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Another Democrat Senator endorsing Bush?

No, not Zell Miller. We knew about him. (Though that speech was great.) Is it just a matter of time before Mr. Daschle makes it official? DRUDGE REPORT 2004� How bad has it gotten for Democrats at summer’s end: A paid TV advertisement from Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, President Bush’s top congressional foe, features […]

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No more Czars

Top News Article | Reuters.com President Bush, embroiled in a fierce campaign battle over national security, on Friday expanded the power of the CIA director to include some of the broad authority that the Sept. 11 commission envisioned for a new intelligence czar. Good. A strong Director of Central Intelligence is the right answer. Another […]

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U.S. Fed's optimism on economy high-stakes oil bet

U.S. Fed’s optimism on economy high-stakes oil bet – Reuters.com But many economists and former Fed officials saw the U.S. central bank’s decision on Tuesday to stick to a course of gradual rate rises as a high-stakes gamble that energy prices can be brought under control. When I saw the first news on the rate […]

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Two Americas

I was driving home from work in my ’95 Saturn, a cheap car that offers the highest mileage of any non-hybrid vehicle out there, when I came upon the third or fourth Kerry bumpersticker I’ve seen so far….on a fancy SUV. Now I certainly have nothing against the rich as I hope to be rich […]

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Colorful Characters

This post on Reductio Ad Absurdum v3 – Revoke the Gasbag’s Privilegesstarted me off rambling across the internet looking up some of my favorite gasbags and other colorful characters. (Don’t blame Kevin for anything I found – his post just set me looking.) I eventually ran across this site – Free James Traficant : James […]

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Lies and the lying liars who tell them

:: Xinhuanet – English :: The anti-war documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11” has crossed the 100-million-dollar mark over the weekend, setting a new benchmark for nonficition Hollywood films, the Hollywood Reporter reported Monday. Uh, wait a minute, I seem to remember a nonfiction Hollywood film released on Ash Wednesday that has done about 5 times that.

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