Archive for March, 2003
Posted in March 25th, 2003
Rich Miller points out that when judges sue the state, they win NEWS OF THE DAY The Senate will likely take up legislation this week to restore scheduled cost of living raises that the legislature stripped from judges last year in a budget-cutting move. The Constitution forbids the General Assembly from reducing judges’ salaries, and […]
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Posted in March 25th, 2003
Digby addresses the misuse of the term terrorism. Now, I think Digby goes to far in saying Rumsfeld doesn’t expect them to fight. What the Iraqis are doing in the fake surrendering is wrong and violates commonly held rules of war. Rumsfeld is debasing the language as many others have taken to over the last […]
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Posted in March 25th, 2003
The same plan as Bush did for veteranss affairs. Notice that both Chris Smith and Lane Evans agree on this issue.
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Posted in March 25th, 2003
Barbara Bodine, come on down. Just go read it and explain the possible reason the Administration could be this dense.
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Posted in March 25th, 2003
Via Kos: Suddenly, the government of the United States has discovered the virtues of international law. It may be waging an illegal war against a sovereign state; it may be seeking to destroy every treaty which impedes its attempts to run the world, but when five of its captured soldiers were paraded in front of […]
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Posted in March 25th, 2003
Watching TV last night, Barry McCaffrey (failed drug warrior, but Gulf War Commander of the 24th Infrantry) was starting to raise some issues given the type of deployment. His views are well covered here. This new warfare meme is cute and all, but I’d rather just have the most overwhelming force available. We are doing […]
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Posted in March 24th, 2003
From Berger When a caller on Charles Jaco’s morning drive-time show praised radio ranter Michael Savage on Wednesday, Jaco snorted in derision and then proceeded to savage Savage’s qualifications as a pundit. What made the rip so interesting is the fact that both men’s shows are carried on the same station – KFTK-FM (97.1). Gotta […]
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Posted in March 24th, 2003
The Leader does a puff piece on Chris Lauzen (R-Batavia). Lauzen’s name should never be mentioned in print without recapping his ridiculous effort to have his name officially changed to Chris Lauzen, CPA. Steve Neal addressed it in March of 2001: State Sen. Christopher J. Lauzen (R-Aurora) is going to court this month to have […]
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Posted in March 24th, 2003
Jess McDonald quits, Blagojevich in disarray Blagojevich’s Funky Accounting
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Posted in March 24th, 2003
In the ongoing effort to spew ignorance without actually reading much about the topic, Den Beste has called for a war to destabilize the Middle East. One then gets lost in his rantings about Islam and Arab culture which is both the same and different depending on which sentence of which one is trying to […]
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Posted in March 23rd, 2003
While one might question my quest to ever be cynical in light of my generally positive views on the war to date, let me assure you, the administrations little bullshit move to to take secret bids for the rebuilding of Iraq fully has my attention and has shocked and awed me in the level of […]
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Posted in March 23rd, 2003
Some have suggested that our troops are meeting stronger resistance than expected. I’d suggest that anyone who thinks that this is a) strong resistance is a bit loopy. In a few short days we have covered more ground than either side in the 8 year Iran-Iraq war. b) an example of Generals underestimating the other […]
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Posted in March 22nd, 2003
Jim Capozzola is upset because TRR doesn’t get enough respect. He is right–Go Visit
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Posted in March 22nd, 2003
If they guy is a Muslim, does that mean his actions are because he is Muslim? I’m willing to wait to know something about the actual attack before making such a decision. Interesting Reynolds compares it to the D.C. Sniper in which John Muhammed was a Muslim, but that appears to have nothing to do […]
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Posted in March 22nd, 2003
As someone who supports military action in Iraq, albeit by a far different route than the one that got us here, if there is not significant evidence that Hussein was continuing his efforts to obtain nuclear weapon capability, this will be a huge mistake. While chemical and biological weapons are pernicious and horrible, the only […]
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