The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honour. They have been tricked into it by a steady withholding of information. The Baghdad communiques are belated, insincere, incomplete. Things have been far worse than we have been told, our administration … Continue reading “‘Those who fail to learn from history…’”
Category: Politics
Underestanding the Threats
(via Eschaton) Kerry vs. Bush: “Despite this administration’s near obsession with missile defense, the greatest threat facing our homeland comes from terrorists who would do us harm. In the months preceding 9/11 George W. Bush and his closest advisors were preoccupied with missile defense and their misunderstanding about the threats we face continues to this … Continue reading “Underestanding the Threats”
Kerry vs. Bush on the WWW
Candidate Web Site Webserver information John Kerry JohnKerry.com Server: Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux) PHP/4.1.2 mod_perl/1.29 mod_ssl/2.8.12 OpenSSL/0.9.6b X-Powered-By: PHP/4.1.2 George W. Bush GeogeWBush.com Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET X-AspNet-Version: 1.1.4322 No surprise that W.’s campaign is hosted on a expensive, buggy, and relatively insecure web server. More like this: A Technical Summary of the Major Presidential Candidates’ … Continue reading “Kerry vs. Bush on the WWW”
Seriously
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George W. Bush is a …
girlie man. (via Musings of a Philosophical Scrivener) Melanie Matson at Just a Bump in the Beltway presents an interesting point/counterpoint: two articles about campaign appearances by the two candidates: John Kerry: has hecklers in his audience; Kerry and his wife (introducing her husband) actually trade barbs with the pro-Bush hecklers. George W. Bush: restricts … Continue reading “George W. Bush is a …”
Dick Cheney’s Brilliant Legislative Career
(via John Kerry for President – Rapid Response Center) Cheney’s Legislative Career by the Numbers 96th Congress: 4 Sponsored; 0 became Law 97th Congress: 4 Sponsored: 0 became Law 98th Congress: 8 Sponsored: 0 became Law 99th Congress: 7 Sponsored: 1 became Law (H.R.1246 : A bill to establish a federally declared floodway for the … Continue reading “Dick Cheney’s Brilliant Legislative Career”
Yet More Compassionate Conservatism
Unhappy Workers Should Take Prozac –Bush Campaigner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A campaign worker for President Bush said on Thursday American workers unhappy with low-quality jobs should find new ones — or pop a Prozac to make themselves feel better. “Why don’t they get new jobs if they’re unhappy — or go on Prozac?” said Susan … Continue reading “Yet More Compassionate Conservatism”
Best Domain Name Ever
OK, maybe not the best, but still pretty good: www.sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.com
2004 Republican Convention Event Schedule
(via Musings of a Philosophical Scrivener) 2004 Republican Convention Event Schedule By Rich Proctor AUG. 30 OPENING PRAYER read by Mel Gibson, while being flogged with a spiked leather strap wielded by Ann Coulter, who will enjoy it a little too much. TOM RIDGE raises National Alert Level to RED. LEST WE FORGET — HONORARY … Continue reading “2004 Republican Convention Event Schedule”
Only in Florida
Florida Republicans Tell Some Voters to Skip Touchscreens, Vote Absentee TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Republican Gov. Jeb Bush has tried for months to persuade Florida voters touchscreen voting machines are reliable. His own party apparently hasn’t gotten the message. The state GOP paid for a flier critical of the new technology and sent it to … Continue reading “Only in Florida”