Tag: politics
member name: Seth Williams
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December 01, 2005 02:05 PM EST --
In light of the recent partisan sniping and resulting media firestorm about a withdrawal timetable for American troops in Iraq, I have an open question--maybe more of a challenge--for the war opponents: . . .
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December 19, 2005 12:18 AM EST --
It seems that you can't escape it--turn on the radio and you hear about it, turn on the TV and you see it, or talk to a relative and they mention it: Bush authorized the NSA to do some spying within . . .
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December 21, 2005 01:46 PM EST --
With an estimated 5 million under- or unemployed service workers (source: CIA World Factbook), it's little wonder that the Mexican government is worried about the United States' plans to build . . .
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January 03, 2006 05:22 PM EST --
From time to time, the term "fascist" gets bandied about, but what is fascism? It's always been difficult to pin down a definition, with some claiming it's a right wing ideology and some . . .
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January 26, 2006 12:56 AM EST --
Those who subscribe to the oil imperialism political theory often state that we should neither deal with odious regimes who have oil, nor work to destabilize those odious regimes. Yet advocates of . . .
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December 16, 2005 03:16 PM EST --
The house just passed House Resolution 612 "Expressing the commitment of the House of Representatives to achieving victory in Iraq."
The text of the bill states:
expressing the commitment . . .
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December 31, 2005 02:56 PM EST --
I heard it remarked recently that, since the invasion of Iraq, President Bush has gotten us into a clash of civilizations. Well, if it's true that there is a war of civilizations, it didn't start . . .
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December 13, 2005 12:27 AM EST --
Recently President Bush acknowledged 30,000 Iraqis have been killed since the US lead invasion 3 years ago— that's an average of 10,000 dead Iraqis per year of occupation. While this number jells . . .
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December 26, 2005 02:14 PM EST --
There's an argument one often hears employed in arguing against the war in Iraq that goes something like this: if we overthrew the Ba'ath regime in Iraq because it was bad, why don't we overthrow . . .
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February 19, 2006 07:38 PM EST --
The article "The Problem with Oil" took a look at the nation's oil balance sheet and illustrated the scope of the problem America is faced with. America imports over half of the crude it . . .
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March 03, 2006 10:02 PM EST --
Well, it's not often that I scream at the TV, but I found myself willing to make an exception for Howard Dean's performance on MSNBC yesterday. He was on talking about the latest ginned-up outrage . . .
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December 24, 2005 02:04 PM EST --
For those who believe Saddam's Iraq had no connection to terrorism, it would behoove you to look a little deeper at the issue. Saddam had well known—and well documented—connections to terrorists: . . .
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January 17, 2006 10:43 PM EST --
Conservatives are advocates of limited government, and the Republican Party is the contemporary home of American conservatives. The classically conservative view is that the federal government's proper . . .
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November 27, 2005 09:12 PM EST --
Conservative Thought, Liberal Thought, and Conservation
Conservatives are often portrayed as being anti-environment, and not for no reason. Very often it is conservatives that stand reflexively against . . .
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December 29, 2005 01:45 AM EST --
Earlier today Fox News reported that the ACLU has filed a lawsuit against behavioral profiling at Logan Airport in Boston. A quick Google search revealed several stories between last November and now mentioning . . .
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January 05, 2006 01:14 PM EST --
There are few things in public discourse that really get my blood up more than the flinging of labels as a means to demonize and silence one's opponent. Of all the emotive words that can be flung . . .
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January 13, 2006 02:21 PM EST --
Whether it is an attempt at comity, or political ineptness, the Republican Party is failing to act as a majority party. They have majorities in both chambers of Congress, and the presidency—yet they . . .
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January 18, 2006 10:18 PM EST --
Just a bit ago Bill O'Rilley (yes that Bill O'Rilley) was commenting on recent posting on some websites questioning Rep. Murtha's purple hearts. He rather strongly condemned suggestions that . . .
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November 04, 2005 03:40 PM EST --
The Reverend Martin Luther King Junior once said "If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer." . . .
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November 13, 2005 11:05 AM EST --
Note: this is a reprint of something I wrote awhile ago on Rob Port's great blog Say Anything. I'm reposting it here, I hope you enjoy it.
It is often said that to know where you're going . . .
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