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Monday March 30, 2009 · 8:54 AM PDT

2009/03/30 · 08:54

Have you read the NYTimes article in the Business Section - Media & Advertising By BRIAN STELTER and BILL CARTER which was published March 29, 2009?

Read it here: http://www.nytimes.com/...

Faux News' Glenn Beck wants to know:

On March 12 Mr. Beck introduced the 9/12 Project, an initiative to reclaim the values and principles that he said were evident the day after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. On a special broadcast he asked: "What ever happened to the country that loved the underdog and stood up for the little guy?"

Someone give me a clue on this one. When did the Republicans (read right wing conservative) party EVER stand up for the little guy?

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Monday January 02, 2006 · 8:25 AM PST

2006/01/02 · 08:25

Did anyone catch C-Span's In Depth program yesterday? Ron Powers, a noted biographer of Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain was interviewed. A caller asked him to expound on one of Twain's works, The War Prayer. I hadn't read it so I Googled it and found the small piece and thought it was so moving and timely I would bring it to you here today.

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New York Times: Not worthy of being Fishwrap!

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Monday October 17, 2005 · 6:15 AM PDT

2005/10/17 · 06:15

Today Howard Kurtz, Washington Post Staff Writer, has an interesting tidbit that is very revealing regarding Judith Miller and how she operates.

In his article he sez:

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Craig Pyes, a former contract writer for the Times who teamed up with Miller for a series on al Qaeda, complained about her in a December 2000 memo to Times editors and asked that his byline not appear on one piece.

How often does a writer ask that his/her byline not appear?

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Sunday Sing Along: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLICANS

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Sunday October 09, 2005 · 3:07 AM PDT

2005/10/09 · 03:07

I "lifted" this from here. Feel free to sing along!

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLICANS
Mine Eyes have seen the bungling of that stumbling moron Bush;
he has blathered all the drivel that the neo-cons can push;
he has lost sight of all reason 'cause his head is up his tush;
The Doofus marches on.
I have heard him butcher syntax like a kindergarten fool;
There is warranted suspicion that he never went to school;
Should we fault him for the policies - or is he just their tool?
The lies keep piling on.
Glory! Glory! How he'll Screw Ya'!
Glory! Glory! How he'll Screw Ya'!
Glory! Glory! How he'll Screw Ya'!
His wreckage will live on.

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Abramoff Connection to Murder of Boulis

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Wednesday September 28, 2005 · 9:50 AM PDT

2005/09/28 · 09:50

WAPO has this story today:

Fort Lauderdale police said yesterday that they charged three men in the 2001 gangland-style slaying of a Florida businessman who was gunned down in his car months after selling a casino cruise line to a group that included Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis was killed on a Fort Lauderdale street on Feb. 6, 2001. Two of the three men charged had been hired as consultants by Adam Kidan, one of Abramoff's partners in the SunCruz Casinos venture.
Anthony Moscatiello, 67, identified by authorities as a former bookkeeper for the Gambino crime family, was arrested Monday night in Queens, N.Y. Anthony Ferrari, 48, was arrested in Miami Beach. Both were charged with murder, conspiracy and solicitation to commit murder. James Fiorillo, 28, was arrested in Palm Coast, Fla., yesterday and charged with murder and conspiracy.
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Thursday September 01, 2005 · 10:52 AM PDT

2005/09/01 · 10:52

I am so distressed about the scenes on CNN showing thousands of people who have taken refuge at the New Orleans Convention Center. They've been there for two days and have no food or water and noone appears to be coming to help them.

What can we do? Who can we call? How can we get someone to notice them and GET THEM SOME HELP!

My heart tells me to jump in my car and drive from Chicago to New Orleans but I know that's not a good idea. I need an organization to volunteer with - someone to sponsor me. I'm willing but I have no idea how to get it done

I know there are many in the DKos community that will have ideas and suggestions.

Bring 'em on!

TRADOC: Four Star General Relieved of Duty

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Tuesday August 09, 2005 · 8:19 AM PDT

2005/08/09 · 08:19

[Update]10:33 a.m. CNN is advising the General was relieved of command due to "personal misconduct" - potential infidelity. He'd put in for retirement some time ago but, due to the investigation, his retirement was put on hold as the IG proceeds with the investigation. I find it difficult to believe this would involve adultery unless it was not with a woman????

