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this oughtta confuse gop voters

December 3, 2007 – 10:35 am

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From the ever on-point Mr. Fish:

Mr. Fish’s doppelgänger, Dwayne Booth, has an unusual interview with Dennis Kucinich here.

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By slim | Also posted in Human rights, Religion, Torture, War on terror | Comments (0)

it’s not nice to speak ill of the dead

November 29, 2007 – 9:50 am

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So I’ll let others do it for me. First, Henry Hyde himself, to Salon in 1998:
The statute of limitations has long since passed on my youthful indiscretions. Suffice it to say Cherie Snodgrass and I were good [...]

By slim | Also posted in Dept. of just Sayin' | Comments (0)

trying to make a silk purse out of a horse’s ass

November 15, 2007 – 4:33 pm

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It’ll take more than an expensive haircut to make the border nazi attractive to voters:
Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo is getting his hair clipped for a cause while poking fun at a Democratic rival’s high-dollar haircuts.
Tancredo, [...]

By slim | Also posted in 2008 Election, Immigration | Comments (1)

Dunn’s Done

November 6, 2007 – 8:46 am

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Oy vey…
State Rep. Jim Dunn will be stripped of his committee assignments and denied travel reimbursement after the 17th District lawmaker made what even Dunn acknowledged was an “inappropriate” remark to a woman at a legislative function in the Tri-Cities last month…snip…
“I opened my mouth [...]

By Rich | Also posted in 17th Leg District, Clark County, Ethics, Local issues | Comments (1)

Don’t assist, resist

November 4, 2007 – 8:25 pm

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Ms. 911

Interesting discussion on Washblog about the 2008 Washington caucuses and the likely dampening effect of having Clinton the presumed nominee going into those caucuses. Hell, Clinton II was the presumed 2008 nominee before the “Dean scream” happened in 2004 so is [...]

By bushtool | Also posted in 2008 Election, Clean elections, Democrats, Money Party | Comments (0)

our national sickness

October 19, 2007 – 11:32 am

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When the SCHIP veto override failed, I was sitting at my office desk, trying to work while L. sniffled and coughed in the chair beside me and tried to get enough amusement out of his mp3 player not to be bored to tears. [...]

By slim | Also posted in Congress, Healthcare | Comments (2)

National Strike

October 11, 2007 – 5:25 pm

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I propose that the only way to regain our corrupt government is to GO ON STRIKE. Necessary positions such as fire, police and medical could still work but the rest of us should just stay home. We can survive a month or two at home [...]

By pdmhoops | Also posted in Constitution, Corporate control, Democrats, Fiscal policy, Impeachment | Comments (1)

how many ways can you say “9/11″?

October 8, 2007 – 12:47 pm

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Bush*, at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial this weekend:
When others are looking for the exits, our firefighters are looking for the way in. When the frightened occupants of a burning building are rushing down the stairwell, our firefighters are going [...]

By slim | Also posted in Iran, Iraq, War on terror | Comments (0)

another open senate seat

October 4, 2007 – 9:04 am

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The pajamas incident makes a lot more sense now:
WASHINGTON — Health concerns — specifically, a disease that could affect his decision-making — are at the root of Sen. Pete Domenici’s decision to retire at the end of his term next year, party officials [...]

By slim | Also posted in 2008 Election | Comments (0)

my first experience with seething, white-hot, nauseating political anger

October 2, 2007 – 4:41 pm

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I was politically active long before I went to law school, an in my pre-law incarnation as a reporter I’d had plenty of exposure to the peculiar narcissism and hypocrisy of politicians.
But the Anita Hill hearings, during my [...]

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