tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64257952012-01-01T15:17:23.715-08:00<br>The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.<br><br> -- George Orwell [founding member of the Reality-Based Community]aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.comBlogger3161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-62777811849293482072008-09-26T18:57:00.000-07:002008-09-26T19:49:05.754-07:00

This will be the first of three--count 'em, THREE posts--coming this weekend. Tonight, I'll share a few thoughts about the ongoing debate in between sips of tasty wine. Enjoy!--------------------------------------------------7:05-7:31 p.m. - It's obvious that the debate organizers shoehorned the global financial crisis and the Wall Street bailout into the planned debate on foreign affairs and

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-43178690968031390432008-09-25T10:18:00.000-07:002008-09-25T10:22:02.991-07:00

I CANNOT FUCKING STAND THE CONCEPT THAT JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN MIGHT BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SO GODDAMN STUPID THAT AFTER THE LAST 8 YEARS OF CHICANERY, SKULLDUGGERY, AND JUST PLAIN TOO-STUPID-TO-LIVE FUCKUPS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH MORE OF THE SAME, OR WORSE?SARAH PALIN IS A TWIT.JOHN MCCAIN IS A TOOL.I have tried to swear off all news

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1159300469969964122006-09-26T12:53:00.000-07:002006-09-26T12:54:30.046-07:00

...among other crimes.Maybe the President didn't say this directly, but he's authorizing it as part of his continual assault on civil liberties and basic human decency. As part of a deal struck between the administration and Congress yesterday, a bill may pass the Senate which allows wartime commanders to force prisoners to strip naked and dance, wear underwear on their head or be sexually

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1154038042155396932006-07-27T15:05:00.000-07:002006-07-27T15:07:22.180-07:00

Thanks to Damon for pulling this article off of the AP. This is the man leading our country and the "free world"? Leading it where, into Armageddon?:_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ABA: Bush violating ConstitutionBar association president says signing statements erode democracyWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just signed violates the

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1154018558343614862006-07-27T09:36:00.000-07:002006-07-27T09:42:38.380-07:00

At the top is the annotated text of an essay by Dennis Miller, comedian and conservative gadfly. At the bottom, after the dashes, is my response (Miller's comments were sent to me in an email as an example of the different schools of thought about the Mideast Crisis). Enjoy..."A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as a serviceto all Americans who still don't get it, I now

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1152731220073042172006-07-12T12:00:00.000-07:002006-07-12T12:07:00.126-07:00

What Voting Rights Act?So it seems that our esteemed Congress, led by Southern Republicans and those on the front line of the current immigration debate, are holding up extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. (Read more about it in Yahoo! news or Mother Jones.) Republicans claim that some provisions of the Voting Rights Act are no longer necessary--such as supervision in nine states of polling

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1149615810384141012006-06-06T10:42:00.000-07:002006-06-06T10:43:30.430-07:00

Yesterday, I typed an open letter to the Bush Administration and the top members of the G.O.P. in which I chastised them for introducing legislation to ban gay marriage at a time when so many other more important issues must be dealt with in this country, a litany ranging from the bloodshed in Iraq to rebuilding New Orleans and getting control of the oil and gas cartels who are ripping us off.Yet

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1141847961738993682006-03-08T11:57:00.000-08:002006-03-08T13:03:00.106-08:00

Since abortion is murder, why not make it a capital offense to kill an unborn child? Yes, make the penalty for any woman who has an abortion or any doctor who performs an abortion execution. I guarantee that if we lethally injected a few of these folks, the abortion rate in this country would plummet. And while we are at it, let's make it a capital offense to masturbate, since millions of sperm

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1140800256195908122006-02-24T08:56:00.000-08:002006-02-24T08:57:36.210-08:00

I never thought I'd live in a country where in my adulthood I would see a state ban abortion, even if the woman has been raped or is a victim of incest. Every day in this country, this country where we claim to value freedom and democracy even as we come up with diabolical ways to enslave ourselves and divest ourselves of these rights, we become a little more like the so-called Islamo-fascists we

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1126210318930227012005-09-08T13:03:00.000-07:002005-09-09T08:43:31.906-07:00

Michael Brown Should Be FiredFor an excellent summation of the problems inherent in FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) that has so gravely bungled the rescue and protection efforts in Katrina's aftermath, check out this editorial from Salon. Also check out the bio on FEMA director Michael Brown, and note how it conveniently omits the part about how he was a roommate of one of Bush's

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1126022738011595862005-09-06T08:38:00.000-07:002005-09-06T09:05:38.046-07:00

Just Because He's A Braggert It Doesn't Mean He's Not Telling the TruthSuch a predictable firestorm over rapper Kanye West's comments during a fundraiser for New Orleans relief that President "Bush doesn't care about black people." Well, duh, but I'm glad he had the guts to say it on national TV--not that many people got to see it or are likely to see it again, now that the corporate/government

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1124145898487005592005-08-15T15:42:00.000-07:002005-08-15T15:45:41.960-07:00

According to the results of a three-year study due to be published tomorrow in the National Academy of Sciences, more than two-thirds of wild chimpanzees at a reserve in Tanzania used were predominately left-handed when using tools to fish for termites.President George W. Bush, in addition to having large, chimpanzee-like ears, is also left-handed.When presented with this information, scientists

