Friday, October 31, 2008

United we stand.

Via an email tip from Jonathan Schwartz, Bob Benenson contemplates the pleasures of divided government...
There are cogent arguments in favor of divided party rule in Washington. The metaphors for one party running both the executive and legislative branches run from a kid in a candy store to a bull in a china shop to the dog that caught the car.
I'm not sure metaphoric cliches are actually cogent arguments, but Benenson offers examples...
We saw it after 1992 when Bill Clinton, was elected president at a time when the Democrats appeared to have solid and sustainable majorities in both chambers of Congress. Clinton pushed so hard and so fast over his first two years in office on issues such as health care reform and gays in the military that the voters took Congress away and handed in to the Republicans in the 1994 elections.
The example, sadly is no more convincing than the cliches. Bill Clinton backed away from gay military service as fast as he could pedal, alienated the strong single-payer constituency in the Democratic Party and put many Democrats on the ropes over his betrayal of organized labor on trade issues. He blurred the partisan lines on other issues as well, to the degree that abandoning the promise of the Great Society is now counted as one of his proud achievements, the subsequent rise in the poverty rate notwithstanding. Democrats of a more progressive bent were left hanging. Sheesh, Bob, where were you in '92.

To his credit, Benenson offers balance...
And just four years ago, Republicans over-interpreted President George W. Bush’s narrow re-election victory and their retention of Senate and House majorities as a mandate for long-term GOP domination. They then saw their control of Congress crushed two years later under weight of Bush’s plunging job approval ratings and a series of tawdry corruption and ethics controversies within the poorly policed ranks of congressional Republicans.
See. I thought there was a war involved.

The point is he's determined to make is that McCain's invocation of fear of united government is hypocritical because he didn't object to a united Republican government in the past. Likewise...
With the Democrats now appealing for the election of Obama as president and for greatly expanded majorities in both the Senate and the House, it is clear that they strongly believe in divided government — unless they are the ones who get to run everything.
So each political party seems to believe that it has the best ideas for the governance of the country and would like to have a relatively unhindered path toward implementing those ideas. I'll happily concede, but note that I find the notion unremarkable.

As unremarkable, in fact, as united government in the United States. The White House and both houses of Congress were united for 69 of the first 109 Congresses. The periods of divided government, in fact, might be best viewed as transitions from the dominance of one party to another for an extended period.

The Republicans have had unified control for three of those extended periods. They produced civil war, the rise of the Robber Baron era and the onset of the Great Depression.

Democrats have had more opportunity, being senior to the Grand "Old" Party, but perhaps those partisan grey hairs explain why those opportunities, the first of which has been labeled 'The Era of Good Feeling,' have been more fruitful for the nation in matters ranging from national expansion to space exploration, from extending the franchise to victory in two World Wars, from diminishing poverty to honoring labor and creating the glory days of the middle class.

It's not surprising that we think we're right and they're wrong. What's notable is that we have proof in the form of outcomes.

After all, a united Democratic government made widows, children and elders more socially secure.

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Friday Mars blogging.



360 degrees of Mars. It's bigger behind a click. Way bigger over here.

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Thursday, October 30, 2008

A united Democratic government...

…purchased Louisiana.

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Free Priceless music

Via The Minstrel Boy, a link to a download of James McMurtry playing "We Can't Make It Here," courtesy of Lightning Rod Records. It's a good 'un.

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Good advice.

Joe Sudbay...
We cannot get distracted by the noise. Stay focused. Work harder. Give more. And, crush the Republicans.
Yep.

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Good for the Phillies.

Good for Jamie Moyer. And good for Goldy, too. And (oops) N in Seattle.

Any other Philly phans I missed, too. Good on ya'.

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OK...

Via Atrios:
In an interview with ABC News, Sarah Palin is now saying, she would be interested in remaining a serious national political figure, going ahead to 2012.
…but wouldn't you have to become a serious national political figure first?

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A united Democratic government...

