too.You can read it at "Unmanned and Dangerous: The Future U.S. Military? ". He decries the impersonalization of

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American Missile Strike in Sadr City Lands Near Hospital. Why We Are Killing Sadr's People These Days.

Bill Lenner — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:34:00 GMT

Our military says, it's the militants fault because they hide among their people. But, wait a minute, we invaded their land. So, of course they are among their people.I guess if those militia members don't have the decency to line

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They Shoot Horses Don't They?

Bill Lenner — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:46:00 GMT

I am certainly not going to celebrate the idea that Hillary's favorite to win the Derby was shot on the race track after racing to secondplace and then collapsing on two broken ankles.I'm can't believe they still do this crap. They

Must See Political Parody: The Empire Strikes Barack

Bill Lenner — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:59:00 GMT

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Andrew Sullivan Argues For Obama/Clinton Ticket

Bill Lenner — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:36:00 GMT

He has some good points and successful historical examples of near enemies joining up.Kennedy/Johnson, Reagan/Bush. Just ignore the shootings and it looks rather good. He also mentioned Lincoln's cabinet being made up of rivals (

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Thomas Friedman: The New Cold War

Thu, 15 May 2008 08:35:00 GMT

US (and allies) vs Iran, why we're not winning, and thoughts on losing Lebanon, temporarily.

Maureen Dowd: Is She a Trojan Rabbit?

Mon, 12 May 2008 03:10:00 GMT

Should Obama punish Hillary by asking her to be VP or by ignoring her?

Frank Rich: Party Like It's 2008

Mon, 12 May 2008 02:45:00 GMT

Bob Herbert: Seeds of Destruction

Sun, 11 May 2008 08:04:00 GMT

The Southern Strategy in Democrat Clothing? Bob Herbert and others are understandably pissed about the Clintons' lack of class.

Maureen Dowd: Butterflies Aren't Free

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:29:00 GMT

Is Obama the young, idealistic Hillary?

MyDD Jo R: John McCain's Cabinet - Just Like Bush's

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:15:00 GMT

I also would like to state that we have to watch out for the losers who got out of McCain's way early in the race so he could run nearly unopposed to pop up. Romney at Treasury? Guiliani at State?

Thomas Friedman: Who Will Tell the People?

Thu, 08 May 2008 07:51:00 GMT

Friedman says he's for the candidate who will tell Americans the truth

Nicholas Kristoff: A Prison of Shame, and It’s Ours

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:40:00 GMT

Information and books are coming out on the horrors of Guantanamo.

Frank Rich: The All-White Elephant in the Room

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Great column

Democrats Enlarge Majority In House of Representatives

Mon, 05 May 2008 06:04:00 GMT

Another long term Republican district goes to a Democrat. This time in Louisiana!

tabacco blog: American Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia -- Why Torture is Okay by Him.

Sun, 04 May 2008 03:36:00 GMT

Tabacco is on my list of blog-city neighborhood blogs below. I had dropped allowing b-c to put their latest titles, but I think I'll reverse that. They may be low on the site, but still someone might get down there.

Fox News Racists? See what they thought was an appropriate graphic for idea of Lincoln Douglas debates

Sun, 04 May 2008 02:30:00 GMT

The best one can hope for is complete ignorance.

Bob Herbert: Overkill and Short Shift

Sat, 03 May 2008 22:03:00 GMT

Mr. Herbert note the overkill on the Reverend Wright controversy (as the news media does all it can to help John McCain and Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile they spend little time on grilling candidates over energy policy, the economy, ways to resolve the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Joe Andrew Speaks for Himself: On My Switch From Clinton to Obama

Sat, 03 May 2008 21:24:00 GMT

Bloomberg News: Joseph Andrew Jumped From Clinton to Obama in Part Because of Hillary's Pandering With Call For Gas Tax Moritorium

Sat, 03 May 2008 17:57:00 GMT

The former DNC Chairman (nominated by President Clinton) also says it's time to end the battle, which is hurting the party.

Krugman: Republicans are the Party of Denial

Sat, 03 May 2008 08:03:00 GMT

Krugman notes that Republicans only have two solutions to every problem, tax cuts, and deregulation. If those solutions can't solve a problem they ignore it, from acid rain to global warming to health care. (I disagree. They invade other people's nations too. But still. Mr. K makes a good point there, and a minor one about Obama giving the Republicans too much credit. Darn that Senator Obama instead of focus grouping issues 5 ways to Sunday and then passing them out to selected loyal pundits, he just says what he thinks! How dare he. Doesn't he know there's a campaign going on?

Thomas Friedman: Dumb As We Want to Be

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:54:00 GMT

Our insane approach to an energy policy.

Ruth Marcus: Candidates like to play fantasy budget

Thu, 01 May 2008 06:40:00 GMT

I know what the writer means. I listen to Hillary promising people wads of money and I almost wonder if I'm turning libertarian. You can't throw those billions of dollars at people just to get them to vote for you and still manage our national debt. But it turns out the candidate that would cost the US the most is John McCain and that's before he wades into Iran to grab more oil for Exxon and it's buddies. This election will take the most from us taxpayers if we aren't careful

Jmmy Carter: Pariah Diplomacy

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:10:00 GMT

Paul Krugman: McCain's Tax Plans Could Endanger Solvency of US Government

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:14:00 GMT

I agree with Krugman again. It's been a long time no see, Bro! Besides the danger if McCain is telling the truth (So now we are don't to hoping the candidate is lying?) The many ridiculous proposals he is floating shows he is willing to pander to anyone and everyone on the right. Krugman says the most obvious example of this pandering is his call to do away with gas taxes for the summer. That's how I've felt about calls for a moratorium too, even when La Clinton does it. It is true though that we need to start focusing on McCain and his insane promises and 'plans' instead of fighting among ourselves.