And all it took was 7+ years to piss off a shitty republican electorate.

Republicans See Storm Clouds Gathering
While all eyes were on the presidential campaign and the demise of New York Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer (D) last week, Republicans on Capitol Hill were suffering a run of bad news that could hold dire implications for [...]

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Alan Parsons Project
“I Wouldn’t Want to Be Like You”

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From Juan Cole:
The Aljazeera English discussion of the current situation in Iraq, below, is excellent. It includes Imad Khadduri, a former nuclear physicist from Iraq; Najeeb Nuaimi; my teacher Saad Eddin Ibrahim; and a US embassy spokesperson. The two Iraqis are very well informed and recite horrifying statistics. Saad Eddin (who was imprisoned by Egyptian [...]

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Click on image for article at McClatchy

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SUNDAY TALK LINE UP
ABC’s “This Week” — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.; Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
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CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Gov. Deval Patrick, D-Mass.; Leon Panetta, former chief of staff to President Clinton.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y.; former Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley.
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CNN’s “Late Edition” — Paulson; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, adviser for [...]

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