jonswift.blogspot.com - 1/11/2009
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As I recently predicted , in few months, with the benefit of hindsight, historians will look back on the Bush presidency as an unalloyed success and consider President Bush to be one of our greatest presidents. Although the White House has sent around its own talking points highlighting the ...
getafghanistanright.com - 1/12/2009
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getafghanistanright.com —
Get Afghanistan Right Week posted on January 12th,
2009 by Jason Rosenbaum at The Seminal As you...
may have noticed or may have heard, The Seminal has a new project that is going public this week. Along with fellow bloggers, journalists, and ...
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Get Afghanistan Right!
michaelyon-online.com - 1/9/2009
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A missive arrived to me from a well-placed
British officer. I know this officer well, and respect...
his abilities. He has been to both Iraq and Afghanistan. In part, the missive said: “Please have a look at the attached from the UK Times. ...
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Red Flag
washingtonindependent.com - 1/12/2009
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washingtonindependent.com —
Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a
new effort against the planned 20,000-troop increase of U.S....
forces in Afghanistan. A website called GetAfghanistanRight, set up by bloggers at the Seminal and Brave New Films — and with the ...
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GetAfghanistanRight.com
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Crooks and Liars —
onegoodmove: Moyers on Mideast violence
Jon Swift: President Bush's Legacy
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Oliver Willis: Conservative meme under construction
The Sideshow: A bunch of stuff
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Make room on Rushmore
Political Animal —
... , creating a list of "great achievements" from the last eight years. That some of these "accomplishments" are actually evidence of failure -- torture, power grabs, environmental neglect -- apparently doesn't matter. Jon Swift, apparently inspired by Barnes' insightful perspective, thinks there may be something to this.* He has a great new list highlighting the brilliance of Bush's presidency. * After Hurricane Katrina President Bush kept our cities safe. * After the October 2008 stock market correction there have been no Great Depressions. * After Iraq and Afghanistan took a ...
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WTF Is It Now?!? —
DistributorCap's song of goodbye to the misadministration Why George W. Bush belongs on Mount Rushmore A reliable source says Bush has been blitzed the entire time he's been in office (via EB Misfit) What Avedon Carol said! This is awesome RussBLib's 50 dumbest Bush quotes of all time
Why the Devil smiles
The Sideshow —
... "This is William Kristol's last column," we learn that he's got a new job - at The Washington Post. "Guilt by imagination: Larry Swearingen is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Tuesday for a murder that four pathologists say he could not have committed. He was in jail at the time of the murder for which he was convicted" Also: A defense attorney who helped the cops convict his own clients. Oh, dear, I nearly missed Jon Swift's paean to The Legacy of George W. Bush.
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