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Author Archives: Lee
A Man Without a Season
Stéphane Dion, leader of the defeated Canadian Liberal Party, has rather ignominiously resigned his position today. Thereby he becomes the first Liberal Party leader since the 19th century to have never become Prime Minister of Canada. Given his dismal political … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Canada, Canadian politics, Dion, Domestic Politics, election, English, language, Liberal Party, National Post, Stéphane Dion
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Not Sure if You’ve Voted?
I’ve been seeing this amusing banner ad for Obama popping up all over the web. Given the behavior of some of ACORN’s representatives, it might not be an illegitimate question.
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged ACORN, ad, advertising, banner, election, fraud, Obama, representatives, Voting, web
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Buy Ear Protection
The collision of Mr. Obama’s ambitions with the architecture of reality is going to be a thunderous thing to hear. Be prepared.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged ambitions, collision, ear protection, Obama, sound, thunder
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Joe the Plumber is Evil
I’m experiencing a little déjà vu over the invective that’s starting to pour out of the left against “Joe the Plumber.” It has a decidedly reminiscent over-reactive, hysterical feel to it of the anti-Palin crusade. Here’s a typical example of … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged DailyKos, debate, diarist, election, evil, joe the plumber, Kos, Nazi, Obama, Ohio, Pennsylvania
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A Childhood Dream of Death
Equal to the horror of this, is the futility.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged BBC, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Palestine, suicide bomber, video
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The Folly of Heroes
What a day for indignity. Just when I’d stopped shaking my head at the image of Paul Krugman accepting the Nobel Prize, I read two of my most cherished heroes offering rather embarrassing endorsements for bad things. Christopher Hitchens, always … Continue reading
Hacks & Hackers
Sarah Palin’s personal email account gets hacked by an anonymous operative and Farhad Manjoo blames Palin for “Rovian tactics.” Indifference to irony isn’t a new thing in Palin reporting, but there’s a certain amusement about the event in liberal circles … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged dirty tricks, Domestic Politics, email, hacked, Joe Biden, Karl Rove, Palin, Republican, Rovian, Sarah Palin, yahoo
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Georgia’s Tapes
Who jumped first in South Ossetia has become a bit of a information war between Georgia and Russia. Today, the Georgian government went a ways toward resolving it by releasing recordings of intercepted radio traffic preceding the Russian invasion. The … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged ceasefire, Daily Telegraph, Georgia, Georgian army, infrormation war, intercepts, invasion, irrationalism, lies, peace, Putin, radio, recordings, Russia, Russian invasion, South Ossetia, strategy
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Palinmania Snippets
Like so many others, Elizabeth Johnson is out for that Palin look. Sarah always has such choice footwear…and eyewear retailers are getting explicit in their advertising. In case you were curious, this is where you end up when your anti-Palin … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged advertising, Alaska, childhood, Elizabeth Johnson, eyewear, fashion, glasses, hysteria, ideology, Palin, Palinmania, political indoctrication, Sarah Palin, style, women
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Sarah vs. Joe
Who would win in a head-to-head contest of the Veeps for the presidency? Palin, according to Rasmussen, by 47%-44%.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Biden, election, Joe Biden, Palin, poll, Rasmussen, Sarah Palin, veeps
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Changing Themes in the GOP
Had the radio on driving to get coffee. Rush Limbaugh was denouncing sexism and patriarchal privilege. McCain ad comes on pitching expanding embryonic stem cell research. Boy, haven’t things changed in the Republican party? For the better, says me.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged coffee, embryonic stem cells, Feminism, GOP, McCain, patriarchy, radio, Rush Limbaugh, sexism, stem cell research
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Dems Turn to Outside Groups
Senior Democrats gave a conference call briefing to their top outside donors last week. Things are pretty grim according to them. Obama had once signaled that he didn’t want support from 527 type PACs, but with his support eroding rapidly … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 527, campaign finance, Democras, donors, Obama, PAC, poll
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Poneco Parties in Chile