...gave kids a Head Start.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Of course, progressive taxation isn't "socialism…"

…but this? Pretty much...
A few weeks before she was nominated for Vice-President, she told a visiting journalist--Philip Gourevitch, of this magazine--that "we're set up, unlike other states in the union, where it's collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs." (Emphasis mine.)
Hat tip to Howie.

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Count me among the former...

Charlie Cook:
Only the most partisan of Democrats or cold-hearted of people would fail to have some compassion or sympathy towards a party for which virtually everything has gone wrong. Someone recently likened it to watching a wounded dog kicked.
…and give the cur another kick.

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A united Democratic government...

...beat Hitler.

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Heh™.



"Neiman Marxist"


Hat tip to Jolly Roger.

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Five years ago on Upper Left...

Wednesday, October 29, 2003

Northwest note
The Washington State Attorney General's race heats up with the entry of former Seattle City Attorney Mark Sidran. He'll take on former Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn in the primary.

This should be an interesting contest. As City Attorney, Sidran played the 'tough cop' role against polluters and put together a strong domestic violence unit, but drew heat from local liberals over his 'civility' laws, which some saw as hostile to minorities and the homeless. Senn was hard on the insurance industry and a champion of seniors. Both are strong personalities with strong views. Fans of politics as spectator sport will be crowding the sidelines for this one.

Oh, yeah. There's a Republican, too. I'll let someone else worry about him.
See what happens when you leave it to the other guy? Turns out the Republican won in the general.

We get another shot at him next week. That extra vote you commit to turning out this year won't win any more electoral votes for Obama. He's gonna get 'em all up here, count on it.

It just might, though, be the vote that puts John Ladenburg over the top. That's worth getting done.

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Heh™.

Rachel Maddow on McCain-Palin...
"...10 pounds of maverick in a five pound sack."

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Lest we forget…



Hat tip to Joe Sudbay

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One can only hope...

GOP hack Ed Rollins
"She definitely is going to be the most popular Republican in this country when this thing is over."
Certainly no Republican should be more popular than this...
In a nationwide survey Oct. 16-19, Pew found that 49 percent of respondents had unfavorable views of Palin, while 44 percent saw her favorably.

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Monday, October 27, 2008

Peace and Stability report

"It's a peaceful and stable country now."

John McCain
Latest Confirmed Casualties:
Col. Michael R. Stahlman, 45, of Chevy Chase, MD died Oct. 5 in Anbar province, Iraq.
Cpl. Reuben M. Fernandez III, 22, of Abilene, TX died on Oct. 11 in Majar Al Kabir, Iraq.
Spc. Geoffrey G. Johnson, 28, of Lubbock, TC died on Oct. 12 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Sgt. Michael K. Clark, 24, of Sacramento, CA died Oct. 7 in Mosul, Iraq.
Pfc. Christopher A. McCraw, 23, of Columbia, MS died Oct. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Spc. Justin A. Saint, 22, of Albertville, AL died Oct. 15 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Pfc. Heath K. Pickard, 21, of Palestine, TX died Oct. 16 in Balad, Iraq.
Lance Cpl. Stacy A. Dryden, 22, of North Canton, OH died Oct. 19 in Anbar province, Iraq.
Staff Sgt. Brian P. Hause, 29, of Stoystown, PA died Oct. 23 at Balad Air Base, Iraq.
Pfc. Cody J. Eggleston, 21, of Eugene, OO died Oct. 24 at the National in Bethesda, MD of wounds suffered on October 16 in Baqubah, Iraq.
Hat tip to Chad Shue.

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La, la, la…

…the future former governor of Alaska can't hear you...
As she climbed the stairs to her plane, she ignored a reporter's question about how she'll vote next week in her state's Senate contest.

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True enough…

Robert Arena
It's up to the people of Alaska to reign in Ted Stevens.
…but I'd still like to see a pre-election expulsion vote that would put the Senate Republicans on the record about the continued service of their felonious friend.
Of course, I'd like to see a 90 D Senate and about 400 of us in the House, too. The odds are, I figure, roughly the same this year.

