Author: BooMan

Open Thread

I’m noticing numerous comments suggesting that we should hunker down and prepare for a terrorist attack because Bush’s poll numbers are so bad. Three questions: Why is it okay to make such a prediction, but...

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We Are Kicking Their Asses

Bush’s job approval ratings now officially suck. As of August 22nd, 36% of the American public approves of the atrocious job Bush is doing leading this country. Fifty-eight percent rightly believe Bush is a loser. When it...

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Pat Robertson Wants to Assassinate Chavez

Have you ever wondered whether Pat Robertson is a genuine believer in Christianity or just a tool of Wall Street investment bankers and anti-communist corporate boards?: ROBERTSON: There was a popular coup that overthrew him...

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Regressive Policy Institute

By dwelling obsessively on U.S. misdeeds while ignoring the far more heinous crimes of what is quite possibly the most barbaric insurgency in modern times, anti-war critics betray an anti-American bias that undercuts their...

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Miscalculations: Iraq vs. Vietnam

In some ways Vietnam and Iraq cannot be more different. The Vietnamese had a 2,000 year history of resistance to foreign powers. They had a strong sense of national identity, cultural pride and unity. Iraq, or Mesopotamia, has a...

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