Happy Memorial Day? Is that what one is supposed to say today? Can a day dedicated to memorials really be happy? Welll, no matter what the right greeting is for today, it is right to remember and honor those who have died in served in the Armed Forces and fought in battle– all too […]
Song: Gloria
Artist: Shadows of Knight (Wikipedia)
Genre: 60’s Pop
Speed: Medium
Lyrics: Oldie Lyrics
Notes: Very catchy song from the 60’s.
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Well, it’s springtime, and I thought I might as well get a new logo (okay it’s technically a header image, but I’m just gonna call it logo). This is roughly (barring a few cosmetic changes to previous logos) the third logo that The Daily Background has had in its lifetime, which began in early December […]
NYT has an editorial today on Iraq. Reality check time.
Right now armed gangs of thugs, many of them wearing government uniforms, are spreading terror throughout the country. Some were trained by American forces to work for the Interior Ministry, but actually do the bidding of Shiite political and religious leaders. They harass, kidnap and […]
If you were looking for news this hour, I’m so sorry. Just an observation. The top story over at CNN.com right now is Bonds bypassing Babe Ruth, in terms of home runs. Washington Post made it their picture story- the one to the left of their top stories. Interesting how both news outlets use essentially […]
Apparently when Bush family Presidents get into poll trouble, they try the old Mars tactic. AP:
A recent AP-Ipsos poll put Bush’s approval rating at 33 percent Other polls have put him even lower. Bush the elder sunk to 29 percent in a Gallup poll in early August 1992 soon after Democrats nominated
Bill Clinton.
[…]
Both Bushes proposed […]
The San Diego Union Trib has an article on the Hookergate parties hosted by contractor corrupt Brent Wilkes, which hosted powerful House lawmakers and CIA employees. They offer a fascinating view into what the poker parties were like, reconstructed by a series of interviews.
Participants included CIA agents, lobbyists, defense contractors and, occasionally, staffers and members […]
In case you hadn’t already heard. It’s kind of nice to see these guys so scared that they feel they have to compare the man to Hitler. Nice, in a sad way.
The WaPo has an article on the Jefferson raid, and how it served as a trigger or something. Quoth the Post:
Whether out of party loyalty or wartime solidarity, the Republican Congress largely deferred to the Republican president for five years as he expanded executive power.
When President Bush set up his own new military justice system […]
Republican Senator Chuck Hagel makes the obvious conclusion.
I think you could make a pretty strong case that things are worse off in the Middle East today than they were three years ago. By measurement of Iraq, by Iran, by the Palestinian-Israeli issue, what’s going on in Egypt. And, I think the United States must use […]
This is so surreal. On Friday I wrote a piece in which I mused about the possibile signifigance of the search on William Jefferson’s office: specifically the idea that they certainly didn’t need to raid his office because they already have enough evidence to indict. I suggested that perhaps there were other targets they were […]
I’ve mentioned PostSecret before. It’s very popular weblog where people send their deepest, darkest (or sometimes funniest) secrets on postcards to the curator, who then posts an interesting assortment of them on his website every weekend. Below is one from the latest batch.
Frank Rich makes the obvious conclusion. E&P (NYT has done that god-awful Times Select bullshit on the column).
The main reason: Unlike Hillary (”a weak candidate”) he has shown leadership and not been afraid to stand out front on an issue. Where once Hillary “inspired passions pro and con, now she often induces apathy,” Rich writes. […]
House Representative Debbie Schultz of Florida has reached a logical conclusion about the anatomy of Republican Representatives.
Am I the only one who finds the idea that a John Kerry is still defending his service record, almost two years after he was first wrongly attacked- really depressing? If nothing else, it’s a testament to the power and lasting effects of the right-wing noise machine. I feel genuinely sorry for him (even though […]
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