Level-headed Jeralynn at Talk Left (who is, IMHO, quite appropriately waiting for more information) and the more flame-throwing Atrios link to this story: Military coroners have determined that the deaths of two detainees while in U.S. custody in Afghanistan were homicides, CNN has confirmed. Some readers have commented in TalkLeft’s comments section: Are we to …
Archives for March 2003
Fill Me In
I am going to give all the Democrats who read this site an opportunity to explain how I am misintrepting these remarks (ala Patty Murray, but not ala Trent Lott) before I go ballistic on this woman: Before launching a military strike against Iraq, Americans should consider their own history to remember how powerful the …
Hot Damn!
I just found, via my comments section, another blog by a West Virginian. That is two of us from West Virginia who can read and write, so put that in your stereotype and smoke it. Go visit the Hillbilly Sophisticate.
More Fun for the Democrats
According to this article, there are more troubling times ahead for the Democrats: Nearly four months after unexpected election losses prompted a reevaluation of their priorities, congressional Democrats are conflicted over their party’s direction, deeply divided over Iraq and struggling to agree on a domestic agenda. Senate Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (S.D.) and House …
Must Read
An interesting read in the Washington Monthly about the military and troop strength. Some of this appears needlessly breathless, and I am not sure about the figures regarding those who are deployed are presented in a fair light- yes- we have deployed more since 2000, but Afghanistan was necessary. Likewise, when you calculate those forces …
What He Said. I Think.
I am not sure to make of this rambling and incoherent piece by Richard Cohen other than to let the WaPo front office know that Oliver Willis would love to write for them.
More Celebrity Opinions
The straw man arguments about dissent and patriotism do get a bit tiring (by which I mean the immediate response that you are attacking someone’s patriotism when you state that you disagree with their protest of a war in Iraq), so it is refreshing to see something as blatantly obnoxious as this from Pretenders rocker …