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1121751427005648482005-07-18T22:34:00.000-07:002005-07-19T09:05:17.076-07:00

It occurs to me that whatever the supposed political ideology of a terrorist is, they all have a few things in common. One, they are zealots for whatever ideology they espouse. Two, especially among suicide bombers, they believe that their greatest accomplishment, their guaranteed ticket into heaven or wherever, will be to sacrifice their life when they obliterate their target. This is the

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1118202532522153692005-06-07T19:47:00.000-07:002005-06-07T20:48:52.580-07:00

It's been way too long folks since us dissenters vented our opinions in this space, but nothing can get us riled up more than the thought of Rep. Katherine Harris (R) announcing a 2006 Senate run. You remember Harris right? The big-eyed, bald faced liar who did a lot of the right wing's dirty work during the infamous 2000 Florida recount? Now she and her GOP handlers--who consider her to be a

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1115833093878407562005-05-11T09:48:00.000-07:002005-05-11T10:38:14.156-07:00

Jobs That Sound Really Good, Until You Actually Have Them1. Mayor of Los AngelesYou have no power over the school system, no power over the city's hospitals and for your budget you're dependant on the political whims of 12 very powerful city councilpeople who all (foolishly) think they want your job. And yet, you'll take all the heat if the schools suck, the hospitals are bad and the gridlock

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1115759309326683882005-05-10T13:46:00.000-07:002005-05-10T14:08:29.556-07:00

Love, Spokane StyleOh, how I love a story about a holier-than-thou Republican getting his or her comeuppance! From the Associated Press comes the story of Spokane mayor Jim West (isn't that the guy from the old Wild, Wild West TV series?) who yesterday decided to take "a few weeks off" to fight allegations of child molestation and using his position to offer city jobs to gay men he met online.

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1113928345597124352005-04-19T09:22:00.000-07:002005-04-19T09:45:23.753-07:00

The magical white smoke was seen wafting above the Vatican chimney with care and the assembled crowd of thousands in St. Peter's Square now know for whom the bells toll. The Catholic faith and the city-state of Vatican City has a new leader, arrived at after a surprisingly short cardinal conclave.And the winner is: Chris Rock, who will now be called Pope Christopher Pius Irreverent the First.

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1112831030118435752005-04-06T16:02:00.000-07:002005-04-06T16:43:50.123-07:00

Dead Pope Now Appearing Live DailyThis will undoubtedly offend some people who stumble across this blog, but honestly aren't we supposed to be a little too advanced as a people for the outpouring of idol worship that is masquerading as mourning for the pope? Yes, I'm not Catholic and true, the good works of archdioceses around the globe have helped provide education, clothing and shelter,

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1112542600144791912005-04-03T08:36:00.000-07:002005-04-03T08:39:43.050-07:00

Not that it is the least surprising to those who work to better women's lives and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, but here comes yet another report saying that abstinence-only education does more harm than good: UGANDA: Rights group criticises emphasis on abstinence. Ya don't say.In a new report, titled: "The Less They Know, the Better: Abstinence-Only HIV/AIDS Programs in Uganda", HRW said the

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1112331768127268272005-03-31T21:02:00.000-08:002005-04-01T06:50:14.096-08:00

A right-wing warmonger with a proven track record of utter ineptitude and rampaging destruction with no development experience and no training as an economist is going to head one of the world's most important development organizations???Ech, what do economists know about poverty and stuff anyway?Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winner and a former World Bank chief economist, said: "Choosing the

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1112318888598110312005-03-31T17:01:00.000-08:002005-03-31T17:28:08.600-08:00

From wire servicesWASHINGTON D.C. - In an unexpectedly lengthy and circumspect news conference at the White House today, President Bush admitted that some of the evidence that led the U.S. to go to war in Iraq may have been "embellished" and he announced plans to withdraw the bulk of U.S. troops within the next 12 to 18 months.What was expected to be a 20-minute news conference that focused

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1112223550594512922005-03-30T14:18:00.000-08:002005-03-30T14:59:10.596-08:00

The sorry spectacle of the Terri Schiavo case has been played out in the state and Federal courts, in the mainstream media and even on the floor of the U.S. Senate and in the White House for the last two months and it has seemed clear to many progressive writers and commentators that the Bush Administration and the GOP-dominated Senate has been bending over backwards to intervene in what appears

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1112053074268346782005-03-28T14:56:00.000-08:002005-03-28T15:50:30.580-08:00

I've been a long time in the wilderness with a lot on my mind. Here's my list of 25 Things That Break My Heart:1. The sound of children crying out of loneliness, pain or discomfort.2. When my girlfriend cries.3. When politicians shamelessly grandstand at the expense of our freedom and a person's individual choice (see the Schiavo case).4. Lost puppies and kittens.5. Anybody I know who suffered a

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1111543707348227762005-03-22T18:08:00.000-08:002005-03-22T18:08:27.346-08:00

A damn fine question, really. L.A. Heberlein takes it up in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. To wit: When I was a Teenage Republican, all Republicans knew the 10th Amendment by heart and Republicans resisted the increasing power of the central government. Now Republicans leap over one another to make the federal government ever more powerful. It is Republicans at the federal level who now want

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1110350183428793422005-03-08T22:36:00.000-08:002005-03-08T22:36:23.426-08:00

The Center for American Progress has read Frank Luntz's 160-page playbook (so you don't have to). They cut through the crap and left you with this one-pager, you lucky duckies. Par example, on the Economy: • Talk about the economy using “facts and figures.” • Talk about the overall size of Bush’s proposed tax cut. • Describe how repealing the estate tax protects America’s wealthiest families.

