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Congress Is Giving Away the Internet, and You Won't Like Who Gets It
By Art Brodsky
Congress is going to hand the operation of the Internet over to AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. Democrats are helping. It's a shame.
Don’t look now, but the House Commerce Committee next Wednesday is likely to vote to turn control of the Internet over to AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner and what’s left of the telecommunications industry. It will be one of those stories the MSM writes about as “little noticed” because they haven’t covered it
http://www.tpmcafe.com/
You won't believe your eyes at the dirty deeds in order to stay in power either.
GOP has been caught already using subliminal messages in campaign ads.
Like harpies, they'll shriek.
Unless Fitz serves up an indictment on Rove soon, this summer promises to be fugly.
Bonjour!
Frankly, I don't know what possible difference their could be between their current shrieking and their out-of-power shrieking. Both are loud enough and high-pitched enough to sterilize small mammals.
Apr 22, 12:48 AM EDT
Libby Defends Releasing Fitzgerald Letter
By PETE YOST
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawyers for Vice President Dick Cheney's indicted former chief of staff on Friday defended their decision to release a letter to the news media before it was filed in federal court, and they urged the judge in the CIA leak case not to react by issuing a gag order.
U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton threatened to impose strict silence on everyone connected with the case last week after lawyers for defendant I. Lewis Libby distributed a letter from Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald before the letter was made a part of the case record.
Libby's lawyers rushed out the letter to the news media because it was advantageous to their client. In it, Fitzgerald acknowledged making a mistake in one of his earlier court filings.
On Friday, news organizations including The Associated Press argued strongly against Walton's proposal, saying in court papers that a gag order would constitute a classic prior restraint of core First Amendment speech.-clip-
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Let's defend a leaker so we can leak, Okay?
Whoa. I hadn't read the post yet. Good to see the "harpy" meme is circulating.
It's like if you lived near the jungle and you fed this lion a zebra haunch at noon every day, and then you quit all of a sudden. Well, it ain't pretty.
So, let's keep working on the shorthand version of the gas price thing.
Bush's Tax
Oilman's Revenge
Bullshit Bush
Republican Oil
any others?
I don't think the voters will listen to the harpies that much next time around. The wingnuts had their chances and look at the disatrous results. The louder the harpies scream, the more hysterical they will look. You can fool people someof the times but you can't fool people all of the times (that's a song! but i don't remember which one? any guess?)
And also....new Keyboard Kommandos, Traitorous Retired Generals edition.
Remember the 1977 horror movie The Sentinel? During the climatic ending when John Carradine tries to "pass the torch" to the new sentinel and all the demons, their tricks exhausted, were reduced to literally throwing themselves at him?
This whole summer/fall will be like that.
Don't they always shriek?
Do Atrios and Digby really think that the Republicans will be out of power soon? All of the analysis I've heard so far still makes it sound Democrats will gain seats in November, but taking control of either the House or Senate is extremely unlikely.
I'd love to hear evidence to the contrary, though.
Back to 1998...like you'd have to go that far back! Have to admit it's entertaining to watch the scramble to "suddenly" attempt to be "fair and balanced" on news programs like Russert, Blitzer, Matthews and their ilk! They're tiny heads are spinning...
Do Atrios and Digby really think that the Republicans will be out of power soon? All of the analysis I've heard so far still makes it sound Democrats will gain seats in November, but taking control of either the House or Senate is extremely unlikely.
Gee, I wonder where that "analysis" comes from? Certainly not the people who've whored themselves for the GOP...
Congress Is Giving Away the Internet, and You Won't Like Who Gets It
By Art Brodsky
Congress is going to hand the operation of the Internet over to AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. Democrats are helping. It's a shame.
this surprises whom?
at what point will somebody like me b allowed to say (sadly) "TOLJA!"
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DWD: the oilmen are making tons of $$$ with the higher prices. Bush's mates do not care what it does to the rest of the economy, as long as they get richer themselves...
Message to wingnuts: You tried to run the country but you failed, 'cause you suck and are stupid.
Get over it.
Do Atrios and Digby really think that the Republicans will be out of power soon?
Forecasting even further into the future, look out for the GOP "Take America Back!" campaign in 2010...
OT: Nepalese protesters dismiss King's pledge of democracy
King Gyanendra of Nepal made a desperate attempt to save his throne as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Kathmandu yesterday calling for his overthrow.
