Keith_Indy on Jan 04 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Keith's Page, social science
Michael Barone notices a pattern which may be in play this election season. I think he’s a little off in his characterization of the median-age voter, as I am one of them. But then maybe my remembering the tail-end of Vietnam, Watergate, the oil-embargoes, stagflation, and the Carter presidency, isn’t usual for those […]
Lance on Jan 03 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lance's Page
Blog friend Joe Tobacco endorses Hillary for President. Probably my pick from the Democrats as well, though I am still looking.
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MichaelW on Dec 28 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
I’ve received a few emails alerting me to the fact that the blogburst for Fred Thompson was a success (congratulations to Rick Moran for spearheading that), and as a result, the following commercial “Substance” will be airing in Iowa:
If your so inclined, go here to donate to Fred’s campaign. If you are unsure whether […]
MichaelW on Dec 27 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, MichaelW's Page
Freddy-come-lately is gaining some steam in Iowa, picking up an endorsement from the Ottumwa Courier this week:
Thompson is unapologetic on his views and is a straight-shooter.
“These are clearly challenging times. I don’t think we’ve fully come to terms with the kind of world we live in,” he told members of the Courier editorial board recently.
Indeed, […]
MichaelW on Dec 26 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Glenn Greenwald's Carnival of Fisking, Media, MichaelW's Page, Religion and theology
It shouldn’t surprise me the lengths that Greenwald will go to distort what people say in order to lambaste his enemies, but his Christmas offering really takes the figgy pudding.
Mike Huckabee’s Christmas ad — like everything Huckabee does — provoked all sorts of vehement, angry, un-Christmas-like attacks from Republican pundits. The GOP establishment almost uniformly […]
MichaelW on Dec 21 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, MichaelW's Page
Although the Silly Hat story seems to have died on the vine (thanks to bloggers jumping on it quickly, I might add), the reporting of Roger Simon (sans-L) is still under scrutiny. Bob Owens examined some of the discrepancies between what Simon reported and what the video revealed with respect to the Silly Hat […]
MichaelW on Dec 21 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Environment, Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page
According to the press release (my emphasis):
Over 400 prominent scientists from more than two dozen countries recently voiced significant objections to major aspects of the so-called “consensus” on man-made global warming. These scientists, many of whom are current and former participants in the UN IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), criticized the climate claims made […]
MichaelW on Dec 20 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, MichaelW's Page
In all the kerfuffle yesterday over just what transpired in Silly-Hat-Gate, I somehow neglected to mention that the author of the Politico post, Roger Simon, is not the same as the PJM Editor, Roger L. Simon, who has this to say about the incident:
having viewed the video, I can say this: I don’t know what […]
MichaelW on Dec 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
Via Allahpundit at Hot Air, it seems that Politico is a little down on Fred’s campaign visit to Waverly, Iowa:
Thompson rode four blocks to the local fire station. Local fire stations always have captive audiences (unless there is a fire).
Inside, Thompson shook a few hands — there were only about 15 people there — and […]
MichaelW on Dec 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
One big problem with that. It already exists:
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney suggested there was no way a landscaping company that worked for him could have known its employees were illegal aliens even though the federal government has an employer verification system that any employer in America, on a voluntary basis, can use for […]
MichaelW on Dec 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page, Philosophy
As told by Mother Jones … so yeah, it’s a little, umm, “slanted.” My favorite distortion:
1977: The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, is founded in San Francisco with funding from oil baron Charles G. Koch. The name comes from Cato’s Letters, newspaper articles written by two Englishmen using the pen name Cato the […]
Lance on Dec 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
Speaking of Thompson, his sense of humor (which seemed absent after wonderfully wicked pre-campaign bits such as this) is really starting to come out. I love his response to the AP’s question about the candidates favorite President from the other party. Predictably the Democrat’s all chose Teddy Roosevelt, the Republicans leaned toward Truman. Fred steps […]
MichaelW on Dec 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Law, MichaelW's Page, Military Matters, Notes on the war
The aptly named Unqualified Offerings has had its share of troubles lately, and I’m not usually one to pile on, but this is simply beyond the pale (emphasis added):
Have We Given Justice to Lindh?
By Mona
American citizen John Walker Lindh is now serving 20 years in this heinous prison for what appears to have been the […]
Lance on Dec 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
According to Matt Lewis:
Anyone watching Iowa had better not write Fred Thompson off just yet …
Why?
Matt points me to this column:
But after a sluggish start, Thompson has sensed an opening in Iowa, and he’s moving decisively to exploit it. The opening arises from a combination of Romney’s changes of position on social issues and Huckabee’s […]
Keith_Indy on Dec 19 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Keith's Page, Military Matters, Notes on the war
When members of your own party are positive about changes they are seeing first hand in Iraq, maybe it’s time to give up on giving up.
“I feel we’ve made progress, and the other part is I feel we can see an end game in sight,” Donnelly, D-Ind., told reporters on a conference call Tuesday from […]
Lance on Dec 16 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Lance's Page
To hear many a commenter talk or write one would believe that over the last thirty years, and especially the last seven, the tax burden has become increasingly tilted in favor of the wealthy. Greg Mankiw begs to differ, and here is the data:
The first number below is for 2005, the most recent year available. […]
Lance on Dec 14 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Lance's Page
Thank’s Billy!