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1110170404941785832005-03-06T20:40:00.000-08:002005-03-06T20:40:04.943-08:00

Looks like we're going to have to head to St. Louis for the National Conference for Media Reform. Roooooad trip! The conference is sponsored by Free Press, "a national nonpartisan organization working to increase informed public participation in crucial media policy debates, and to generate policies that will produce a more competitive and public interest-oriented media system with a strong

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1109989686011918502005-03-04T18:28:00.000-08:002005-03-05T11:22:16.620-08:00

Just when you thought it impossible that O'Lielly could be any more of a horse's ass, his lawyers send a threatening cease and desist letter to a website that had the audacity to link to his column. Link. To. His. Column. [popping popcorn for the show] This is rich. Go give the News Hounds some love.(via Sivacracy)

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1109956212920716952005-03-04T09:10:00.000-08:002005-03-04T09:10:12.920-08:00

Well, lookie here. New Poll Finds Bush Priorities Are Out of Step With Americans File Under: Duh. You Reap What You Sow. The Chickens Have Come Home to Roost. Look! It's Reality! Americans say President Bush does not share the priorities of most of the country on either domestic or foreign issues, are increasingly resistant to his proposal to revamp Social Security and say they are uneasy with

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1109822050431584932005-03-02T19:54:00.000-08:002005-03-02T19:57:27.140-08:00

Amnesty International, in their new report, "Decades of Suffering, Now Women Deserve Better," seems to feel that the ladies may not be getting a fair shake in the new "liberty" and "freedom" that "we" are "bringing" to "the Iraqi people." Sigh.Women and girls in Iraq live in fear of violence as the conflict intensifies and insecurity spirals. Tens of thousands of civilians are reported to have

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1109810353391900722005-03-02T16:31:00.000-08:002005-03-02T16:39:13.393-08:00

Oh Sure, We're Not Going To Attack Iran...As the Iraqi insurgency continues on, killing dozens more every day, sinking our troops even further into quagmire despite the recently hailed Iraqi elections, it is important to remember the real reason the U.S., led by Dubya and his neocon-men, were hell bent for leather to go into Iraq in the first place--not W.M.D's, nor regime change, but oil and a

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1109654977614282632005-02-28T21:29:00.000-08:002005-02-28T21:50:50.376-08:00

Christmas Aitch Keerist on a cracker! This just goes to show that people are not walking around identifying as right or left in their everyday lives (people who do not live in certain rarified college towns, I imagine). This settles it. I'm going on vacation. It can't be as bad as all that, can it? Maybe it can.To wit: The Harris polling agency last week released the results of an interesting

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1108958530904556392005-02-20T20:02:00.000-08:002005-02-20T20:02:10.903-08:00

Alright, friends. Y'all think it's all NASCAR*, waving flags, and yellow ribbons in our red state, eh? Well, there's been some serious progressive activity around here of late, including the election of Jerry Meek, the "grassroots candidate", as NC Dem State Party Chairman. What's the big deal, you ask? Well, he beat John Kerry's campaign director Ed Turlington, howzat? Just a little name

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1108587051630724402005-02-16T12:48:00.000-08:002005-02-16T12:50:51.633-08:00

Do you love hypocrisy? You do!!!??? Then THE GOP IS FOR YOU! Here are two of the reasons why!Bush wants a “Defense of Marriage” amendment to protect us from all them ravening gayzes and lesbines. Yet, his vice (vice? Is this a sign from god?) president has a daughter who is a lesbian of the diesel variety. Now, Alan “I’m a credit to my race” Keyes’s daughter announces to all and sundry that

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1108255167866576042005-02-12T16:39:00.000-08:002005-02-12T18:21:45.596-08:00

Listen, far be it for me to feign surprise that the kabuki theatre ritual that is the Press Gaggle might be compromised by an under-credentialed hack. ::cough:: What, like Scott McClellan is going to insist on professional integrity? Bwaaaahhaaaaahhaaaa!Meet "Jeff Gannon," er, James Guckert, hack extraordinaire. All together now: Awwwwww, fake journos for a fake preznit. This is your America, red

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1108137125288636552005-02-11T07:32:00.000-08:002005-02-11T07:52:05.290-08:00

OK.... at this point, it is pretty apparent that we (meaning Dubya's Strike Force) are going to be taking a much needed rest break in Iran. I have studied the portents, and I truly believe that Dubya's TRUE mission is this: He is trying to hasten Armageddon.As a born-again agnostic, it is difficult for me to wrap my brain around such a world view, but Dubya sees himself as some force for good

Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1108011964668619222005-02-09T21:06:00.000-08:002005-02-11T08:32:49.886-08:00