In a televised address, the King promised to restore democracy and hold elections, and revert to being a constitutional monarch. But his words were dismissed by the opposition parties which have been leading the protests as too little, too late. "The King has not clearly addressed the road map of the protest movement," said Krishna Prasad Sitaula, spokesman for the largest opposition party, the Nepali Congress. "Our protest campaign will continue."
On the streets too, the people vowed to continue their rallies. There were spontaneous demonstrations in reaction to the King's speech, with people chanting: "Democracy is coming! Gyanendra leave the country!"
i said "perceive," which has little to do with whether they are actually in power
I mean, in the 90s between congress, the press, and the OIC they were pretty much in power but they didn't perceive it that way
Part of the reason I'm gobsmacked when my local conservatives just shrug off the bunch that they put in power and look for some Real Conservatives to do things "right" when they get a do-over. Enter McCain and temporary amnesia, I guess.
Makes one wonder what the next move will be - a Reichstag fire or remilitarizing the Rhineland?
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Meanwhile in the real world...
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KABUL (Reuters) - Four Canadian soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb, a Canadian military spokesman said.
Violence has surged in Afghanistan since the Taliban announced last month they had launched a spring offensive in their campaign to rid the country of foreign forces and topple the Western-backed government.
"All of the occupants of the vehicle were killed," said the spokesman, Lieutenant Mark MacIntyre.
The four men were traveling in an armored jeep in the volatile Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province when the blast hit, he said.
Fifteen Canadian soldiers and a diplomat have been killed in Afghanistan since Canada first sent troops after the Taliban were ousted by U.S. and Afghan opposition forces in late 2001
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It's a HUGE thing in Canada with every dead soldier. But on the USA side, we barely hear about GIs deaths anymore...even if they are still dying. Funny that
Maybe things will be okay--my girls are still playing happily in the other room: "Nutcracker! Nutcracker!" "Clara! Clara!" "Godpoppa! Godpoppa!"
Maybe things will be okay--my girls are still playing happily in the other room: "Nutcracker! Nutcracker!" "Clara! Clara!" "Godpoppa! Godpoppa!"
whoa, i saw "stuff happens" last night at the public... hard core
http://www.publictheater.org/vie...lay&
eventid=489
i said "perceive," which has little to do with whether they are actually in power
Sshhh. He's on a roll.
OT: Nigeria is Africa's first nation to clear debt to the West
Nigeria became the first African country to be free of its debt to the Paris Club of rich nations, following the transfer yesterday of $4.5bn (£2.5bn) under a debt-relief deal that should clear the way for billions to be spent on reducing poverty.
The landmark step is a sign of hope for Nigeria where 60 per cent of the people live in poverty despitethe country's oil wealth.
Olusegun Obasanjo, the President, persuaded the country's creditors in June to cancel $18bn of the total $30bn owed after arguing that the huge debt repayments owed from the military dictatorships of the past were handicapping his attempts to improve the infrastructure, education and health care.
He's on a roll.
Poppyseed or sesame?
MadEye,
I'm seeing it on 5/10!
Afghan Roadside Bomb Kills 4 Canadian GIs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
20060...soldiers_killed
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A roadside bomb exploded Saturday as a Canadian armored vehicle drove by, killing four soldiers, the Canadian military said.
The attack occurred at about 7:30 a.m. as Canadian forces patrolled the Shah-Wali-Kot district village of Gomboth, about 25 miles north of Kandahar, Canadian military spokesman Lt. Mark MacIntyre said.
Most of Canada's 2,200 troops in Afghanistan are based in Kandahar, where they have taken over security from U.S. forces.
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AWOL POS.
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Either way, the right is walking wounded right now.
Damaged goods. If the dem's can't close the margin significantly in November, then at least they should attach that tag to them.
Congress is going to hand the operation of the Internet over to AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. Democrats are helping. It's a shame.
I'm all for net neutrality and think that the telcos are barking up the wrong tree, but keep in mind the Internet is already operated by providers--it's not one big network, but a "network of networks", and the market has pretty much pushed development for the past several years.
BREKKY
non-caloric frittata
http://www.mccormick.com.au/asse...%
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QuentinCompson: great mind post the same thing!
Shriek 2?
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La Dee Dah...
La Dee Dah ...
I like that "Insomnia" song.
