tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50502112011-04-21T17:18:07.955-04:00The KevStar PavilionA place where Democrats can learn and interact and, it is hoped, be spurred to take action to thwart the extreme Republican agenda.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comBlogger2961100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1161875167535996302006-10-26T11:05:00.000-04:002006-10-26T11:09:40.830-04:00What the hell--back from the dead for a little '06 information on the evil-doers:--AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl--AZ-01: Rick Renzi--AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth--CA-04: John Doolittle--CA-11: Richard Pombo--CA-50: Brian Bilbray--CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave--CO-05: Doug Lamborn--CO-07: Rick O'Donnell--CT-04: Christopher Shays--FL-13: Vernon Buchanan--FL-16: Joe Negron--FL-22: Clay Shaw--ID-01: Bill Sali--IL-06: Peter Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1079671413702950212004-03-18T23:43:00.000-05:002004-03-18T23:46:48.890-05:00Starship...Lock on to these Coordinates
Fuad Ajami just did his best Captain Merrick impersonation on Charlie Rose. Basically he said "when the guys in the deck of cards are surrounded they come out with their hands up. Al Qaeda are made of different stuff." He seemed to have a little too much pride i that for a respectable professor at Johns Hopkins.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1079471687533526532004-03-16T16:14:00.000-05:002004-03-16T16:18:00.060-05:00Appeasement?
Yeah, I've been in and out of the blogosphere and haven't been tending the garden here too well. It's been an eventful month or so. I've sleepwalked through a dreamlike state and have awoken a sadder and a wiser man.
I wish the same would happen to Bush and the neocons, both the cause and the result. The latest fascistic idiocy they are propogating is that the Spanish electorate Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1077134311448349362004-02-18T14:58:00.000-05:002004-02-18T15:01:09.936-05:00Big Day
Stuff is flying fast and furious...Props to Ben Chandler for winning the special election in Kentucky HD#6...John Edwards certainly has kept the Democratic nominating contest interesting through March 2 at least. One factor not to be overlooked: his trend lines. In every contest this year, he's raised his support dramatically the longer he is in front of voters. It started in Iowa, Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1077054742371490602004-02-17T16:52:00.000-05:002004-02-17T16:54:58.216-05:00Ms. Williams Goes to Augusta...
...We all hope. Mary Beth Williams of Wampum has decided to run for the Maine state legislature. She's actually said nice things about the KevStar Pavilion before and even blogrolls me on her high profile site, so show her some love, and feel free to take a few swings with her fundraising bat.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1076622370275922262004-02-12T16:46:00.000-05:002004-02-12T16:48:38.750-05:00KevStar's Greatest Hits, Volume 1
Howie Kurtz is sheepish.
The KevStar editorial staff stands by its statements, especially regarding the figurative description of Mr. Kurtz's protein fixation.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1076519275259595652004-02-11T12:07:00.000-05:002004-02-11T12:31:00.543-05:00Release of Bush Military Records Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Despite the assertions of the White House, the partial release of Bush's service point detail yesterday does not answer whether he completely fulfilled his service requirements in the Texas Air National Guard. The White House press corps was skeptical in yesterday's press gaggle. And judging by the output in today's paper's, Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1076099276654790112004-02-06T15:27:00.000-05:002004-02-06T15:30:17.436-05:00Kerry's Veteran's Operation
John Kerry is doing more than using veterans as on-stage props—he's attempting to fashion them into a single coherent voting bloc, according to The Nation. For example:
In Davenport, Iowa, I observed one caucus where the results were startling and suggestive: Vets and their families made up two-thirds of newly registered Democrats, who gave Kerry a lopsided margin overKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1076018640308332532004-02-05T17:04:00.000-05:002004-02-05T17:07:38.090-05:00New Resources
Maybe the last (first?) nice thing I ever say about George W. Bush: the listing on his website of donors and bundlers is a model of transparency. This should become the law of the land. Check out donors and rangers/pioneers ; the links have been added to the "Resources" at right.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1075762291665345162004-02-02T17:51:00.000-05:002004-02-03T11:06:12.186-05:00Bush as Utility Infielder
The Washington Post reports that Pres. Bush is attempting to "burnish" his atrocious record as steward of the environment through some selective, largely symbolic action after polling showed that the public viewed his record in a dim light. But what really got me was this:
Last week, the administration sued an eastern Kentucky power cooperative for expanding two of its Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1075407059603242402004-01-29T15:10:00.000-05:002004-01-29T15:13:09.920-05:00What the Hell Is This?
Whale explodes in Taiwan.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1075405397477017292004-01-29T14:43:00.000-05:002004-01-29T14:45:43.420-05:00Housekeeping
I purged the blogroll of a bunch of blogs I never visit anymore ("Purge him before he purges you"--old barracks axiom) and added a link to the New Democrat Network blog. They have a nice, upbeat message, compared to the snarky tone of the DLC. (Plus, inviting input on a blog beats getting golden nuggets descending from on high...)Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1074809280636154772004-01-22T17:08:00.000-05:002004-01-22T17:10:32.216-05:00After All...
