Month: November 2005

Frivolous Friday Open Thread

In honor of the President citing more forged documents to justify killing Iraqis, I thought we could write some forgeries ourselves. Some suggestions: A letter from Fidel Castro to Lee Harvey Oswald A letter of thanks from Dick...

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The Niger forgery- The devil is in detail

While the Italian Sismi and the Berlusconi government scuttle for damage control over the revelations in la Repubblica last week, Carlo Bonini and Giuseppe D’Avanzo take a hint from an American blog and again wreak havoc....

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Vet Day? Ha! My battle with the VA

This President and his entire administration makes me ill, mentally ill, seriously!  Just to give a perspective of what vets go through to get their benefits, let me give you, dear readers, a little insight.I served in the...

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In memoriam.

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos and My Left Wing) I read a lot of diaries.  I very much enjoy the points of view, intelligent commentary and generally respectful discourse that occurs here. There is always an undercurrent here...

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Bush Wrong Again

by Larry C. Johnson (bio below) [Also see my op-ed, “… And why it should never be done,” published in the LA Times on November 11, 2005.] The inept attempt by President Bush to justify the pre-emptive war in...

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