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Jul 04, 2004
Happy 4th
As we all celebrate the birth of our great nation, and indeed the birth of democracy as our world knows it, it is a time to reflect on what has allowed us to survive as a nation of free people for 228 years. Good people can disagree on virtually everything, and it is the fervent battle of ideas that has allowed us to continually progress over the past two centuries. We look forward to a healthy debate this election …
Read More »Jul 04, 2004
Haiku: The Hunt Continues- Episode 3
On our hunt for the undisclosed location of Bush-Cheney HQ in hopes of delivering haiku birthday cards for Bush on Tuesday, we left the Treasury en route to the “Ivory Tower.” To give this visit some context, it’s worth taking a look at this excerpt from Frank Luntz’s talking points for Republicans: “9/11 changed everything” is the context by which everything follows. No speech about homeland security or Iraq should begin without a reference to 9/11. See, when we …
Read More »Jul 03, 2004
Superb
Lucky to have him: Rummy’s Big Foot Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld has done it again. Just days after the White House brokered a deal to end a stalemate over Sen. John McCain ‘s probe of a costly Air Force plan to lease air refueling tankers, Rumsfeld seems to have derailed it. Congressional aides said he is again trying to limit what documents about the deal the senators can see. If the SecDef doesn’t play ball, McCain and others are …
Read More »Jul 03, 2004
Haiku: The Hunt Continues- Episode 2
Yesterday on our quest to find the undisclosed location of Bush-Cheney HQ (so that we can deliver Bush’s haiku birthday cards on Tuesday), Crystal and I visited the Club for Growth. And despite an exciting adventure, we were disappointed and had to continue our search. Today’s clues come from the Treasury Department. Over the past year, we have received several releases from the Treasury which included this line: “America has a choice: it can continue to grow the economy …
Read More »Jul 02, 2004
A Slanting of Science
Boston Globe editorial: FOR YEARS the World Health Organization has enlisted US government scientists to attend WHO meetings or serve on its panels without first getting the approval of the federal government. That open relationship between the UN organization and scientists ended in April, however, when the Bush administration decreed that WHO must first clear appointees with the Department of Health and Human Services. ...In charge of the new policy will be William Steiger Jr., a special assistant to …
Read More »Jul 02, 2004
Haiku: The Hunt Continues- Episode 1
As we noted yesterday, our volunteer coordinator Crystal and I are on a journey, nay pilgrimmage to find the undisclosed location of Bush-Cheney HQ so that we can deliver haiku birthday cards to Bush on Tuesday. We are following clues that have emerged over the past months to aid our investigation, and the first place our clues led was to the Club for Growth. Our initial hint was that both the administration and the Club have shown steady leadership …
Read More »Jul 01, 2004
Haiku, the Hunt Begins
Man, the Washington Times loves us: Democrats are planning to bash President Bush on his upcoming 58th birthday. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s online operation sent an e-mail to supporters this week, telling them to compose simple, three-line haiku poems about Mr. Bush, who the DCCC refers to as “the GOP’s own bumbling wonder.” The haikus will be collected and delivered to Mr. Bush on his birthday, July 6. “This July 6th will be a big day for …
Read More »Jul 01, 2004
Two Scumbags Have a Chat
Propaganda Country: REP. TOM DELAY (R-TX), MAJORITY LEADER: I think it`s such an insult to the courage of the leaders that have taken over sovereignty in Iraq. These leaders are in the crosshairs of terrorists and insurgents and people that don`t want to see freedom come to Iraq. These people live in fear all day long, but they are able to stand up and understand that they have got to take freedom if they want it. And they are …
Read More »Jul 01, 2004
Ahh, Now I See
Tom DeLay has been hopping around yapping about a provision in the corporate tax bill (known by John McCain as the “the leave no lobbyist behind act”) that makes state sales tax deductible from federal income tax. This only affects a few states (including Texas), and again, there might be some reasonable arguments for the provision, which in a lot of ways puts the affected states on par with other states that already have a similar situation (although the …
Read More »Jun 30, 2004
Rep. Herseth Speaks Out
It is Jay writing from Sioux Falls, SD. I am at the Herseth for Congress HQ getting ready for the first Dems SpeakOut Conference Call with Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth. The HQ is bursting with activity today. Volunteers are making calls, stuffing envelopes and the campaign staff is preparing for the filing deadline. The campaign is really rolling along strong. Well at 7:30 pm EST/6:30 PM CST the DCCC begins Speaking Out with our first guest, Rep. Stephanie Herseth. If …
Read More »Jun 30, 2004
Somebody’s Been Readin’ Our Blog
Link: Ryan and other House Republicans argued that the budget must be brought into balance by reining in the size of government. “The deficit is a symptom; spending is the disease,” said Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.). “And we have to do something about the disease.” [Man, if only you guys had control of all the branches of government…] There are limits to the effectiveness of spending cuts. Even if Congress had eliminated every penny of the $438 billion in …
Read More »Jun 30, 2004
Angry Ninja Bush Needs Haiku
Cool out, George, it’s almost your birthday! July 6th is coming, and we’re collecting birthday haiku cards, which we will personally deliver to Bush Campaign HQ at an as yet undisclosed location (we’ll track it down). I’m looking through some entries, I like this one: Big ears, little heart But this Dumbo cannot fly He’s been suspended This was mine: The Buck has no home Delegate, there is no buck CEO Style Help bring W some birthday zen!
Read More »Jun 30, 2004
Somebody Call Grover!
Via Polemic Propaganda, we have the startling sight of a Republican telling the truth: Astute Observation Award for June goes to Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), who said June 17 on the Senate floor: “The interesting thing is that when it comes to the tax code of the United States, Americans are very egalitarian. Middle-income taxpayers support repeal of the death tax, for example, even though they know it would never help them.” Didn’t you get Grover’s memo? You have …
Read More »Jun 30, 2004
Bye Bye Buckley
Says Buckley yesterday: “‘With the benefit of minute hindsight, Saddam Hussein wasn’t the kind of extra-territorial menace that was assumed by the administration one year ago,’ Mr. Buckley said. ‘If I knew then what I know now about what kind of situation we would be in, I would have opposed the war.’” Said Buckley two weeks ago, in one of the most disgusting and ill-informed articles I’ve seen in a while: Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa was quick to …
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