It's up to you, Alaska.

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Me neither.


Me neither.

And you shouldn't oughta, either.

Hat tip to Blue Gal.

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Sunday, October 26, 2008

And now...

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

From the "Credit where it's due" file.

Former Bush speechwriter David Frum, via Political Wire
"There are many ways to lose a presidential election. John McCain is losing in a way that threatens to take the entire Republican Party down with him."
At least he's losing the right way.

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Boo!



As pumpkin carvers go, I suppose I'm a half decent blogger...

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From the "Be careful what you ask for." file…

Palin's 'going rogue,' McCain aide
…or, if you prefer, she's going 'maverick.'

(Cross referenced to the "You get what you pay for." file.)

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The usual..

The Greenbriar Boys - Stewball
Paul Revere & The Raiders = Steppin' Out
Lyle Lovett - Nobody Knows Me
Ramsay Midwood - Rattlesnake>Rollin' (In My Sweet Baby's Arms)
Jefferson Airplane - Triad
Phil Ochs - Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Pete Seeger - Well May The World go
Peter Green - Sweet Home Chicago
Ricky Nelson - Never Be Anyone Else But You

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From the "Since you asked" file.

Eli
Is Our College Republicans Learning?
Since you asked, apparently not. Not much, at any rate.

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Friday, October 24, 2008

Declined.



Hat tip to Oliver.

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Friday Mars blogging.



A mess of Mars on the lander deck.

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What she doesn't know...

...can kill you.



"I don’t know if you’re going to use the word ‘terrorist’ there."

- the future former governor of Alaska

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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Yep.

Sara Robinson
Seven-year-olds carrying LV bags are God's way of telling us all that there's something seriously wrong with the tax code.

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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

· From the "Slightly bowdlerized" file.

David Sedaris on undecided voters, via Kos
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. "Can I interest you in the chicken?" she asks. "Or would you prefer the platter of sh*t with bits of broken glass in it?"

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.
Heh™.

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Five years ago…

…on Upper Left.
Wednesday, October 22, 2003

Here We Go!

With a thirty-some year track record as a Democratic Party consultant, candidate and activist, there's no way I'm going to claim to be 'fair and balanced.' Nope, Upper Left will be proudly partisan. I was born and raised in a New Deal Democratic home, and time came to choose a candidate on my own, I got Clean For Gene back in 1968. In 1972, I came home from Vietnam and went to work for George McGovern. In the intervening years, I've worked with and for dozens of Democrats running for everything from small town city councils to POTUS. Now I've got a spot to spout off what I think I've learned and what I think is right and wrong on the current political scene. I hope to offer a regional focus, too, from my vantage point in the suburbs of Seattle (close enough to town to proudly claim Jim McDermott as my personal Congresscritter). Now I just have to figure out the functional side of this thing...
Yep, it's been that long. Five years, over 280 thousand visits and, with this one, 7106 posts. Most of those are mine, but I'd be remiss without extending thanks to Carl, Darryl, Diane and Deej for stepping in at various times for various reasons. Thanks, too, to all y'all who've left any of the 6,617 comments (honorable mention to pal o' Upper Left Terry Parkhurst). And to all y'all who've ever dropped by, linked up or otherwise been a part of this ride. I'm still having fun and looking forward to the next five.

Still working on the functional side of this thing...

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

From the "Since you asked…" file.

Hart Williams...
Do you want the country run for the next four years in the manner that McCain has run his campaign in the last four weeks?
Since you asked, no.

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Saxby Chambliss Should've Registered saxby-chambliss.com

Or not.

Hat tip to Neil Sinhababu, AKA "The Perp."

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Yep.

Robert Reich...
If They're Too Big To Fail, They're Too Big Period


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Heh™.

Via Artistdogboy...

