tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78522952012-02-09T13:36:57.691-05:00A renaissance blog with no boundaries...politics, hip-hop, poker, technology, media and more from random joes with an opinion (aka...our two cents)justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.comBlogger1541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1161565455581772632006-10-22T20:33:00.000-04:002006-10-22T21:15:29.730-04:00

Did anyone watch Meet the Press this Sunday (10/21/06)?Tim Russert interviewed Illinois Senator Barack Obama which is of little surprise considering the media rounds Mr. Obama has made this week promoting his book. What was surprising was his stating that after the November elections he will think seriously about running for president and later during the roundtable discussion when a Clinton aide

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Keith Olbermann produced an absolute masterpiece this evening. This is real Must See TV. But while it has become conventional wisdom, although debunked by the 9/11 Report, that Mr. Clinton dropped an offer from Sudan to hand over bin Laden… it is rare to hear anyone discuss whether similar… but real feelers were extended to Mr. Bush.And it is, we suspect, even more rare, to see this tape, of the

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I was recently asked by a friend for my thoughts regarding comments made by former Sports Reporters Co-host and Kansas City Sports writer Jason Whitlock. Just to paraphrase his comments in the interview in the interest of time: Scoop Jackson and Flavor Fav are Bojangles and there is a war of coonification going on amongst Black Americans and yes we have to pick sides....... The 5 percenters vs.

Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04531229183212963980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1159368073510720062006-09-27T10:25:00.000-04:002006-09-27T23:48:43.656-04:00

I was recently asked by a friend for my thoughts regarding comments made by former Sports Reporters Co-host and Kansas City Sports writer Jason Whitlock. Just to paraphrase his comments in the interview in the interest of time: Scoop Jackson and Flavor Fav are Bojangles and there is a war of coonification going on amongst Black Americans and yes we have to pick sides....... The 5 percenters vs.

Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04531229183212963980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1158464414918631382006-09-16T23:29:00.000-04:002006-09-16T23:40:14.930-04:00

Well the names have all changed since you hung around,But those dreams have remained and they're turned around.....Welcome back

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1158456343560241792006-09-16T21:02:00.000-04:002006-09-16T21:25:43.576-04:00

Coltrane hits the nail on the head below...same product launch, new year. The least these guys could do is bring out a different fall line. But all this Administration knows is fear, as if they read the cliff notes to 1984 every monrning before breakfast and think "Hey, that could work."But I digress...What caught my eye today was these words out of the mouth of Jeffery Toobin in an interview

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1158414848738651152006-09-16T08:35:00.000-04:002006-09-16T10:08:04.160-04:00

It's football season, so forgive me for using a Skins analogy. But, watching this administration is liking watching the Redskins in their first year of Joe Gibbs encore where he showed a penchant for running the exact same plays that won him three superbowls in the eighties and nineties over and over again, but with a 21st Century result that was not as favorable. If you walked out your door, you

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Billmon speaks...you listen...What will be on the table then is the question of whether a nation as powerful and potentially dangerous to others as America (the proverbial bull in the china shop) can survive on brute force alone -- without moral legitimacy or political prestige, without true allies (save for the world's other leper regimes) and without "a decent respect to the opinions of

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Here is an article I heard about that addresses what I was referring to yesterday. It’s the War Crimes Act of 1996 and the Detainee Treatment Act.... Check it out (I bolded the parts I found interesting)...Bush Fears War Crimes Prosecution, Impeachmentby Marjorie Cohn; September 07, 2006With great fanfare, George W. Bush announced to a group of carefully selected 9/11 families yesterday that he

Coltranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04531229183212963980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1157988045960990932006-09-11T10:03:00.000-04:002006-09-11T11:20:46.020-04:00

Today is the fifth anniversay of the most horrific attack to happen in my lifetime on US soil. Our prayers and thoughts go out to all the family and friends of those who were lost in this tragedy. In my humble opinion, in remembrance of our fallen citizens the greatest gift we can give to those individuals effected would be to take the neccessary steps to reduce the chances of this happening

