Month: October 2008

No matter what happens in Iraq, just remember we are winning the war and we will continue to be victorious, even if there are the occasional outbreaks of manageable violence: BAGHDAD (AFP) — Twin suicide bombings near Shiite...

In a reply to a comment that I made on Booman’s post A Kaleidoscope Vote, Booman responded by calling me a “Jacobin”. Here is the phrase to which he was responding: Fuck it. Whole hog plus postage. Let the...

While the House failed to pass the Financial Rescue plan on Monday, they succeeded in passing the initiative to the Senate. The Senate seized the opportunity, and attached their tax plan to the bill, which had been defeated by...

While the House failed to pass the Financial Rescue plan on Monday, they succeeded in passing the initiative to the Senate. The Senate seized the opportunity, and attached their tax plan to the bill, which had been defeated by...

There were a few surprises in the Financial Rescue roll call. This can best be seen by analyzing the 25 senators that voted against the bill. They can be categorized. (And I’ll bold all the ‘no’s’ that...