Draft Gore in California-please help!
It's no secret that people think Al Gore would make a great president in 2008. Everywhere he goes he's asked if he'll run. Over one hundred thousand people have signed a petition in support of a Gore...
View ArticleOn Rudy Giuliani
This diary started as a comment in Nuisance Industry's diary about the possibility of an ultra-conservative third party that would split the right-wing vote if Rudy Giuliani gets the nomination.Many...
View ArticleAl Gore Has Not Sold Out
There appear to be two major schools of thought on the possibility of a Gore candidacy in 2008: A Gore presidency in 2008 is crucial. No one else sees Iraq, the loss of civil liberties, and the climate...
View ArticleA Huckabee Sampler: More Batshit Than You Realized
Even some people here are charmed by Mike Huckabee. And why not? He chats amiably with pundits like Tim Russert, humorously discussing his squirrel-eating college days. He's appeared on Colbert Report,...
View ArticleThe Wire, Barack Obama, and the War on Drugs
Today is the broadcast of the series finale of one of my favorite shows, The Wire.For those who don't know about the show (which seems to be most people), it's about Baltimore cops and the...
View ArticleHank Paulson Can't Just Do Whatever He Wants, Can He?
Hello.It seems like such a long time ago that they passed the bailout bill. The one that gave Hank Paulson, ex-CEO of Goldman Sachs and current Treasury Secretary, unprecedented power to intervene...
View ArticleDollhouse Season Finale: WTF?
I just got done with watching the season finale of Dollhouse.I welcome thoughts, below. Spoilers abound, so do not look if you do not want to know.
View ArticleNext Up: An Executive Order to Block Detainee Photos?
It's well-known that as pressure has mounted from the right, the administration has changed its mind and opposed the release of photos which reveal the abuses suffered by detainees in American military...
View ArticleDollhouse season 2 premiere: Huh?
This may be considered a sequel to my not-so-wildly successful diary, Dollhouse Season Finale: WTF?I welcome thoughts, below. This time I'm not drunk. I promise.Spoilers abound, so do not read if you...
View ArticleSenate Finance Committee Votes "No" on Public Option
The title says it all. This is a huge significant setback.
View ArticleI'm Betting
This healthcare debate is really complicated and it's been dragging on for a long time. Because of the stress, there has been a recent spate of betting on this and that trying to determine the outcome....
View ArticleOil and Obama's New Asian Cold War
With the recent death of Kim Jong-Il and the concomitant worries about the continued stability of the Korean peninsula, American foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific has entered the spotlight.Foreign...
View ArticleIraqi Gov't Requests US Airstrikes
There's been a lot of debate over what the US response will be to the chaos currently engulfing Iraq. What are the options? Military, non-military? Is it even our business to be there?Well, now the...
View ArticleItaly Votes "No" in Constitutional Referendum
Early exit polls indicate that the "No" camp has won the Italian constitutional referendum by a decisive margin. This is in line with the pre-election polls which indicated that "No" was winning.Polls...
View ArticleBreaking--Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
The WHO has just declared an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after one person tested positive for the virus.New Ebola outbreak declared in Democratic Republic of...
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