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This post is in: Politics
Oliver Willis and I have been chatting this week (contrary to what you may think- we have a lot in common), and Oliver has stated several times that he believes we should keep a keen eye out for revisionism regarding Reagan and his legacy.
With that in mind, Matthew Yglesias has some stunning news for President Dukakis, President Gore, Speaker ofthe House Tom Foley, and Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd:
“Hatchet Man- So Reagan was the guy who saved conservatism? Actually, he buried it.”
by John Cole| 3 Comments
This post is in: Open Threads
IS it just me, or does anyone else think the word “Volokhian” reminds them of Star Trek?
by John Cole| 5 Comments
This post is in: Media
I saw this interview, and I had no idea it had been edited like this. I am not sure why Brokaw/NBC would remove all of those pieces, because id did make Bus less coherent, and it did seem to distort the over-all feel of the interview.
Then again, maybe I do know why they edited it the way they did.
*** Update ***
Even my pinko-communist co-worker thinks this was a travesty. In his words, “it is one thing to show part of a speech, but to interview someone and leave out half the answer is ridiculous.”
by John Cole| 9 Comments
This post is in: Politics
I received this email in my SPAM folder today:
Black Activists Mourn the Passing of Ronald Reagan
Project 21 Members Call Former President “Great Leader”
As the nation’s capital prepares for the public viewing and state funeral of former President Ronald Reagan, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are expressing their profound sympathies to the late president’s family and friends and celebrating his achievements in making America stronger and spreading freedom and liberty throughout the world.
To follow are personal comments from Project 21 members about President Reagan and his legacy:
(Testimonials deleted to save Space- the whole email is in the extended entry below)
Project 21 has been a leading voice of the African-American community since 1992. For more information, contact David Almasi or Virgil Beato at (202) 371-1400 or [email protected], or visit Project 21’s website at http://www.project21.org/P21Index.html online.
Has anyone ever heard of Project 21 before?
by John Cole| 11 Comments
This post is in: Republican Stupidity
There simply is no excuse for corporate welfare, and you would think Republicans would know better. Perhaps they better think twice about invoking Reagan’s legacy every five minutes if they keep trying nonsense like this:
House Republicans are trying to slip through a measure that would provide almost $10 billion in buyout payments to tobacco growers in return for eliminating an outmoded price support system under which many of them are losing out to foreign competition anyway. The buyout is a bad idea in principle. Farmers should not be bribed every time Washington decides to end a subsidy program. But the particular buyout proposal being pushed through the House is especially harmful. It would use general revenues rather than tobacco industry funds to pay for the buyout, drive up the federal deficit and provide no role for the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco.
The tobacco proposal is one of many questionable measures that are being loaded onto a bill whose main purpose is to repeal an export tax break that was ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization and led to punitive tariffs by the European Union. The underlying bill has been slow to gain support, so House Ways and Means Committee leaders have added sweeteners to gain backing.
Not only is the funding a bad idea, but they are attempting sneak it through the process.
If Bush loses the election, I think a good portion of the blame can be placed on the utter fiscal irresponsibility of the ‘conservative’ House of Representatives. This does not let Bush off the hook, as he has not vetoed one bill in his term.
by John Cole| 16 Comments
This post is in: General Stupidity
“Still, I’m not a knee-jerk left-wing guy,” ******************** said. “I am an advocate of the Second Amendment; I don’t believe in abortion as birth control; and I was the first to call for Clinton’s impeachment. I think that this country has shifted so far over to the right that anyone who is a garden-variety Democrat circa 1972 is painted as a Marxist-Leninist.”
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This post is in: Humorous
If you want to see something rather amusing, click on the BlogAd for the George Claus to the right. When you get to the Conservative Discount page, you will see a description of the collectible, and down to the lower left, the question:
“Where is the Liberal Discount”
in hyperlink format. Click on it.