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Archive for September 22nd, 2007

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Giuliani’s Unbridled Civil Libertarianism Again on Display

By Mona
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Yet another reason why any so-called libertarian who supports America’s Mayor for Prez in ‘08, is actually a GOP authoritarian in ‘tarian drag — my emphasis:

Giuliani said that MoveOn.org’s ad criticizing Gen. Petreaus was out of bounds and hinted that the group should face some sort of sanction.
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“They passed a [...]

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our attackers but ourselves

By Thoreau
In response to my previous post, a commenter wrote that his sympathies are not with Iran.  I was about to reply that I have a great deal of sympathy for the Iranians, because if George Bush drops bombs on them their oppressive government will be strengthened.
But then I realized that the same could be [...]

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Nobody Could Have Imagined

Yes, the reporting sucks, but media laziness given, isn’t it possible that the Democratic staffers either:
a) Just really suck at their jobs;
b) Aren’t all that interested in capitalizing on continued public desire to end the war, because they aren’t all that interested in ending the war?
If Greg Sargent wants to raise the standard of political [...]

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

The drumbeat continues, and reinforces itself

By Thoreau
This morning’s paper reports that US officials are accusing Iran of providing arms to the Taliban. Now, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of US officials who level accusations against members of the “Axis of Evil.” There are also plenty of reasons to doubt that Iran would want to aid [...]

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

There Was a Checkpoint Charlie, He Didn’t Crack a Smile

Pat Lang on Blackwater.