From the Bushism of the Day By Jacob Weisberg""Because the—all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on the table; whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers,

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107910008241590722005-02-08T15:19:00.000-08:002005-02-08T16:46:48.240-08:00

This is Our America, 2005 Reg: I want to really write about what is bothering me about this country here in the middle of the first decade of the new millenium. The reason we keep letting rapacious, right-wing dunderheads like Bush get "reelected" has to do with moral values and character all right, just not in the way that the Republicans and their media lapdogs would like everyone to think--

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107752443984318162005-02-06T21:00:00.000-08:002005-02-06T21:00:43.983-08:00

I'm sorry, but I would like a stronger note of hysteria in this pronouncement: Worried that the nation's aging nuclear arsenal is increasingly fragile, American scientists have begun designing a new generation of nuclear arms meant to be sturdier and more reliable and to have longer lives, federal officials and private experts say. Everything in the news makes me want to give up, and part of me

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107745513733738282005-02-06T19:05:00.000-08:002005-02-06T19:06:32.993-08:00

Lissen here, people, if I were paid to do this, I could rustle up this kind of in-depth analysis and probing research. As it is, I'm overworked, underpaid, and behind the 8 ball, so it's all I can do to provide these ineffectual mewlings for free. Drat. Thankfully, the folks at moving ideas have a fine staff to bring you the information you need to Fight the Man. Let's reality check the SOTU,

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107665056325503062005-02-04T20:37:00.000-08:002005-02-05T20:44:16.326-08:00

Happy Birthday to Dissent Channel, 1 year old today! (And Happy Birthday, eoe!) It's been a sad, infuriating, sometimes absurdly bizarre and ruefully funny, long year, but we've come out on the other side. Thanks to those who've read, chimed in, sent encouraging words. We hope this next year brings more compassion, quiet reflection, judicious action, and intelligence -- no, not to us, thought

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107489210706333072005-02-03T19:53:00.000-08:002005-02-03T19:56:08.263-08:00

The imbecile boy king once again addressed the serfs in an extended hallucinatory riff, otherwise known as the State of the Empire speech. Quoth he: Our generation has been blessed by the expansion of opportunity, by advances in medicine, by the security purchased by our parents' sacrifice. Now, as we see a little gray in the mirror -- or a lot of gray -- (laughter) -- and we watch our children

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107359658210213582005-02-02T07:54:00.000-08:002005-02-02T07:54:18.210-08:00

Good news: Dean Emerging as Likely Chief for Democrats Bad news: Evolution Takes a Back Seat in U.S. Classes Yaay! Sigh.

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107330836754648642005-02-01T23:53:00.000-08:002005-02-02T16:20:04.243-08:00

Now, really. Is anybody the least bit surprised that the Thief in Chief is "unfamiliar" with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- what the DOJ, hardly a bastion of liberalism, says is "generally considered the most successful piece of civil rights legislation ever adopted by the United States Congress"? I will admit that when my friend mentioned this to me this afternoon, I did express disbelief,

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107318682611707192005-02-01T19:53:00.000-08:002005-02-01T20:41:44.043-08:00

It occurs to me that since THERE IS NO CRISIS, I'm wondering if the Right-wing Media has it in them to credit the Dems for saving Social Security when and if the Dems are able to save it from the full frontal assault of the vipers in the B*sh madministration? Just a thought. That said, why not have a party and watch the SOTU with 100 of your closest friends? You can chat about how THERE IS NO

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107247128019598692005-02-01T00:16:00.000-08:002005-02-01T00:41:32.760-08:00

Not a lot to say about the Iraqi election here at Dissent Channel. We would love to hope for the best, but there is no indication that "the best" is anything this madministration can muster. Ushering in a new age in Iraq would be a great thing, of course, provided Iraqis could do the ushering and nurturing. No one can disregard the mixture of pride and defiance and joy and relief that must have

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107245168322407492005-02-01T00:06:00.000-08:002005-02-03T20:06:53.360-08:00

Audit: $9 Billion Unaccounted for in Iraq Ya don't say! Gosh, what could preppie Pauly Bremer possibly have done with $9 BILLION? Gosh. The U.S. occupation authority in Iraq was unable to keep track of nearly $9 billion it transferred to government ministries, which lacked financial controls, security, communications and adequate staff, an inspector general has found. [...] The findings were

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1107197509308821002005-01-31T10:49:00.000-08:002005-01-31T10:51:49.310-08:00

Or at least that's what it felt like when he visited Press the Meat on Sunday. The ol' boy's got some kick left in him yet. To wit: President Bush is hyping a phony crisis. The crisis in America today is 45 million Americans who don't have health care. The crisis are 11 million children that I just talked about that we ought to be covering with health care. You know, Social Security does not run

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1106979588651929042005-01-28T22:19:00.000-08:002005-01-31T11:07:30.683-08:00

I attended a Democratic strategy session on Tuesday co-sponsored by Democracy for America and conceived as a "Listening Tour," wherein leaders from all levels of the Dem party (from precinct worker and neighborhood activist to DNC members) listened to the community give one-minute statements about the direction the Democratic Party needs to take. I received updates from both DFA and my local

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1106897181036255762005-01-27T23:09:00.000-08:002005-01-27T23:26:21.036-08:00

