Author: BooMan

Interesting Development

From Taegan: Chip Reid asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs if senators were correct calling the July 2011 date for beginning to withdrawal troops from Afghanistan a “target,” meaning there was some wiggle...

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Casual Observation

John Kerry says he has Republican votes for the climate change bill, which means I suppose that Lindsey Graham and the senators from Maine are thinking of being reasonable. But the problem is that there are a bunch of Democratic...

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Need Cheering Up?

Perhaps you need a bit of good news? The National Institutes of Health said Wednesday that it had approved 13 new human embryonic stem cell lines for use by federally financed researchers, with another 96 lines under review. The...

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Timeline, No Timeline

I get emails. Martin, I wanted to take a moment to share my thoughts on President Obama’s plan for Afghanistan with you. I do not support the president’s decision to send additional troops to fight a war in Afghanistan...

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Initial Reactions on Afghanistan Policy

There was a point in Obama’s speech tonight where he veered off the specific topic at hand and summoned the American Myth, which is the creed we tell ourselves that we all believe. Since the days of Franklin Roosevelt, and...

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