Random Thoughts of a Muddled Mind

Shouting it loudly is the new way of elevating the debate, because apparently, leaking reports is not working well enough.
btw…the article has a real problem…since it states
In late July, Democratic lawmakers requested the intelligence community to write a National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, noting that such a report had not been done in over two [...]

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I am currently reading the incredible book The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright.
There has been an interesting debate of late due to the story in the NY Times this weekend about a leaked portion of the most recent NIE…which the President today partially declassified.
The debate right now is whether or not the leak accurately expressed [...]

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While the media has been distracted with antics of Larry, Moe and Curly at the UN (Chavez, Mugabe, and Ahmadinejad…I will comment on their antics later), the House Panel, that has been resisting the President’s proposals on detainee interrogations, have come to a compromise, and will now support legislation formalizing the rules [...]

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Under the category of rampant electoral pandering comes this gem of excessive litigation by our State Attorney General.
The state has set the emission standards, some of the toughest in the world, and the companies have met them…and now they are getting sued for doing so? My favorite part of the article might be this [...]

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For anyone doubting that there is in fact a battle in progress for the hearts and minds of the world, the AP headline this morning
Al-Qaida warns pope Islam will Prevail
Seems to provide ample evidence to the contrary. The article goes on to state

Al-Qaida in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI today that its war against Christianity [...]

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Dateline September 8, 2006…..in another example of the forward thinking, rational leadership provided by our illustrious Democratic Senators, who today decided to continue their attempts to defeat George W. Bush in the 2008 election by unleashing yet another bombshell allegation against our current administration.
I try hard not to be blindly partisan, but this one is [...]

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Here is the ballot from Cuyahoga County in the 2004 election
…and the Palm Beach Ballot from 2000

…both are a little confusing, but at least the Palm Beach one had an arrow to point out where to use the stylus.

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Victorville Ca.-Our local media has been covering what has quickly become the hot topic among High Desert residents. As if the articles title
Teachers urged to tolerate swearing
Inservice speaker outlines new ways teachers can deal with problem students
…was not enough to invoke a flurry of heated editorials, lines like
Teachers should never take anything a student [...]

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