THE ILLITERATE OF THE 21ST CENTURY WILL NOT BE THOSE WHO CANNOT READ AND WRITE, BUT THOSE WHO CANNOT LEARN, UNLEARN, AND RELEARN. -- ALVIN TOFFLER

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Lie #412: Social Security is Falling Down Check out this article in the new Rolling Stone in which economist Paul Krugman lays out exactly why Bush's social security privatization plan is more bullshit from the people who brought you WMD's and Enron's "Kenny Boy" Lay. Not only is social security not in any real danger of going broke, it is actually more solvent in many ways than the rest of the

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1106544735728931722005-01-23T20:55:00.000-08:002005-01-23T21:32:15.730-08:00

My compadre has already eloquently outlined Priority #1 for the next four years: protecting the rights of women in this country to choose what they can and cannot do with their own bodies (that's what Pro-Life really is people). I thought I'd add a few other bullet points for progressives to speak out for in the next four years. Saddle up and mofo's and let's ride... 1) The Environment -

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1106458725428230532005-01-22T10:38:00.000-08:002005-01-22T22:39:23.386-08:00

Today is the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, and so we're going for a history lesson for those folks who remain unconvinced, unconcerned, apathetic, or otherwise. (Thanks to Feministe for the link.) WARNING: Some of the descriptions of the horrors women suffer in a society which attacks their fundamental human right to physical integrity and well-being are graphic. The Well-Timed

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Bush's 2nd Inauguration - thoughts "The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world." --President George W. Bush in his 2nd inaugural speech If by "freedom" you realize Dubya means "our best American interests and/or Christianity" and by "peace" he really means "profit", then this rings as

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1106195982231031822005-01-19T20:39:00.000-08:002005-01-19T20:59:34.646-08:00

Seymour Hersh weighs in. And I love how they title the article: The New Yorker: Fact. That's saying something. “This is a war against terrorism, and Iraq is just one campaign. The Bush Administration is looking at this as a huge war zone,” the former high-level intelligence official told me. “Next, we’re going to have the Iranian campaign. We’ve declared war and the bad guys, wherever they are,

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1106191641522928962005-01-19T19:18:00.000-08:002005-01-19T19:34:38.063-08:00

From the article: You might wonder—were you someone unfamiliar with or in denial about the ways of the Karl Rove Mafia—how George W. Bush could blunder into nominating someone as attorney general so obviously implicated in the most legally questionable and morally indefensible practices of his administration. You might wonder, too, how the administration seemed to be caught unawares by the

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1106104990044910692005-01-18T19:23:00.000-08:002005-01-18T19:25:27.576-08:00

Keep The Radical Right Out Your Home By Filtering Out FOX News? Is this real? Lordy, I hope so. Better only get two then.

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1106033997639043222005-01-17T23:11:00.000-08:002005-01-19T21:44:52.163-08:00

Yes, friends, and we barely had to grovel for it, too! Thanks to the wonderful and judicious Jo at Spanglemonkey, we are the proud recipients of the She is Right (In Her Leftness) 2004 Award! Jo is clearly a woman of discriminating tastes. And for not turning away those in need, through the Right in Our Leftness power vested in us, we hereby bequeath to Jo the Paying Attention to Miss Liberty's

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1106022338253763602005-01-17T20:25:00.000-08:002005-01-17T23:54:19.710-08:00

Boondocks has an MLK comic up, and I would love to believe it's true. But my guess is that Dr. King sees this madministration for what it is: the enemy of the dispossesed, the struggling, the working class, the working person, the family, the environmentalist, the dreamer. And though our hearts swell hearing the booming cadence of Dr. King's voice and looking at the grainy film of him delivering

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105688294516420402005-01-13T23:38:00.000-08:002005-01-13T23:39:12.806-08:00

Got some ideas to fix the Democratic Party? Well, say your piece, and let's get on with the business of democracy. Hurry, deadline is January 14.

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105674243517878822005-01-13T19:29:00.000-08:002005-01-13T20:42:43.166-08:00

“The Dream” by Wendell Berry I dream an inescapable dream in which I take away from the country the bridges and roads, the fences, the strung wires, ourselves, all we have built and dug and hollowed out, our flocks and herds, our droves of machines. I restore then the wide-branching trees. I see growing over the land and shading it the great trunks and crowns of the first forest, I am aware of

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105673164863818632005-01-13T19:26:00.000-08:002005-01-14T00:11:32.143-08:00

When your humble dissenters at Dissent Channel started this blog, we hoped to lend our voices to the many others who were sick to death, fed up, and otherwise disgusted by what was happening to our democracy, and, attempt, no matter how feebly, to record the madministration's wrongs. We knew it would be an uphill battle, a herculean task, Sisyphean, even, but we were willing to make a go of it.

