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By
thudfactor on
July 15, 2006
At a certain point, I just want to withdraw from the news, so if I don’t say much about more than general principles, please forgive me. The archives are still here; most of the content on the Iraq war, anti-terrorism measures, and Bush’s irresponsibility is still operative. I don’t write quite as much about these [...]
Posted in Politics
| Tagged Afghanistan, Hizballah, India, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, national guard, North Korea, Pakistan, Syria
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By
thudfactor on
September 1, 2005
Just wanted to make clear that when no-tax conservatives like Grover Norquist talk about “starving the beast” of tax funds that the beast will not be able to help out with food, water, restoration of electricity, or a handy lift out of a flooded attic with a helecopter. The right-wing voices at NRO may be [...]
Posted in Politics
| Tagged electricity, Food, Grover Norquist, Iraq, Louisiana, national guard
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By
thudfactor on
September 25, 2004
The “new line of attack”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45672-2004Sep23.html from the Bush-Cheney camp has entirely changed my mind. It just hadn’t occured to me how dangerous John Kerry really is, and how bad he would be for America. Especially in this dangerous time. Consider:
*Kerry’s words “embolden the enemy.”* My gosh, we can’t have that. Why, if Kerry were president he’d [...]
Posted in Politics
| Tagged Afghanistan, America, Bush-Cheney camp, Fort Dix, George W. Bush, Iraq, John Kerry, middle east, national guard, Presidential Authority, Quagmire Building
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By
thudfactor on
September 9, 2004
Despite all the buzz about weblogs professional and personal, it still looks like the best way to get the country’s attention is a _60 Minutes_ segment and a Kitty Kelly book. This is what I saw at the _Washington Post_ upon waking up at 4:00 this morning:
!/textpattern/images/2.gif!:http://www.washingtonpost.com/
I know a lot of people, especially people on my [...]
Posted in So Called Media
| Tagged GIF, John Kerry, Kitty Kelly, mainstream media, national guard, Washington Post
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By
thudfactor on
September 1, 2004
I’ve been kind of surprised that some people on the left have been hesitant to criticize the Bush daughters. (You know, the twins who were worse than going to war, according to their father who rarely showed up for his national guard duty.)
I can certainly see how it might be inappropriate to pick on, say, their [...]
Posted in So Called Media
| Tagged Barbara, Jenna, national guard
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