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As Katrina showed us a year ago, and Sen. George Allen showed us as recently as last week, we still have long way to go. The fact that over 40% of Americans think everything went a-ok in Katrina's aftermath, and over 30% of Virginians don't find any fault with Sen. George Allen's statement's says a lot about the state of our nation. Well, as if you needed more evidence, along comes this story

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1145332342296901682006-04-17T23:51:00.000-04:002006-04-17T23:52:22.313-04:00

From the here we go again files...via Billmon...Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says    Iran, defying United Nations Security Council demands to halt its nuclear program, may be capable of making a nuclear bomb within 16 days, a U.S. State Department official said.    Bloomberg News    Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days    April 12, 2006My own highly placed sources in the

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Can someone please get me into the weekly Senate Democrat poker game? I have got to believe it is one of the biggest fish tanks in the world. This week's past events related to Senator Feingold's censure resolution unquestionably demonstrates Democratic Leadership gets outplayed at every turn. They don't realize that you have take a stand at some point and come over the top. When are they

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1127865094423362722005-09-27T19:48:00.000-04:002005-09-27T19:51:34.446-04:00

The Washington Post was in fine form today. And I was lucky enough to have an entire plane ride to take it all in.  They really outdid themselves.  Their sources, opinion writers, editors, and editorial board really went out of their way to boost the sales of advil today.Lesson 1:  If a newspaper reserves space for your story on a protest no one attends, write a story about a different protest,

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Based on the quotes below, I would love to hear what Karl Rove and President Bush think about Tony Blair's approach to the War on Terror, if I were a member of the elite Washington press...http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/23/rove.speech.ap/">Karl Rove - June 22, 2005Rove, in a speech Wednesday evening to the New York state Conservative Party just a few miles north of Ground Zero, said, "

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1116373478442719682005-05-17T19:39:00.000-04:002005-07-09T12:05:23.210-04:00

Via Dan Froomkin's White House Briefing...Joe Hagan writes in the Wall Street Journal about how the Newsweek story has again raised questions about anonymous sourcing." 'We get bashed for all the anonymous sources but the administration is the one that insists on it,' says Dana Priest, who covers national security for the Washington Post. 'I don't think people realize that.'Which is sort of

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1116299683036144242005-05-16T23:14:00.000-04:002005-05-16T23:33:44.833-04:00

On my way home today, I heard a conservative radio host on the radio state that there should be a thorough investigation into the negligence of those who put United State's Soldiers in harm's way by relying on single sourced evidence of wrongdoing that could not be later confirmed and appeared to be politically motivated.I agree wholeheartedly.And when the investigation into the manipulation of

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1116272649140048002005-05-16T15:44:00.000-04:002005-05-16T16:20:19.186-04:00

When will the media learn?Newsweek apologized yesterday for an inaccurate report on the treatment of detainees that triggered several days of rioting in Afghanistan and other countries in which at least 15 people died.Editor Mark Whitaker expressed regret over the item in the magazine's "Periscope" section, saying it was based on a confidential source -- a "senior U.S. government official" -- who

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1116268409326914862005-05-16T14:33:00.000-04:002005-05-16T14:40:12.346-04:00

The third installment has somehow set off another debate on the world view of the current AdministrationBut there were also murmurs at the parallels being drawn between Bush's administration and the birth of the space opera's evil Empire.Baddies' dialogue about bloodshed and despicable acts being needed to bring "peace and stability" to the movie's universe, mainly through a fabricated war, set

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1115264467853758782005-05-04T23:41:00.000-04:002005-05-05T00:29:29.416-04:00

Many people love to use those two words when they think about atrocities committed by governments over the years. Unfortunately, there are many times that these are no more than words.The 21st Century Tuskegee ExperimentGovernment tested AIDS drugs on foster kidsChildren not provided with basic legal protection, review finds ...The research funded by the National Institutes of Health spanned

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1113234206144308902005-04-11T11:38:00.000-04:002005-04-11T11:43:26.146-04:00

I almost ruined my shirt this morning because I laughed so hard when I read this in Howard Kurtz's column this morning.Barnes says he was "wrong about its origin" but that if a similar strategy memo from a Democratic aide had leaked, "it wouldn't have been paid any attention to by the media."Go read the article. Instead of correcting the first time he placed unsubstantiated innuendo and

