Saw this on the magazine rack at the checkout counter in Border’s, and found this copy of the article on Brad Delong’s Blog and here : the choices made in 2002 were fateful. The United States began that year shocked and wounded, but with tremendous strategic advantages. Its population was more closely united behind its leadership than it had been Continue Reading

Instead of focusing on CBS’ use of documents that supported OTHER good evidence and testimony, let’s ask about the source of forgeries that were used to promote what other evidence shows us was an out and out lie: The documents used to accuse Iraq of trying to buy Uranium from Niger. These were forgeries that the Bush administration used to Continue Reading

Great post at DailyKOS, lauding Kerry’s speech, and linking to an article quoting several Republicans worried about the path this administration is taking. KOS: It’s hard for Bush to claim Kerry’s attacks are politically motivated when they are echoing the same criticisms offered by members of his own party. Daily Kos Video from CSpan

via Mike Now this, I like. It gives me hope for politics, and that there really are sane Republicans (which I have always known, but have seen very little evidence of lately). I still wouldn’t join em’ but I feel their main beef with Bush is a realist one, and a “non-extremist” one- which commands some respect, even though there Continue Reading

A good piece in the NYTimes; many good juicy quotes that I could go “on and on” about.

Josh is talking about the Joe Wilson Niger investigation, and that there are “forgeries” there (known forgeries) that have dropped off the radar of the mainstream media. After watching Uncovered: The Truth About the War in Iraq on Saturday, I picke dup Wilson’s book again. The hubub about the CBS documents, compared to the “basically forgotten” status of the “Niger Continue Reading

via Eric: Kerry Needs the Courage to Walk Away from Iraq If John Kerry wants to win, he must recognize that our military intervention in Iraq is a disaster — for Americans, for Iraqis, for the world. He must stop boasting about his courage in Vietnam and instead start talking about his moral courage in opposing that war. He needs Continue Reading

My Kerry/Edwards yard sign was stolen from my yard today, and a nearby house, which I noticed had two signs in their yard this morning (newly installed) are also gone. Unbelivevable, but not all that surprising either. I think I’ll call a couple of local TV Stations.

I was bummed to find that nobody in Nashville is showing Silver City, not this week, or any of the schedules opening weeks. The closest are in Memphis, Atlanta, and St. Louis. I was looking forward to it. I hope to find out about an “unlisted” viewing in some out of the way theater. Or maybe some dates may be Continue Reading

As I await NOW in about 30 minutes at 8 CST (PBS show produced and hosted by Bill Moyers), I found this article:

Doc sums it up well (and others have said the same — ie. like Rather himself asked: “With all due respect sir, answer the questions”. Of course, he won’t.) The Doc Searls Weblog : Friday, September 17, 2004 Ultimately, how people react to the Memo Story — while ignoring the undisputed and independently proven story reinforced by those memos — Continue Reading

Rather asked in an interview: Answer the Question, Mr. President CBS News, unfortunately, took the teeth out of this story with their sloppy handling of it. But in fact, both Jerry Killian’s boss, and his secretary have now coorborated the key piece of evidence put forth in the forgeries – that Bush, in fact, received special treatment in response to Continue Reading

He’s hoping nobody noticed how NONE of his campaign promises were lived out: Blog for America There’s so much MEAT here, I can’t decide what to quote. It’s all GREAT! Every bit of it expresses the rage I feel whwn I hear Bush recite old lines “I’m running on Compassionate Conservatism”. Who’s he kidding? Has anybody payed attention to how Continue Reading