I talked to a guy this weekend, a Viet Nam veteran. He was there in 67-68, a rough time [the buildup]. He talked about his childhood friend getting killed when they were "on point." He said it was years before he was ever able to talk about the war, or his friend. He came home […]
Where did it come from, this insanity that’s brought America into the position of presuming that we are the architects of the world? Well, the general answer is the vague group called the neoconservatives. And that leads to William Kristol. from Wikipedia: Kristol is the son of Irving Kristol, who is considered to be one […]
…from a weekend retreat with no t.v., no news, no computer. The only fact from the outside world was that U.G.A. lost another football game [in Georgia, we have definite priorities]. To Vanderbilt! I looked through my Bloglines, and thought of the line from an old "being gone" Joni Mitchell song: Sittin’ in […]
Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo quotes a reader [CH]: You will soon post on the "is it all Foley?" question, and I wanted to submit my 2 cents in advance. Here’s the thing about the Foley scandal: it gives people space to change their minds about things. Think about when you’ve admitted a mistake […]
Bush gives Hastert boost in time of need 10/13/2006 President Bush stood shoulder to shoulder with embattled House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Thursday, offering a powerful boost in his moment of need and declaring the country "better off" with Hastert in power. "I am proud to be standing with the current speaker of the House […]
Olberman continues his report on the book, Tempting Faith by David Kuo. It’s damning. It was a vote getting trick. If any Religious Right person reads this book, watches these reports, they will fing themselves in a fine pickle. There’s nothing subtle here. It’s using Christians for political Non-Christian, political purposes – plain and simple. […]
Dow up 96 to close at record 11,948 The Dow Jones industrial average broke through 11,900 to close at a record high Thursday, boosted by optimism over the health of corporate earnings. The index’s gain marked its fifth record close in two weeks; the Dow also set a record intraday high. The markets were upbeat […]
Ethics Panel Questions Foley’s Ex-Chief of Staff As early as 2000, House Clerk Jeff Trandahl periodically called Fordham to say Foley was spending too much time with pages, the source said, and Fordham would have to "pull him back a little." In brief, awkward conversations, the source said, Fordham would tell Foley: "I just got […]
One friend says, "My biggest worry now is that the election results will be manipulated for them to win, that we will know it is true and yet be unable to do anything about it (like in the Florida recount). I think there’s plenty of evidence that it’s a reasonable response to reality. If the […]
A year and a half ago, I started writing a blog , at first at my daughter’s urging, but then on my own. She complained about my frequent political posts [boring]. So last Christmas, she gave me this one to get the political stuff isolated, and now it’s the only one I write on. It’s […]