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Eminem has never veered away from controversy. I suspect one of his latest songs, "Mosh", which can be heard here, will strike a nerve with some people. So be it.... I recently heard the first single he released, "Just Lose It", and I found it very disappointing. It came across as a thinly-veiled attempt to please his record company with a radio friendly single. I absolutely forgive him for

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1097113766120770442004-10-06T21:30:00.000-04:002004-10-06T21:57:25.863-04:00

After hearing the Bush/Cheney campaign attempt to brush off the Vice President's blatant distortions last night, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit some of their statements during the 2000 campaign. I originally posted the following quotes as comments in the link I provided, but I thought it was a good idea to aggregate them after I realized how many examples of blatant hypocrisy were

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The "liberal" media is at it again.... It looks like the White House pulled a fast one on the 24-hour news channels this morning as President Bush grabbed 50 minutes of free, uninterrupted TV airtime one month before Election Day. ...The question is, why did all three news channels cover the attack speech for nearly an hour? I am sure John Kerry will get 50 minutes of free airtime over the

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Salon has the scoop... "Last week's presidential debate might very well turn out to be the pivotal moment in the 2004 election, with an unfiltered Bush finally revealing his full limitations before 66 million Americans. But it is this week that will go down in history as the point when the wheels began to come off the Bush-Cheney juggernaut. " But can they get the Bush/Cheney campaign get

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1096788079167310422004-10-03T03:14:00.000-04:002004-10-08T01:25:15.046-04:00

Boy, I hope this is a serious mistake and someone on the Internet is just pulling hoax. If it is not, everyone, Liberal and Conservative alike, need to seriously ask themselves if they believe in our Democracy and ensure that this does not stand. Michigan Absentee Ballot If you click on the link, you can plainly see the arrow used to vote for John Kerry will be counted for President Bush.

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1096683691895268132004-10-01T22:14:00.000-04:002004-10-01T22:21:31.896-04:00

If you ever had any doubts about bias on the behalf of Fox, all of your concerns have been confirmed. Fox makes quotes up about Kerry out of thin air When in doubt, just make stuff up. Here is the retraction. I wonder if Dan Rather is watching?

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1096682650241562742004-10-01T22:01:00.000-04:002004-10-01T22:04:10.240-04:00

The Media's 180 degree turn in the matter of hours... Shorter version: Before Debate: This could be the key to the race. This is John Kerry's chance. After Debate: This debate is only one of three. Even if Kerry won, it doesn't mean much. Unbelievable...Click the link and get the full story...

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1096236023002722142004-09-26T18:00:00.000-04:002004-09-26T18:00:23.003-04:00

Now, this seems like a great way to show Iraqis how a democracy works? U.S. Won't Back Iraq Election Candidates "The White House says it considered secretly backing pro-U.S. candidates in the upcoming Iraqi election, but decided against it even though the Bush administration suspects other nations are working to influence the voting. " "And in the final analysis, we have adopted a policy that

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1095905854656262242004-09-22T22:17:00.000-04:002004-09-22T22:17:34.656-04:00

I think Juan Cole asks a reasonable question "If America were Iraq, What would it be Like?" President Bush said Tuesday that the Iraqis are refuting the pessimists and implied that things are improving in that country. What would America look like if it were in Iraq's current situation? The population of the US is over 11 times that of Iraq, so a lot of statistics would have to be multiplied

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1095905295343919972004-09-22T22:08:00.000-04:002004-09-30T22:57:23.500-04:00

The State Department, or The President But, then again maybe they were just guessing"

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1095831969199425572004-09-22T01:46:00.000-04:002004-09-22T22:07:44.773-04:00

The reunion I talked about a few days ago occurred a little sooner than expected "Chappelle graced the stage to introduce the Fugees to a crowd that was expecting just a Lauryn Hill solo performance (see 'Chappelle Throwing A Block Party With Kanye, Lauryn, Others'). 'We were going to have Lauryn Hill perform tonight but Columbia [Records] wouldn't clear her songs,' Chappelle said, referring to

