A Newt Burden On Freedom
Back in 2006, the always willfully controversial Newt Gingrich had some new ideas about freedom of speech and terrorism... well, not really new; ...
View ArticleHow Many Quid Pro How Much Quo?
It looks as if a couple of Democratic members of Congress are likely to have their butts in a crack, big-time, over accepting huge amounts of campaign money in exchange for placing earmarks on...
View ArticleDave Has A Good Idea
Dave Johnson of Seeing the Forest passes on an excellent idea about how to pay for the Iraq war, an idea which he attributes to commenter Christian_Dem_NY at Open Left (see Dave's post for links): ...
View Article'We Cannot Afford This War'
So says Keith Olbermann, and not only is he correct, his assessment may even be an understatement: (YouTube video) ...
View ArticleBut Remember... The First Click Is Free!
Via Cookie Jill, from the BBC: "Google to limit free news access" ...
View ArticleDialing For Dollars
For this post to make sense, you have to know two things: 1. I have had the same land-line phone number for over 25 years. 2. I am not, to the best of my knowledge, in any kind of long-term debt. ...
View ArticleSnow On Snow
... in Houston, no less. We had actual snow today, not heavy but not negligible, either, especially in a city where no one knows how to drive on snow and ice. The "winter wonderland" arrived this...
View ArticleHamsher: - 'All Just Senate Kabuki'
Jane Hamsher, transcribing and commenting on Dr. Howard Dean's debate with Sen. Mary Landrieu over what was and was not in the President's original healthcare plan, concludes that the public option...
View ArticleYou Say Goodbye, I Say HALO
HaloScan commenting system has announced that it is going commercial. My notification arrived today, announcing a gun-to-the-head changeover to a new system called Echo for $9.95/mo, to begin... get...
View ArticleMoved, Left Forwarding Address
I've moved to a Blogger blog, The Yellow Something Something: http://yellowdoggereldemocrat.blogspot.com/. Please visit that link for all newer posts. (list of things to consider) ...
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