Bush Underfunding National Security
The press is starting to talk about how Dean might have underfunded national security in Vermont. But the media seems to have a short memory: in June 2003, Richard A. Clarke, Jamie F. Metzl, and Warren...
View ArticleSuggested Google Bomb: Unelected
We have unelectable. Why not unelected? (See here for more on Google bombing.)
View ArticleDean / Braun?
People seem to always be speculating about who Dean might run with to make the strongest ticket, but I've never seen anyone mention Carol Moseley Braun. My impression is that the two get along well and...
View ArticleO'Neill Claims Confirmed
From ABC News:"President Bush ordered the Pentagon to explore the possibility of a ground invasion of Iraq well before the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, an official told ABCNEWS,...
View ArticleDean Embraces Structural Reform
Dean has just given a wonderfully nuanced proposal that would be a great leap toward reforming democracy in the United States. Whoever becomes the nominee, I hope he takes some cues from Dean on this....
View ArticleIs Dean Dead? Not yet.
Yes, many in the media have all but pronounced Dean dead, but there are many reasons to doubt its word given the history of this primary campaign. This primary has so far defied all conventional...
View ArticleVideo: Bush Orders Some Ribs
It's on the official government news network. It's a bit of a fuzzy piece, but it has a small portion of the transcript. I still am looking for the full video, let me know if you have it. And if you're...
View ArticleLieberman Has a Chance
I'm not saying Lieberman has a particularly good chance, and I was as guilty as anyone of writing Kerry off until Iowa, and I was writing Lieberman off too, through yesterday...but when I read today...
View ArticleBush Orders Ribs, Part II
WaPo has found that MSNBC has a slightly different rib transcript than WhiteHouse.gov. This one includes such gems as "baby need a rib?" I really, really want to see the video, if anyone has it. BUSH:...
View ArticleBlogging of the President Show
Blogging of the President recently had a show on Minnesota Public Radio that is available here in RealMedia format. I haven't listened to all of it yet since it's two hours, but it has Gary Hart, Josh...
View ArticleDomestic Terrorism Meets Mainstream Press
AP is reporting on domestic terrorism, and the half million rounds of ammunition, pipe bombs, cyanide, and other items recently seized in Texas. It only took a little over two months for our national...
View ArticlePlaying the Election Market
There's a nice article at the New York Times about people trying to choose the most "electable" candidate."This is a political market," said Lord Robert Skidelsky, author of a multivolume biography of...
View ArticleLarry David's War
Larry David has a funny editorial in the New York Times about his difficult times in the National Guard....Then in the summer we would go away to camp for two weeks. It felt more like three. I wondered...
View ArticleWas Rumsfeld Caught Lying?
Observe the last ten or fifteen seconds of this video of Rumsfeld talking about the "imminent threat"; he has excessive blinking, gaze aversion, and frequent hesitations. Psychologists will classify...
View ArticleDiebold ATM Playing Beethoven
Today at Carnegie Mellon, an ATM machine run by Diebold was running Windows XP and playing Beethoven (videos and photos available). This machine has recently been out of order, and apparently Windows...
View ArticleCondi: Clarke is an "outstanding public servant"
See Condi praise Clarke here. As long as people are fixated on Clarke's praising Bush, why haven't people been mentioning this? (via CAP's Progress Report)
View ArticleClarke: We'll Catch bin Laden (and it will be too late)
Richard Clarke on Meet the Press:The president of Egypt said, "If you invade Iraq, you will create a hundred bin Ladens." He lives in the Arab world. He knows. It's turned out to be true. It is now...
View ArticleBuying off Nader with democratic reform
One of Ralph Nader's main complaints with the Democrats is the two party system. Similarly, the issue of the two party system resonates with a lot of voters who are frusterated at their lack of...
View ArticleThose silly Republicans...
Someone forwarded this to me in an email: Things you have to believe to be a Republican today: Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you're a conservative radio host. Then it's an...
View ArticleCIA Asks Bush to Discontinue Blog
The Onion reports that the CIA has asked George Bush to discontinue his blog in the interest of national security. 'nuff said.
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