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Fine men and women, wake up each morning and go to work in Langley, VA with the goal of protecting this country through analysis of intelligence data that is gathered daily Apparently, their work is not worth the paper it is written on according to the President, at least based on a statement he made today. They are wasting their time... President Bush, determined to put an optimistic face on

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1095821088149730362004-09-21T22:44:00.000-04:002004-09-21T22:44:48.150-04:00

So, you are thinking about playing poker online. Is that really a good idea? "Pull up a chair at a friendly poker game in a buddy's den and you probably know the other players and have some idea of their card-playing weaknesses, like Big Al's habit of fingering his chips when he's itching to raise. But take a seat at a table in one of the rapidly multiplying online card rooms and there's no

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FREE ADVISE FOR THE KERRY CAMPAIGN!!! Apparently, Republicans have the following three talking points for Kerry's Speech. (Based on an Ed Gillespie interview on CNBC.) 1) He said anyone who thinks the world is not safer lacks judgement. That's a tough one. The Kerry Campaign better have a good response. But here are the kickers. 2) Kerry now has proposed the same plan that President Bush

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1095564820652800752004-09-18T23:33:00.000-04:002004-09-24T11:55:49.883-04:00

Well, this would be interesting to say the least Clef says: "All the Fugees are talking. We're all definitely talking. The energy is definitely good energy", he said, 'I spoke to Lauryn. I spoke to Pras. And [its] just real good energy, good vibes.' "

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1095533708065760662004-09-18T14:55:00.000-04:002004-09-18T14:55:08.066-04:00

Well, that does it. Who could bring themselves to vote for a Democrat ever again WASHINGTON (AP) -- Campaign mail with a return address of the Republican National Committee warns West Virginia voters that the Bible will be prohibited ...if liberals win in November. The literature shows a Bible with the word 'BANNED' across it... The mailing tells West Virginians to 'vote Republican to protect

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Apparently, the entire world revolves around the Bush Administration 2004 campaign. "Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage alleged Friday that insurgents have stepped up their deadly assaults in Iraq because they want to 'influence the election against President Bush,' a statement that drew a sharp condemnation from the campaign of Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry. It is apparently

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Apparently, Ruben Stuuddard isn't the only one saying he's sorry these days. No need to worry though, it was all done in the interest of making sure the Kerry bounce was not too large. The world is safer now.... US apologises for terror news leaks President Bush's chief domestic security official yesterday apologised for the disruption of a big MI5 and police surveillance operation in

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Indecisiveness at it's worse. Responding to the killing and subsequent mutilation of four U.S. contractors in Fallujah on March 31, Conway had led a 5,000-man Marine force that laid siege to the restive town for over three weeks. Bad press and reports of civilian casualties by Al-Jazeera later caused the Marines to halt their advance into the heart of the city and, on the eve of a renewed

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If this story is even remotely close to reality, and I suspect it is, we all need to force our leaders, on bot sides if the political spectrum, to give us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing, but the truth immediately. Far graver than Vietnam?

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I have tried to refrain from blogging too often, as there is currently too much white noise currently in the media. There is so much important news being shown everyday, but yet the media has focused vvigorously on issues that will have no effect on our future. Here is a story that does affect the future's of many of America's finest citizens. I simply ask, does this Nation's

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I feel like I am in some sort of crazy nightmare. We are about to hit 3 days of talking about this. This is crazy. Is this election really going to turn on typesettings during the 1970s. This reminds me of that time during the summer of 2001, specifically August and September where the media sent there cracked reporters out to investigate Chandra Levy and shark bites. Food for thought...