There’s a teenage sexual revolution underway in Chile, that is animated by the emergence of a rebellious new generation of kids born after the 1988 referendum and democratic transition. A generation with no memory of the moral strictures of a … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 1988, Chile, democracy, dictatorship, kiss, Michele Bravo, parties, poneco, referendum, sex, sexual revolution
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When They Came for Kenny…
Photos of Russian kids mounting a street protest against the banning of South Park by the state. This is no small or meaningless act. As daily experience, one of the worst aspects of living under a repressive fascist regime is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Foreign affairs
Tagged boredom, entertainment, fascism, Kenny, liberalism, Media, opera, photos, pics, propaganda, Putinism, radio, repression, Russia, South Park, State, teenager, television, tv, youth
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McCain and the Electoral College
For two weeks, as John McCain’s national polls first rose above Obama and then solidified there, Democrats protested that the popular vote was irrelevant. Look to the state polls said they, in a sensible but amusingly opportunistic argument for the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged advertising, colorado, electoral college, Florida, investment, McCain, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Obama, Ohio, poll, Rasmussen, survey, Virginia
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Two Girls and a Dream
(Houston Chronicle)
Posted in Humor
Tagged Anderson Cooper, Houston, Houston Chronicle, hurricane ike, Ike, image, photo, picture
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The Palin Democrats
Tim Reid travels to Mount Clemens, Macomb County Michigan, to talk to white working class female voters. Macomb County should be core Democratic blue country, but it was here that Stanley Greenberg first identified the “Reagan Democrats” of the 1980s, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged 1988, Democrat, demographics, election, Macomb County, McCain, Michigan, Obama, Palin, Palin Democrats, Reagan Democrats, Republican, Sarah Palin, Stanley Greenberg, The Times, Tim Reid, women
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Mark Penn on the Press & Palin
Boy, this was an awfully interesting exchange. Democratic strategist Mark Penn, absurdly invited by Brian Goldsmith to argue the press has been soft on Sarah Palin, instead slams the media for counterproductively biased and vindictive coverage:
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media
Tagged bias, Brian Goldsmith, CBS News, Clinton, election, Hillary Clinton, Howard, Howard Wolfson, Mark Penn, Media, msm, Obama, Palin, press, Sarah Palin, Saturday Night Live, vice president
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Déjà Vu Obama
Obama’s “new” tactic to regain the initiative in the election is to portray McCain as out of touch with ordinary Americans. Hmm. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t this the old tactic? Patrician wife, seven houses, price of milk, … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged election, houses, McCain, milk, Obama, Salvatore Ferragamo, tactic footwear
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The New Russian Diplomacy of Profanity
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov reportedly went berserk on David Miliband in phone discussions over the Georgia war. Apparently he was raving, shouting obscenities, and ridiculing Miliband’s knowledge of history. There’s something incredibly deranged about that government. They’ve taken the traditional … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged Britain, David Miliband, diplomacy, foreign secretary, Georgia, History, invasion, Putinism, Russia, Sergei Lavrov, UK, United Kingdom, war
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Palinmania and the Stature Gap
Toby Harnden weighs in with his thoughts on the Palin effect. All interesting, all very astute IMO. Of particular interest is Toby’s argument that McCain commands enough public respect for his experience and expertise, that he has no concerns about … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, McCain, Palin, Palinmania, Sarah Palin, Stature Gap, Toby Harnden, veep
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Sarah Palin: FlightSim Gamer
Playing a demo for Aviation Day, at the STARBASE Alaska Military Youth Academy in Fort Richardson. Nice rig. Photo: Capt. Guy Hayes
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Alaska, Alaska Military Youth Academy, Aviation Day, Fort Richardson, images, Palin, palinporn, photos, pics, Sarah Palin, STARBASE
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Chavez Expels the US Ambassador
In solidarity with fellow Marxist anachronism Evo Morales in Bolivia, Hugo Chavez has ordered the US Ambassador out of Venezuela for being an agent of the “imperial aggressor, the genocidal U.S. empire.” He has also recalled the Venezuelan ambassador to … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged ambassador, Bernardo Alvarez, Bolivia, Hugo Chavez, marxism, Morales, Philip Goldberg, Venezuela
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I Take it Back
Well, I thought it was a clever button. But it’s pretty preposterous on the House floor. Context counts.
