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Pakistan and Palin
I was just listening to the NewsHour podcast about how Pakistan has approved Islamic law in its northwestern Swat Valley as part of a deal with the Taliban. While such a move may seem controversial for some, it reminded me … Continue reading
Filed under Essays
In Praise of McCain Palin’s Sense of Humor
Yes, I know I am annoyingly pro-Barack Obama, but that doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t praise the Republican candidates when praise is due. For example, John McCain was very funny on last Saturday’s Saturday Night Live. It’s a shame that … Continue reading
A Final Word on Palin
Now that the Vice Presidential debate is over, it’s about time I get over Sarah Palin too. As a matter of fact, I am no longer interested in dedicating any significant amount of space on this blog to the Republican … Continue reading
The McCain Palin Microcosm
How would you even begin to analyze the recent footage from Katie Curic’s interview with Sarah Palin? If you thought that predator lenders were evil in pushing mortgages on naive Americans who wanted homes but couldn’t afford them, imagine a … Continue reading
Palin Disses McCain?
Finally, we get to hear Governor Palin in an interview — even though that interview is being released in bits and pieces over the next few days. Palin showed a degree of confidence and almost a lack of humility in … Continue reading
Senate Sends Letter Calling ZD30 on Torture
As you may have already read about, the new film Zero Dark Thirty, which alleges to be the fact-based re-telling of the capture and execution of Bin Laden strongly suggests — regardless of all evidence to the contrary — that … Continue reading
Filed under Essays, We The People
The Narrative(s)
Could anyone with a straight face imagine a hypothetical cartoon depicting Jesus molesting a child – as political satire of the recent Church scandals – without controversy and Christians going postal? Well, according to Katherine Parker at the Washington Post, … Continue reading
M.I.A.
I have been very busy lately, preparing a few interesting – though not very lucrative — projects that I will hopefully discuss in the near future, and therefore have been missing in action. Nevertheless, I have still been thinking about … Continue reading
Filed under Essays, Friends / Family, Obama 44
The Neocon Washington Post
If there were any doubts left whatsoever as to whether a liberal mainstream press actually existed in the United States, the Washington Post’s op-ed page once again proved itself to be overwhelmingly neo-conservative with four out of six articles, including … Continue reading
Filed under Essays
Baseless Adoration
Apparently, many Obama supporters are complaining about the strict scrutiny the President is receiving from the progressive wing of his party. To highlight the cynicism of that position, Greenwald writes, These outbursts include everything other than arguments addressed to the … Continue reading
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