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1094065031069133362004-09-01T14:57:00.000-04:002004-09-01T14:57:11.070-04:00

This is certainly an interesting turn of events. John Kerry supporters in America have been told by Peter Hain that Downing Street is hoping the Democratic candidate wins the US presidential election in November." Those who met him had the strong impression that he was acting with No 10's support, and that a Democratic victory was clearly sought. Such a supposition ought to be natural, but

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The So-Called Liberal Media is at it again. It is amazing how much tv executives are like lemmings. Fox News gets high ratings and everyone tries to be more like them instead of attempting to set themselves apart. I guess they didn't notice that the reason Fox beats them to a pulp in the ratings race daily is that they are different. If they think they will increase their ratings by copying

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Apparently, the party that thinks they have a monopoly on their support for veterans, doesn't mind mocking them... "Convention-goers were handed bandages with purple hearts on them Monday night by a GOP delegate in a swipe at Democratic nominee John Kerry's war record. The bandages were handed out by Morton Blackwell, a longtime GOP activist from Virginia, with the message: 'It was just a

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Andrew Sullivan catches the President in a moment of candor: I loved Bush's comment yesterday about the smear-ad: 'I can understand why Senator Kerry is upset with us. I wasn't so pleased with the ads that were run about me. And my call is get rid of them all, now.' 'Us'?? I thought Bush had nothing to do with it." Freudian Slip???

justmy2http://www.blogger.com/profile/14494419949493948259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852295.post-1093914064479104732004-08-30T21:01:00.000-04:002004-08-30T21:01:04.480-04:00

I guess the idea is attack anyone who disagrees with you, regardless if there is one iota of truth related to the attack. Josh Marshall provides another demostration of the White House's audacity.

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Apparently, running one of the most succesful hedge funds in the history of the world, doesn't pay enough? Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert - having already enraged some New Yorkers with his remarks about local office-holders' 'unseemly scramble' for federal money after 9/11 - yesterday opened a second front. On 'Fox News Sunday,' the Illinois Republican insinuated that billionaire financier

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I am far removed for my journalism classes, but I don't seem to remember this lesson:: [Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard] Downie Jr. said he believes the Swift Boat Veterans coverage had been fair and properly scrutinizing. 'We have printed the facts and some of those facts have undermined Kerry's opponents,' he said. 'We are not judging the credibility of Kerry or the (Swift Boat)

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If we could only find more newpaper editors like Jim Boyd who actually edit, as opposed to spell and grammar check.

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Oh, what a tangled web we weave. A pretty stunning admission for the man who declared Iraq the "central front" in the War on Terror and promptly declared "Mission Accomplished" after defeating a two-bit dictator with no reasonable semblance of a military. "In an interview on NBC-TV's ``Today'' show broadcast to coincide with Monday's start of the Republican National Convention in New York,

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There is an old saying that I have heard. Don't mess with Texas. I think that should be revised to don't mess with the CIA. This Administration has attempted to out CIA agents and lay the blame for all "miscalculations" in Iraq squarely at the feet of the CIA. It looks like the chickens may be coming home to roost. At this point, that is just a guess, but I believe there is much more to

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A brief reminder of events occuring in the 21st century, courtesy of The Daily Kos: It happened this week almost without notice: The number of Americans killed in Iraq during 2004 now exceeds the number killed in 2003. More remarkably, the 488 killed thus far this year died in just 239 days (2.04 daily average), while the 482 killed last year died during fully 287 days (1.68 daily average),

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get out of the kitchen

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Buried in the Monday edition of the Washington Post, was this little tidbit: Palm Beach County has introduced an absentee ballot that requires voters to indicate their choices by connecting broken arrows, sparking criticism that it is even more confusing than the infamous "butterfly ballot" used in the 2000 election. Theresa LePore, the elections supervisor who approved the 2000 butterfly

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Just wondering... Today, the Washington Post has a story about the President codemning ads by certain outside groups: "The president said he wanted to work together [with McCain] to pursue court action to shut down all the ads and activity by these shadowy 527 groups," White House press secretary Scott McClellan told reporters on Air Force One after Bush spoke to McCain by telephone from the

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John O'Neill wrote the book currently attacking John Kerry. Should you believe him? Absolutely not, if you have any self respect. I can't speak for the other veterans speaking against Kerry (although their story continues to fall apart), but it is obvious that O'Neill has serious issues. I guess you want some evidence... First, he attacked John Kerry for saying he was in Cambodia during the

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Here is one of CNN's anchors yesterday. O'BRIEN: All right, we are listening to Max Cleland, former senator from Georgia and former Lieutenant Jim Rassmann, a former Green Beret whose life was saved by John Kerry in the Mekong Delta in 1969. Although, that is a point of dispute, given what has all transpired here with the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Well, was his life saved or not. How can