On Bad Ideas
Seth Weinberger picks up Foreign Policy’s “10 Worst Policy Ideas” for Obama and McCain and adds some commentary. What’s immediately striking to me is how few objections FP offers to McCain’s foreign policy proposals. A peculiar thing, if you’re familiar … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged CAFTA, doctrine, Domestic Politics, foreign policy, Iran, League of Democracies, McCain, NAFTA, Obama, Pakistan, policy ideas, Seth Weinberger, top 10
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John McCain and Sarah Palin: Fairfax Gallery
Ron Hilton caught some great shots at the McCain/Palin rally in Fairfax, Virginia. He was gracious enough to let us post them here for you:
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page
Tagged campaign, election, Fairfax, Fred Thompson, gallery, images, John McCain, McCain, Palin, palinporn, Photography, photos, pics, pictures, rally, Ron Hilton, Sarah Palin, speech, Todd Palin, Virginia
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Surrogates Happen
Here’s a lovely message.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged image, photo, picture, Sarah Palin, sexism, surrogates
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Four Hours to Tbilisi
Well, well. Mr. Putin held a press conference and there’s much to condemn as usual. Not the least of which is Putin’s continued delusion that Russia was invaded by Georgia. But foremost perhaps, is an education for those who argued … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs
Tagged Abkhazia, Bagpash, CIS, Eduard Kokoity, Georgia, Kokoity, Mikheil Saakashvili, Putin, Russia, Saakashvili, Sergei Bagpash, Tbilisi
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Obama’s Energy Plan for Sale
Not so encouraging.
Governor & Community
Credit given where due, this is a clever leftist button.
Outer Dark
(photo: Brian Long) Dr. Andre Lalonde, executive vice president of the Canadian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is concerned that Sarah Palin’s decision to have Trig, may lead to a reduction of abortions in Canada through positive example. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Domestic Politics
Tagged abortion, Andre Lalonde, antiabortion, Brian Long, Canada, Democrats, Eugenics, Lalonde, Medicaid, Obama, Palin, pro-choice, pro-life, radical feminism, Sarah Palin, social policy, Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Trig Palin, Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act, vice president, zero population growth
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Immunizing Palin Redux
StubbornFacts picks up on the political immunization effect of throwing every farcical slander you can find or invent at Sarah Palin: “I suspect that eventually, they may find something that really does hit Palin square amidships. By the time they … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged immunization, Palin, rumors, Sarah Palin, Stubborn Facts
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North Korea’s Sex Agents
According to an expose in Japanese magazine Shukan Taishu, Kim Jong Il instituted a training program in sexual espionage for the DPRK’s female secret agents. They’ve been used to seduce and entrap everyone from foreign government officials to defectors.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged DPRK, espionage, japan, Japanese, Kim Jon Il, North Korea, North Korean, secret agents, sex, sexual, Shukan Taishu
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A Clear Blue Sky
(NASA) Today is the 11th. The unwelcome anniversary. Everyone remembers where they were when they heard. I was awoken by a phone call on the day. “The country’s under attack!” the phone said. You wake up rather fast when that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Lee's Page
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, air traffic, anniversary, contrails, sky, United States, war, WTC
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Istanbul in Motif
This is pretty lovely.
New Left Tarnish
Ah, “community agitator.” I remember those. Berkeley, SDS, that sort of thing. Dissenting, QuakerDave shows the mostly good side (no Tom Hayden). All said for and against, it’s still a damned strange thing to put on your resume.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Berkeley, community agitator, community organizer, Obama, SDS, Tom Hayden
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Diluting Obama’s Financial Advantage
Democratic consultant Doug Schoen: “Their 50-state strategy is insanity. If they don’t use their financial advantage where they need it most, and put every thing there and blow it out, they are at deep risk of losing.”
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 50-state strategy, campaign finance, consultant, Doug Schoen, Obama
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Jason Linkins is a Crazier Guy
Jason Linkins takes exception to my reading his Huffington Post editorial about the silly ‘lipstick’ controversy as a suicide fantasy. He protests in his defense that he didn’t want to shoot himself, he wanted to shoot other people. Wonderful. How … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web, Election 2008, MikeR's Page, Religion and theology
Tagged controversy, fantasy, huffington post, Jason Linkins, lipstick, murder, Obama, protest, Sarah Palin, suicide
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The End of the Anti-Bush Economy
The impending collapse of the anti-Bush merchandise market spells doom for the national economy: “We need to develop totally new products for marginally politically active liberals to throw their money away on.”
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged anti-bush, collapse, economy, liberals, merchandise, political, the onion
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Jason Linkins is a Crazy Guy
I would agree that the ‘lipstick on a pig’ controversy is a manufactured bit of political silliness, expressly designed to fill a news cycle. But that’s pretty much all it is in my view. Jason Linkins on the other hand … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged controversy, huffington post, Jason Linkins, lipstick, Media, News, pig, Sarah Palin, suicide
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Obama and the Fate of Criticism
“Tattered Hope” by Nathan Rupert Jason at postpolitical and I often get into testy email arguments about Barack Obama’s alleged “arrogance.” He is quite Greek in the sense that he thinks hubris is the fatal flaw at the heart of … Continue reading →