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http://upper-left.blogspot.com/ - A Democrat - without prefix, without suffix, without apology.
…or geezer grab bag? Peter, Paul & Mary - I Dig Rock And Roll Music The Beatles - Bad Boy Jerry Lee Lewis - Lewis Boogie Hank Williams - Jambalaya The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do The Swingin' Medallions - Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) Bob Dylan - Simple Twist Of Fate Rickie ...
Congress
Lee Jones
…via Steve Benen … Sen. Tom Coburn, a right-wing Republican from Oklahoma, is apparently not above callous opportunism. So, there's a right-wing Republican that is above callous opportunism? See, I always thought right-wing Republicanism was callous opportunism.
Congress
Tom Coburn
…that while Landrieu, Nelson , Lincoln, et al may be a problem, they're not the problem. ( Ben , in fact, seems to be coming around.) E.J. Dionne explains… As of last Monday, the Senate majority had filed 58 cloture motions requiring 32 recorded votes. One of the more outrageous cases ...
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Health care
Via Darryl ... You can make the chart bigger with a click. Making the war bigger involves death, destruction and debt. The right way in Afghanistan is out.
World
Afghanistan
Bud Day
Go get it from them that got it, that is. Andrew reports… Minutes ago, at Senator Jeanine Kohl-Welles' sixteenth annual post-election analysis fundraiser, Gregoire declared emphatically that cuts cannot be the only answer to the $2.6 billion shortfall the state is facing. "It's not an ...
Other
Washington, D.C
She's Left. She's right. She rocks. And she needs your support. Go click the green button for Fran. Do it every day.
Other
…and " revenue-less ," maybe it's something less than a "recovery." Just sayin'…
World
Economic Meltdown
Washington, D.C
Tennessee Republican Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. displays his gift for the obvious... There is nothing conservative about the war in Afghanistan. Of course, there's really nothing conservative about Conservatism these days, either.
Congress
John J. Duncan Jr.
Afghanistan
Maybe Democrats can win elections by acting like Democrats. They can lose when they don't. Who'da thunk it? Mike Lux spells it out… Bragging about an improving GDP and explaining how jobs are lagging indicators which will someday trickle down to the unemployed is political death at a time ...
World
China
Washington, D.C
Levi Johnston on his child's grandmother, via Tengrain ... She’s lying and losing. Kid has a future writing bumper stickers.
White House
Bud Day
Sarah Palin
…from aimai . Elvis Impersonators make good money imitating Elvis. Tina Fey made good money imitating Sarah Palin. Why shouldn't Sarah Palin make good money imitating a Presidential Candidate? Nothing, I suppose, as long as she keeps us laughing...
White House
Sarah Palin
Tina Fey
…version of a book tour. Charles Lemos ... ...her book tour kicks off in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the 66th largest MSA in the country. She'll tour reliable GOP hotspots like Noblesville, Indiana and Washington, Pennsylvania. Apart from media visits to New York and Chicago, the largest city on ...
White House
Sarah Palin
Republican National Committee
Washington, D.C
Literally. Glen Greenwald ... This is literally true: the Right's reaction to [the New York terror trials] announcement -- we're too afraid to allow trials and due process in our country -- is the textbook definition of "surrendering to terrorists."
Other
Robert Greenwald
No. 1 Bellevue rolls past Mount Si, 49-17 Yeah, it's been a long time since graduation, but, hey, it's winning football, a scarce commodity hereabouts this year.
Other
…the Palin autohagiography so you don't have to. Ron Chusid quotes extensively, but this sums it up pretty well... THE FACTS are somewhat in dispute. One begins to wonder if she could tell the truth if she tried, but we may never know, because she never tries.
White House
Sarah Palin
...ten from my Shuffle, shuffled. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do Steve Earle & The Dukes - Sweet Little '66 Tim O'Brien - Less & Less Lyle Lovett - San Antonio Girl k.d. lang & The Reclines - Three Days Don & The Goodtimes - Louie Louie Freddy ...
Other
…where the Iraqis in this group are (Mohammed's a Kuwaiti-born Pakistani)... Four men—the two Yemenis, a Saudi and a Pakistani-born Kuwaiti—will face trial alongside Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of helping finance and plan the attacks of 11 September 2001 in which nearly 3,000 people were ...
World
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Kuwait
Iraq
Mohammed al-Qahtani
As you might gather from the new links on my sidebar, I'm not joining in the financial boycott of the DNC and OFA because Congress and the Obama administration proposed by some so-called "A-list" progressive bloggers. This isn't a "progressive" blog. This is a capital-D Democratic blog, and ...
White House
Democratic National Committee
Barack Obama
...of the Brilliant and Beautiful Bride of Upper Left's 29th birthday. Please join me in wishing my best friend and the love of my life the very best day possible. (I'll edit this bit out before she gets home tonight, but really, Sal could care less what I write here - she's been listening to my ...
