Author: rba

IRAQ IS A SOVEREIGN NATION!

This is short and sour:  Under the provisions of the U.S. drafted, U.N. approved, never mentioned, totally-ignored-in-the-shuffle Security Council Resolution 1546, the Iraqis have control over their own destiny. The media,...

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Democratic Party… Media?

I think it’s time we applied “follow the money” to the Democratic party leadership.  The nagging question for me is what contributors got for their money in ’04.  Total party receipts were...

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Cong. Jones: Pullout Our Troops

After reading the headlines and rants of the day, it shouldn’t have been a surprise to flip on Stuffalupagous’ interviewing the “Freedom Fries” Congressman Walter Jones.  Another Republican, another...

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Truth Extraction: Never Use Torture

There is an article in the current Atlantic Monthly (sub req’d) by Stephen Budiansky titled “Truth Extraction”.  Subtitled “A classic text on interrogating enemy captives offers a counterintuitive...

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Privacy: Goodby SSN

From an article by Decla McCullagh on CNET.com: Politicians are starting to realize that permitting data brokers like Acxiom and ChoicePoint to buy and sell your Social Security number like a raffle ticket may not be that wise...

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