"Much more good than bad" in Katrina response - Laura Bush
The Bush women continue to do the truly ugly spinning jobs. Now it's Laura's turn. In a speech yesterday at the Heritage Foundation, she described how grateful the hurricane evacuees truly are for all...
View ArticleRFK Jr --becoming an important voice
He's the most cogent voice in the country on environmentalism, its nexis with the Bush "kill-government" agenda, and the massive, practical harm the administration has done in a short time by...
View ArticleBush admin horrified at possible Bird Flu catastrophe
but this is under-reported here, IMO. The stakes apparently are colossal. The WHO has declared a pandemic "inevitable," likely to kill between one and 7 million (Reuters 9/8.) A recent British study,...
View ArticleUS 'starving' Iraqi out of homes prior to attack--UN off
A top UN human rights investigator has publically described a US tactic of cutting food supplies from towns before they attack in order to force civilians from their homes. These people would have...
View Article'DRAFT BARACK' WEBSITE UP--WHY HE SHOULD RUN NOW
Looks like it's the first, and it's a good one. Lots of info about his career, and assessment of his political talents. But most important: It summarizes arguments why he should run NOW, not later....
View ArticleDEAN hired to advise Brit Labour party for May elections!
Britain's GUARDIAN newspaper reports today that Dean has been hired to advise the Labour Party on organizing for next May's elections. These are critical: the Conservative Party leads in the polls....
View ArticleHas everybody seen the Jeff Greenfield attack on Obama?
If not, check this.You know Jeff Greenfield and people like him actually make a lotta money (unlike people who get up at 4 am, wash hair, feed kids/pets, and spent 2.5 hours in traffic to get to a...
View ArticleUS bombs Baghdad
It is reported by an all-news website that the U.S. Air Force has bombed (or is bombing) parts of southeast Baghdad.http://www.news24.com/...Juan Cole (www.juancole.com) put this at the top of his...
View ArticleIraqi doctor estimating civilian deaths denied visa
The Seattle Intelligencer is reporting that an Iraqi epidemiologist who co-wrote the October 1966 article in The Lancet (thelancet.com) estimating Iraqi civilian deaths since the U.S. invasion at...
View ArticleThe best Obama video in the universe
OK...I'll risk disapprobation (practicing my vocabulary) with a really short diary. I know you're supposed to throw in a bunch of palaver, but HONESTLY FOLKS, you don't need it with this!!! Speaks...
View ArticleJust like 1968--they're planning a backroom deal w UPDATE
The NYT has a front-pager up about the 'endgame' being planned by the here-to-fore incompetent Clinton advisors.http://www.nytimes.com/...
View ArticleCalling all 'blue dresses', Carville, etc!!!!
You want this guy running the country? Running in and out of the White House to 'fix' things???Guess what? They've started early!! They fixed it so I can't cut/paste.No surprise here....
View ArticleClinton Foundation and Tibet
The LATimes has a story up today showing how Bill Clinton uses his foundation to accept contributions from politically risky sources. http://www.latimes.com/...Obvious problem: What favors do these...
View ArticleObama's spreadsheet of delegates
The Obama campaign has sent its current spreadsheet of distributed delegates to Steve Clemons, the excellent blogger at www.thewashingtonnote.com, and also founder of a new Washington think tank, The...
View ArticlePetition to sack Liz Trotta
This is a short diary -- if too short, I apologize.I believe the Liz Trotta episode was FoxNews'/Murdoch's opportunity to amplify the so-called "RFK gaffe," --they saw it, and they took it. I dont...
View ArticleKids sleeping in cars - dogs put to death
Mr. Paulson said 1.5 million home foreclosures were started in 2007 and that an estimated 2.5 million more would take place this year.http://www.nytimes.com/...
View Articledavid_remnick@newyorker.com
Here is it -- I posted it on jefflieber's diary, but taking this chance to rediary it here because it's so far down -- afraid people wont see it.
View ArticleRepubs want to kill 'cram downs' -- Obama: stop this!!
The Hill newspaper today says Senate Republicans are threatening filibuster of the stimulus package if the Obama admin doesnt agree to remove a provision to allow bankruptcy judges to force mortgage...
View ArticleI am mailing my bumperstickers to the WHouse
Ok. They say:"IRAQ/IRAN""OBAMA 08"AND THAT NICE ROUND ONE: "OBAMA/BIDEN"
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