Plum P, looks like about the middle of the third period the damned Wings decided to play. (We were chanting the ultimate hockey insult toward the Wings at Chez DWD - if you want to watch the game, buy a fucking ticket.)
We shall see.
I always mouse over the link to see where it takes me, If it is a link to digby's place, I just scroll down to the link on the side of the page to open the homepage.
Woooohooooo!!
Just about to take a bite.
without honey.....
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It's a HUGE thing in Canada with every dead soldier. But on the USA side, we barely hear about GIs deaths anymore...even if they are still dying. Funny that
Plum P
More Canadians die from teasing grizzly bears every year than die in Iraq.
Makes one wonder what the next move will be - a Reichstag fire or remilitarizing the Rhineland?
Already have both:
Reichstag = 9/11
Rhineland = occupying Iraq
Bush pushes alternative fuels on Earth Day
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - President George W. Bush marked Earth Day on Saturday by spotlighting a technology that could reduce U.S. dependence on oil, while Democrats seized on a spike in gas prices to criticize White House energy policy.
With oil prices hitting a record high this week and gas at the pump topping $3 a gallon in some places, Democrats hoping to win control of the U.S. Congress in November elections used the issue to make a populist argument against big oil companies and Republicans' ties to them.
Critics are also seeking to tap into public anxiety caused by rising gas prices as a way to blunt the White House push to take credit for overall good economic numbers.
Canadians getting killed cleaning an american mess...what else is new?
Do Atrios and Digby really think that the Republicans will be out of power soon?
wishful thinking, imho...
the Dems'd have to have a net gain of 15 seats in the House...only about 30 total seats are actually in play.
to win back the Senate--where there are 33 'contests', and the margin is 55/44/1--the Dems need a 7-seat swing...
and given the Lieberman-like character of the DLC, it'd need a 10-12 seat margin to hold off the fascists...
imho: none of these things are gonna happen...
The most important thing is to continue to point out the mass media does not serve the masses but a few
corpulent interests and the tweetys and Mayor of Looneyville are only to happy to suck up to them...after all they agree spin well spun is better than the truth any day
The Anchoress clearly has a finely tuned since of irony, since the screed that Wolcott reference is prefaced by the statement:
I ask only that you be civil, because I do believe that decent people can disagree and still be decent people.
As we've often observed here, "civility" and "decency" refer only to forbearing to use certain proscribed words.
Nothing else.
More Canadians die from teasing grizzly bears every year than die in Iraq.
More Canadians die from fucking caribou every year than die in Iraq.
Dow flirts with new record high
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corporate earnings news will likely determine the course of the stock market next week as investors scan profit outlooks for enough strength to propel the Dow industrials the few hundred more points the index needs for a record high.
"A lot of companies reported stronger-than-expected results, and we are not talking here just about tech companies," said Dick Green, president at Briefing.com, a market analysis firm in Chicago.
"We have Dow names, such as 3M, with very good reports out there. If we continue to see good results, stocks may keep the momentum for a little longer," he added.
Either way, the right is walking wounded right now.
I just had a flashback of the "we call them Heroes" ridiculousness after Box Turtle Ben got the boot. And I'll be bracing for terrible war metaphors from the Keyboard Kommandos as they continue to get "strafed" by the wackjobs on the left 70% of the spectrum...
More Canadians die from teasing grizzly bears every year than die in Iraq.
Lime Rickey
and you point is? More canadians dies of car accidents than trying to clean up after the americans in Afghanistan...that makes our soldiers deaths ok now? Va te faire foutre Lime!
the sheik of shriek was chic.
Why did Digby add a picture of Ann Coulter to that post?
and:
Report: Iran, Russia Reach Enrichment Deal
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's envoy to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Saturday the Islamic republic had reached a "basic deal" with the Kremlin to form a joint uranium enrichment venture on Russian territory, state-run television reported.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, "spoke of a basic agreement between Iran and Russia to set up a joint uranium enrichment firm on Russian soil," Iranian state television reported.
It remained unclear, though, whether Iran would entirely give up enrichment at home, a top demand of the West, or whether the joint venture would complement Iran's existing enrichment program.
April 22, 2006 - 9:29 a.m. CDT
More Canadians die from teasing grizzly bears every year than die in Iraq.
Written by someone who cares about neither grizzly bears nor Iraqis.
