paal made a post about michels, and i was going to reply to his post with this, but then i figured it would be better to put it here, because it's just me saying how much michels pisses me off ( Read more... )

Retooled to speak to teens ( Read more... )

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/17/us.intelligence.ap/index.html

You mean Donald "DOD" Rumsfeld is upset that the new intelligence chief wouldn't be under Old Rummy's thumb? Shocking ( Read more... )

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hahah my favorite part is when the dancing Howard Dean goes "YAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH". comedy gold!

EAT IT AUDREY!

Hussein's gonna get off just like OJ, I can see it coming. What I'm wondering is: who's this Tim Hughes guy and why would he be defending the former president? I would think that would put a rather onerous mark on one's career. Oh well, even if he does win his little trial, I don't think he'll try anything.

"Tim Hughes, a member of Saddam's legal ( Read more... )

In an update to a previous post, here's a thoroughly annotated version of Orrin Hatch's statement regarding the INDUCE[vomiting] act. It's a funny read, if not always a professional and objective one. One note that I found particularly interesting is this:

[Senator Hatch, legal scholar. I like this quote from The Hill, "No Republican senator has ( Read more... )

i don't want to be drafted anymore than you do, but please, think rationally for at least one moment before you go ballistic. there are some decent reasons to suspect that the current (and future) republicratic governement will put conscription (draft is a silly word) back into practice but with the speed our congress moves, i wouldn't expect it ( Read more... )

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