Tag Archives: George Bush

Through a Kristol, Darkly

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Lee

Roland has some commentary on Bill Kristol‘s recent return to advocacy for “national greatness conservatism.” You have to love Matt Welch‘s assessment of this event in title: “Big-Government Conservative, After Helping Big-Government Conservatism Fail, Advocates Big-Government Conservatism.” Roland is more … Continue reading →

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Strategery Capital Management LLC

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Lance

A new distressed debt leveraged hedge fund has been launched: Go visit the website for all their competitive advantages!

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How The West Will Win

Posted on August 20, 2008 by MichaelW

Michael Totten has a succinct yet informative post up from the Georgian capital of Tblisi: And my translator, whose husband works for Georgia’s ministry of foreign affairs, made a similar guess that the West helped save the capital. “The night … Continue reading →

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Reporting for Duty?

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Peg

My guess is that if I were a liberal, I would find Obama to be an attractive candidate.  Surely the man is well spoken, charismatic – and whatever else you may believe negative about him, Obama is nobody’s fool.  Even … Continue reading →

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BDS in the Halls of Congress

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Lance

You may not realize this, but the House Judiciary Committee has been holding hearings (of a sort) in an attempt to impeach President Bush. Guys, he is gone in six months. I love this line: “I am really astonished at … Continue reading →

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Lightweight Punditry

Posted on March 7, 2008 by MichaelW

The inscrutable and vainglorious Boi from Brazil weighs in to explain why Republicans find Obama’s candidacy “scary”: Conservatives love to claim that Obama supporters have excess reverence for their candidate and see him as some sort of transcendent messiah figure. … Continue reading →

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Once Again – Blame Bush

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Peg

(Cross Posted at Whatif?) This time, however, blame GWB for something few of us consider.     Rarely in recent American history had a political leader received such a visible testing ground for the character of his leadership. Giuliani projected … Continue reading →

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A Doves Eyes Opened

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Lance

(Listening notes: Dedicated to cussed Irish beekeepers everywhere: The Pogues, The Specials, The Fall, U2, and The Chieftains) Over at Captains Quarters I noticed this: Every time war footage from Lebanon flickers across the flat screen television in my apartment … Continue reading →

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