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105593583198096652005-01-12T22:19:00.000-08:002005-01-14T16:58:30.456-08:00

From the article: The US investigators searching for Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction have given up the hunt and left Iraq with an appeal to the Pentagon for the release of several Iraqi scientists still being questioned, it was reported yesterday. Charles Duelfer, who led the Iraq Survey Group, has returned to the US and will deliver a final report in the spring that will be

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105570936360127702005-01-12T15:02:00.000-08:002005-01-12T15:02:16.360-08:00

Well, shut ma mouth. Seems that if Bill Frist has his way, all us loonies scrambling to educate our kids and to eat clean food and have access to affordable medical care and live peaceably with other nations will be declared certifiable. Eeek! This has to be the final nail in the coffin of "Who're you gonna believe? Me, or your lyin' eyes?" See The Swift Report for a quick rundown of all

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105569171062541352005-01-11T14:32:00.000-08:002005-01-12T14:33:49.563-08:00

Well, I, for one, am f*cking thrilled, pardon my French. To wit: I'm Running As I have traveled across our country, I have talked to thousands of people who are working for change in their own communities about the power of politics to make a difference in their own lives and in the lives of others. Every group I have spoken to, I encouraged them to stand up for what they believe and to get

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105427850040405062005-01-10T23:17:00.000-08:002005-01-12T14:22:11.066-08:00

A little levity, but the quotes (all real) are priceless. I'm just sayin'. Best if you have mad skillz honed from years of playing Asteroid Invasion, or whatever that arcade game was called.

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105419478901101932005-01-10T20:57:00.000-08:002005-01-10T20:57:58.900-08:00

From the article: GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) -- Library officials in two southern Mississippi counties have banned Jon Stewart's best-selling "America (The Book)" over the satirical textbook's nude depictions of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices. "I've been a librarian for 40 years and this is the only book I've objected to so strongly that I wouldn't allow it to circulate," said Robert Willits,

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This insanity via Tom Tomorrow's blog. Holy Hannah, what a beaut. Where to begin? Let's roll tape, er, online article... Forcing naked Iraqi prisoners to pile themselves in human pyramids was not torture, because American cheerleaders do it every year, a court was told today. A lawyer defending Specialist Charles Graner, who is accused of being a ringleader in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105379586695980962005-01-10T10:53:00.000-08:002005-01-10T13:57:09.263-08:00

From the article: Flesh-Eating Bacteria Claims Young Man's Leg Victim Does Not Have Medical Insurance GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- A 19-year-old Grants Pass man is recovering from one of the worst cases of flesh-eating bacteria, doctors say. Doctors were forced to amputate part of Nathan Dooley's right leg to stop the infection from spreading. "This is the worse I have ever seen. I have never seen

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105331235420614432005-01-09T20:09:00.000-08:002005-01-09T20:30:55.166-08:00

Bravo, Ward Sutton. You actually brought a pained twist to my mouth (what used to pass for a smile before The B*sh Madministration Turned the World Upside-Down). Because I cannot figure out how to copy the whole dang thing for y'all, here is a tasty morsel to whet your appetites. Check out the whole kit-n-caboodle here. I'm reminded of a conversation I had recently with a smartypants and

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105334095260992622005-01-07T21:14:00.000-08:002005-01-09T21:15:58.030-08:00

Go, Babs, Go! Senator Boxer asks a few good questions: Why did voters in Ohio wait hours in the rain to vote? Why were voters at Kenyon College, for example, made to wait in line until nearly 4 a.m. to vote because there were only two machines for 1,300 voters? Why did poor and predominantly African-American communities have disproportionately long waits? Why in Franklin County did election

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105050871633101872005-01-06T14:34:00.000-08:002005-01-07T21:31:12.326-08:00

Listen, I know ther are more pressing concerns here, like, oh, the saving of American democracy and all, but I just cannot get past the dateline of this article in the New York Times. It reads: Brian Knowlton, International Herald Tribune. That's right. The (so-called) Paper of Record is farming out Page One stories to the Herald-Trib. Mm hmm. We're not talking some dry piece about corn futures,

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1105041962124852252005-01-06T11:53:00.000-08:002005-01-06T12:08:07.686-08:00

Thank Boxer for her courage and vision Today Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will join Representatives John Conyers (D-MI) and Stephanie Tubb-Jones (D-OH), as well as several other African-American members of the U.S. House, in objecting to the Ohio presidential election results as Congress certifies the 2004 election. Representative Conyers has issued a 100+ page report documenting serious

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1104892095873347362005-01-04T18:28:00.000-08:002005-01-09T21:24:51.820-08:00

From the article: WASHINGTON (AP) - A handful of House Democrats plan a long-shot effort to snarl President Bush's formal re-election by preventing Congress from counting Ohio's pivotal votes when lawmakers tally the electoral vote on Thursday. No one expects the action to undo Bush's victory. Instead, it seems likely to do little more than call attention to Election Day voting irregularities, a

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1104885571763344652005-01-04T16:23:00.000-08:002005-01-04T16:40:10.496-08:00

If the AIDS Don't Get You, The Bureaucrats Might... From the AP comes more news today that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, formerly of the National Institute of Health, testitifed today that a U.S. funded study on AIDS medication in Uganda was so flawed and careless that it may actually have put the lives of hundreds of mothers and their babies at risk

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1104876595217003652005-01-04T13:04:00.000-08:002005-01-04T14:12:24.606-08:00

When one has to sign a declaration "unequivocally renouncing all forms of torture and abuse as instruments of American policy", one has hit the absolute nadir. Damn this mAdministration to Hell. Sign the petition here.