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Lance on Dec 14 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lance's Page, Religion and theology
McQ discusses Krauthammer’s disgust over the Republican Party and its candidates stooping before those demanding a declaration of religious faith to become President. From Krauthammer:
I’d thought that the limits of professed public piety had already been achieved during the Republican CNN/YouTube debate when some squirrelly looking guy held up a Bible and asked, “Do you […]
Keith_Indy on Dec 13 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Keith's Page, Military Matters
This is interesting:
The “Key Judgments” released by the intelligence community last week begin with a dramatic assertion: “We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program.” This sentence was widely interpreted as a challenge to the Bush administration policy of mobilizing international pressure against alleged Iranian nuclear programs. It […]
MichaelW on Dec 10 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Law, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
This is one of the most bizarre and disgusting stories I’ve heard in quite a while:
A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the incident.
Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, says that after she was raped by multiple men at a […]
Keith_Indy on Dec 05 2007 | Filed under: Culture, Domestic Politics, Keith's Page
These are the headlines on the drudgereport right now.
ABC NEWS: HOSTAGE TAKER A WELL-KNOWN LOCAL RESIDENT WITH HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS… Developing…
‘TROY STANLEY’: WITNESS NAMES ALLEGED PERP…
SEN. CLINTON CANCELS DNC TALK…
SHUTS ALL IOWA CAMPAIGN OFFICES…
OBAMA, EDWARDS ROCHESTER OFFICES EVACUATED…
Now, it may just be me, but doesn’t these seem to be a very strong reaction […]
Joshua Foust on Dec 04 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Military Matters
Always yours, at The Conjecturer.
Defense & The War
Dan the Missing Conjecturer and I were emailing each other today (he’s fine, thanks, just very busy). He mentioned something fascinating—Secretary Gates seems to be rather assertively professionalizing the DoD’s analytical corps (for lack of a better term), breaking it somewhat of the politicization we’ve seen under Bush/Cheney. […]
MichaelW on Nov 29 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Law, MichaelW's Page
Sen. Patrick Leahy is running a new gambit in order to force White House officials to testify before Congress, although I think there is another less-obvious goal here as well:
A Senate chairman acknowledged explicitly on Thursday that President Bush was not involved in the firings of U.S. attorneys last winter and therefore ruled illegal the […]
Joshua Foust on Nov 29 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Military Matters
Meticulously yours, over at The Conjecturer.
Defense & The War
Northrop Grumman is far ahead of the usual timetable for the Killer Drone it’s building for the Navy.
NATO can’t be bothered to keep enough helicopters on hand to, you know, be effective.
Around the World
Fighting drugs and building peace.
North Korea still choking on its lack of food.
Oh, […]
Joshua Foust on Nov 28 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Military Matters
Cross-posted to The Conjecturer.
Defense & The War
Leave it to Jules Crittenden—who thought Japan’s war crimes in World War II justifies our own crimes now—to think Bush’s comparison of Iraq to Korea is a good thing. Because Bush does what he says! Except when he promises not to torture people or to actually rebuild Afghanistan like […]
MichaelW on Nov 27 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Election 2008, Health Care, MichaelW's Page, regulation
Hillary and Obama agree on taxing Americans more, they just can’t agree on whether it’s the “middle” or “upper” class that they’re prepared to squeeze for votes (HT: Paul Caron):
Class, always an awkward topic in the United States, made a rare cameo appearance [Ed. note: Rare? Apparently Joel Achenbach is new to politics?] […]
Joshua Foust on Nov 27 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Military Matters
Verbatim on The Conjecturer.
Defense & The War
The Marines want exoskeletons. I guess they love Aliens and need to destroy the queen? The SEALs are out for their own as well.
It would be nice to stop lying about the problem of refugees and IDPs in the kaleidoscope of Iraq, wouldn’t it?
And how long will we be […]
Joshua Foust on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Cross-posted verbatim to The Conjecturer
Defense & The War
Thin solace, I know, but my piece on Ann Marlowe’s critique of the Human Terrain System (updated, too), got a link in the Small Wars Journal.
Also, Bill Roggio followed up with some good analysis on what’s going on in Pakistan; his thoughts align largely with my own.
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Lance on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Culture, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, History, Lance's Page, Race
I don’t think Ron Paul is a racist, or rather I don’t claim to have any evidence he is, and that is enough to hold from suggesting he is. However, his view of racism and its history is rather bizarre and, dare I say it, wholly focused on “right wing” critiques of racial thinking in […]
Joshua Foust on Nov 21 2007 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Notes on the war
From Russia The Conjecturer, with love.
Defense & The War
SimIraq? Could make for an interesting variant of the latest Sim City game, which looks interesting enough to pirate.
Triple Canopy for sale? Oh noes! Meanwhile, a federal grand jury has convened to investigate the Blackwater Massacre. They’re being charged under MEJA. That’s good! But the realities of […]
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