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NYT: Iraq War More Divisive than Vietnam (Karl Rove's America)
After six years of one of the most polarizing and abrasive administrations in our nation's history, the war in Iraq is now more divisive than any other conflict in the last century, according to a New...
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The Americans have all the wristwatches, but we have the time.
In a diary I wrote a while ago, I attempted to take a look at the history of Afghanistan in the context of the modern conflict in the country today. This has largely become the 'forgotten war' in...
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Abu Ghraib / Guantanamo General Retires - With Honors!?
In the continuing Bush administration tradition of rewarding those who have brought misery and horror into the world, yesterday saw the retirement of Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller. For those who don't...
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Iraq Bushit - The Myth of Security (Changing of the Guard)
Iraqi President Talabani came out today, and announced triumphantly that his country would be taking over by the end of the year: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Wednesday that Iraqi forces will...
View ArticleSenate Rejects Minimum Wage Bill -- Friday News Roundup
AP reports:A Republican election-year effort to fuse a cut in inheritance taxes on multimilllion-dollar estates with the first minimum wage increase in nearly a decade was rejected by the Senate late...
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Gallup: It's not just Connecticut, we ALL don't like you Joe
As if there was really any doubt, Gallup has a new poll out, that confirms what we already knew:The latest USA Today/Gallup poll finds Lieberman with the worst ratings from Democrats nationally since...
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BREAKING -- Joe Accuses Ned of Forcing Him to Run on Record
In a stunning political move, Joe Lieberman has accused his primary opponent Ned Lamont of forcing his campaign to rely on his 18 year record as a US Senator in today's election. This arises from the...
View ArticleBush: We are at war with Fascists (Unless we're not)
Today, George Bush went before the world and said that without a doubt, we are at war with fascism. Not just that, but we are at war specifically with "Islamic fascism.""This nation is at war with...
View ArticleSgt. Ricky Clousing: Another Soldier Refuses Return to Iraq
From the Associated Press:Shortly after returning from Iraq last year, Army Sgt. Ricky Clousing gathered a few belongings and sneaked out of Fort Bragg, leaving only a note quoting Martin Luther King....
View ArticleCQ: Democrats Ready for Election Day -- Are We? (85 Days Left)
Congressional Quarterly has released a story today, entitled "Blue State Special: Democrats Ready for Election Day," wherein they outline the growing potential for a Democratic landslide in this year's...
View ArticleACTION - Tell DSCC Vice-Chair to Step Down or Support Lamont
I just read this article by Bob Geiger over at the Huffington Post:In the short list of three Democratic Senators who have chosen to ignore Ned Lamont as the legitimate Democratic candidate for Senate...
View ArticleHezbollah winning the fight for hearts and minds...again.
If there is one action the Bush administration has proven itself completely competent of undertaking over the last six years, it would be bombing the crap out of things. Whether it is Afghanistan,...
View ArticleNYT: White House believes democracy in Iraq may not occur.
(Originally posted at Deny My Freedom) A New York times article out today paints a dire portrait of a rapidly degenerating Iraq, and states that a classified Defense agency report from early August is...
View ArticleNatl Guard Admission: We can't deal with two disasters anymore
The National Guard has bore a large portion of the Bush administration's burden, and the strain is starting to show:To counter equipment shortfalls caused largely by the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the...
View ArticlePutting Bush's $230 million for Lebanon into perspective.
President Bush came out today and announced another increase in his aid package to the war-torn country of Lebanon: $230 million dollars! The money would be used to help rebuild Lebanese homes and...
View ArticleRead This, Send This: That's just a body count, not progress
If you are going to read one post today, I would recommend the following over at the Harper's magazine blog: Six Questions for Michael Scheuer on National Security. For those who don't know who Michael...
View ArticleLosing Afghanistan to the War on Drugs
In an editorial today entitled, "Losing Afghanistan," the New York Times had this to say about the current state of affairs in Afghanistan:The Taliban, operating from cross-border sanctuaries in...
