via Jordon Cooper, via Rebecca’s Pocket Some might call it Treason: an open letter to Salon Considering such trenchant work throughout the presidential race, it seemed, to say the least, quite odd that Manjoo suddenly and absolutely shifted ground as soon as Bush\’s unexpected victory was official. Where he had indeed been dogged and impartial in exposing some real threats Continue Reading
Oh, by the way, the book I mentioned toward the tail end of my last post on James Carroll’s House of War, entitled Overthrow, I also bought from Amazon when I bought the Carroll book. Kinzer is another writer on historical conflicts who has noticed the tragic patterns of America not learning its lesson, and reaping the consequences of “an Continue Reading
I’ve started reading James Carroll’s House of War after catching him on CSPAN while channel surfing at my in-Laws on Memoral Day weekend. The second chapter is on the building and justification for use on Japan of the A-bomb. Chilling is the word to descibe my feelings as Carroll gives account of the players and the debates, and how “peace Continue Reading
I may have wrongly attributed a quote to JKA Smith that may have been from here, in Pastor John’s blog. Pastor John is one who I tend to agree with on just about everything. Same goes for Jamie Smith. I just have a little trouble with the characterization of Wallis as a member of the “Religious Left”. I think that Continue Reading
willzhead: Doubt About 2004 Election— Will wrote: Doubt About 2004 ElectionThose of you who know me well know (at least) two things: 1. I am not given to wild speculation, especially in regard to the outcome of elections. I have managed or consulted on 28 political campaigns and am surprised by little that happens anymore. 2. I believe that the Continue Reading
Another source of rant from David Batstone (see previous post): Halliburton. This too, riles me up. The seemingly EXTREMELY suspicious ties of VP Cheney, the ineptitude of the “work” this crew has done, and the “clear-to-any-sane-individual” priority placed on “siezing of Iraqi oil” —all of this renews longings for some fresh blood in investigative reporting to the blow the lid Continue Reading
That list is actually pages long. Just start naming any area of “public policy” upon which millions of America depend upon or have some expectations that there are people spending time and tax dollars trying to administer something of an equitable state of affairs in terms of law, education, economy, etc. Not that Christians should be surprised that such things Continue Reading
I absolutely love the title of this post on Josh Marshall’s TPM Muckraker Site: TPM Muckraker April 25, 2006 03:35 PM (Printable Format) Tax Breaks for Big Oil: Bush Was For it Before He Was Against It Flip-flopper! You can bet Fox won’t point that one out. And speaking of Fox News, seems that Tony Snow is switching departments ….er…taking Continue Reading
A good piece from the New Yorker , hat tip to TPM Josh The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town Bush and Cheney—even with their approval ratings at historic lows and with Iraq veering toward open civil war—and their staffs still apparently find it impossible to admit error. In the week marking the third anniversary of the invasion, the Continue Reading
via Jesus Politics, Franklin Graham spouts more of the kind of maturity all too often typical of the American Civil religion. Anyone who defends the peaceful Islamic themes from distortion by Christians who afford nothing of the “exegetical” hack jobs they do for their own “difficult passages” in the Christian Bible to the Islamic theologians who try to “contextualize” the Continue Reading
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: February 26, 2006 – March 04, 2006 Archives Oh, videotape is not the friend of George W. Bush today. Remember this quote, right? “I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees. They did appreciate a serious storm but these levees got breached and as a result much of New Orleans is Continue Reading
Unbelievable. Send that writer to Iraq and then “Let Him Decide“. Good grief. Practically scandalous to drudge up something like that for the sake of “balanced conversartion”. Exploring “all sides of the issues”. Well, Fox has entered into a new dimension entirely. hat tip to: willzhead: Name That Caption: 02/28/06 February 28, 2006 in Name That Caption | Permalink
The Mundane Life of Thunder Jones: Dumb, Lazy, or Controlled? We found out yesterday that President Bush didn’t know about the UAE port deal until after it was approved. That means that it is possible that I blogged about this issue before the President was made aware of it, which also means that as a guy that reads his own Continue Reading
This post from Talking Points Memo brought back to mind the things that has been dancing around in my mind since the whole “ports thing” broke. Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: February 19, 2006 – February 25, 2006 Archives From a TPM Reader BR from Houston: Being a War President, and the War on Terror itself, eclipses everything. Continue Reading
Bart Campolo asks what many others are asking: Bart Campolo Actually, I don’t have many problems with what the President said; what bothers me is the gaping chasm between his rhetoric and the actions (and inactions) of his administration. I mean, does anyone really that George W. Bush is sincerely committed to breaking this nation’s addiction to oil? Bush’s statement Continue Reading