George W. Bush is a miserable failure. Not to mention una falta desgraciada.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1074808995863531042004-01-22T17:03:00.000-05:002004-01-22T17:05:34.653-05:00New Web Log
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has created a brand spanking new Scoop-based web log, and it looks good. Check it out. Elected officials like Debbie Stabenow (or at least someone writing under her name) post there. Cool beans!Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1074620253701418382004-01-20T12:37:00.000-05:002004-01-20T12:39:31.610-05:00Quick Hits
The results of the Iowa caucus have me pumped. Democrats in Iowa smelled Dubya's blood in the water and turned out in droves—roughly 120,000 Iowa Democrats are estimated to have given up their evening to pick a president. And they've changed the tenor of the race overnight.
I should give up prognosticating, because I've been all over the map. But it is addictive:
Dean is done. It's a Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1074202207180413132004-01-15T16:30:00.000-05:002004-01-15T16:31:58.950-05:00We're There, Dude
Stephanie Herseth is coming to DC next Wednesday. The Young Democratic Candidate's Network is toasting her at the noted hipster honeypot The 18th Street Lounge (clearly they're not courting the KevStar wing of the party here; they're taking the base for granted...). Time: 7-9 PM Wednesday January 21. Suggested Contributions: $25, $50, $100. RSVP at: YDemsCan.net.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1074033529912194592004-01-13T17:38:00.000-05:002004-01-13T17:47:11.890-05:00A Week Until the Real Voting Starts
Apart from my brief resignation that the Democratic primary race was over in early December and subsequent intemperate contemplation of drinking the Deaniac Kool-Aid, I've been sort of scratching my head about which flawed candidate to root for since it became clear the John Kerry was a fine liberal with outstanding policy credentials but a clumsy, unworkable Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1073498331418469772004-01-07T12:58:00.000-05:002004-01-07T13:00:31.950-05:00The Bush Dynasty
Not to steal Buzzflash's lead or anything, but this statement made me sit up and take notice:
"Now what I get a sense of from all of this -- and then topped obviously by spending all the money in 2000 to basically buy the election -- is that this is not a family [the Bushes] that has a particularly strong commitment to American democracy. Its sense of how to win elections comes Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1071948107457297262003-12-20T14:21:00.000-05:002003-12-20T14:23:04.873-05:00George W. Bush is Unelectable
Yes, George W. Bush is unelectable.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1071078600665500862003-12-10T12:50:00.000-05:002003-12-10T12:51:05.200-05:00Tell Nader Not to Run
Thanks to a link in a Daily Kos diary entry, I've just visited Ralph Nader's Presidential Exploratory committee's website and filled out his short four question survey about whether he should run or not. Naturally I told him to stay home, that the differences between Republican and Democrat are too great, contrary to his message from the last campaign, to risk a division ofKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1071006342855233382003-12-09T16:45:00.000-05:002003-12-09T16:48:47.623-05:00Oh Yeah
Okay. Al Gore has endorsed Howard Dean for the President. Even former Senator Paul Simon, who passed away today, basically endorsed Dean from his deathbed. Dean has money, organization, and energy. Yes, he sticks his foot in his mouth too much, and I think he's really thin on policy specifics, and he flip-flops on issues at an alarming rate, and he can come across as arrogant, and Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1070994443527725692003-12-09T13:27:00.000-05:002003-12-09T17:46:06.000-05:00Off to the Races in South Dakota
A sad chapter has come to a close with the manslaughter conviction of Rep. Bill Janklow. This isn't any way for a guy to lose his seat (Janklow has said he will resign in January), but letting some fatcat run a stop sign sure isn't any way for a poor guy to lose his life either.
The campaign for the special election to replace Janklow has begun. Stephanie HersethKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1070917201590698062003-12-08T16:00:00.000-05:002003-12-08T16:01:53.543-05:00Submitted for Your Disapproval
Two stories detailing events by 35 years or so:
An Army officer is waiting to hear whether he will be court-martialed for pistol whipping an Iraqi to extract bogus intelligence.
In an upcoming Atlantic Monthly article, (an excerpt of which is on John Kerry's website, historian Douglas Brinkley sifts through the Lt. (jg) Kerry's wartime correspondence, replete withKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1070317201457704312003-12-01T17:20:00.000-05:002003-12-01T17:33:04.326-05:00Two-a-Days Have Started
The Rove operation has started gearing up in earnest for the election. This Washington Post article details the level of their discipline, which truly is astounding..Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1069710649151033612003-11-24T16:50:00.000-05:002003-11-24T16:52:16.233-05:00Shorter Pindick: "I Know You Are But What Am I?"