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CNN has a brief item of Breaking News regarding 4 Star General Kevin P Byrnes being relieved of duty by the Pentagon. All that's given is that he's been "under investigation" for some time.

Here's General Byrnes' Bio from the US Army TRADOC website:

GENERAL KEVIN P. BYRNES
COMMANDING GENERAL
UNITED STATES ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND
General Byrnes assumed the duties of Commander, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, on November 7, 2002, after serving as the Director, Army Staff.

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[Something Fun]MoveOn.Org: Rove Slogan Competition

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Friday July 29, 2005 · 10:03 AM PDT

2005/07/29 · 10:03

Are you a member of MoveOn.Org? If not, you might want to join and take advantage of their "Slogan Contest".

I checked my email around midday on Thrusday and had received this email:

It's been almost a week since we all started writing letters-to-the-editor about the Karl Rove CIA-leak scandal. So far a whopping 34,928 letters have been written by MoveOn members. That's a new record for us. The media is beginning to report on Rove again, but we need to create some buzz--the sort of public outrage you can see when you're walking down the street.

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The BOMB that Rove Dropped

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Thursday July 28, 2005 · 9:33 PM PDT

2005/07/28 · 21:33

The Asia Times Online has an interesting Rove piece on its front page today, The Bomb and Karl Rove . This article puts things in perspective -- actions have consequences.

It's not just the outing of a CIA operative, the scandal is so much more far reaching than that. Here are the points that I find most compelling:

Like every important government crisis, the outing of undercover Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer Valerie Plame by the President George W Bush's chief political adviser, deputy chief of staff Karl Rove, perhaps among others, must be seen in many contexts at once.

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2005 FAUX FAULKNER WINNER

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Sunday July 24, 2005 · 1:53 AM PDT

2005/07/24 · 01:53

Hemispheres Magazine Online has posted the winner of the Faux Faulkner competition presented at the 32nd annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference at the University of Mississippi. I thought this would provide everyone with a break from all the heavy reading we've been doing lately. Here goes with the first place winner....

The Administration and the Fury
If William Faulkner were writing on the Bush White House
By Sam Apple
Down the hall, under the chandelier, I could see them talking. They were walking toward me and Dick s face was white, and he stopped and gave a piece of paper to Rummy, and Rummy looked at the piece of paper and shook his head. He gave the paper back to Dick and Dick shook his head. They disappeared and then they were standing right next to me.
"Georgie s going to walk down to the Oval Office with me," Dick said.
"I just hope you got him all good and ready this time," Rummy said.

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Who will restore dignity to the White House?

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Wednesday July 20, 2005 · 6:30 AM PDT

2005/07/20 · 06:30

What a dufus! And this is our President!!!!!

Ken Sanders at the Democratic Underground puts the Rove/Libby/Plame debacle in the proper context, IMHO. Whether or not anyone is indicted, the real injustice is that Bushco has tarnished the White House and the USA with their doctrines and actions.

Born-again and sober as a judge, Bush promised to deliver us from Clinton's legacy of sin and debauchery. Instead, Bush defrauded the nation into an intractable war in Iraq, resulting in tens of thousands of dead and wounded, and likely increasing the terrorist threat to our national security in the process. To conceal his Ponzi scheme, Bush and his cronies endangered the life of a CIA operative and her contacts, as well as further undermined national security.

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The Rule of Law: Will Fitzgerald get it right?

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Monday July 04, 2005 · 4:21 PM PDT

2005/07/04 · 16:21

In my wanderings around the web today I came across an article by John Denvir who teaches constitutional law at USF Law School. He is the editor of Legal Reelism: Movies as Legal Texts.

According to this article :

"At least "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Anatomy of a Murder" held out the possibility that law led to justice; most Hollywood films prefer to see law as an obstacle to the achievement of justice."

"As a law professor, I am always looking for "positive" images of lawyers to hold up for my students' emulation."

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Sunday Sing Along: BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLICANS

Abramoff Connection to Murder of Boulis

NO Convention Center: How can we get them help

TRADOC: Four Star General Relieved of Duty

[Something Fun]MoveOn.Org: Rove Slogan Competition

The BOMB that Rove Dropped

2005 FAUX FAULKNER WINNER

Who will restore dignity to the White House?

The Rule of Law: Will Fitzgerald get it right?