Author: BooMan

Talking American Exceptionalism

[I am re-posting a diary I did back on July 6th, 2006. I want to re-open this discussion because it seems to me that there is a re-opening of a divide on the left between those that want to work within the system and those that...

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On Fringe Politics and Abortion

I remember listening to Dennis Kucinich during the 2004 campaign. He liked to talk about establishing a new cabinet office for a Department of Peace. (He’s still calling for this). I thought that was an extreme position....

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In Bushworld, No Shorts for Amputees

Another day in Bu$hCo., another outrage: Perks and stardom do not come to every amputee. Sgt. David Thomas, a gunner with the Tennessee National Guard, spent his first three months at Walter Reed with no decent clothes; medics...

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The Jaws of Victory

Well, thanks to Investor’s Business Weekly, we know what we are in for. War On Terror: The party of John Murtha shamelessly seeks to defund and defeat U.S. troops on the battlefield and snatch defeat from the jaws of...

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Open Thread

This seems definitive: Former US vice president Al Gore has ruled out a bid for the White House in the 2008 elections and will carry on his fight against global climate change. “I have no intention to run for...

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