From fleshpot Howie's Wash Post chat today:
Knoxville, Tenn.: In Sunday's Post the editorial "Mr Soros's Millions," (Post, Nov. 23) the editorial board seems bent out of shape when a liberal spends his money opposing a Republican president. I wonder has any reporter asked them if they have ever heard of Richard Mellon Scaife or "the Arkansas Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1069447433879371052003-11-21T15:43:00.000-05:002003-11-21T15:44:31.843-05:00Newsweek Dismisses Weekly Standard BS
The blowholes at the Weekly Standard made a big to-do about a memo from neocon trog Douglas Feith claiming to show "proof" of "links" between al Qaeda and Saddam's Iraq. (Oh yeah, this memo is technically classified material too. Can these guys be trusted with anything?)
Anyway, Newsweek has a point-by-point smack down of why Feith's potboiler is nothing moreKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1069367351008657722003-11-20T17:29:00.000-05:002003-11-20T17:29:47.950-05:00Selling Soap
Baseline has a pretty good rundown on how the Dean campaign is far ahead conceptually and organizationally of the other candidates' operations. Dean is inhabiting the nexus of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Customer Managed Relationships (CMR). (Yes, I learned those terms at a seminar.) Will he and his campaign build up enough goodwill in allowing voters to manage their Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1068222610612898842003-11-07T11:30:00.000-05:002003-11-07T11:52:05.373-05:00Stars and Bars
I've been involved in a number of passionate discussions over at Daily Kos about Howard Dean's flag remarks—that he "still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks". I think his statement is the mark of a politician not ready for prime time; as another poster at Kos aptly put it, Dean is the first politician in history to piss off Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1067880386996638952003-11-03T12:26:00.000-05:002003-11-03T12:49:52.950-05:00Separated at Birth
Maybe The Howard wears eyeblack in the dugout too...Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1067636477184318682003-10-31T16:41:00.000-05:002003-10-31T16:41:27.966-05:00Hot Stove Action
It seems that Election 2004 has kicked off in earnest today. Analysis shows a tightening Kentucky governor's race—in the name of God, please send Ben Chandler a few bucks. And, much to my delight, my cornfed crush has announced that she will again run for South Dakota's lone House seat.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1067544822145075422003-10-30T15:13:00.000-05:002003-10-30T15:15:08.013-05:00Transcript of Joe Wilson Chat
The Kerry Campaign has kindly posted the transcript of the chat with Joe Wilson on their website. Wilson will be an asset to Sen. Kerry as he campaigns to hold Pres. Bush accountable for his dangerous and incompetent stewardship.
There's great stuff here—such as humor:
Knight_of_the_Star (Oct 29, 2003 11:18:57 AM)
Ambassador Wilson, what was your initial reaction Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1067454937748897562003-10-29T14:15:00.000-05:002003-10-29T14:18:49.903-05:00Poisoning People in the Park
Pollution, pollution!
Wear a gas mask and a veil.
Then you can breathe,
Long as you don't inhale!
—Tom Lehrer, The Pollution Song (1965)
According to CNN, "Most ground zero workers still suffer from health problems two years after Sept. 11." I wondered about the meaning of most. Is the reporter using it in a strictly quantitative sense, or the more vernacular usage Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1067363130863148432003-10-28T12:45:00.000-05:002003-10-28T12:45:37.233-05:00Joe Wilson Chat Tomorrow
Joe Wilson will take your questions tomorrow at 11 am at http://www.johnkerry.com/chat/.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1067362316297108452003-10-28T12:31:00.000-05:002003-10-28T12:32:02.826-05:00Remembering For Us Wholesale
Jeffo sent me this disturbing story from the DNC's web log about the White House's efforts to keep search engines from archiving stories on Iraq. This is outrageous; it flies in the face of everything an open, democratic Internet is about. And as you can see from the Whitehouse robots.txt file (which keeps search worms from accessing particular directory folders), Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1067091542858298202003-10-25T10:19:00.000-04:002003-10-25T10:36:23.750-04:00 In Memoriam
Sen. Paul Wellstone
July 21, 1944–October 25, 2002 Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1066850250314890262003-10-22T15:17:00.000-04:002003-10-22T15:17:30.210-04:00New Blogroll Selection
Time is getting close. The NH Primary is three months away. The general election is almost a year away (this weekend marks the one year anniversary of Paul Wellstone's death, after all...). So it's fitting that someone is starting to actually think about how we get asses in the seats November: David at the Swing State Project. So far it's simply identification and analysis Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1066682120042841942003-10-20T16:35:00.000-04:002003-10-20T16:35:19.740-04:00Unbowed
Just to prove that all of us who believe in America's promise are not unhinged, let me link to a page celebrating a true hero of American foreign policy. Looks like my life's work has already been done.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1066396442177409302003-10-17T09:14:00.000-04:002003-10-17T09:14:02.180-04:00Grady
So is Grady Little utterly incapable of seeing when his pitcher is out of gas?Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1066336558561586962003-10-16T16:35:00.000-04:002003-10-16T16:36:09.753-04:00Taking a Leak
What's the best way to reveal that your administration won't tolerate any more anonymous leaks? Through an anonymous leak, of course. "Bush told his senior aides Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the media anymore, and that if he did, there would be consequences, said a senior administration official who asked that his name Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1066334601826733902003-10-16T16:03:00.000-04:002003-10-16T16:03:21.933-04:00Interactive Thread
