Here are my $0.02 Sen. Obama or the first ever "fundraising protest" ???

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Thursday June 26, 2008 · 9:32 AM PDT

2008/06/26 · 09:32

Soooo....

I've been kept pretty upset by the Obama campaign recently. But that is to be expected in politics. I'm particularly appalled at his campaigns staffers/volunteers/whomevers treatment of Muslim supporters and his views and stance regarding FISA. BUT, I don't want to hurt the good Senator nor harm his chances this November. I have long been a supporter of Obama. Loooong before he mentioned a run for president. (FWIW, it began at the 2006 Campus Progress National Student Conference in DC. I was a fortunate intern at CAP that summer... ahhh memories...)

Meet ya across the fold...

hfiend

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Tuesday April 08, 2008 · 6:25 PM PDT

2008/04/08 · 18:25

There's been numerous posts/diaries here and elsewhere highlighting the many gaffes of Senator McCain. In this case on Iraqi sects but on others as well.

Now, I don't want to get anyone too excited, but me thinks the MSM might be catching on...

hfiend

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Monday January 21, 2008 · 4:40 PM PST

2008/01/21 · 16:40

Hello! Important debate today for us in SC!

I'm working with a radio crew but have also been doing a little bit of blogging when possible... hasn't amounted to much. I thought I'd start a thread for the debate so we can chat.

We just got the live feed here so things are about to get rolling. A choir was singing and now they're3 going through the formalities (the good ol' Star Spangled Banner, and introductions of elites). I don't have much to say here, but the latest polls have Obama at around 45%, Hillary in the 30s and Edwards in the teens. After NH I don't thing that means much, until the real poll takes place Saturday.

live feed here, thx jacques.

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Thursday September 13, 2007 · 6:02 PM PDT

2007/09/13 · 18:02

hopeful ME and secure America yada, yada, yada...

Update [2007-9-13 21:21:33 by hfiend]: hunters FP thread here

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Saturday August 11, 2007 · 10:30 AM PDT

2007/08/11 · 10:30

This comes from a post at National Security Intelligence by Tom Quiggin and Sir Richard Dearlove. The post was the first in a pair that argue that secrecy, while necessary in certain circumstances, can in fact hinder the counter terrorism process. I'll leave interested readers free to read the posts but want to archive the "rules" here and comment. They write...

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Friday August 10, 2007 · 11:21 AM PDT

2007/08/10 · 11:21

Thats the feeling I got from reading Dr. Lind's piece Tuesday at the website Defense and the National Interest entitled "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back".

(Cross-posted at my blog, American Entropy.)

hfiend

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Sunday July 29, 2007 · 5:51 PM PDT

2007/07/29 · 17:51

Army Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno claimed that The decrease this month in US fatalities is a sign that the surge is working. He left himself an out saying that more time is needed to see if it is a true trend. I believe that this dip in fatalities is attributable to more than just the Presidents surge. It is a combination of the new way forward and yearly cycles of activity. And it's probably more due to yearly cycles. For example, Odierno said that the US fatalities topped out in May of this year and have fallen as they "kind of predicted." OK, but similar drops in monthly fatalities per day (FPD) have occurred a handful of times since May 2003 (the end of major combat operations), including a similar slide in the same period of 2005. Below is a graphical presentation of whats going on with respect to US fatalities in the Iraqi theater (note: presented below are US deaths only and were gathered from the Internet on 27 July 2007 from the Iraq Coalition Casualties website).

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Tuesday April 17, 2007 · 5:05 AM PDT

2007/04/17 · 05:05

OK, OK... One man's account is just that. One man's account. But an authoritative one!

Larry Korb of the Center for American Progress and the Center for Defense Information recently returned from Iraq. He visited from April 7 to April 11. He stayed outside the Green Zone (now called the International Zone since it is not, as they say, green). He kept a diary it's published at the CAP website. ThinkProgress has a snippet...

I'll go over it all for you on the flip...

hfiend

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Monday March 05, 2007 · 7:37 PM PST

2007/03/05 · 19:37

I've been enjoying the whole Justice Department v. U.S. attorneys fiasco. Admittedly I know little about the subject; it falls outside my interest and focus. But this caught my attention:

A high-ranking Justice Department official told one of the U.S. attorneys fired by the Bush administration that if any of them continued to criticize the administration for their ousters, previously undisclosed details about the reasons they were fired might be released, two of the ousted prosecutors told McClatchy Newspapers.

so off come the gloves...(jump)

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Rebel, resignations, terminations...? : Military commanders say no to Iran war

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Saturday February 24, 2007 · 7:39 PM PST

2007/02/24 · 19:39

From UK Times Online and Michael Smith of Downing Street Memo fame:

SOME of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources.

Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely before President George Bush leaves office. The Sunday Times has learnt that up to five generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they consider would be a reckless attack.

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Thursday February 22, 2007 · 3:36 PM PST

2007/02/22 · 15:36

As we've all heard Tony Blair has decided to begin the redeployment of his military out of Southern Iraq. We've also heard that this is some sort of validation of sound policy or a form progress in Iraq. I won't comment on that point of view because it's stupid. But what I will imply is that this makes the situation we are "surging" our troops into even more difficult. I'll do this by linking to a memo from Wayne White, a senior member of the State Departments Bureau of Intelligence and Research, obtained by Col. Pat Lang and posted to his blog. First the reality of the situation in Southern Iraq which I'll get to below the fold:

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Tuesday February 20, 2007 · 3:27 PM PST

2007/02/20 · 15:27

Foreign Policy has its new issue up online (limited for those w/o subscriptions) of the 10 winners of the US occupation of Iraq. The list includes states, people, NGOs, and other 'entities.' The list goes as follows with links if the essay is open to the public:

Iran

2-10 and the booby prize under the crease....

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