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Archive for January 28th, 2008

SOTU: SSDY

Posted in Bush Administration, US House, US Senate, tagged , , , on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Via Think Progress, I am reading the SOTU while Bush speaks, nearly muted. Here are a few thoughts.
I don’t need a daddy waging his finger at me to be responsible in my spending. the economy sucks, and it’s getting harder to make ends meet. Wages are shrinking while costs rise. There are many problems with [...]

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Ch Ch Ch Changes

Posted in Announcements, tagged , on January 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »

While waiting for the final SOTU address of Bush’s administration (yeah!), I started playing around with new themes, and decided to try this one out.
Let me know what you think, what you like, and what you don’t like.

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FISA Vote Upcoming: Clinton and Obama Find Time to Vote

Posted in Activism, Bush Administration, Civil Rights, Criminality, Military & War, US Senate, tagged , , on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Update: The GOP failed to get the 60 votes needed on the cloture vote, 48 yeas ad 45 nays. Yeah!
Voting now on the Reid amendment to extend FISA for 30 days
Update II: Cloture vote on the 30 day extension fails.
And we are back to square one
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As I write this, there are 45 minutes until the [...]

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Pushing Progress v. Politicking

Posted in 2008 Elections, tagged , , , , on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Update below
Krugman reminds us why some progressives are turning away from the Clintons, and why remaining dems should follow Edwards lead.
It’s starting to feel a bit like 1992 again. A Bush is in the White House, the economy is a mess, and there’s a candidate who, in the view of a number of [...]

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Repudiating the Clintons

Posted in 2008 Elections, tagged , , , , , on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

First Caroline Kennedy and now Senator Edward Kennedy have spurned the Clinton’s.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, rejecting entreaties from the Clintons and their supporters, is set to endorse Senator Barack Obama’s presidential bid on Monday as part of an effort to lend Kennedy charisma and connections before the 22-state Feb. 5 showdown for the [...]

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