Archive for November, 2002
Posted in November 27th, 2002
John Kass wrote a column claiming to not know what a bong is. It was satire. It was clearly satire. The response is here in John’s version of Slacker Friday. You see, it isn’t an ideological problem of missing satire, it is an intelligence problem. Indeed.
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Posted in November 27th, 2002
The point of democracy is that information flows the most freely. There are many reasons why some information should be restricted. If one’s privacy is going to be damaged or national security is at stake, by all means, some information should be kept from the public. The rest of the time there is no excuse […]
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Posted in November 27th, 2002
Posted in November 27th, 2002
A colorful story on Chicago’s Nicest Crook.
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Posted in November 27th, 2002
A bemused Steve Neal reports on Blagojevich’s 6 year plan to become President of the United States. Blago is okay. He has a lot on his plate in trying to solve the state’s fiscal problems and if he is successful, all the more power to him. But, as my candidate said in 2000, "What is […]
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Posted in November 27th, 2002
George Ryan has truly been a gift to those who enjoy political chicanery. While making some of the most important infrastructure improvements since Build Illinois, he takes the time to loot the public trough every chance he gets. The audacity of his moves boggle the mind. The most recent was on the Capitol Fax: GOING […]
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Posted in November 26th, 2002
Incestuous post by Den Beste or incestuous Post by Reynolds or Incestuous Post by Hesiod Who is the biggest turd in the punch bowl? I don’t care. As Josh Marshall points out this is a bit ridiculous. I was tempted to include the original post by RR, but I figured one post on the subject […]
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Posted in November 26th, 2002
One of the more amusing charges by the babbling class is that when Democrats argue one policy or another is unfair to the poor because it disproportionately impacts them, a chorus of, "CLASS WARFARE!" is heard throughout the airwaves. This, of course, misses the point that disproportionately affecting poor people is class warfare. But rarely […]
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Posted in November 26th, 2002
Remember to be careful out there when the gaskets start blowing over this.
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Posted in November 26th, 2002
One of the things I admire about Kit Bond is that he knows his weaknesses. At public events where alcohol is served, Bond reportedly has a drink counter to ensure he doesn’t take his shoe off and bang it on the podium. This isn’t a perfect solution as anyone who watched the 2000 election night […]
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Posted in November 26th, 2002
Perhaps he’ll be behind the great veil now, but in nice tribute with some links, Jacob Levy discusses the impact of John Rawls. And for entertainment go to Sullivan’s site see his comments. Update: Levy also has some intelligent comments on academic ideological imbalance. The comments on Campus Watch are interesting.
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Posted in November 26th, 2002
Brad DeLong explained why Republicans should be like abortion; safe, legal, and rare. Free trade is one of the most vital policies for the United States to pursue and generally Democrats aren’t as strong on it as I would like. So today I actually have nice things to say about the administration. A proposal has […]
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Posted in November 26th, 2002
The Prince of Darkness, um, ahem, well, um, just read it from Jonah Goldberg on The Corner. BOB NOVAK: Mr. May, I wonder if we can cut through all of this because I’ve been around this town a long time. I’ve never seen such an attack on Saudi Arabia. Isn’t this all part of a […]
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Posted in November 25th, 2002
No, not Bod Dole. Given the hysterics over the Democrats changing leaders I thought this was a decent lead. &c does a nice job describing another example of how the Republicans are facing tensions between business and social conservatives. Just one big happy dysfunctional family.
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Posted in November 25th, 2002
Oh my, the Fitzgerald challenge is getting ugly. "I’m thinking about trying to make sure Peter has an opponent," LaHood told the Sun-Times. "I think we can do better than him." This is very interesting. The feud between Hastert and Fitzgerald has been well publicized. This indicates, Hastert is probably actively targeting Fitzgerald in the […]
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