Month: June 2008

Meanwhile, in an alternate universe

Lots and lots of Iraqis want the US Military to just go home (sort of like a lot of us, over here): BAGHDAD (AFP) — People torched a US flag in Baghdad’s Shiite stronghold of Sadr City after weekly Friday prayers to...

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My Initial Reaction to Clinton’s Speech

I’ll be blunt. I didn’t expect much. However, I thought today Hillary Clinton began the campaign to resurrect herself and remake herself as a Democratic Leader in the fashion of Ted Kennedy. This was not a perfect...

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So Wrong For So Long

There’s a reason I use the breakin line to Greg Mitchells book So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits–and the President–Failed on Iraq. Part of that reason is an article printed in the Asian Times, I...

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Prayer, Magic and Sprained Ankles

I would very much like to pray that as I spun around last night and attempted to volley the football on the goal, I did not severely sprain my ankle.  I’d like to pray I won’t be out two to six weeks while my...

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