Archive for June 12th, 2003


Read My Lips

Read My Lips


From Thomas Friedman of the NY Times,



“Democrats have been groping for a way to counter George Bush’s maniacal tax cuts, which are designed to shrink government and shift as many things as possible to the market. May I make a suggestion? When you shrink government, what you do, over time, is shrink the services provided by federal, state and local governments to the vast American middle class. I would suggest that henceforth Democrats simply ask voters to substitute the word “services” for the word “taxes” every time they hear President Bush speak.


That is, when the president says he wants yet another round of reckless “tax cuts,” which will shift huge burdens to our children, Democrats should simply refer to them as “service cuts,” because that is the only way these tax cuts will be paid for — by cuts in services.”

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Here’s a shocker

Here’s a shocker



Plan for Congress to examine Iraq data Is dismissed by G.O.P.


Well, you didn’t think they’d roll over and play dead, did you?


Congress will act when public opinion forces them to act, just like during Watergate. Now’s the time to put on the pressure!

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So much for the “road…

So much for the “road map”



“Day of carnage leaves Middle East in chaos


Israel and Hamas count the dead


How many times have we seen headlines like these? And was Bush’s ‘road map’ anything but a PR ploy destined to end precisely as it has?


Addendum: We’ve seen U.S. Presidents before waltz into the Mideast thinking they can solve everything quickly. When it comes to the Mideast, I think we are dangerously naive and arrogant - a bad combination indeed. There are 46 dead Israelis and Palestinians in the past week coming directly after the road map Bush tried to force on everyone.


Addas has been badly damaged by this. Sharon is ignoring Bush. Things are demonstrably worse now than before the road map.  That’s why I question our unthinking, blundering policy, and wonder whether any of it was sincere.

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Country fans ignore rightwing attack…

Country fans ignore rightwing attack squads



Dixie Chicks Break Attendance Records.


Despite their controversial comments about President Bush, it turns out the Dixie Chicks are as popular as ever, according to recent reports from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, WCPO-TV and Dayton Daily News.”

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