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This is probably the most significant of all of the news organizations deciding to label the situation in Iraq a “Civil War” that has happened yet, or could possibly happen. The New York Times has an incredible (probably underestimated) impact on the news cycle and on the way smaller news organizations treat issues. If the […]

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Apparently President Bush doesn’t care about (or want to hear about) the feelings of second generation military families or highly decorated veterans:

Webb, a decorated former Marine officer, hammered Allen and Bush over the unpopular war in Iraq while wearing his son’s old combat boots on the campaign trail. It seems the president may have some […]

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Okay, I’m off to a panel on human rights. Back in a few hours. In the meantime, I reccomend checking out:
The Blue State: Spielberg to make documentary about global warming
McClatchy: States push renewable energy, federal government lags
Michael Moore: Cut and Run, the Only Brave Thing to Do
TPMM: Don’t Call It a Comeback! (For Katherine Harris)
Update: […]

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Radical racist Republican (RRR) Tom “America is Full” Tancredo has done it again. This time, he’s called Palm Beach Florida a “third world country.” The Miami Herald reports:

”Look at what has happened to Miami,” the WorldNetDaily quotes Tancredo as saying in an interview. “It has become a Third World country. You just pick it […]

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This is absolutely outrageous. Former Republican leader Newt Gingrich went to my home state to suggest that freedom of speech shouldn’t necessarily be considered part of the US Constitution. From CNN’s Political Ticker:

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich used a New Hampshire event dedicated to freedom of speech to say the United States will have to […]

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Time for an update on who’s calling the situation in Iraq a civil war, and who else is still in a State of Denialtm. First, here’s what we already know:

The White House: Still in denial
The scholars and experts: Not in denial
The LA Times: Not in denial
NYT’s Maureen Dowd: Not in denial
NBC News: Not in […]

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The following is from a source-review paper (sort of a research proposal, sort of a run-through of types of sources) for my english class. Yes, I’m posting homework. Lame of me, no? I think it’s worth reading though. Humble me. Haha. Anyways I used footnotes to cite sources and I’m much too lazy to put […]

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Unabashed liberal former MSNBC talk show host Phil Donahue (who was fired after executives thought he was too liberal when the war in Iraq began) is now wrapping up an anti-war documentary. I feel obligated to point this out, being a documentary film major and all.

The film, “Body of War,” is unfinished but riveting. It […]

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2008 watch; Republican Senator Sam Brownback appears to be getting ready to announce his intention to run for President:

Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas strongly hinted yesterday that he would run for president in 2008, saying the Republican field was open for a “full-scale conservative” and that he would make an official announcement soon.
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The few US allies in Iraq that are still there are moving towards accelerating their troop withdrawal. According to a new Associated Press report, even Britain is preparing to withdraw troops:

Polish President Lech Kaczynski said his country, a US ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, would pull its remaining 900 soldiers out […]

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Remember Dubai Ports World? That was the private foreign corporation based in the United Arab Emirates that the White House had set their hearts on out-sourcing US port security to. A huge outcry of public and Congressional indignation stopped them from contracting American security out to a foreign corporation (with alleged ties to Osama bin […]

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Who is in denial about Iraq’s state of Civil War? Let’s go over what we’ve kept track of so far before we get to the latest entries.

The White House: Still in denial
The scholars and experts: Not in denial
The LA Times: Not in denial
NYT’s Maureen Dowd: Not in denial

Now for the latest. Two new entries […]

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Do you like hypothetical situations? Let’s play with a purely hypothetical situation here for a minute. Let’s say you’re an aspiring Republican politician who will do whatever he can to get elected. The unfortunate thing is, you’re from a blue state, so that means you might have to compromise your ideals and true beliefs to […]

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Larry Kahaner, author of “AK-47: The Weapon That Changed the Face of War” wrote in the second paragraph of a 2686-word Washington Post feature yesterday:

The AK-47 has become the world’s most prolific and effective combat weapon, a device so cheap and simple that it can be bought in many countries for less than the cost […]

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The New York Times today probes the especially troubling problem of the richest Americans being left behind by… even richer Americans. This, in an article entitled:

Well I’ll be. This is clearly an issue that all Americans should be paying their utmost attention to, as this growing enconmic gap signals how truly economically divided this Great […]

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