By request, another discussion thread:
What is the most under-rated important event in American history? Define event any way you like, although please no personal bloviating, e.g., "the time I made out with [that girl] in that park on St. Clair Ave."Anyway...Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1066158024652133192003-10-14T17:27:00.000-04:002003-10-14T17:27:01.433-04:00Going Deep
In his book Men at Work, George Will helped codify the presumptive genius of Tony LaRussa by using LaRussa's own phrase—in managing, one had to "go deep", to anticipate the ramifications of your decisions on outcomes four or five permutations down the tree. It seems one conservative columnist, at least, has taken the lessons of the fetishizer of lefty specialists to heart a decade Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1065916335438890412003-10-11T19:52:00.000-04:002003-10-12T16:20:58.186-04:00Extracurriculars
Game 3 of the ALCS just ended, and boy did that game leave a bad taste in my mouth (not due to my team losing, either). There was absolutely nothing redeeming about the fracas in the top and the bottom of the 4th inning. Pedro clearly went head-hunting. Manny acted like a baby on a ball not even close to him. And the worst part was when a 72-year old glob of trans-fatty acids Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1065643112501811562003-10-08T15:58:00.000-04:002003-10-08T15:59:07.906-04:00Interactive Thread
I'm not too keen on the usual link-and-rant blog mode today. Instead, I'll bounce an idea out there I've had for some time: why don't all of my twenty readers per day tell me who the most competent or influential non-president in U.S. history has been? Any answer except "Ronald Reagan" or "George W. Bush" is acceptable. You can even say which President you're most relieved we Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1065556369202464902003-10-07T15:52:00.000-04:002003-10-07T15:52:48.620-04:00First They Came for the Rich...
I'll just steal the DLC's title, because it really is perfect. In case you missed it, Grover Norquist compared the ethics of the estate tax to the ethics of the Holocaust. The DLC strikes the perfect tone in their response: not histrionic at yet another of Grover Norquist's offensive outbursts about the victimization of the comfortable, just jaw-droppingly Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1065544645761372322003-10-07T12:37:00.000-04:002003-10-07T12:37:25.436-04:00Fifty Bucks
I can't say this enough. Still, Emma at Notes On the Atrocities says it better, so check her out. In a nutshell: give fifty bucks to a Democrat, like Ben Chandler of Kentucky (if the same photo is on the home page you'll see Mel Turpin looking like he ate Kevin Mitchell), one of the presidential candidates, like my guy John Kerry, or a good progressive group like MoveOn. Do it, and doKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1065540549318658052003-10-07T11:29:00.000-04:002003-10-07T11:29:09.100-04:00Rove Compromises Security at Black Mesa Federal Research Facility
It seems that Rove's prostitution of national security for petty politcal purposes doesn't stop at outing CIA agents; he's also releasing secret computer code to get back at rivals. In this case, he's trying to get back at Santa Claus for donating to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Thanks to Jeffo for the heads up.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1065475083648385062003-10-06T17:18:00.000-04:002003-10-06T17:18:03.630-04:00Southern Democrats
MSNBC.com has this article describing some of the (mild) heat Southern DNC-ers generated at last week's DNC meeting. There's no question that they should be pissed off at Gore for giving up on the South in 2000. And this prescription, although in somewhat inelegant language, sums up what would be a winning Democratic plan in the South: "[Alabama DNC member Joe L.] Reed , who isKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1065454001623046332003-10-06T11:26:00.000-04:002003-10-06T13:14:38.413-04:00Forest, Trees, etc.
David Broder set out to write a story about why long-serving Democrats, many representing Republican-leaning districts, remain in the House, and by God no amount of evidence will shift him onto the real story. But even without his guidance the story burns through: the Republican leadership of the House has fundamentally altered the legislative process to the detriment of Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1065205436943115702003-10-03T14:23:00.000-04:002003-10-03T14:23:56.830-04:00This Just In
Tapped, one of the stalwarts of the liberal blogosphere, seems a bit too happy to give themselves credit by implying they needed special connections to dredge up this bit of public information.
See?
Tapped has learned that Clark's only major personal political donation was to a Democrat. According to Federal Election Commission records, Wesley K. Clark donated $1,000 to the campaignKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1064952573660419112003-09-30T16:09:00.000-04:002003-09-30T16:11:11.553-04:00Giddy-up
The insiders at The Note creamed their jeans about this David Brooks column urging circumspection and civility over this White House's latest scandal. Well, fuck them and the horse they rode in on, and fuck Brooks too. Who the hell does Brooks think he is as a messenger of concilliation after the hatchet job his people did during the Clinton years? Does he expect Democrats to grab our Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1064608705160626302003-09-26T16:38:00.000-04:002003-09-26T16:38:24.793-04:00S&G
Check out Kos on Lyndon LaRouche. The fun is in the comments. Makes me pine for Operation Juarez.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1064607531099013562003-09-26T16:18:00.000-04:002003-09-26T16:20:37.320-04:00So Why Back Kucinich?
