Blue Herald

I’ve been compiling material for a post on Richard Cohen for a while now, mainly because he’s emblematic of a certain brand of thinking set of attitudes among the Village punditocracy. His column yesterday, “The Mendacity of Hope: What We Want to Believe About Obama” starts with a doozy:
John Edwards lied about the cost [...]

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Leo Sayer - When I Need You

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Speaking of military spending……….
The Pentagon’s work to combat weapons of mass destruction has been so splintered and uncoordinated that officials cannot be sure what spending is accomplishing, whether “U.S. interests are protected” or even whether America “can properly respond to attack.”
That is according to a Department of Defense Inspector General report, obtained through a Freedom [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) Worsening problems in the housing, credit and financial markets drove the Federal Reserve to do an about-face in December and slice its key interest rate yet again, according to minutes of that meeting.

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Washington, DC | The first order of business for the 2008 Senate will be the signing of Resolution 1127b, widely viewed as the Senate’s answer to the House “Christmas Resolution,” passed just last month.
Coined “The New Year’s Resolution,” the Senate legislation, in its own words, “acknowledges the crucial role Christianity has played in [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) The Commerce Department reports that construction spending edged up a slight 0.1 percent in November as a continued steep slump in housing was offset by record spending on government and business projects.
What projects would that be?

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Glenn Greenwald has a great post up at Salon regarding military spending:
Global Security has taken the Fiscal Year 2008 U.S. budget and prepared a new chart illustrating the most significant and under-discussed political fact in the United States, one that substantially affects every other issue:

Our military spending exceeds the rest of the world’s spending [...]

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Iowa won’t be keeping the angst of high gasoline prices on the back burner much longer.
Speaking of Iowa… has any candidate, republican or democrat, taken up a position on how to solve our current oil problems?
Oil prices start new year higher
Traders expect further decline in U.S. inventories
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose Wednesday amid expectations [...]

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Iraqi refugees in Syria are starving themselves trying to survive and feed their children.
The Iraq Oil Ministry has invited international oil companies to submit registration documents to vie for development of its oil fields.
A female suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest struck a checkpoint of neighborhood patrol volunteers in Baquba, killing ten and injuring eight. [...]

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The Steak House Mints
“If I Were President”

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