View ArticleIs this the Iraqi security force we have heard so much about?
As linked by Markos yesterday:The problems are in Baghdad and within a 30 mile radius of Baghdad. The rest of the country is peaceful. -- House Majority Leader John Boehner The reality, as of today:...
View ArticleHelp! They want to test their bunker-busters in my backyard!
Hello everyone. Do you remember this?The Pentagon is preparing to set off a record-breaking bang, detonating 635 tonnes of high explosives and sending a mushroom cloud into the sky over the Nevada...
View ArticleThe Two Economies: Wages fall as productivity rises under Bush
If the Democrats are looking for some affirmation that people in America are looking for domestic leadership, the New York Times has a story they should all read:The median hourly wage for American...
View ArticleRumsfeld Can't Sleep: U.S. Media is Controlled by Terrorists
This is getting ridiculous. Absofuckinglutely ridiculous.Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday he is deeply troubled by the success of terrorist groups in "manipulating the media" to...
View ArticleACTION - Divine Strake: Not in my backyard...not in yours!
As reported by Madcaseyover at DMF, there are now indications that Indiana is off the chopping block in terms of testing the Divine Strike bunker-busting bomb:The local media...
View ArticleACTION - Divine Strake: Not in my backyard...not in yours! (6 Days Left)
This is a repost of my call to action from yesterday. I know, I know...this is generally frowned upon and for that I apologize. But more than anything, I think this is an issue that deserves attention,...
View ArticleNational Missile Defense: The Myth of Succcess (again)
In some of my earlier diaries, I have taken a look at the history of national missile defense programs, the Bush administration's fixation on the concept, and the numerous ways that this administration...
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On No. 2s in Iraq, and the "Crisis of leadership"
Remember the good ol' days? Bad guys were on playing cards and war was as simple as knocking over a few statues. Freedom was on the march, and terrorists were wanted dead or alive. Gas was two bucks a...
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A call to arms for my generation: One. Simple. Question.
(Originally posted at Deny My Freedom)The building to the right is Franklin Hall, here at Indiana University in Bloomington. I worked there over the summer, in the office of student financial...
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Call to arms for Daily Kos: Can we do this? (Student Aid)
In my story on Monday, I outlined one very simple question that I believe my generation should be asking the GOP leadership:Why does your party care more about billionaires than students? Needless to...
View ArticleReport: College increasingly only for wealthy under Bush
In the discussion following my post on Monday, many pointed out the fact that the Bush administration's war on education springs forth from their true belief in an educated ruling class for America....
View ArticleOn the rise of Coca-Cola and Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan
As the media slowly turns their lazy eye toward the forgotten war of Afghanistan, and the NATO forces begin to realize that the "victory" declared by the United States in the country was nothing but a...
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Five years after 9/11 -- Losing Afghanistan Slowly and Surely
(Originally posted at Deny My Freedom)Yesterday saw some amazing pieces in remembrance of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2006. Obviously, the events of that day have changed the very...
View ArticleMust. Keep. Head. From. Exploding. (Condi/Afghan Edition)
Each morning I wake up and turn on my computer. I load up the news websites and blogs which I frequent, and I begin to read over the news for the day. Although this is usually a quiet time for me,...
View ArticleAmerica - "There ain't no reason to treat them like animals."
(Originally posted at Deny My Freedom)Back in early May, I went to Chicago and participated in the Day Without an Immigrant marches. It not only was the single-most impressive event I have ever...
View ArticleIraqi President wants PERMANENT bases to fight Iran? (Turkey?)
In an interview given to the Washington Post while he was in New York, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani requested permanent U.S. bases to, of all things, fight off Iran (and Turkey).I think within two...
View ArticleAgainst school rules to tolerate homosexuality?