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1104970490143118022005-01-03T16:14:00.000-08:002005-01-05T16:38:24.150-08:00

NOW Honors Guts and Glory of Shirley Chisholm January 3, 2005 Statement of NOW President Kim Gandy The National Organization for Women is saddened by the loss of a true feminist trailblazer and a founder of New York NOW, the organization's first chapter. Shirley Chisholm spoke fearlessly for women and people of color throughout her 80 years and it is an honor to recall a few of her

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1104733112469507612005-01-02T22:18:00.000-08:002005-01-04T14:43:22.143-08:00

No, I don't mean the Xmas holiday (Satisfied, O'Lielly?? Pfft. Asshole.), and I don't mean the Solstice or Kwanzaa or Ramadan (nyah nyah, O'Lielly) either; I mean the blissful news hiatus I was happily enjoying which kept me away from the likes of this: U.S. Replaces Memo on Torture with New Guidelines. Aw, come on, I'm still depressed over what happened now 2 months ago! (Can it be that long

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1104656951478588502005-01-02T01:09:00.000-08:002005-01-04T19:49:24.736-08:00

Private, Foreign Donations for Tsunami Relief Far Eclipse Bush Pledge. Readers, imagine, if you will, your humble ae bending over at the waist, knees just slightly bent to avoid strain but strong nonetheless, and asking Colin "Sell Out" Powell to pucker up so he can kiss my fat ass for selling this War on Brown People to Cement the Control of Resources By (Rich) White People, then defending

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1104627801685983102004-12-31T17:03:00.000-08:002005-01-02T19:37:04.066-08:00

Not going to express any surprise about this article below. I know most of us have spent the last week being horrified and saddened about the disaster in South Asia. [Interesting sidenote: more than one person--three, actually--mentioned to me that they were sure that somehow, somehow even this could be traced back to D*ck Ch*ney. Who am I to argue?] We contributed to Oxfam, but there are many

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Conyers' Lonely Struggle New York representative John Conyers (D) is doing his absolute best to try and prevent George Dubya from assuming a second term for his shamocracy, but it's tough when you're the only voice of reason in a room full of mindless yesmen and barking dogs. He wants the Senate to formally object to the vote of the Ohio electors on the grounds that vote tampering there

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1104567150480130842004-12-25T00:05:00.000-08:002005-01-02T01:01:47.126-08:00

"Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the Children of God." -- Jesus Christ Lots of non-Children of God among the B*sh cartel, apparently. And, by the way, I'm about ready for Shrill O'Lielly to give the Save Xmas from the Libruls! crap a rest. These shysters will make any damn thing up to fuel their constituency's bruised inadequacies. Esteem in everyone's stocking this year

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1103840986515241132004-12-23T14:21:00.000-08:002004-12-23T14:29:46.516-08:00

44 Percent Say Restrict Muslims A recent nationwide telephone survey by Cornell University and reported by truthout.org, CNN and others said that 44 percent of Americans believe the U.S. government should restrict the civil liberties of Muslim Americans. The survey also suggested that respondents who paid more attention to television news were more likely to fear terrorist attacks and support

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1103701530001829002004-12-21T23:45:00.000-08:002004-12-22T01:45:48.926-08:00

Actually, it was a missile that hit the U.S. base, but I thought I would employ the same verbal misdirection that our preznit likes to use. To wit: President Bush delivered a sober assessment of the war in Iraq on Monday, acknowledging that recent bomb attacks were proving to be "effective propaganda tools." It seems that recent bomb attacks are proving to be deadly. I don't know that how they

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From the article: Republicans like to brag about the sweeping mandate that President Bush received on Election Day. But as he prepares for his second term, Bush approaches Inauguration Day with historically weak job-approval ratings, according to a series of new opinion polls. Unless there's a dramatic turnaround in public sentiment between now and Jan. 20, Bush will be sworn in to office with

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1103515027148905792004-12-19T19:48:00.000-08:002004-12-22T00:10:16.666-08:00

Maj. Gen. Galen B. Jackman of the Military District of Washington, stands on a giant map at the D.C. Armory in Washington, Dec. 16, 2004, during a preview of the parade route for President Bush's inuaguration in January. (AP Wideworld/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) REMINDER: Counter-Inaugural 2005. Be there, be somewhere in your neighborhood at least looking pissed, or be braindead.

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1103514025966854682004-12-19T19:27:00.000-08:002005-01-02T00:58:51.423-08:00

Last night I saw a production of Stephen MacDonald's play, "Not About Heroes," about the friendship between two great war poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, who meet during WWI in a hospital for "nerve cases," i.e. the loony bin. Sassoon was sent after writing the statement below; Owen was sent by his captain following a particularly traumatic episode. It was an impressive production, but

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1103514059955771282004-12-16T22:45:00.000-08:002004-12-19T20:35:16.360-08:00

American Democracy Hangs by a Thread in Ohio. U.S. Missile Defense Test Fails. CIA Agent Says Bosses Ordered Him To Falsify WMD Reports Was Abraham Lincoln a Gay American? Abstinence-Only Education Teaches Blatant Lies Rabid Republicrat Finds His Way Home, er, Zell Miller to Join FOX "News".