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Monday, October 20, 2008

Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush…

…and Obama. McCain has managed to lose career Republican operative Ken Adelman...
Not only is Sarah Palin not close to being acceptable in high office—I would not have hired her for even a mid-level post in the arms-control agency. But that selection contradicted McCain’s main two, and best two, themes for his campaign—Country First, and experience counts. Neither can he credibly claim, post-Palin pick.
Ouch.

Welcome to the feminist left, Mr. Adelman.

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Peace and Stability report

"It's a peaceful and stable country now."

John McCain


A weekend update, via Professor Cole...
SAMARRA - A mass grave containing 11 bodies was found in the northeast of Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, by Iraqi police with the help of local U.S.-backed security patrols. Five of the corpses were of policemen killed a year ago. Police also found a former prison belonging to Sunni militants, said police Colonel Abdul Khaliq al-Samarraie.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Police arrested a man accused of a bomb attack on U.S.-backed neighborhood patrols in Baghdad's Doura neighborhood, and found explosives in his possession, said Qasim Moussawi, government spokesman for security in Baghdad.

TUZ KHURMATO - The body of a man was found in Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, showing signs of torture and gunshot wounds more than a week after he was kidnapped, police said.

KIRKUK - Three policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in the southern part of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - An unidentified body was found in the south of the Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, with a bullet in the head, police said.

MUSSAYAB - Gunmen shot dead the leader of the Sunni "Awakening" movement in the town of Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - A Kurdish security official was killed by a bomb attached to his car south of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - A suicide bomber killed a Sunni imam on Friday night, police said..

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Austin Cline rocks.

Just sayin'…


(Click for bigger. Bigger is better.)


Writes good, too.

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Sunday, October 19, 2008

And now...

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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Hey, Joe…

…put this in your pipe and plumb it.
In 2009 about 35 million tax returns will report some income from small businesses, according to Roberton Williams, principal research associate at the non-partisan Tax Policy Center. Of these only about 660,000 tax units — or 1.9 percent — would see an increase under Senator Obama’s tax proposal.

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Good question.

Dan Savage (slightly bowdlerized)…
So why the f**k should NBC allow Palin to reap the political rewards of an appearance on SNL if Palin isn’t willing (or able) to answer questions from NBC news reporters?

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Random ten time.

Billy Bragg - Price Of Oil
Jefferson Airplane - Wooden Ships
Bobby Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe
Rory Block - Love TKO
John Lennon - Watching The Wheels
Lyle Lovett - Nobody Knows Me
Hank Williams - Move It On Over
Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels - Return Of The Grievous Angel
K's Choice - Not An Addict
Ron Sunshine - Coffee And Reefer

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I am so gonna do…

this.



Here's the finished product.



Hat tip to Lisa Simeone at Cogitamus.

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Friday, October 17, 2008

Kind of a drag.

The LA Times, in it's first presidential endorsement since 1972…
Palin is the most unqualified vice presidential nominee of a major party in living memory. The decision calls into question just what kind of thinking -- if that's the appropriate word -- would drive the White House in a McCain presidency.
The Chicago Tribune, endorsing a Democrat for the first time in the paper's 161 year history...
McCain failed in his most important executive decision...His campaign has tried to stage-manage Palin's exposure to the public. But it's clear she is not prepared to step in at a moment's notice and serve as president. McCain put his campaign before his country.
Both papers endorsed McCain in the Republican primary contest. It's not unreasonable to assume, given their histories, that both would have welcomed the opportunity to support him in the general. Sarah Palin made it impossible.

There's some speculation out there that Governor Palin may be the face of the Republican future. As a proudly partisan Democrat, I can only hope so.

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Friday Mars blogging.



That dusty old dust is gettin' my home...

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

No, Senator...

That's the extreme pro-abortion position, quote, "health."
that's not extreme. This is extreme...
...the current McCain-Palin stance on abortion is identical to that in fundamentalist regimes such as Saudi Arabia and Iran.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

A cunning plan.