Over at Notes on the Atrocities, Emma has collected some thoughts from economists backing up her statement of a few days ago that the protectionist tenor of the Democratic primary campaign is myopic. This quote is especially telling:
A coleague [sic] of mine often talks to unions who grill him on free trade and he always asks them what they expect of their kids...are they Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1064435786061610272003-09-24T16:36:00.000-04:002003-09-24T16:36:25.730-04:00No Patriot Act in the NBA
David Stern says Kobe Bryant will be allowed to play from the get-go this season, despite facing sexual assault charges, because "We don't have a Patriot Act in the NBA. That means that you're innocent until proven guilty."
I'm not so sure what this means for the NBA's image. I'll let that pass, though it is of great importance and I can understand both arguments for Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1064434729430593852003-09-24T16:18:00.000-04:002003-09-24T16:18:49.340-04:00Listen to Ralph Reed
Yep. The champion of push-polling and fear-mongering is feverishly dispensing tactical advice to the Republican grassroots. "We are going to be in for the fight of our lives," Reed told the National Federation of Republican Women's convention Sunday. "This is going to be a national effort. We are going to have to go wherever and whenever to do what we have to do." Well, so Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1064352450651975062003-09-23T17:27:00.000-04:002003-09-23T17:27:30.450-04:00He Roots For Magic!
I recall one game I watched from the Fenway Park bleachers, sometime during the Wade Boggs era in the late 80s. As is so often the case in Fenway, the antics of the fans were as compelling as the action on the diamond. Midway through the game security officers escorted out two gents who had obviously been fighting. They were just as obviously soused.
One fellow–I recall that Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1064344325211054262003-09-23T15:12:00.000-04:002003-09-23T15:12:05.206-04:00Grassroots School
Yes, I don't back Howard Dean. But his campaign is revolutionizing the way politics is conducted for the better. An example: Dean for America Grassroots Organizing School, where questions are answered and rudimentary on-line training delivered. Check it out!Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1064253654690960092003-09-22T14:00:00.000-04:002003-09-22T14:00:54.813-04:00Backing the Wrong Horse
Time has a revealing article about our problematic relationship with Pakistan. It's revealing in its depiction of how precarious a hold on power Gen. Musharraf has and how potent the forces fo Islamic Fundamentalism are in Pakistan. It's also revealing in American lack of understanding of the enormity of the conflict in South Asia—India is treated as a secondary point. ForKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1063978315900025112003-09-19T09:31:00.000-04:002003-09-19T09:31:55.633-04:00Too Clever By Half
According to the Washington Post, the Steel Tariffs enacted by the Bush Administration as a naked political ploy have backfired with a vengeance. According to conflicted analyses, it appears that there has been a small savings of jobs in steel producers in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, but a net loss of jobs at steel consumers (like auto manufacturers) in Michigan and Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1063729279734307782003-09-16T12:21:00.000-04:002003-09-16T12:21:19.890-04:00Krugman Interview With Cal Pundit
Absolutely first-rate.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1063661503898755082003-09-15T17:31:00.000-04:002003-09-16T12:20:19.966-04:00Must Read Quick Hits
Krugman, being Krugman, brilliantly lays bear the schemes of Grover Norquist and the other assholes who are dewey eyed with nostalgia for the McKinley administration. (Caution: extremely long)
And Col. Mike Turner, a former staff officer to both Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and Gen. Wesley Clark, tears the Bush Adminstration a third corn chute.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1063642166699055252003-09-15T12:09:00.000-04:002003-09-15T12:09:26.730-04:00I Don't Follow
Tom Friedman has an interesting take on the Israeli "security fence" in today's New York Times. He says that the fence will increase support among Palestinans for acquiring Israeli citizenship instead of pursuing a two-state solution—a point of view Friedman claims is already held by 25%–30% of Palestinians.
Friedman somehow concludes that this step would be an unforseen "trouble.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1063400162987796482003-09-12T16:56:00.000-04:002003-09-12T16:56:02.993-04:00Shameless Plug
I've been blogrolled by a major voice in the liberal blogosphere, Wampum. This is apt to rocket my site traffic into the dozens. (Not that I don't treasure my link on Bureaucrat by Day, mind you...). Seriously, though, the Wampum blog is a serious journal. I find myself often amused (by the 1991-92 headlines mirroring our present state) and confounded (by the analysis Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1063307724729596722003-09-11T15:15:00.000-04:002003-09-11T15:16:08.636-04:00Dean and "His People"
In the Congressional Black Caucus sponsored debate Tuesday Howard Dean expanded on a rather empty claim he first made in a speech to the NAACP that he could talk to "his people" about race, claiming he was the only white politician who ever talks about race. (It's a shame, because the line he had preceding that, which went something like "If the percentage of Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1063293250543568292003-09-11T11:14:00.000-04:002003-09-11T11:14:38.466-04:00Obeydee, Obeyda
Rep. David Obey has asked President Bush to return Bumstead and Wolfoblitz to the private sector. Read his letter requesting these moves here.