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I'm just saying that if dumbyass's conferring of Freedom Medals to that Trio of incompetents didn't kill satire, this little story is surely adding the last nail to the coffin. God, that Zell is a walking tragedy. Why is he so dang angry? Somebody get the poor man a chair and a glass of water. I mean, look at him... He's clearly unwell.

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1103256566418483742004-12-16T20:09:00.000-08:002004-12-19T19:47:14.466-08:00

With the recent rumblings about the need to overhaul Social Security emanating like a noxious gas from the White House and wearying in advance of the disinformation campaign heading our way, I found Ted Rall's succinct take on it very refreshing (and informative).

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1103177872730302162004-12-15T22:17:00.000-08:002004-12-22T00:19:24.436-08:00

Let me set the scene, friends. There I was sitting in a less than write-home-aboutable hotel room in Vancouver when I espied a breaking news report about That Colossal Asshole's press conference with the troops. And it was impossible to remain sane listening to That Colossal Asshole's assault on logic, language, and all that is decent and just. Asked Spec. Thomas Wilson of the TN National Guard

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Counter-Inaugural 2005 Bush Isn't Going Away and Neither Are We! We cannot wait another 4 years to stand against the war and rampant social injustice of another Bush Administration. A coalition of social, political, and religious activists have come together to protest the coronation of George W. Bush. We invite you and all your friends and family to join hundreds of thousands in the streets of

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We the undersigned , are troubled by the way information flows and the way meaning is produced in our society. We have lost confidence in what we are seeing, hearing and reading: too much infotainment and not enough news; too many outlets telling the same stories; too much commercialism and too much hype. Every day, this commercial information system distorts our view of the world. We have lost

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1103011587257433992004-12-14T19:06:00.000-08:002004-12-16T20:20:28.776-08:00

I leave North Carolina for a week and the idiots go barmy. So a local Christian school wants to teach a "pro-Southern" view of slavery which holds that slavery "was a relationship based upon mutual affection and confidence"?? PARDON?? What part of bought-and-sold-like-chattel-with-less-rights-than-a-stray-dog do these people not understand? Mutual affection? That is repugnant. And slaves led

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1103061371784912402004-12-14T13:36:00.000-08:002004-12-14T13:56:11.783-08:00

Today President Dubya honored three of his former cohorts by giving them the Presidential Medal of Freedom for the role in "the liberation of Afghanistan and Iraq." While it won't bother most Americans that neither place is completely liberated yet and that, especially in Iraq, the motivation for the military incursion seems less than noble, it's always good for a President to be seen handing

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1103003876382079332004-12-13T19:57:00.000-08:002004-12-13T22:05:59.550-08:00

Oh, we're good and screwed now. Bill Moyers Retiring From TV Journalism. From the article: "I'm going out telling the story that I think is the biggest story of our time: how the right-wing media has become a partisan propaganda arm of the Republican National Committee," says Moyers. "We have an ideological press that's interested in the election of Republicans, and a mainstream press that's

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1102191741649475972004-12-04T11:29:00.000-08:002004-12-04T12:22:21.650-08:00

Have you gotten caught up in the Desperate Housewives hysteria yet? Yeah, me neither...I'm not sure what the big deal is, but as a red-blooded American male I am constitutionally obligated to mention at this point that at least the stars are hot, and isn't that what all the hype is really about? Especially Eva Longoria and the underrated Felicity Huffman. I'm happy for Felicity, finally

Reggie E. Scottnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1102169641672036582004-12-04T06:09:00.000-08:002004-12-04T06:14:01.673-08:00

Adios, amigos. Your humble correspondent is off on vacation. Posting will be feather light, if at all, for the week. I will be in Canada, land of reasonable liberals. If I feel as enveloped by that ethos of striving for the public good as I expect to, it may be difficult for me to come back to Condi, Rummy, Prick, and their ilk. Why is this great country so saddled with avaricious warmongers?

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1102081950844967082004-12-02T22:50:00.000-08:002004-12-03T05:52:30.843-08:00

The Progressive Blog Alliance has been nominated for a 2004 Weblog Award! Vote now for Best Group Blog. Quick! The wingnuts are winning. Well, "winning," I'm sure.

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1102047841607950752004-12-02T20:24:00.000-08:002004-12-02T21:03:25.210-08:00

Howard does. Go show him some love. We need a fighter. As for the middlin' fence-straddlers out there, the guy's not even librul, so don't get your panties in a twist. It's a sad day when a self-avowed centrist is the best proponent of librul values we've got. Good on him, I say, and more of it. Screw the compliance and capitulation! Let's assert our damn values for a change. Please let's not

aehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901977167932763957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6425795.post-1102045856834831122004-12-02T19:50:00.000-08:002004-12-02T20:47:13.776-08:00

Subtitle: Telecoms Fight Plans For Public Networks Subtexttitle: Duh. Listen here, dumbass Dems in charge (not you, Dean, my dear): OPPORTUNITY'S KNOCKING SO HARD IT'S ABOUT TO KNOCK THE DAMN DOOR DOWN! I'm thinking these idjits need to make Fast Internet Service for The People this generation's Rural Electrification Program. You heard it here first.

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