"When McCain is speaking, he will switch to the Phillies game."
At the perfect tavern we'll likely have the game on the big screen up front and the debate, as usual, on the backroom plasma, retaining, of course, the split-screen option out back.

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Don't be afraid…

…be prepared. The next President of the United States
We weren't discouraged by polls when they were not favorable for us. We're not seduced by polls now. We think this is gonna be a battle every day right to the end and we're prepared for that...
Good at it, too.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

From the "Let's you and him fight" file.

The next Vice President of the United States...
“One guy’s fighting for you and the other guy’s fighting mad.”

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Hey Kids!

The Partnership for a McCain-free White House wants you to know...

If your parents display even one of these warning signs, please talk to them about Barack Obama right away.

1. Prefacing every sentence with "Lemme give you a little straight talk."
2. Arguing that it's crucially important for a President to be erratic and unstable.
3. Referring to the past 8 years of American history as "The Golden Age."
4. Saying things like, "Sarah Palin is a reasonable choice as VP."
5. Having trouble making eye contact.
6. Wandering and pacing aimlessly.
7. Disparaging Spain for no apparent reason.
8. Delusionally believing all people they meet are "[their] friends"—even though most people are kinda creeped out by them.
9. Being unable to accurately count the number of homes they own, cars they drive, or years the United States should remain in Iraq.
10. Putting a McCain-Palin yard sign in the front lawn.
And remember…
It may be awkward to discuss unpleasant issues like John McCain with your parents. But doing so shows you care.
Hat tip to Lynn Allen.

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Monday, October 13, 2008

Quote of the day.

"Nobel prizes are given to intellectuals. A lot of intellectuals are anti-Bush."

2008 Nobel laureate in Economics (and anti-Bush intellectual) Paul Krugman

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Just wondering…

…whether Professor Krugman is the first blogger to win a Nobel prize.

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Yep.

Senator Clinton...
“Barack Obama and Joe Biden are for you, and that’s why I’m for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.”
Me too.

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Since you asked...

Blue Gal (slightly bowdlerized)…
Am I the only leftist radical out there who thinks, okay a little tongue-in-cheek but still, "what is all this sh*t about The Weathermen being bad people?"
Since you asked, no.

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And now...

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Just when you thought it was safe…

…to hit play.
Jim Croce - Lover's Cross
Paul Thorn - I Have A Good Day
Heather Myles - Sweet Little Dangerous
Del Vikings - Come Go With Me
Sinead O'Connor - Big Bunch Of Junkie Lies
Warren Zevon - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Garth Brooks - Friends In Low Places
Frankie Avalon - Venus
Handful Of Luvin - Baltimore
Shana Morrison - God Must Love Me

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Friday, October 10, 2008

Friday Mars blogging.



Phoenix Digs Mars

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Peace and Stability report

"It's a peaceful and stable country now."

John McCain

Assassinations replacing car bombs in Iraq
BAGHDAD — U.S. and Iraqi officials are seeing a shift in violence in Iraq from mass car bombings to assassinations using magnetic bombs, weapons with silencers and bicycle bombs.
Certainly assassination by a muzzled weapon is more peaceful than a car bomb. Tidier, too.

And stable? Heck, we could keep this up for a hundred years…or until we run out of Iraqis.

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Thursday, October 09, 2008

Since you asked...

Ezra Klein...
"Is it weird that I far prefer parts of the Barack Obama of Andy McCarthy's fevered imagination to the one we actually have?"
Since you asked, no.

In fact, me too.

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Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Who won?



Hat tip to TRex.

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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Robbing Peter…

and Paul. Mary, too. The WSJ, via AMERICAblog
John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said, in a move that independent analysts estimate could result in cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years to the government programs...
He's going to tax any employer provided insurance you may be lucky enough to have while you're working, and cut your Medicare coverage when you retire. I guess the idea is to cut health care costs by shortening life spans through reduced care.

