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We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.
- F. A. HayekThere is one thing more embarrassing than having voted for Barack Obama... Not being embarrassed.
- Allen
Monthly Archives: April 2004
Nasty Political Ads Ahead
Looks like it’s going to be a nasty ad season ahead as both Kerry and Bush are starting to trot out the attack ads. However, these ads have a decided twist to them. Read The Onion | New Negative Campaign … Continue reading
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Revenge – The Sweetest Morsel That Ever Was Cooked In Hell
So said Sir Walter Scott and so says Zell Miller in Centerfield: Senator Zell Miller – ‘A House Divided Cannot Stand’. BTW, I highly recommend Centerfield — a group blog dedicated to centrist voices in American Politics. I tend to … Continue reading
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The Enlightenment of Man
I was in the shower chamber of meditation this morning, thinking about fundamentalists and reason. The “War on Terror” is not being waged against Islam, despite the attempts of some to frame the war in that manner. It is a … Continue reading
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Review of Terrorist Apologists
In Michael Radu on Useful Idiots & Terrorism on National Review Online, Michael Radu examines the groups of people who indirectly support terrorists. While I don’t agree with all that Michael has to offer, I do agree with some of … Continue reading
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Mr. Picassohead
Neat webby fun. Play Mr. Picassohead and create your own Picasso-type drawing. Portrait forthcoming… [Via Electric Venom]
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What if Hitler Had Won the WW2?
Alternative histories are interesting pieces of fiction. They examine what would have happened if things had gone differently. Easterbrook over at the New Republic Online examines what would have happened if GW had prevented 9/11. Read The New Republic Online: … Continue reading
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For Those Pining Away for the Good-Old-Days
Now we can have diseases and infections that hearken back to the days before we had anti-biotics. Read BW Online | April 12, 2004 | Killer Staph Is Hitting The Streets for yet another article about some disturbing news. One … Continue reading
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I Join Mike Over at Okiedoke in Honoring a Fallen Okie
If life were fair, Fern Holland would still be alive today. If life were fair, Fern Holland would not have been gunned down by militants trying to stop her from improving the rights of women in Iraq. If life were … Continue reading
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Attack on Coalition Partners
BBS is report that fourty people hurt in Bulgaria gas attack. No news as to whom is claiming responsibility. Apparently no-one was killed. The attack used chloropicrin, a pesticide used in the past as a military-grade tear gas. As a … Continue reading
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Some Veterans’ Hospitals in Shocking Shape
ABC News has an investigative piece about the state of VA hospitals. This is shameful treatment to a group of folks who had a job description that included the words, “And if needed, die.” Read ABCNEWS.com : Some Veterans’ Hospitals … Continue reading
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