The new spellcheck feature on Blogger offers "fumigated" as the only option for "Bumstead." Go figure.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062699001493445242003-09-04T14:10:00.000-04:002003-09-04T14:10:01.503-04:00Cool Side Cool
More proof that the neoconservatives were a bad marketing strategy by the Republicans, like the McDLT or New Coke. Clinton's foreign policy looks pretty good now, doesn't it? The whole stinking lot of necons have been discredited; they should be sold in bulk on eBay and maybe revived 20 years from now on a VH-1 special.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062694752168635592003-09-04T12:59:00.000-04:002003-09-04T13:00:26.480-04:00For the Grognards
By way of Josh Marshall and the River Cities Reader I came across a reference to some incisive analysis on the part of General John Abizaid, the new US CENTCOM commander. The report is titled Doctrine for Joint Urban Operations and tells a different story about the difficulties real boots on the ground can expect to encounter in urban comabt from the Land of Chocolate nonsense Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062609207451489202003-09-03T13:13:00.000-04:002003-09-03T13:13:27.456-04:00And One Other Thing
Stuff like the lead from this USA Today article honk me off:
"Sen. John Kerry, aiming to re-invigorate his presidential campaign, formally announced his candidacy Tuesday with a battleship behind him and fellow Vietnam War veterans at his side." (emphasis mine)
USS Yorktown is of course an aircraft carrier. Although technically accurate to use the term "battleship" and "Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062604550230589902003-09-03T11:55:00.000-04:002003-09-03T11:55:50.233-04:00Well...
In case you missed it.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062604291806542772003-09-03T11:51:00.000-04:002003-09-03T11:51:31.803-04:00Krugman Drops Science
Paul Krugman is not a shrill blowhard. As this interview makes clear, he's a responsible academic unafraid of admitting his miscalculations, such as with globalization. But he does give the lie to the simpering fatcats, the devious fratboy operatives, the ostriches of creeping Broderism, and the proponents of familial headship who claim comparisons to the last days of WeimarKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062537894829540002003-09-02T17:24:00.000-04:002003-09-02T17:24:54.820-04:00Base and Swing Voters
As I've said before, I'm more inclined to agree with the DLC than not. So it pains me when they continue their disastrous run of flawed analysis and breathy Chicken Little-isms with this bit of refried pap. First of...duh, any candidate wants to get his base motivated and lending more than their vote and wants to grab large chunks of swing voters. But are we to just close Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062532526157243582003-09-02T15:55:00.000-04:002003-09-02T15:55:26.170-04:00Just Desserts
It's probably just coincidence that both John Hinckley and Jonathan Pollard are asking for ridiculous reductions in their punishments. Barring some revelation of facts not now known—a highly unlikely chance of that—both should be laughed out of court.
I have no problem that Hinckley was acquitted by reason of insanity, but that ruling shouldn't give him a pass on punishment. His Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062520606022264212003-09-02T12:36:00.000-04:002003-09-02T12:36:45.920-04:001124 and Rising
The estimable Vernon Loeb hinted in his chat last week that he'd devote some time to reporting on the U.S. Wounded in Action story in Iraq. This solid story is the result.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062190320932197052003-08-29T16:52:00.000-04:002003-08-29T16:52:00.923-04:00Great Idea, But Where's the Website?
It's about time: the AFL-CIO is setting up an organization for non-union members interested in advancing the agenda of working people. I'd imagine a member would agree to honor picket lines and whatnot, and down the road more specific benefits will be made available. Or so I'd guess.
But "door-to-door" organizing? Gimme a break. Organize some of us knowledge Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062171182796234482003-08-29T11:33:00.000-04:002003-08-29T11:33:02.706-04:00Capital Depends on Labor
In the sort of spot-on analyses that supply-siders dub "class warfare," EJ Dionne offers compelling reasons why the best economic policy is still low unemployment. I especially appreciate how he explodes Gorver Norquist's lie that 70 percent of "voters" own stocks.
Wage earners are the fuel of our economic prosperity. Yes, it is important for policies to support both the Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1062099752588233482003-08-28T15:42:00.000-04:002003-08-28T16:33:04.280-04:00The General
As in most Esquire pieces, there's a fair amount of puffery and bullshit in this profile of Gen. Wesley Clark. Still, it's worth the read, if you can cut through the pin-dicked hagiography and the tendency to cram everything into the writer's pre-existing worldview. There's no question Clark is an imposing individual with sterling qualities. This is an especially useful anecdote:
"[Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061996310198595132003-08-27T10:58:00.000-04:002003-08-27T10:58:29.996-04:00Company Store
This brilliant essay by Harold Meyerson details the positive relationship between unionization and standard of living, and how big scab lover Wal-Mart threatens prosperity.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061934526775932452003-08-26T17:48:00.000-04:002003-08-26T17:53:04.196-04:00Southern Man
Check out Mark Shields' paean to Fritz Hollings.
