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The "swift boat" stain

posted by bfaul 06/30/2008 03:00:35 PM EST

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The veterans of the Swift boats in Vietnam are dismayed at the ugly connotations that have become associated with the now common term "swift boating". 

They feel that it is unfair that the term is now most often associated with a political sliming tactic that most regard as despicable and underhanded.

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Shareholder "rebellion" at Exxon

posted by bfaul 05/27/2008 03:27:30 PM EST

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Now here's something you don't see everyday.  Shareholders in Exxon are trying to force by vote resolutions that would require Exxon to spend more time and money focusing on the effects of global warming and to do more research on alternative fuels. 

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Republican legacy, fully linked

posted by bfaul 05/19/2008 09:35:27 PM EST

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Do you feel it?  Do you feel the prestige and power and wealth of the United States slipping away?  We now have an unequivocal answer to the question - What happens when people are unwary enough to give the right wing idealogues unrestrained power in all branches of government?

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So much for Einstein the believer

posted by bfaul 05/13/2008 01:10:40 PM EST

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So many have argued for so long that Einstein actually believed in God and professed to be a "religious" person.  His use of the word "religious", he tried often to explain, was simply to describe the feelings of awe he experienced at the vastness and wonder of the universe. 

His thoughts on religion itself, and the belief in God as described by religions, are made clear in a letter to philosopher Eric Gutkind in 1954 which goes up for auction this week in London.

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Hilarious "Hillary" video

posted by bfaul 05/09/2008 12:18:56 PM EST

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Check out this video of Hillary's latest campaign war-room meeting where she takes her campaign staff to task over Obama's recent gains.

Please be warned that the language is pretty coarse. 

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Republican "high points" of the last seven years

posted by bfaul 04/15/2008 04:55:28 PM EST

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I feel the need to document some of the "accomplishments" of the Republican administration of the last 7 years.  This is no small task and I'd like some help.  I've composed a list of the things I can think of immediately, but the actual list is impossibly, ridiculously long.  Please add to the list with your comments below.  I reserve the right to steal suggestions you leave in this blog entry and use them in my continuing list!

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This is how Republicans roll.

posted by bfaul 02/20/2008 12:16:52 PM EST

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We've got the border fence, a Republican solution to the immigration issue.  We've got a rich wealthy Republican landowner whose country club property is directly in the path of the border fence, and who is a major contributor to Bush.  We've got many regular people whose property and homes are also in the path of the border fence.  Guess which property the border fence bypasses and which landowners are being served with lawsuits to confiscate their property?

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House votes to hold Whitehouse aides in contempt

posted by bfaul 02/14/2008 08:52:44 PM EST

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Finally, some kind of a stand!  Did I catch a glimpse of some balls in the house?

 

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The low point in the SOTU address

posted by bfaul 01/31/2008 06:25:47 PM EST

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There was a part of the SOTU address that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere else that really fried my rear end.  I kept wondering if anyone else would talk about it but I've seen no reference to it.

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Death of the Huckabee candidacy?

posted by bfaul 12/06/2007 02:40:43 PM EST

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I was wondering if this news was going to make it off the Huffington post into the mainstream media. It has, and that probably is the end of Huckabee as a candidate.

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Why would China urge citizens to dump the dollar?

posted by bfaul 11/16/2007 11:41:49 AM EST

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This is another one of those worrisome little signs that may ultimately mean nothing, and yet...

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Pakistani shake and bake

posted by bfaul 11/03/2007 11:21:53 AM EST

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Pakistan seems to be experiencing a shakeup today.  The president has declared a state of emergency and "suspended the constitution".  (I wonder how long it will be before Bush and Cheney do the same here?)

     

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Another sign that Iraq is trying to throw off the US yoke?

posted by bfaul 10/24/2007 05:36:41 PM EST

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This sure didn't seem to get much notice by the press, but the Iraqis are making a move toward sovereignty and trying to call the shots.

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This is an interesting turn of events

posted by bfaul 10/19/2007 01:09:00 PM EST

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The Iraqi government is refusing permanent US military bases in Iraq.

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Chris Matthews has big balls

posted by bfaul 10/05/2007 10:42:03 AM EST

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I don't care what anybody says, Chris Matthews has a real pair.

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