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Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 7:31 am
Now Fatherland, Fatherland show us the sign... (Do you still think you can control them, GOP Establishment?)Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 9:35 pm
I can't remember if I tweeted you this link but it's to an article by a Professor of Moral Theology at the Jesuit Marquette University. I h...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 8:26 pm
The six Republican Senators who sponsored the contraception mandate consist of two women who now have Stockholm Syndrome, a man who was driv...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.
Category Archives: invasion of iraq
Another True Story
This is my 300th blog post since I came to Blogger. Woot! Let’s hear it for 300… Ahem…actually, for this three-hundredth blog, I would like to apologize to the blogosphere. I’ve waited more than seven years to write this. That’s … Continue reading
The Shoe Incident
Junior’s ‘legacy project’ was destroyed over the weekend by a pair of shoes. In case you’ve been living in a cave, here’s the video: There are some liberal bloggers out there expressing concern at the sight of such disrespect to … Continue reading
Bush and the SOFA
The Decider was in such a hurry to complete a Status Of Forces Agreement with Iraq that he made some major concessions. Actually, he kind of conceded the whole War on Terror thing. In what has to be the strangest … Continue reading
Timeline: 2011
The Iraqi Parliament will vote on a security deal with the United States that requires full withdrawal of US troops by the end of 2011. It’s not precipitous, but the deal would put American troops inside bases after next year. … Continue reading
Of Patriots and Taxes
Patriotism then: Patriotism now:
September 13th
Two days after the towers fell, events were still unfolding with tremendous impact, but now they were behind scenes and off-camera. We would only learn about them later, from the most impolite of sources. For now, the shock and horror … Continue reading
