Fred Clark takes on the anti-anti-war “moderate middle.”

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I don’t remember how long ago it was (it was at least a year, though) when, sitting next to Duncan at Drinking Liberally, I elbowed him and said, “You know what we really need? We need a Blogroll Amnesty Month.”
He looked at me. “No, really,” I said. “You know how people always email and write [...]

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The Bush Family, and their cronies.

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Sunday political talk shows are still the playground of Republicans.
For the second year in a row, conservative voices dominate the broadcast networks’ politically driven Sunday newsmaker shows despite the Democrats taking control of Congress in January, a media watchdog group charges.
Media Matters for America held a press conference Tuesday in Washington to hit the high [...]

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Next week is “National Bubble Week”.

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Blue Dogs and the courage of their convictions…

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It’s not the first time BushCo fired prosecutors for political reasons.
Remember this? [Via this.]

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I’m talking about that crazy little thing called Drinking Liberally at Tangier, 18th & Lombard, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Free wings and drink specials for the earlybirds…

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My old bud Jim Boggia is in town this week for SXSW:
Friday, 3.16.07 - 6p
JIM BOGGIA at ATXtreme
Cafe Caffeine
909 West Mary Street - Austin, TX

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I have a feeling Gonazales might resign at this press conference today. We’ll see…
UPDATE: Nope, they’re going to try to tough this out. Good luck with that!

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MB over at Wampum has connected some pretty interesting dots from Kyle Sampson (the Gonzales aide who just resigned after news of the politically-motivated firings got out) to a few other familiar names:
I knew I ran across Kyle Sampson’s name in my Cobell v. Norton (now Kempthorne) research. A year ago, I posted this, on [...]

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I saw some white crocuses this weekend, but the weather’s so crazy now, you never know when flowers will bloom. So no, that didn’t make me feel like spring was on the way.
It was when I grabbed a light jacket this morning (it’s going up to 74) and inside the front pocket was a ticket [...]

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Can you say “high crimes and misdemeanors“, boys and girls?

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The first step to talking about farm subsidies is to learn who gets the money and how much they get, and what America gets out of the deal.
Ross Hirschfeld says folks have been talking behind his back ever since the local paper reported that he has been getting millions of dollars in farm subsidies from [...]

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To my dear son James, who’s 29 today. He was named after this song and that’s how I used to sing him to sleep:

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Elvis Costello with Emmylou:

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It’s an interesting question: Why Would the Head of the NM GOP Squeal on Turdblossom?

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I can’t believe the Drexel Dragons were left out of the NCAA tournament. Every year, I pick a Cinderella team to follow and they were going to be it this year.
Boo…

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I wonder why so many of these “experienced” politicians were incapable of seeing what so many of us dirty hippies had no problem figuring out - that Alberto Gonzales should never have been confirmed in the first place.

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John Belushi, that is. Off the Kuff has an interesting post about the anniversary. I didn’t realize that Belushi had been slated to play Bill Murray’s eventual role in Ghostbusters.

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Imagine what it would look like if we were abusing them:
March 11, 2007 | FORT BENNING, Ga. — “This is not right,” said Master Sgt. Ronald Jenkins, who has been ordered to Iraq even though he has a spine problem that doctors say would be damaged further by heavy Army protective gear. “This whole thing [...]

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Ella live:

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DoJ to fired Seattle prosecutor: Keep your mouth shut and we won’t trash your reputation.

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Goes the subprime housing market.

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1. Reflecting Light - Sam Phillips
2. You Belong to Me - Steve Earle
3. Valentine’s Day is Over - Billy Bragg
4. Tired of Waiting for You - Kinks
5. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver James
6. Love (Look What You’ve Done to Me) - Boz Scaggs
7. A Man and a Woman - U2
8. Little Green - Joni Mitchell
9. [...]

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Quizzed on this morning’s Face the Nation about all the U.S. attorneys who have been fired for blatantly political reasons, Sen. Arlen “Spineless” Specter quickly changed the subject and said this prosecutor was the one who really concerned him.

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Via Lambert:
“Idiot” was originally used in ancient Greek city-states to refer to people who were overly concerned with their own self-interest and ignored the needs of the community. Declining to take part in public life, such as (semi-)democratic government of the polis (city state), such as the Athenian democracy, was considered dishonorable. “Idiots” were seen [...]

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Nothing to add here. It’s time.

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If they hadn’t already denied that they do such things, I’d almost believe the Bush administration has perverted almost every ethical standard in government. But of course, they said they didn’t:
WASHINGTON - Presidential advisor Karl Rove and at least one other member of the White House political team were urged by the New Mexico Republican [...]

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[Crossposted at Redsoxville.]
Sure, a Nobel Peace Prize winner said she wants to kill George Bush, to the delight of an audience of applauding schoolchildren. But, shit, that could happen to anyone. Here’s how to really tell that your presence is not wanted.
Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate “bad spirits” after [...]

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