...or caribou.
and you point is?
It's Lime Rickey. He's okay.
great mind post
Tho some may lag behind a minute or two.
I'm very sorry for those families in Canada.
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The thugs have got 988 years left in their Reich. We had our chance. Now it's their time.
Va te faire foutre Lime!
Plum P
Hey, that one's in my "Francophonie for Vice Presidents" dictionary!
More people die in raking accidents in Topeka every year than die in 30 femtoseconds in Iraq.
Va te faire foutre Lime!
Plum P
Don't insult me in Canadian.
Okay, things have broken down and they've begun to shreik: Stella, "This is the way it really is. Girls who have brothers or sisters are *sisters* and boys who have brothers or sisters are *brothers*." Iris, "NO! STOP!" Stella, "YES! That's the way it is!"
Okay, things have broken down and they've begun to shreik: Stella, "This is the way it really is. Girls who have brothers or sisters are *sisters* and boys who have brothers or sisters are *brothers*." Iris, "NO! STOP!" Stella, "YES! That's the way it is!"
Maliki endorsed as new Iraqi PM
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani has asked Shia politician Jawad al-Maliki to form the country's next government.
"I would like to inform the brothers and sisters that we decided unanimously to endorse our dear brother... to head the cabinet," he said.
The dominant Shia bloc picked Mr al-Maliki as its nominee on Friday after the current premier, Ibrahim al-Jafaari, bowed out.
Sunni, Kurdish and secular groups had bitterly opposed Mr Jaafari.
It's Lime Rickey.
I only read the quote... I think I'd better get to work now.
"Critics are also seeking to tap into public anxiety caused by rising gas prices as a way to blunt the White House push to take credit for overall good economic numbers."
two things about this:
1) First, notice that calling Bushco on the economy/gas prices is done by partisan critics seeking advantage in the game, not Americans holding elected officials accountable (= the subliminal propaganda).
2) Most striking of all to me - WHAT OVERALL GOOD ECONOMIC NUMBERS?!?! Is Exxon record profit now considered the US economy as a whole? Halliburton no-bid contracts the only recorded economic activity? WTF are they talking about?
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Oh, and happy Earth Day to all!
I'm very sorry for those families in Canada.
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QuentinCompson
me too...but some people here think it's ok to laugh at it ...sorry, i'm in a bad mood this morning. But we take soldiers deaths seriously here, not a topic to be funny with
Bush's Tax
Oilman's Revenge
Bullshit Bush
Republican Oil
any others?
DWD - Challenging the world | Homepage
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OIL IS FOR REPUBLICAN CONSUMPYION OLY
oh wait ...make it easier for chimpy...republican USE only
Polish forces 'may stay in Iraq'
Poland may not pull its troops out of Iraq at the end of the year as planned, its defence minister has said.
Radek Sikorski told the BBC that while he thought it was unlikely Polish forces would stay on, that could change depending on circumstances.
Poland has about 1,500 troops currently serving in Iraq.
The previous government had said it would withdraw them at the start of the year, but the present administration reversed this when it took power.
In an interview with Europe Today, Mr Sikorski said Polish forces had encountered less trouble in Iraq that some other countries' troops.
use only........oy
Either way, the right is walking wounded right now.
They're lucky to be able to walk, unlike god knows how many soldiers.
And more drugs are dealt in my fucking parking lot each day than...
Fuck. That pisses me off. They're not even "cool" about it.
consumption only damnit!
and Iraqi civilians. Walking, that is.
Is Exxon record profit now considered the US economy as a whole?
United States of Corporate Profits. It's a little more cumbersome, but you'll get used to it.
Oh, and happy Earth Day to all!
Why should the Earth get a day all to itself? FUCK THE EARTH!
As we've often observed here, "civility" and "decency" refer only to forbearing to use certain proscribed words.
I thought that those words had a meaning equivalent to " Just stand there and take it while I beat you about the head and shoulders with this big stick"
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more people have died in katrina than die in iraq..oh wait, not a good example.
Please scroll down to the stevemarvin comment for the most concise and comprehensive critique of Tweety I've ever read.
Please read it; it deserves its own thread, IMO, whether Tweety is "Wanker of the Day" or not.
I tried to post it directly, but that line-break thing wouldn't permit it.
