Blogs are Impotent:: Watershed Moment

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Thursday June 15, 2006 · 10:07 PM PDT

2006/06/15 · 22:07

Peter Daou nails this straight on:

Anybody who watched Ann Coulter's June 14th appearance on the Tonight Show had to realize that it was a watershed moment in the war between the establishment media and the progressive netroots, a community fresh off the successful YearlyKos convention. It was also a signal to Democrats that liberal ideology can be denigrated with impunity. Had the words "Jew" or "Christian" or "Conservative" been substituted for "Liberal" we'd be waking up to a national scandal.

Coulter has labeled an enormous segment of the American citzenry "sub-human, as creatures deserving of public scorn and worse."

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Depleted Uranium, Revisited...

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Thursday June 01, 2006 · 8:00 AM PDT

2006/06/01 · 08:00

Well, taking the time machine back these many years later, and here we are: Still grappling with the genetic fallout of using depleted uranium (DU), because now we have the empirical evidence of how many birth defects in Iraq are the result of chemical warfare. And it is ... Chemical. Warfare. We are killing people and we don't even need to declare "war." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Richard Clarke Speaks in Phoenix Today

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Saturday November 05, 2005 · 5:32 PM PST

2005/11/05 · 17:32

Through dumb luck, I walked into Border Books at the Desert Ridge Mall in North Phoenix this afternoon and stumbled upon Richard A. Clarke, giving a lecture and book signing for his latest release, The Scorpian's Gate, an as-yet fictitious thriller about the fall of the House of Saud. For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Clarke, he is a former U.S. counterintelligence chief, an expert who served under four separate Administrations (Reagon, Bush I, Clinton and Bush II). He is famous for having provided scathing testimony (subscription required) against the Bush administration at the 9/11 Commission hearings and writing the book, Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror. Mr. Clarke has been castigated repeatedly by the White House and news media and proclaimed a liar. Nearly everything Richard Clarke has written or spoken about has since proven to be true.

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FactCheck.Org vs. MoveOn.Org -- Somebody Lied

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Monday September 26, 2005 · 11:27 PM PDT

2005/09/26 · 23:27

FactCheck.Org's post today, incorrectly suggests that an anti-war coalition, including MoveOn.Org, is way off base in claiming that this Administration has lied its way into war with Iraq. Oh please ... But even with the complete quotes by Bush, Cheney, Rice, et al., these are STILL LIES and an affront to our intelligence. Who are they trying to fool at this late date with the argument that our "dear leader" was a victim of "then-current" intelligence. Poor schlep, he didn't know! Never mind that it's obvious he ignored any intelligence that disproved his "theories" of weapons of mass destruction.

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HR235 -- Your Church CAN Tell You How to Vote

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Wednesday June 15, 2005 · 10:33 PM PDT

2005/06/15 · 22:33

Sneaker bill in U.S. Congress will allow all churches (synagogues and mosques, too -- if that's reassuring) the right to endorse political candidates without fear of losing tax exempt status. What??? Scared yet? Read this:

H.R. 235 would permit religious congregations to support or oppose candidates for public office and conduct partisan campaign activities without losing their tax-exempt status, as long as the activity takes place in the context of a religious meeting. It would apply to elections at the local, state or federal level. A congregation could use funds raised through tax-deductible contributions to fund these activities. Religious organizations could re-distribute and publicize endorsement-sermons and other election-related presentations made during their services or gatherings, through television, radio, and other media.

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Social Security: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

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Wednesday March 02, 2005 · 10:08 PM PST

2005/03/02 · 22:08

Well let's reinvent history, or at least the recent past, when things aren't going our way:

Republicans have returned from a weeklong recess telling stories of meetings on the issue with voters who ranged from suspicious to downright hostile. At a town-hall gathering at the Madison #1 Middle School in Phoenix, Ariz., G.O.P. lawmaker John Shadegg faced a crowd of 280 people, 30% of whom by his estimate were there to voice angry opposition to tinkering with Social Security.

[Emphasis added.] Funny -- It sounded like a 100 % opposition to me. But what do I know, having merely attended in person, up close and personal. A shameless lie.

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Social Security's 'Moynihan Personal Accounts' -- ?

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Thursday February 24, 2005 · 8:59 PM PST

2005/02/24 · 20:59

WTF??? At least that was my reaction when I first heard the phrase during tonight's "town hall" meeting hosted by Congressman John Shadegg. The event was held this evening in an elementary school auditorium in central Phoenix. I was attending thanks to some last minute e-mails circulated from a local progressive group. This get-together was not widely advertised, but obviously significant, and apparently part of broader initiative for Congressmen to float the Administration's proposal during the current recess. Well, if Representative Shadegg hoped to find out which way the wind blows; he got more than he bargained for. Read More

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