Wednesday, January 22, 2003

Via Rafe Colburn at rc3.org.  Seymour Hersch in the New Yorker provides a lengthy overview on the current Korean crisis.  Now that the nuclear cat is out of the bag, policy is likely to be very dodgey until a method of deterring the new stateless threats is devised.  I am pessimistic that will be via pre-emptive strikes, as our intelligence in many areas is so bad.  8:59:17 AM

Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Paul Ford at Ftrain writes eloquently on staying the course. "And yet I want to live there, and so I'm going to keep trying to get to the place, to the big rock candy democracy, for as long as I can." Often the most important fights are fights we could walk away from.  Saying no is a powerful act.  Go, read. 6:45:21 PM

Monday, January 06, 2003

Ok, so why is it the Bushes felt compelled to kill the messenger on mass layoffs? Must file in the "no news is good news" style of market capitalism:)  I am often amazed at how thrifty the GOP can be:). Via Scott at the FuzzyBlog, go read it all from the SF Gate site. 11:05:32 AM

Thursday, December 05, 2002

Arianna Huffington via Salon on the amazing immaculate conception of the Eli Lilly exception in the Homeland Security Act.  Amazing how the citizen reps will run for cover when the light comes on:) 9:31:02 AM

Tuesday, December 03, 2002

From the Washington Post, on how to create a parallel universe. We now have in place a scenario where until this war terrorism is over, our personal freedom can be put aside any time someone in the adminstration says so.  How is this different than what the bad guys do, again?  How will we know if the war is over? Oh, that's right, it will not be over, so just enjoy your time in prison if you happen to be snagged by these fools. "At the end of the day in our constitutional system, someone will have to decide whether that [decision to designate someone an enemy combatant] is a right or just decision," Olson said. "Who will finally decide that? Will it be a judge, or will it be the president of the United States, elected by the people, specifically to perform that function, with the capacity to have the information at his disposal with the assistance of those who work for him?" I'm feelin' better already, no need for no courts to look out for my legal rights! 1:18:56 PM

Via BurningBird, Kriselda Jarnsaxa in The Occoquan Inquirer on what we might do to move forward with real focus. Just a hint, it is not helplessness in the face of vague threats:) 10:13:43 AM

Via Dave Weinberger, likely to disappear soon into pay to see content, but still worth the read, the Boston Globe on John Rawls passing. As a confirmed liberal, amen on the luck vs. merit focus.  One of the defining characteristics of we liberals is our commitment to identifying the difference! 8:58:16 AM

Tuesday, November 26, 2002

Wow, some days the links just poor in and it is hard to keep up. First (via Talking Points Memo), our friends at the WSJ seem to have been stewing over the unwashed masses who don't seem to pay enough taxes (Dionne in this article via the Washington Post).  Isn't this the proverbial class warfare we are always hearing so much about?  It's so hard being one of the elite and not having those "lucky duckie" working poor sympathize with you!. Second (via Rantomatic), let me get this straight, the contact info on every school child in America is required to be given to the military for recruiting purposes???  What the F***!!!  My favorite quote is the following: "The only thing that will get us to stop contacting the family is if they call their congressman," says Major Johannes Paraan, head U.S. Army recruiter for Vermont and northeastern New York. "Or maybe if the kid died, we'll take them off our list." My goodness, wouldn't want to allow ordinary citizens to refuse to play the game now would we. Third, Molly Ivins has weighed in on the evolving big brotherism in America. 10:57:35 AM

Thursday, November 21, 2002

Salon's  Joe Conason  explains why only liberals are getting branded by the "treason" label. I'm thinkin' it's almost time to start buying that premium edition to support these folks:) 8:24:35 AM

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