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As Bush Leaves Office, Freedom On The Wane
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 1/16/2009
As Bush Leaves Office, Freedom On The Wane
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Yesterday, Freedom House released the latest edition of Freedom in the World , its annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties. According to the survey’s findings, “ 2008 marked the third consecutive year in which global freedom suffered a decline .” Issued on the ...
powerlineblog.com - 1/20/2009
President Bush: An Assessment
— powerlineblog.com — President Bush leaves office mostly unloved, with some poll respondents saying that they consider him one of... our worst presidents ever. This in itself is odd. Generally, our worst Presidents have been one-termers, for obvious reasons: James Buchanan, ... (more) President Bush: An Assessment

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/16/2009
Full Text of President George W. Bush's Farewell Address
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Here's the prepared text of the Farewell Address to the nation by the 44th president to be... given in a few minutes from the White House. His audience in the East Room includes family, friends, Cabinet and some selected Americans the President has ... (more) Full Text of President George W. Bush's Farewell Address

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Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans Killed: ‘I Think So’
thinkprogress.org - 1/14/2009
Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans Killed: ‘I Think So’
— thinkprogress.org — In an interview airing tonight on PBS’s Newshour, host Jim Lehrer asks Vice President Cheney about the... U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives in the war in Iraq. Cheney shows little remorse : Q: But Mr. Vice President, getting from there to ... (more) Cheney On Whether Iraq War Was Worth The 4,500 Americans ...

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Obsidian Wings — ... Jay Rosen deconstructs the media's shaping of conventional wisdom, acceptable discourse and deviance.  Despite its utter lack of self awareness in terms of its part in this affair.  It would get a 5 out of 5 on the Farber scale.  While YMMV, YM would be wrong. Anthony Shadid, the author of one of my favorite Iraq-related books, has yet another fine piece on Iraq in the Washington Post.  While I didn't get a chance to comment on this, The Two Matts (Duss and Yglesias) speak for me. Money Mark Leon Goldberg links to a letter detailing ...

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