Month: December 2007

Open Seat Initiative: Justin Call (NM-01)

The Booman Tribune Open Seat Initiative is designed to help progressive Democrats identify where candidates stand on critical issues. It is limited to congressional and Senate seats that are open, i.e., there is no incumbent in...

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The Iran NIE As Pretense: The How

A couple days ago I remarked that the Iran NIE was nothing more than a base to be spun into a pretense for war.  Subsequent reactions from the Bush administration, the neocons, and Israel have all but confirmed this: if...

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John McCain, Name That Tune!

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeThe only other “opps” that has been bigger than the recent NIE for Iran was going to war with Iraq for no damn reason. That was the...

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The Myth Of Hard Work

     There is a common myth that runs through America, propagated by the wealthy for mass consumption. This myth has been one of the most dangerous and divisive instruments used against the American working class...

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