21 May
Jim Swanson 10:00 pm (Club Blue)
21 May
QuestionGirl 9:19 pm (Church-State Separation)
Crossposted from Joewo.com. Thank you Joe!
TOP TEN FALWELL QUOTES
10. “The idea that religion and politics don-t mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.”
9. “The ACLU is to Christians what the American Nazi party is to Jews.”
8. “I hope I live to see the day when, [...]
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21 May
QuestionGirl 9:02 pm (Alberto (I don't recall) Gonzales)
[[ Video ]]
Godfather: Part IV
H/T to reader Bailey for sending this one in!!
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21 May
Jim Swanson 8:41 pm (Opinion)
By Craig Crawford, CQ Columnist
There is nothing like defeat as a catalyst for change in the life of political parties. Stung by the loss of Congress and dealing with a president in a tailspin, the Republican Party is now engaged in a bruising battle to loosen its longstanding ties to social conservatism and reshape its [...]
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21 May
Jim Swanson 8:34 pm (Bush, Iraq, Jimmy Carter)
from “The Nation”
by John Nichols
How touchy is the Bush administration about criticism?
Very touchy, indeed, especially if the source of that criticism is a certain former president.
When Jimmy Carter, whose approval ratings dwarf those of George Bush these days, gets to talking about what’s wrong with the current president the White House spin machine [...]
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21 May
QuestionGirl 8:06 pm (Miscellaneous)
They don’t call us the sole superpower for nothing. Paul Wolfowitz might be looking for a new job right now, but the term he used to describe the pervasiveness of U.S. might back when he was a mere deputy secretary of defense-hyperpower’still fits the bill.
Face it, the United States is a proud nation of firsts. [...]
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21 May
QuestionGirl 8:02 pm (Iraq, Pentagon)
American public opinion means nothing. The overwhelming opinion is already GET US OUT, and they don’t care.
The White House and Pentagon are under increasing pressure from Congress and the public to end U.S. military involvement in Iraq. But the Pentagon is considering maintaining a core group of forces in Iraq, possibly for [...]
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21 May
Jim Swanson 7:47 pm (Podcast)
Hello, everyone.
We’re in the final planning stages of something exciting and new, that we at Blue Herald think you’re really going to enjoy. It’s called “Blue Herald Radio”.
What is Blue Herald Radio? It will be a three hour per week podcast that you can either download or listen right here at Blue Herald.
The three [...]
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21 May
Jim Swanson 7:32 pm (Opinion)
By CHRISTOPHER B. BURNHAM
from The New York Times
Washington -
THE resignation of Paul D. Wolfowitz last week as president of the World Bank may have solved one problem, but it’s possible that it has created another.
When Mr. Wolfowitz took over the bank in 2005, he preached the anti-corruption gospel with a zeal that alarmed [...]
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21 May
QuestionGirl 6:30 pm (Homeland Security, Immigration)
Who’s to say ANYBODY who wanted to couldn’t enter the country the same way?
NAPLES, Fla. - (KRT) - Cuban migrant smugglers, who for years have brought people from the island to remote spots in the Keys, have adopted a new strategy to get around the heavily patrolled waters off the Keys:
Launch their smuggling missions [...]
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