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In an effort to continue improving this site, I have added what I believe is a simpler commenting interface, as well as the ability to Trackback my posts. I have linked to many others bloggers, and I would like to support them. Trackbacks will make this much easier to do. I have also heard that it has been somewhat annoying to login each time a comment is entered, and I have hopefully alleviated

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Who am I to provide free advice but it seems to me that this would satisfy the questions of both campaigns? "We appreciate the opportunity to discuss John Kerry's war record. We understand that this is important to the American people and we would like to ask the Bush campaign to commit to 30 minutes of the first debate to discuss our military records. The American people deserve to understand

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Politics is an extremely interesting animal. As I watched the 2003 Democratic Presidential primaries, it seemed utterly amazing to me that the Bush campaign went on an all-out assault against Howard Dean before a single vote was cast. I remember saying to myself, pre-blog :), thou protesteth too much. If you had a candidate that you were positive you could beat, in the lead of your

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Has Google selected their candidate for the 2004 election? The evidence is as follows: 1) Search for "John Kerry" in Google News and see what comes up? (It would be nice if someone could cache the page for future reference) 2) A Bush campaign volunteer and advisor was forced to resign late last night. The Bush campaign quickly removed his name from their website. Fortunately, the Google

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It continues to amaze me that Fox News denies they have an agenda. I report, you decide. On the 12:00 AM headlines segments, the lead story was about the new internet ad posted on John Kerry's website, showing John McCain denouncing George Bush in the 2000 campaign for attacking McCain's service in Vietnam. The video shown in the background was of a 2004 Bush Campaign rally, showing Bush

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The Iraqi soccer team won another match today. It will be interesting to see what they will do if they get a platform to speak. I think back to 1968 in Mexico City and remember the political statement made by African-American athletes within a worldwide venue. Will these athletes make a political statement should they win a medal. It is definitely something to watch for after reading the

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From today's LA Times: Having failed to find banned weapons in Iraq, the CIA is preparing a final report on its search that will speculate on what the deposed regime's capabilities might have looked like years from now if left unchecked, according to congressional and intelligence officials. The CIA plans for the report, due next month, to project as far as 2008 what Iraq might have achieved in

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The current Administration would like us to believe that it is only a coincidence that the people responsible for the current swift boat ads happen to be financed by their supporters, have the same objectives, have visited the White House, are being promoted in Florida by their campaign, and campaign members appear in the Swift Boat ads. However, they categorically deny that there is any

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Audit Shows $8.8B Missing in Iraq A soon-to-be-released audit will show that at least $8.8 billion in Iraqi money that was given to Iraqi ministries by the former U.S.-led authority there cannot be accounted for, FOX News has confirmed. And three senators want to know where the cash is. The draft audit by the Coalition Provisional Authority's inspector general chastises the CPA — formerly

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The DailyKos demonstrates once points out a key difference between the two current presidential campaigns. Which campaign is the sunny optimist campaign, and which one is running a relentlessly negative campaign? It is interesting to see that the same campaign the state John Kerry is running from his Senate record, has very little conspicuous information on their front page regarding the

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When a former Sportcenter anchor says you made a fool of yourself on national TV, you have problems.

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And it took him this long to figure this out? TONY Blair's former envoy to Iraq yesterday admitted the war may prove to be a "waste of lives, money and effort". In an astonishing admission, top diplomat Sir Jeremy Greenstock said if the situation in the country did not improve within 18months, military intervention would be seen as a mistake. He said: "If Iraq in 2006 looks very little better

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I am eagerly awaiting the Vice-President's statement on the former General's sensitivity. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEN. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF, U.S. ARMY (RET.), NBC NEWS MILITARY ANALYST: What‘s it say to North Korea when we pull the troops out of there, after—you know, and what‘s it say to the South Koreans? Those sort of sensitivities I don‘t think were really considered, or may have been

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As we have seen recently, certain campaigns are not concerned with the truth Iraqi midfielder Salih Sadir scored a goal here on Wednesday night, setting off a rousing celebration among the 1,500 Iraqi soccer supporters at Pampeloponnisiako Stadium. Though Iraq -- the surprise team of the Olympics -- would lose to Morocco 2-1, it hardly mattered as the Iraqis won Group D with a 2-1 record and now

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Sen. Zell Miller, a Georgia Democrat who gave the keynote speech at Bill Clinton's 1992 nominating convention, will do the same thing for President Bush at the Republican National Convention.