Northern liberals like me don't know quite what to make of Southerners like Hollings. He certainly has an impressive slate of accomplishments: in the Senate, he's been both an advocate of Great Society anti-hunger programs (such as WIC) and a tireless budget hawk. As Governor of South Carolina, he oversaw the creation of a public Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061828262716590532003-08-25T12:17:00.000-04:002003-08-25T12:17:42.683-04:00Damned If He Does, Damned If He Doesn't
Well, I thought all along that Dubya was likely to roast, but Ron Brownstein artfully and objectively describes the walls the Administration is butting into in Iraq.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061824543092318272003-08-25T11:15:00.000-04:002003-08-25T11:15:43.073-04:00Politics in the Heartland
The headline on this story from the Louisville Courier-Journal (KY) Coaches differ on approach to politics seems at first glance the height of fluff, but it's actually a fairly insightful article, showing the role of high profile college coaches in state politics. Rick Pitino is a Democrat; as a Celtics fan, I now hate him significantly less.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061578366803703292003-08-22T14:52:00.000-04:002003-08-25T11:16:01.983-04:00What Exactly Is a "Whistle Ass"?
This is too beautiful: a Wisconsin woman's obituary says: Memorials in her honor can be made to any organization working for the removal of President Bush.
Again: become a sustaining member of the DNC. Contribute to MoveOn.org's drive to support the Texas 11. Tell them Sally Baron sent you. Or better yet, dedicate yourself to the task by volunteering, writing a Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061501475749489942003-08-21T17:31:00.000-04:002003-08-21T17:31:15.686-04:00Must Read
Decades of torpor plus the new campaign finance law equals a financial problem for the Democratic Party, according to this excellent reporting from USA Today. So, for Cripe's sake, become a sustaining member of the DNC.
Telling quote: "There was no better soft-money fundraiser in the land than Terry McAuliffe, and now it's a felony for him to do what he does best." Suits me fine. I mayKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061399939030041822003-08-20T13:18:00.000-04:002003-08-20T15:17:14.580-04:00Eighth Wonder of the World
Remember that so-called Astroturf brouhaha a few months back? It turned out that letters to the editor lauding Pres. Bush were being mass produced by Republican operatives for folks to download and sign and send. Many editors, feeling defensive and not wanting to admit the basic gullability of working journalists, screamed indignantly, pointing out that their letter Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061393861563429202003-08-20T11:37:00.000-04:002003-08-20T11:38:03.796-04:00Creating the Boogeyman
Maureen Dowd's insightful article from today's New York Times declares, "The Bush team has now created the very monster that it conjured up to alarm Americans into backing a war on Iraq" and makes me wonder: is this incompetence or part of the plan? Are the neocons sweating bullets, or gleeful that they've created a "clash of civilizations" where none existed? And am I the Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061328807897304632003-08-19T17:33:00.000-04:002003-08-19T17:33:27.900-04:00Quick Hits, Part 3
Liberal Media Bias: Ever-insightful Kevin Drum at Cal Pundit points out that Bush has less of a clue than even Howard Dean about our troop strength in Afghanistan. Where's the outrage? to steal Atrios's mantra.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061328581577218392003-08-19T17:29:00.000-04:002003-08-19T17:30:17.106-04:00Quick Hits, Part 2
Kohl Miner's Daughter: Now, Herb Kohl is a good reliable Democratic vote in the Senate, but I don't think other Dems should be running out to emulate him, and this development seems too much in that corner. I'd hoped for more of the self-made, tech savvy success story than the bloated plutocrat out of Jon Corzine. What next, an NBA comeback by an Olden Polynice comp?Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061328222921185942003-08-19T17:23:00.000-04:002003-08-19T17:37:12.120-04:00Quick Hits, Part 1
Bush Campaign Opens New Web Site: This is a development worth monitoring, because there's enough here to tell me someone in the land of Mordor gets it. The auto-update feed is a bit too man-behind-the-curtain for the blogosphere, methinks, but this should prove effective:
Campaign manager Ken Mehlman said the site's purpose is "sharing the president's positions and tying them Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1061217606920190432003-08-18T10:40:00.000-04:002003-08-18T10:40:06.913-04:00"Bush" Slow to React...Again
The New York Times brings some of the more muted criticism of Bush to light, namely his administration's tendency to huddle when unexpected events disrupt their script. This is more evidence of a President so divorced from presiding that he delegates any thing that smacks of issues to his subordinates (or maybe they delegate the public face stuff to him...?).
Maybe Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060975741905644172003-08-15T15:29:00.000-04:002003-08-15T15:29:00.670-04:00Lying Sack of Shit
Dubya today:
Of course, we'll have time to look at [the power grid] and determine whether or not [it] needs to be modernized. I happen to think it does, and have said so all along.
