Dean on MTP not credible, unfortunately...

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Sunday November 13, 2005 · 12:00 PM PST

2005/11/13 · 12:00

I had high hopes for Dean, I must admit, but I was disappointed. He didn't seem credible to me. Just looking at him from the point of view of the skeptic, he didn't seem credible. It was obvious that, whenever he replied to Russert, he was doing a strategic calculation in his mind.
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Two Obama fallacies

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Saturday October 01, 2005 · 7:50 PM PDT

2005/10/01 · 19:50

I read with interest a lengthy response to various dKos commentators by US Senator Barack Obama. I was very impressed with the first several paragraphs of this essay, but midway through it I ran into two huge fallacies. Read More

Boycott of nytimes.com starts tomorrow!

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Sunday September 18, 2005 · 7:16 AM PDT

2005/09/18 · 07:16

Why boycott nytimes.com?

The justification for the boycott is exactly the same as their justification for their new subscription requirement: the NYT wants our money, and so do we.

And just as it is their prerrogative to begin charging, it is also our prerrogative to boycott them.

The NYT is not implementing the new policy out of any sense of fairness. Corporations rarely, if ever, act on such grounds. So why should we extend them such a consideration?

It's a power game, plain and simple; let's see who wins.

(More below the fold.)
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Democrats struck dumb by Bush's admission

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Wednesday September 14, 2005 · 4:27 AM PDT

2005/09/14 · 04:27

The Democrats are so stunned by Bush's owning up to his responsibility for the post-Katrina disaster that they don't know what to say.

CAN'T ANY DEMOCRAT IN CONGRESS UTTER THE WORD "IMPEACHMENT"?!?!?

What are the Democrats waiting for? Permission from Karl Rove???
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Boycott the NYT, starting on Monday 2005/09/19

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Tuesday September 13, 2005 · 4:17 AM PDT

2005/09/13 · 04:17

The NYT will no longer offer its editorial content for free, starting on Monday 2005/09/19.

The only way to prove to them that this is a financially unwise decision is to boycott the www.nytimes.com site. We need to hand the NYT a complete, or near complete, blackout, and we need to do it sharply on Monday 2005/09/19. Just don't visit that site after this coming Sunday evening. Delete your bookmark(s).

We all can live without the NYT for a couple of months; let's see if they can live without us.

Pass it on.

Is it more than plain incompetence at FEMA?

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Wednesday September 07, 2005 · 2:38 AM PDT

2005/09/07 · 02:38

The famous "Hanlon's Razor" advises "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence," but, honestly, with each passing day it becomes harder and harder for me to apply this principle to FEMA's actions during the Katrina crisis. We keep hearing independent reports from all quarters of FEMA actively hindering rescue efforts, by holding back or rejecting manpower and supplies.

At every turn FEMA has acted as though its explicit goal was maximize deaths. Am I going nuts??? Has FEMA been not criminally incompetent, but plain criminal? I don't think Michael Brown should be just fired; I think he should be tried for mass murder.

And, on a related note, why were rescue workers being shot at, time and again? What did the snipers stand to gain? I can understand the looting (though I don't condone much of it), but for the life of me I can't figure out the sniping. Has anyone seen a plausible explanation?

The Democrats should hire Karl Rove

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Tuesday September 06, 2005 · 8:20 AM PDT

2005/09/06 · 08:20

Once more, the Democrats appear utterly unable to capitalize on the incompetence and malfeasance of the Bush administration. The Democrat's performance in the political front is very reminiscent of FEMA's last week: uncoordinated, clueless, feeble, and ultimately tragic.

The problem is that the Democrats need a top advisor for strategy and tactics in the court of public opinion. In other words, they need a worthy counterpart to Karl Rove.
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Disaster recovery genius: Karl Rove

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Monday September 05, 2005 · 12:20 PM PDT

2005/09/05 · 12:20

After a week of watching rampant incompetence in the response to the Katrina catastrophe, it is impressive to see, for a change, the performance of capable, well-trained disaster recovery professionals. I'm referring to the disaster-recovery professionals at Rove & Co. The combination of stonewalling about the federal government's mistakes last week ("there will be time for that later") and shifting the blame to the Democrats running the show in Lousiana is brilliant. Sheer genius!
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Rehnquist kicks the bucket as Nawlins drowns...

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Sunday September 04, 2005 · 9:12 AM PDT

2005/09/04 · 09:12

It is ironic that the guy who presided over the court that stole the presidency from Al Gore kicks the bucket just as the enormity of his crime becomes clear even to the staunchest supporters of his position. Whatever one could say about Gore, I am certain that the post-Katrina catastrophe would not have occurred under his watch. If nothing else, he would not have populated the top ranks of government with incompetents; would not have taken environmental threats lightly; and probably would not have started a resources-draining war just to build up his "political capital"...

"Dark side of human nature" blather is pissing me off

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Sunday September 04, 2005 · 7:52 AM PDT

2005/09/04 · 07:52

There's a lot to be pig-biting mad about these days, but somehow all this pap about the "dark side of human nature" that Katrina's aftermath has allegedly exposed is really getting to me. I just read an op-ed by that reliable imbecile, David Brooks, where he bleats about "the thin veneer of civilization" and "the elemental violence in human nature." Likewise, one hears facile comparisons between the behaviors of the tsunami's and of Katrina's victims. There's no comparison! The conditions are radically different! Read More

Liberals have ruined Sheehan's antiwar crusade

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Thursday August 18, 2005 · 6:42 AM PDT

2005/08/18 · 06:42

What will it take for liberals to realize that most of the country views them with suspicion, if not downright hatred, and that anything they touch becomes automatically questionable? The best thing liberals could have done for Cindy Sheehan would have been to leave her alone... Read More

Rove will win, again

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Thursday July 14, 2005 · 9:42 PM PDT

2005/07/14 · 21:42

The liberals are all a-froth over the Karl Rove story. Sadly, this behavior is very predictable. It reminds me of the recurring Peanuts vignette in which Lucy sets up the football for a kick and Charlie, without fail, takes the bait, only to end up lying flat on his back after Lucy yanks away the ball and he kicks the air. Just like Charlie, liberals keep falling for the same old tricks... Read More

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