Or something.

Heckuva plan, Johnny.

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Monday, October 06, 2008

Vote early.



Vote often.


The 7-Election is underway, with a nifty interactive website. A little fun with your morning cup, with not a penny going to the guy who sold the Sonics. The Dark Mountain Roast ain't half bad.

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She has a point.

I think. All those words must mean something, right? So, if I understand Gov. Palin...
Education credit in American has been in some sense in some of our states just accepted to be a little bit lax and we have got to increase the standards.
...we need to raise standards in American education. It's a pretty unassailable concept, though implementation can be dicey.

We could start, I suppose, by revoking the degrees of journalism majors who can't construct a grammatical sentence.

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Sunday, October 05, 2008

And now...

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Saturday, October 04, 2008

R.I.P.

The myth of John McCain is officially dead, slain in a Tim Dickinson piece for Rolling Stone that must be read and should be absorbed. Dickinson's on the record sources are impressive, his research is thorough and his conclusion, that...
The myth of John McCain hinges on two transformations — from pampered flyboy to selfless patriot, and from Keating crony to incorruptible reformer — that simply never happened. But there is one serious conversion that has taken root in McCain: his transformation from a cautious realist on foreign policy into a reckless cheerleader of neoconservatism.
Well, it's the truth, and he provides the evidence.

Go.

Read.

Bookmark.

Read it again.

Talk about it everywhere.

And it wouldn't be a bad idea at all to pick up a copy at your nearest newsstand. It's the kind of journalism that's worth tossing a couple bucks at once in awhile.

Heck, buy a couple more to leave in laundromats and waiting rooms.

This is the John McCain America needs to know.

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And a one and a two...

...let's get random!
Heather Myles - Sweet Talk & Good Lies
Mollie O'Brien - Ain't No Ash Will Burn
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Honky Tonk Blues
The Johnny Otis Show - Willie And The Hand Jive
Lovin' Spoonful - Darling Be Home Soon
Merle Haggard - I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
Paul Revere & The Raiders - Steppin' Out
Peter, Paul & Mary - Stewball
The Rolling Stones - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
Ricky Nelson - Never Be Anyone Else But You

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Onc

Friday, October 03, 2008

Friday Mars blogging.



Though the weather outside is frightening..."

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Visual aids.

From Aden Nak



…and The General.

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From the "Credit where it's due" file.

When she's right, she's right.
PALIN: Well, first, McClellan did not say definitively the surge principles would not work in Afghanistan.
What McClellan actually said was "All things very quiet on this bank of the Chickahominy. I would prefer more noise." McKiernan, on the other hand, said "The word I don't use for Afghanistan is 'surge'."

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Thursday, October 02, 2008

Heh™…

…in a laughing to keep from crying sort of way. Alexander Burns...
John McCain told the Des Moines Register this week that he always tells "100 percent absolute truth," even in campaign ads. There's one big problem with that bold statement: it's just not true.
Hat tip to the DNC blog, where they invite you to Count The Lies. Dozens of 'em.

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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Don't tell Katie…

Palin: "... Alaska isn't a foreign country where it's kind of suggested, it seems like, 'Wow, how could you keep in touch with the rest of Washington DC, maybe thinking and doing when you live up there in Alaska?'"
Tell Pat…
Buchanan: "They know she's from Alaska. And I don't think they're expecting to her to really give the details of the Georgia-Ossetia conflict."
Actually, since she supports Georgia's entry into NATO and seems sanguine about the resulting prospects for yet another war, I do expect her to know something about what she's decided about. Credit where it's due - the Governor stands up for her state and the excuse most Beltway insiders would accept. I can sympathize to a degree with Buchanan's condescension, though. He's got to try, but any attempt to excuse the insult to America that Palin's nomination represents will, after all, ultimately fail on the simple ground that there is no excuse for Palin's nomination.

Not even Alaska.

Quotes via The Hotline. My emphasis.

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