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Nick Confessore demostrates the President's shrinking constituency [Other commentators] had exactly the same reaction I did to yesterday's release of poll data on the Jewish vote; to wit, that Karl Rove's plan to slice off segments of the Democratic vote didn't seem to be working too well. Marshall throws some additional wood on the fire. According to this poll, John Kerry leads George W. Bush

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Bring It On Part II The last time Bush issued a public dare, it didn't turn out so great. But here was Bush yesterday: "We want to continue to perfect this system, so we say to those tyrants who believe they can blackmail America and the free world: you fire, we're going to shoot it down."

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I continue to say I won't discuss this, but this issue continues to be in the news. If anyone still puts any credence into the nonsense being discussed about John Kerry's military record, they are simply unwilling to face facts. How much proof does anyone need that the attacks are politically motivated. Kerry's attackers, as you see below, are even willing to dishonor their own records and

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Do you consider this going overboard? August 18, 2004 "In a discussion with Scott Bleier of Hybrid Investors Mike Norman, a Fox News contributor and Fox reporter Terry Keenan the four were on the subject of Iraq and al Sadr. Cavuto asked about al Sadr What if we killed the guy Keenan responded that would be a big plus. Then Cavuto do you believe the market would take off if he was outta there.

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Not to be outdone by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement authorities, federal law enforcement officials have decided desperate times, call for desparate measures The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been questioning political demonstrators across the country, and in rare cases even subpoenaing them, in an aggressive effort to forestall what officials say could be violent and disruptive

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Will Floridians let this happen again? Bob Herber provides a reason to believe the more things change, the more they stay same Florida State police officers have gone into the homes of elderly black voters in Orlando and interrogated them as part of an odd "investigation" that has frightened many voters, intimidated elderly volunteers and thrown a chill over efforts to get out the black vote in

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JustMy2 would like to welcome its newest writer to the team, Coltrane. He has a sharp wit and his hand on the pulse on the community. I enjoy his humorous, yet strong opinions on a wide array of subjects and I hope you will as well. We promise we will shoot straighter than the current U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball team!! (although I guess that isn't saying much) Let the fun begin....

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So, why exactly is the White House Chief Political Adviser sitting in on your meetings?

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Short term memory lapse or rewriting history, you make the call... KING: So is that what led you to say on that ship that the battle is over? G. BUSH: No, I didn't say that. Now, let's be careful about that. I went on that aircraft carrier to thank a crew. What Bush himself said on the ship (Link): THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of

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Dan Froomkin catches the President in at best a misstatement, and at worst, a outright prevarication "'KING: You first were opposed to the 9/11 Commission and then changed. Why? 'G. BUSH: Not really. 'KING: You weren't opposed? 'G. BUSH: Well, I just wanted to make sure that it was done the right way. I felt like that -- one of my concerns was that it would usurp the Congress' need to fully

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The President continues to stun me. Apparently he is calling many of his friends and family tax dodgers!!! US President George W. Bush today said there was no point in taxing the rich because they just dodged their tax bill anyway. "Real rich people figure out how to dodge taxes," he said during a campaign stop in suburban Washington. ...Mr Bush said: "You've got to be careful about this

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John Kerry on August 5: 'I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive war on terror that reaches out to other nations and brings them to our side and lives up to American values in history. I lay out a strategy to strengthen our military, to build and lead strong alliances and reform our intelligence system. I set out a path to win the

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Can't we all just get along? A group financed by a major Republican contributor has begun running radio ads in about a dozen cities, many in battleground states, attacking Sen. John F. Kerry as "rich, white and wishy-washy" and mocking his wife for boasting of her African roots. What exactly does this have to do with John Kerry's ability to be president? As far as I know, the President is "

