Why Rove is Smiling -- Not what you think
In another thread, dabize just posted links to a new state-by-state survey of Bush's approval ratings over an 18 month period, beginning in May of 2005. Put out by Survey USA, it is interactive, and...
View ArticleWar. An essay.
"We must thank those who gave their lives for our freedom." This is a statement we've all heard and probably used before, and as November 11 nears again, we can expect to hear it more often. Because...
View ArticleOne Iraqi's Plan for Peace
In light of chasm's diary today on the re-emergence of PNAC goons, Frederick Kagan and William Kristol, I thought this pair of pieces from today's Independent newspaper formed a compelling...
View Articleozone depletion, global warming -- together at last [UPDATE]
Whatever happened to the good old days, when disasters knew their place; where train wrecks were train wrecks and recessions were recessions; where holes in the ozone layer were just that, and global...
View ArticleSunni Resistance Unites. That's Not Totally Scary.
Ahhhh. The Guardian. Where would I be if I couldn't skim it in the morning? Well, I don't know, but one article caught my eye, and I thought I'd share it. Seemed to be kind of important to me for...
View ArticleThe Coming Bloodbath™ or not.
Congressional Democrats and wavering Republicans who threaten to refuse to support another surge, and another, and another, will be accused of bringing on a bloodbath in Iraq. This is clearly the...
View ArticleNot So Perma Frost
Systems feed back on themselves. The disappearance of summer ice cover in the Arctic has received a fair amount of publicity, and it's easy to see how replacing light-reflecting snow with dark,...
View ArticleIran. He Just Can't Leave It Alone.
Oh dear. Even as the story of "dangerous Iranian provocations" in the Gulf of Hormuz comes unravelled for the administration, as PatriotClearingHouse has diaried on the rec list, Bush just can't seem...
View ArticlePA Bitterness: Authoritative Results
Wailatpu Public Policy Facilitators today announced their definitive findings on whether rural Pennsylvanians are bitter. The results of the study are conclusive: Pennsylvanians are bitter. That from...
View ArticleOne Set of Numbers We Can't Afford to Lose.
Polls. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. On the one hand, we see the bounce that Big Mac and Hamburger Helper got out of their convention begin to die away. The daily tracking polls show...
View ArticleGOP Civil War: It Begins In Earnest!
Ok, we've all enjoyed watching individual rats, er, Republicans jump the McCain ship (faster than his running mate can jump a shark) all over the news. Now, however, the gloves are off, according to...
View ArticlePalin to Head 3rd Party?
It just gets better and better. With the Tea Party folks committing gaffe after gaffe and doing their best to grind the GOP into the dust of history, comes Her Highness, herself. And once again, La...
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