Cross posted from Blue Indiana:Sophomore Megan Chase attends Woodlan Junior-Senior High School in Allen County, Indiana, and decided last week to dedicate her first editorial in the school's newspaper...
View ArticleAction Indiana: Help respond to anti-semitic GOP Candidate
ManfromMiddletown was kind enough to post about my story earlier, but I thought I would chime in here with a request for any Kossacks living in or around Indianapolis, Indiana.To recap what has...
View ArticleTerror Haute? New facility requires inmates to speak English
Cross posted from Blue IndianaA new prison facility in Terre Haute, Indiana is housing "potential terrorists" and requiring that they communicate exclusively in English, or forfeit their right to free...
View ArticleDailyKos Callout: Where does your community blog?
I'll be the first to admit it: I'm positively smitten with the idea of local blogging. Head-over-heels. Love. It.Why? Well it turns out that our good friend Markos may have said it best a while ago:...
View ArticleAh, privatization: Texas provides case study of failure
More than a thousand state employees in Indiana will wake up Monday morning working for private companies as part of Governor Mitch Daniels' privatization of the Family and Social Services...
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IN-Gov -- Jim Schellinger files for Dem nomination
The race to unseat incumbent Gov. Mitch Daniels will begin this afternoon when local businessman Jim Schellinger files to run for the Democratic nomination. From local political columnist Matt Tully:...
View ArticleTeacher suspended (fired?) for allowing same-sex tolerance!?
If this has been diaried already, I will delete, but I have yet to see a story here on this, and I think it is too important to not mention.From the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: The East Allen County...
View ArticleGOP Smear Blogs: Dissecting claims by "Ellsworth Watch"
Originally posted at Blue IndianaAs I have noted numerous times, I think that the recent development of the Ellsworth Watch website for Southern Indiana is suspiciously connected with the launching of...
View ArticleGOP Sex Scandal: Young Republican Prez (MSM Update)
Original stories posted in various parts at Blue Indiana.It seems that the newly elected leader of the Young Republican National Federation has been forced to step down amid allegations that he...
View ArticleRep. Julia Carson (IN-7) has passed away
[Promoted by DHinMI]Via Blue Indiana:The Indianapolis Star is reporting that Rep. Julia Carson, who spent her long and distinguished career in politics serving those who were most underrepresented, has...
View ArticleHow I'm Keeping McCain off the Ballot (And why it matters)
Originally posted by yours truly at Blue IndianaFor those of you who have been following my site over the last few days, you are probably well aware that I have been covering the Indiana gubernatorial...
View ArticleFormer Young Republicans prez guilty of sex offense
A cross-post from your friends over at BlueIndiana.net.Last August, a Democratic blog in Indiana first broke the story that the recently elected leader of the Young Republicans -- Glenn Murphy, Jr. --...
View ArticleAn exhaustive study: Sarah Palin and National Security
Obviously the pick of Gov. Sarah Palin is still being digested and discussed by the pundits, but I wanted to offer one of the first exhaustive looks into the various stances that Sarah Palin has taken...
View ArticleListening to the Locals: Indiana
(In the final days of an election, there is so much information from so many races, it's difficult to stay on top of every story and understand the subtle dynamics often at play on the ground....
View Article(IN-Sen) Coats: "Don't tell the people of Indiana..."
If there was any doubt that Dan Coats had cut all ties with his "home" state, this damning footage from a North Carolina event in September of 2008 makes it clear that he had no use for Hoosiers until...
View ArticleTODAY: Live-blog with Congressman Brad Ellsworth (IN-Sen)
To say that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's retirement took the political world by surprise would be a bit of an understatement.In the days and weeks that have followed, the chaotic picture has become a...
View ArticleJames Carville launches new attack on BP, IN-Sen candidate Dan Coats
At this point I think it goes without saying that the only thing that may elicit more “rage” from the Cajun Carville other than Republican shenanigans is anyone or anything that is foolish enough to...
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