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During the run up to the Iraq War, I was able to locate contradictory views on the internet and alternative media to the statements being made by the Administration when analyzing the case for war. However, it was much to difficult in my opinion. The NY Times recently plead guilty to making errors in their reporting prior to the war. (Interestingly, they dedicated less that 2000 words to this

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Apparently, President Bush's recent nominee for CIA Director doesn't exactly have the greatest confidence in his abilities... U.S. Congressman Porter Goss, President Bush's nominee for CIA director, could be his own worst enemy when it comes to making the case that he deserves to lead the U.S. intelligence agency. "I couldn't get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified," the Florida

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Kevin Drum has interesting take on the recent campaign strategy for the President. I am not sure if I agree that this issue is as black and white as he puts it, but I found the article persuasive. Any thoughts? (Remember your comments can be anonymous if you wish) Here is an excerpt: FDR dedicated the New Deal to "freedom from fear." He believed that government's role was not to provide

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The Presidents continues to fulfill his campaign promise... Rap and R&B stars Mary J Blige, Missy Elliot and Eve are recording a song to encourage voters away from President Bush in the run-up to the US election. The trio are re-recording the 1960s hit Wake Up Everybody, which was used during the 1976 election to mobilise black voters to back Jimmy Carter.

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Reverand Jesse Jackson has a little fun with the President's verbal gymnastics last week. BRENT MERRILL: As you saw today at the president's conference, the leader of the free world does not understand tribal sovereignty. What would you do in your estimation, Reverend, what would you do and how would you advise tribes to educate our folks, just exactly what tribal sovereignty is? JESSE JACKSON

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If a civil war breaks out in Iraq, I suspect all bets are off. Considering the source of this information, I would take this with a grain of salt, but it is worth noting. "Al Jazeera reports that some Iraqi southern governorates will break away from the central government in Baghdad. Apparently this is why the southern Iraqi oil fields are no longer pumping oil to the southern terminal."

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And while we are discussing the former CENTCOM General, it was the General who apparently called for a now infamous aircraft carrier party. Retired Gen. Tommy Franks tried to take the blame Monday for President Bush's much-criticized comments declaring an end to major combat in Iraq more than a year ago. "That's my fault, that George W. Bush said what he said on the first of May of last year,

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Spencer Ackerman pulls this gem from General Tommy Franks just released book. Then I turned to reveal the next chart: PHASE IV: POST-HOSTILITY OPERATIONS. "As stability operations proceed, force levels would continue to grow--perhaps to as many as two hundred and fifty thousand troops, or until we are sure we've met our endstate objectives." [Emphasis added.] --General Tommy Franks, in a

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Let's get this straight...Information about surveillance of banks and financial buildings from 3-4 years ago...Raise the alert level. Survelliance of casino 7 to 8 years ago...keep it hush hush... When the Justice Department obtained two videos suggesting terrorists had cased Las Vegas casinos, the discussions didn't center on public alerts or heightened security. Rather, authorities worried

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Accuser Files Civil Suit Against Kobe Bryant Woman Seeks Unspecified Amount In Monetary Damages "The 20-year-old accuser in the Kobe Bryant case filed a civil suit Tuesday seeking an unspecified amount in monetary damages from the basketball star, saying that he has a 'history of committing similar violent sexual assault on females.'" ...After Plaintiff declined Defendant Bryant's offer to

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I stated in an earlier post that I wouldn't comment on this much. However, this has been a huge topic of discussion and a lot of mischaracterizations have been thrown around. Therefore, I thought think that it is only right to take a look at some independent sources to get to the bottom of the allegations. Here are three great, thorough summaries of the charges. I have excerpted a few key

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Porter Goss is the current Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. This committee just happened to be responsible for oversight of the CIA during one of its largest failures ever as reported by the Senate Intelligence report He is also the man who made the following statement about the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame last October Rep. Porter Goss said Thursday that

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I was watching the President's speech to The Unity Journalists of Color Conference on C-SPAN last week when I heard the following exchange: "Q Good morning. My name is Mark Trahant. I'm the editorial page editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and a member of the Native American Journalist Association. (Applause.) Most school kids learn about the government in the context of city, county,

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