About The Idiotic Team of Rivals Meme

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Friday December 05, 2008 · 10:12 AM PST

2008/12/05 · 10:12

In the interest of full disclosure, I have not read Doris Kearn Goodwin's Team of Rivals, nor do I intend to, simply because I find the whole notion that Lincoln built this team of political opponents and molded them into an effective cabinet to be so laughable on its face that I'm not particularly interested in how Goodwin is going to try to convince me Lincoln's cabinet was particularly effective, when I've read numerous works that convince me otherwise.

Here are a few inconvenient truths that the media needs to figure before continuing to peddle its Team of Rivals nonsense:

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Monday April 03, 2006 · 6:05 PM PDT

2006/04/03 · 18:05

As those of you who are on the Phoenix, AZ Mailing List for Drinking Liberally already know, we've lined up something rather special on Thursday April 13. Read More

Phoenix Drinking Liberally Tomorrow Night

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Wednesday December 14, 2005 · 9:17 PM PST

2005/12/14 · 21:17

Howdy all Kossacks. This is just a note to remind those of you who aren't already on the mailing list that our usual Thursday night Drinking Liberally meets tomorrow night, starting at 5:30 and running through at least 8 PM (usually later).

Join us at

George & Dragon English Restaurant and Pub
4240 N Central Avenue
Phoenix
Just north of Indian School Rd on Central in Phoenix.

We're there every Thursday, so come on out and join us.

Christofascism: Arizona Legislature Edition

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Thursday April 07, 2005 · 4:38 PM PDT

2005/04/07 · 16:38

It looks like the fascist wing of the Arizona Republican party has decided they want lots of young women to get pregnant and have abortions, or add to Arizona's already overburdened foster-care system.

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Republicans vs. the Legacy of John Paul II

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Wednesday April 06, 2005 · 9:26 PM PDT

2005/04/06 · 21:26

April 06, 2005
Republicans vs. the Legacy of John Paul II

In the interest of full disclosure, the Rat is not, nor has he ever been, Catholic.

Nonetheless, as somebody who still believes in the teachings of Christ, if not a member of any organized church, the Rat has observed the complex legacy of John Paul II (how could one not observe this of the most powerful religious figure in the world) as well as the actions of the Republican party during his reign.

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A Call to Action: Fascist Pharmacists.

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Tuesday March 29, 2005 · 4:18 PM PST

2005/03/29 · 16:18

This one's going to be short and sweet. I would love to help, and would love to lead in putting together an organized boycott of pharmacies and pharmacy chains who refuse to fill prescriptions for birth control and RU-486. I think a database, and an organized effort to contact pharmacies where this happens would go a long way towards stopping this idiotic movement in its tracks.

Who's with me?

Left of the Dial: New HBO Air America Documentary

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Monday March 28, 2005 · 9:39 PM PST

2005/03/28 · 21:39

Thought I'd turn everybody on to a documentary playing on HBO on Thursday Night. Read of this earlier on LA Times' site, but it's part of their Calendar Live site which requires a paid subscription.

The film is called Left of the Dial. Apparently there was a group of documentary filmmakers present at the birth, the subsequent financial struggles, and the early startup problems at Air America Radio. It's at 8 PM Eastern, 5 PM Pacific on HBO.

Apparently it was a near run thing as to how close the network came to folding last spring. It was closer than I thought (and I read a lot at the time about their problems).

Here's HBO's writeup of the show.

Sympathy or Disrespect?

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Thursday March 24, 2005 · 7:20 PM PST

2005/03/24 · 19:20

In the past 6 days, we have seen numerous protests in front of the place where these nasty people claiming to espouse life are championing the cause of Terry Schiavo. In the past days, we've seen people trying to sneak into the place to deliver food and water to a person, who, by the way, will never be able to chew or swallow again (hence the need for a feeding tube in the first place). A protestor yesterday was arrested and jailed with three of his four children for trying to sneak water into it. Read More

Republican Culture of Life, By the Numbers

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Tuesday March 22, 2005 · 4:42 PM PST

2005/03/22 · 16:42

This is a format I used to send to a mailing list of mine last year during the election that has since grown into a blog when I wanted to let numbers make a point for me.

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13 Senate Democrats: Our Votes Are For Sale...

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Wednesday March 09, 2005 · 4:57 AM PST

2005/03/09 · 04:57

...and honestly, the price is pretty reasonable.

13 Democrats voted for cloture (to end the debate) today on the 2005 Republican Moral Bankruptcy Act, a despicable act which does nothing to address the root cause of most bankruptcies (medical costs), does nothing to prevent the wealthy from sheltering most of their assets to avoid bankruptcy, and does nothing to protect investors from the often seen tactic of the first year of Bush's presidency, corporate officers raidng company coffers shortly before declaring bankruptcy (Enron, Worldcom, Adelphia, and Tyco, to name just a few).

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Ever Get the Feeling You've Been Cheated?

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Monday March 07, 2005 · 5:55 PM PST

2005/03/07 · 17:55

The Rat is terribly amused that a growing number of Republicans are so quick to express dismay at the initiatives Shrubbery chose to highlight in the first 45 days of Shrubbery Term 2: Revenge of Shrubbery. Read More

Hillary Clinton: No friend to American Workers

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Sunday March 06, 2005 · 7:55 AM PST

2005/03/06 · 07:55

Naum over at AZ Place points out that Hillary Clinton, member of the Friends of India Caucus (but not much of a friend to working Americans, as it turns out), won the 2005 Weasel Award from the ITPAA. Read More

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