julescrittenden.com - 1/5/2009
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It isn't exactly change you can believe in, but here's the deal. Obama has advanced from trying to be like Bush to trying to outdo him. WSJ, $300 billion tax-cut plan:
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are crafting a plan to offer about $300 billion of tax ...
julescrittenden.com - 1/12/2009
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... for kicks. Hang on, that's just the
usual Think Progress nonsense. Actually, Bush admits he approved...
harsh interrogation methods after being told they were legal and did not constitute torture ... seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in ...
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Bush Admits He Ordered Torture …
julescrittenden.com - 12/30/2008
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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak wants "war to
the bitter end." Hamas is on the run, its...
terrorist infrastructure and personnel being blown to bits as we speak. All good, but at the end of the day, all that gets you is a pile of rubble and a bunch ...
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So, What Next?
julescrittenden.com - 1/6/2009
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You'd almost get the idea that this was
all Israel's fault, from the coverage of new horrors...
emerging in Gaza. But before we get to the news, what looks almost like a Greenwald parody of Greenwald, while attempting to disparage Gaza war coverage, ...
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Bleeding, Leading
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OBAMA’S NEW DEAL is sounding kinda familiar: “The Obama tax-cut proposals, if enacted, could pack m…
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... OBAMA’S NEW DEAL is sounding kinda familiar: “The Obama tax-cut proposals, if enacted, could pack more punch in two years than either of President George W. Bush’s tax cuts did in their first two years.” ...
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... I'm beginning to wonder if I didn't vote for the wrong Republican. No matter. Evidently the right one won in the end. But I got to tell you - my head is spinning. What happened to all that Marxist stuff he studied as a kid? Or all the lefty rhetoric he fobbed off on his south side constituents? His latest stance is a betrayal of their hopes and their votes. Maybe he is working on the principle of: "if the economy is going good there will be more to steal". It could be worse. H/T Jules Crittenden via ...
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This town really does need an enema.
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As the administration moves ...
We’re No 1!
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Two Down
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Like the title character of his favorite “Rocky” movies, ...
What?
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A ...
It’s All Over
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An unusual number of journalists from prominent, mainstream organizations started new government jobs in January, providing new kindling to the debate over whether Mr. Obama is receiving ...