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| U.S. Food Aid Money
Filed at 5:46 pm, Tuesday January 31st 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
US food aid seen squeezed by Bush budget
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Today’s Most Awkward Headline
Filed at 4:38 pm, Tuesday January 31st 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Boston Globe has this headline, for an article about ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff who was wounded in Iraq recently:
The art of speeding wounded Americans out of Iraq
Yes. That art. Slightly more physical than impressionist painting, and slightly less physical than say, the art of full contact rugby without helmets. That art.
Murtha Plan ‘Incredibly Popular’
Filed at 3:48 pm, Tuesday January 31st 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
According to professional polls financed by MyDD (a liberal community blog), Congressman Jack Murtha’s proposal for troop withdrawal from Iraq is in fact– ‘incredibly popular,’ so long as Americans don’t know he was connected with it. A clear majority; 61% of Americans would support Murtha’s proposal to redeploy US troops in Iraq to neighboring countries […]
Big Oil makes lots- Refuses to testify
Filed at 2:47 pm, Tuesday January 31st 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Exxon Mobil Corp. posted record profits for any U.S. company on Monday — $10.71 billion for the fourth quarter and $36.13 billion for the year — as the world’s biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from high oil and natural-gas prices and solid demand for refined products.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations and Exxon shares […]
More Funding for a Great Idea
Filed at 1:36 pm, Tuesday January 31st 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Apparently the CIA is greatly expanding their great use of drones for assasination program. Yeah, cause we all know that’s been greatly effective that’s been in the past.
SOTU- 10 Things
Filed at 12:26 pm, Tuesday January 31st 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Democracy Arsenal (a community foriegn policy blog) has a [wish-] list of 1o things the President has to say on foriegn policy tonight, during his State of the Union Address.
Go read it, so you can keep score while you’re watching tomorrow night. That is– if you can stand to watch it.
In addition, John Nichols of […]
The Town That Didn’t Care
Filed at 10:28 am, Tuesday January 31st 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Thank God we’re not all like this. WaPo has:
In Randolph [Utah], though — where Bush received 95.6 percent of the vote and support for him continues to be nearly unanimous — the mind-set is even more specific to a place that seems less a part of the modern United States than insulated from it.
Why do […]
Action Alert: Chris Matthews/MSNBC
Filed at 9:27 am, Tuesday January 31st 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Have you contacted the MSNBC executives yet regarding Chris Matthews’ statement comparing those of us who disagree with the war in Iraq to Osama Bin Laden?
I have. And so have many, many, many others. Seriously it takes about a minute to send an email (as long or as short as you like- so long as […]
Administration turns back on environment
Filed at 7:27 pm, Monday January 30th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
AP reports that the White House, through the EPA:
…has signed agreements with 2,681 animal feeding operations in the egg, chicken, turkey, dairy and hog industries. They would be exempt from having to pay potential fines of up to $27,500 a day for violations either in the past or over the next four years.
Signing a deal […]
Just Great.
Filed at 6:29 pm, Monday January 30th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
The President is calling for a renewal of his great tax cuts for the wealthy– saying it will be great for the economy. Yeah, cause we all know how great those tax cuts worked last time. Another success to add to his great economy record. Yes sir. Economy doing great now.
Domestic for a change…. Healthcare
Filed at 6:18 pm, Monday January 30th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Oftentimes, I don’t think I blog enough about domestic issues. The other day however, I wrote a bit about healthcare, and how the President is planning to promote a (currently little used) health plan called an HSA (short for Health Savings Account) in his State of the Union address tuesday night. Naturally, a great followup […]
Fishy Republican Elections
Filed at 5:35 pm, Monday January 30th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Unless they’re planning to use Diebold machines in this election, I don’t see how this works out.
Alito Final Thoughts
Filed at 5:27 pm, Monday January 30th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Kos has some good final thoughts on Alito, as well as a look at the future. Consider it highly reccomended reading.
GOP Hanging Black Leaders at a Gay Bar?
Filed at 4:34 pm, Monday January 30th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
by Arlen Parsa
Okay so the title is a bit misleading. Jesse Jackson won’t be lynched persay- just an effigy of him. And his effigy won’t be lynched persay- it’ll just be suspended in mid air, and badly beaten.
And it’s being held at a gay bar. Did I mention it’s a GOP party? Yeah. Read all about it. […]
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