BTW, I can't fault commenters for trying to squeeze in long comments or blocks of text by simply removing all of the blank lines, but I don't think that works.
I'd be interested to see if DWD et al agree that there's limit-- say, ten lines (?)-- of unbroken text beyond which even a literate, curious eye tends to glaze over and move on.
I know that I tend to skip past such "tombstones", as the high school newspaper moderator called them. And I bet many others do too. 
But we take soldiers deaths seriously here, not a topic to be funny with
Uh...Americans take it seriously too.
Lime Rickey was mocking a wingnut argument: "more people die in [insert completely irrelevant comparison] than soldiers die in Iraq."
Why should the Earth get a day all to itself? FUCK THE EARTH!
NTodd, Bungholier
/scratches plans for NTodd float down Hennepin Ave.
i said "perceive," which has little to do with whether they are actually in power
I was hoping I'd missed something.
ten lines (?)-- of unbroken text beyond which even a literate, curious eye tends to glaze over and move on.
It's a bit different online than on paper, as we tend to process the stuff differently.
I've always hated short paragraphs when you've got normal margins and double-spacing, etc, but in blogging generally 2-liners are the best. As you say, dense grafs are a bit much for you to gestalt, let alone read thoroughly.
"Civility" and "decency" both mean "anything that hurts our feelings". Such as arguments they can't refute, or uncomfortable truths spoken openly.
Anything that fits their Party line is "civil" and "decent", such as "Nuke them raghead Iranists!"
Oh, yeah, and all Carlin's Seven Words. And, come to think of it, George Carlin himself - very uncivil by GOP standards.
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Little Brøther,
Yes, I believe there is. When I am working on an adult book: I try for around two thousand words in a chapter. (Around a thousand words for a young peoples' book) This eases the time necessary before giving the mind a break.
Paragraphs (can be any length) but really should be limited to less than 100 words - for the same reason. And shorter is usually better.
Sentences: long sentences are okay for narrative, but if you doing action: fewer words are better. (I seldom allow a sentence to exceed twenty words - for the reasons cited above.)
Hope this helps.
Little Brøther,
Yes, I believe there is. When I am working on an adult book: I try for around two thousand words in a chapter. (Around a thousand words for a young peoples' book) This eases the time necessary before giving the mind a break.
Paragraphs (can be any length) but really should be limited to less than 100 words - for the same reason. And shorter is usually better.
Sentences: long sentences are okay for narrative, but if you doing action: fewer words are better. (I seldom allow a sentence to exceed twenty words - for the reasons cited above.)
Hope this helps.
/scratches plans for NTodd float down Hennepin Ave.
Oh man, I already made the giant papier mache head!
sheetses, my preciousssss....
is it true tweety's books got panned in reviews?
true or not, gave me a chuckle.
NTodd: well i woke up this morning and the first thing i saw on tv was these soldiers deaths. There's ways and time to be ironic, and Lime's comment just made me angry as hell. I'm sick and tired to have our soldiers killed after cleaning american messes: Bosnia, Somalia, and now Afghanistan. We have a new tory govt which want our soldiers to stay there 10 years, not just the one they're supposed too. And the Prime Minister is being chummy with a fucking president with 33% approuval rate. It just pisses me off so much!!! Sorry if i'm to touchy about it this morning,
From below DWD says
On one hand I was impressed. On the other, it took me more than a year to write that - using whatever free time I could muster and my entire summer break - and she read it in 11 hours!
I would consider that an honor, If I were you. Some of my favorite reads have been swallowed whole in such fashion. And then there is allways the opportunity for the re-read.
Depending on how much of my reading time is spent here, I would not be suprised if your work was unfinished by Sunday evening.
On another note, I liken this place to a really kick ass version of what transpires at The Corner, much more Intelligent and witty discourse..
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From below DWD says
On one hand I was impressed. On the other, it took me more than a year to write that - using whatever free time I could muster and my entire summer break - and she read it in 11 hours!
I would consider that an honor, If I were you. Some of my favorite reads have been swallowed whole in such fashion. And then there is allways the opportunity for the re-read.
Depending on how much of my reading time is spent here, I would not be suprised if your work was unfinished by Sunday evening.
On another note, I liken this place to a really kick ass version of what transpires at The Corner, much more Intelligent and witty discourse..
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in blogging generally 2-liners are the best.
Uh...not 2-liners, but grafs with 2 sentences.