Dubya in June 2001: advocated blocking legislation to provide $350 million worth of loans to upgrade the nation's power grid, particularly on the overtaxed coasts, because of weaknesses described in Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060969353337991882003-08-15T13:42:00.000-04:002003-08-15T13:42:32.966-04:00The Religion Gap
I believe firmly that the vibrant practice of religious faith in the United States is a cultural advantage over European countries with more atheistic tendencies. However, the essential tenets of any religious ethos, whether Christian, Jew, or miscellaneous, need not conflict with the advance of science or the recognition that other bases for ethical living are valid. At root, Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060872094826872772003-08-14T10:41:00.000-04:002003-08-14T10:46:09.983-04:00An Army of One
Kos sources this trenchant—even if the production values are low, or maybe because they are—summary of the woes facing military heroes in Iraq, and when they return.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060637835592294632003-08-11T17:37:00.000-04:002003-08-11T17:41:09.010-04:00Is the Post Owned By the Moonies Too?
A Washington Post unsigned editorial decried Mr. Gore's Blurred View, a reference to his recent speech in front of MoveOn New York. The editorial is a monument to poor writing, slipshod arguments, and blustery conclusions, and these sins are compounded all the more as the errors are contradicted by the weight of the Post's own reporting over the past year. Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060371833599246692003-08-08T15:43:00.000-04:002003-08-08T15:46:26.020-04:00Pope Orrin
By way of TAPPED comes this wonderful op-ed from a blocked Clinton judicial nominee about the disgraceful and ludicrous charges that William Pryor is the subject of anti-Catholic bigotry. Outstanding. For as ossified as the Catholic hierarchy has become over the centuries, it still stands for a consistent message of social justice—something sellouts like Antonin Scalia and Bill Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060362712219386852003-08-08T13:11:00.000-04:002003-08-08T13:12:06.860-04:00The Unsinkable Molly Ivins
Bill Pryor is a "hopeless dipstick" and other choice words.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060204962336810012003-08-06T17:22:00.000-04:002003-08-06T17:22:42.320-04:00"The Weak Enslave Themselves"
I'm not so excited about this account of a Clark Meetup for political reasons—let's face it, Wesley Clark could be a nice addition to a flood-the-zone-with-generals governing strategy in a Dem administration, but his electoral magentism is puffed up hoohaw.
No, I'm excited because now I know Stetson's on U Street has a Dr. Who pinball machine. Who knew?Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060201529520509402003-08-06T16:25:00.000-04:002003-08-06T16:25:29.470-04:00In History
August 6, 1945: The B-29 known to history as Enola Gay flew over Hiroshima in Western Honshu, and at 8:15 in the morning dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb. Eric Alterman gets it about right in his quick and dirty lit review on Altercation today, at least in defining what comprises the closest thing to a mainstream view on dropping the bombs, so I'll refrain from rehashing too too Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060200354121829162003-08-06T16:05:00.000-04:002003-08-06T16:05:54.126-04:00Clean Sweep
I'll ratchet back my intial impulse to chalk up the Defense Department's attempts to strip a Lockheed janitor of his security clearance due to his spotty financial past as more of Dubya's assault on the value of work. It seems more like a knee-jerk bureacratic response, although if this is some new post-9/11 regulation let me just say I think it stinks.
I'm yet again dismayed by lazy Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060184176538399732003-08-06T11:36:00.000-04:002003-08-06T11:36:16.540-04:00Wolfie Gets the Bird
Daily Kos hits the nail on the head by exposing Wolfowitz's ignorance of Iraq, its culture, and its security needs with an anecdote about a simple gesture. The talk about presumed basing rights for the US military mirrors much of what I've said before: the neocons want a proxy regime to intimidate the region at our behest. We've been down this road many, many times before; Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060108619104998742003-08-05T14:36:00.000-04:002003-08-05T14:36:58.980-04:00Free For All
I'm heartened to see someone with stature attempting to make vital information available on the Internet for free. I've intimated before that the the Internet should be conceived of as a vast saty-at-home library and that attempts to commercialize and restrict access to stuff that should be freely available is a threat to democracy. Medical data, technical data, and vital statistics Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060105541260728492003-08-05T13:45:00.000-04:002003-08-05T13:45:41.140-04:00Six Foot Four, Full of Muscles
This lecture comes from a land Down Under. Interesting insights, if a bit brassy in its exposition. Basically, the US reigns supreme, as the world sees us, but we better wise up or our power will be constrained.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050211.post-1060104471286254242003-08-05T13:27:00.000-04:002003-08-05T13:27:51.263-04:00Hackworth Calls Rumsfeld 'Asshole'; Film at Eleven
Col. David Hackworth is generally regarded as an innovative military genius. His writings have garnered a wide following among the small-set Tom Clancy types; like Clancy, he's worshipped in some corners of the conservative world. To me, Hackworth has his insights, and once upon a time was the cutting edge voice in unconventional military Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03881998950701591987noreply@blogger.com