The Bush strategy: counting on short-term memory
It seems that Bush' reelection strategy is taking shape. A blog commenter over at the Dean blog heard on CBS radio that Bush was running on "optimistic compassionate conservatism". In other words: "I'm...
View ArticleWhat can Kerry throw at Bush?
Ok, it looks like Kerry will be the nominee. He's not my favorite candidate, but I want him to win; Bush has to go. But how can he paint a contrast between him and Bush?
View ArticlePresidential poetry.
Reading this makes me wonder: what kind of poetry would Bush write? It probably sounds something like this: I sit here alone misunderestimated I want my daddy.
View ArticleTerror alerts: what's the point?
I've been wondering what the point of the terror alerts is, or even the whole color code system. Will it really help?
View ArticleMoby: Kerry is like Radiohead.
I noticed a link to Moby's online journal, from September 1st, in which he gives some thoughts on the campaign. Moby, an early Kerry supporter, suggests that Democrats better learn to understand how a...
View ArticleDutch poll: 9% support for Bush.
The Dutch news analysis show NOVA is focusing on the US presidential elections, and will be doing a lot of reporting on the race in the coming weeks. Today, they had the results of a poll among Dutch...
View Article30-40 dead in Baghdad ; Southern provinces to break away
Things are just wonderful and dandy in Iraq, aren't they? Today,30-40 people died because of bombings in Baghdad, and the oil-producing provinces are considering breaking away from Iraq: Iraq's...
View ArticleFunny Dutch column on the debate.
In the Volkskrant, one of the main Dutch national newspapers, there's a frontpage column which rotates between a few of the paper's writers. After the debate, Jan Mulder wrote the following frontpage...
View ArticleDoor to door in Albuquerque, NM.
Today, Plutonium Page and I went door to door for the Kerry campaign in Albuquerque, NM. Our job was to talk to registered Democrats and undecided, to determine whether they were going to vote. [I am...
View Article18,000 rally for Kerry in ABQ (report + pictures)
On Tuesday night, Plutonium Page and I went to the Kerry rally in Albuquerque, NM. The crowd was big (18,000 according to NM governor Bill Richardson), excited and pumped. Read on for a more detailed...
View Articleemail: Ohio state officials involved in voter suppression?
sandra1113 posted this on the open thread. I thought it was very important, so I decided to make a diary out of it. Credit goes to sandra1113 and the folks at georgewbush.org, not me.. This is an email...
View ArticleMy life as a troll.
Well, it's time to come clean. I have been outed as a troll. So I'll confess, and will tell my whole story here. In early 2003, Karl Rove called me to infiltrate "this blog thing that seemed to rally...
View ArticleIran's "secret tunnel".
Various news outlets are reporting this story, about Iran taking their nuclear development underground (literally):
View ArticleIraq now a training ground for European extremists
Mission accomplished: while Iraq was not involved in any major terrorist activity before the war (except for some support to Palestinian groups and providing a home for a few retired terrorists), it...
View ArticleIt's official: torture is Bush policy.
Well, we've known for a while that the Bush administration considers torture to be a legitimate thing to do. But so far, no administrations official has come out and said that on the record. Well, that...
View ArticleTWA: Torture World Airlines, British department.
All of you are probably aware of the torture flights, and how torturing prisoners is outsourced to other countries, and how unmarked jets are used to ship people off to those countries. More details of...
View ArticleBill Richardson praises Bush, doesn't make sense.
Local Albuquerque news alerted me to an AP article, in which Bill Richardson praises Bush' policy of "spreading democracy" in the Middle East, citing Syria's pullout of Lebanon as a success.
View ArticleNew Iraq National Guard video shows some abuse.
A new video has emerged in which US soldiers abuse Iraqis. It was shot by Florida National Guardsmen in Ramadi last year. It's called "Ramadi Madness", and was revealed in documents recently obtained...
View ArticleDeath is not the end. Never give up!
Originally, I was someone who thought that people had the right to die when they wanted to, and that keeping someone without any brain function in a vegitative state was wrong. But, reading what all...
View ArticleCIA rendition to/via Europe in the spotlight again
(From the diaries -- Plutonium Page.) The CIA rendition story is heating up again, this time in Europe. A few days ago, we already saw the story about US terror prisons in Eastern Europe and other...
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