Sorry if i'm to touchy about it this morning,
No need for apologies, cher.
Sorry if i'm to touchy about it this morning,
No need for apologies, cher.
NTodd
it's okay, i'm jsut in a bad mood cause my cat woke me up too early on my sleep late day.
When canadian soldiers die, it's always top of the news in Canada. But you barely hear about american casualties on the american news these days. It's unbeleivable. My apologies if i jumped too hard on Lime and you
But you barely hear about american casualties on the american news these days. It's unbeleivable...
Plum P - 11:05 am
that's cuz 1) casualties make the Regime look bad, 2) casualties make the Regime look bad, 3) casualties make the Regime look bad, and 4) casualties make the Regime look bad...
the CorpoRatState Media will do anything and everything in their power to avoid showing the regime in a bad light...
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re san fran quake, didn't realize we have a long history of covering up the actual number of death tolls.
tangental googling from her site to Rod D. Martin
http://www.thevanguard.org/
theva...about_rdm.shtml
(Founder and Chairman of TheVanguard.Org, Center for Cultural Leadership's Senior Fellow in Public Policy and Political Affairs, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA), a member of the Board of Governors of the Council for National Policy, and an active participant in The Arlington Group http://www.renewamerica.us/colum...weyrich/041203)
and an amazon review of his book (August 14, 2004):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/
product...anguardoftherev
In the weeks following the Democratic National Convention, John Kerry and John Edwards have been trying to purport a "positive campaign" while simultaneously telling Americans how dismal the state of the union is. Echoing the sentiment of John Kerry during his acceptance speech, saying they are the "positive campaign," doesn't make it so. One thing is for sure, Democrats and their supporters have the wrong idea about what positive means, and lack the capacity to realize that it is their hate driven agenda that is the true divider in this country.
For real optimism, you need look no further than the Bush campaign and the vast number of Bush supporters who see greatness, not despair, in the present, and in the days ahead. Finally, there is a book that captures that positive energy. Within the pages of "Thank You, President Bush," are the words of some of today's preeminent conservative thinkers, authors and public servants. This book provides a refreshing contrast to the anti-Bush rhetoric that pollutes the airwaves and the bookshelves of fine bookstores across America.
"Thank You, President Bush" serves as a laudatory record of the past four years of the Bush Administration, substantiated with the one thing liberals detest most: facts. In discussing the reality of today's most important issues, the contributors are not fueled by blind faith. Rather, these are highly researched and thorough examinations of the true state of the economy, the successes of our foreign policy, the achievements in social policy, and a profound look at the remarkable character of President Bush.
wing + nut = rod d. martin
I'm thinking a bunker mentality might be part of the reason the right-wingers howl like banshees and rush to protect the slightest of the armchair warriors like Ben Domenech and the poor man's version (if such a thing can be imagined) of Glenn Reynolds - TN's Bill Hobbs. The RW bloggers in this area are losing their freaking minds.
A Southern Christian college is embarrassed by an empployee who posts a juvenile and crude Muslim cartoon - the man resigns - and they're screaming about LW plots and fascism. You have to see it to believe it.
A conservative movement that has tasted power, and then lost it, may become even more extreme and dangerous than it is now. If we are governed by weak and timid Democrats for several years, the worst elements of the right will fight even more fiercely to regain control — and their rhetoric, ideology, and agenda will grow more and more toxic.
No amount of triangulation and compromise will ever satisfy these people.
Digby's post further down the page on taboos is excellent.
Cynicus --
Makes one wonder what the next move will be - a Reichstag fire or remilitarizing the Rhineland?
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Cynicus | Homepage | 04.22.06 - 10:36 am | #
Reichstag fire, why do you ask?
Everybody knows remilitarizing the Rhineland comes after France and Germany object to invading Iran...
And, NTodd?
Why stop with one Reichstag fire, when two can get you so much further to the east?
While we are certainly going to lose in Iraq, it is possible that we could lose our Army there in an uprising which cuts off our dispersed forces. This could mean the end of the Republicans for a generation or more.
End of the Repubs or birth of the Draft? Of non-Repubs that is.
---The thugs have got 988 years left in their Reich. We had our chance. Now it's their time.
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The nazi's only got about 10 years in their 1000 year Reich. bushmob got 5 and is imploding. A year aint what it used to be, inflation you know.
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