Archive for November, 2005
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
GOP Culture of Corruption?You Don't Know The Half of It!The old saying goes that even a broken clock is right twice a day. So when Democrats accuse Republicans of fostering a culture of corruption it proves the old saying true. (That's once, the other time they've been right lately is ...
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
It's All in the ExecutionIdeas are a dime a dozen. Success is the rare commodity. What separates successful ideas from unsuccessful ideas is execution. Bad ideas fail on their own. Good ideas, to fail, must be executed poorly.Democratizing the Arab world is a good idea. Hundreds of millions of men ...
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
Black Box VotingShame or Disgrace?Am I missing something here? A growing number of readers tell me I am. They say I need to get on this right now because "they" are about to steal America's democracy."They" are a shadowy cabal of right-wing evil-doers and Diebold. They are conspiring to steal ...
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Friday, November 25th, 2005
News That FloatsIt's Dime Dropping Season in DCSomething very important happened yesterday to a guy few have ever heard of, Michael Scanlon. Yesterday Mikey pleaded guilty to a series of corruption charges. He was smiling when he went into court and he was smiling when he left free on bail. ...
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
Is This a Failed Presidency Yet?The first year nine months of the George W. Bush presidency foretold what was to come. If you recall, pre-911 George was the quintessential deer in the headlights. He had landed the biggest job in the world and had no idea what he was supposed ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
Don't StopThinking About TomorrowYes, I know, it's all getting very entertaining. These days I feel like a dog that finally caught the neighbor's elusive Tom cat. I want the moment to last forever. It took so long, he outwitted pursuit so many times, mocked my every attempt to corner him. ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
Penny Wise, Pound Foolishand Other ReasonsMurtha is RightYesterday someone who actually matters said it: "get out of Iraq, now." That would be Rep. John Murtha, D-PA.Over the next few days you will be bombarded with analysis on whether Murtha's proposal is a wise strategic move or a "cut and run" ...
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Friday, November 18th, 2005
Who's Lying Now ?When did this happen?WASHINGTON, - White House advisers convene secret sessions about the political dangers of revelations that American troops committed atrocities in the war zone ..... in the face of an increasingly unpopular war, they wonder at the impact on support at home. The best way ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2005
From the Feet of Clay DepartmentIt's become fashionable to bash the Mainstream Media, especially here in the blogesphere. Actually it's become more than fashionable, it's achieved cliché status. But as an old reporter I have to ask, what the hell is happening to my profession?Geez Louise, hardly a day seems ...
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
Tale of Two PresidentsBill Clinton's motto might be described as "Make love, not war." Unfortunately he took the sentiment a bridge too far and got himself impeached. Still Clinton was on to something. Two previous presidents, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, had seen their administrations destroyed by choosing war. Clinton's ...
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