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    Just a Reminder...

    The more things change the more they stay the same.

    Gates says we have to stop the Taliban in Afghanistan or they will be a problem elsewhere.

    Kennedy/Johnson/Nixon say we have to stop the Communists in Vietnam or they will be a problem elsewhere.

    Same thing just different bogeyman

    Please remember this is the real reason we are in Afghanistan.

    And here is an [...]



    an (un)likely story

    thank any of the other “official” stories that have been coming out about the disappearance of that Russian freighter a few weeks ago. If you haven’t been following the story, here’s the background:

    WHO: The Arctic Sea and its crew of 15

    WHAT: On July 24, the Maltese-flagged Arctic Sea radioed that it had been boarded by gunmen posing as law enforcement officers off the coast [...]



    Representatives Who Deserve Your Vote

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    Below are the Democrats who stood against Obama’s expanding war the day their votes mattered (See where your Representative stood here):

    Tammy Baldwin, Michael Capuano, John Conyers, Lloyd Doggett, Donna Edwards, Keith Ellison, Sam Farr, Bob Filner, Alan Grayson, Raul Grijalva, Michael Honda, Marcy Kaptur, Dennis Kucinich, Barbara Lee, Zoe Lofgren, Eric Massa, Jim McGovern, Michael Michaud, Donald Payne, Chellie Pingree, Jared Polis, [...]



    Vietnam Videos and Photos Helped Stop the War

    So much for learning from our mistakes. President Obama is attempting to block the release of hundreds of photos showing US personnel abusing detainees.

    Pass of Salang – Afghanistan

    President Barack Obama is seeking to block the immediate release of hundreds of photos showing U.S. personnel allegedly abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. An Obama administration official said Wednesday that the president told his [...]



    Will Afghanistan be President Obama’s Vietnam?

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    Proof that Accounting is Not an Exact Science and the Fall of Rome

    Krugman has an article today, Alice in financeland, that shows how sometimes following accounting rules leads to apparent absurdities.  Because of market to market accounting rules and credit default swaps he says:

    …Citigroup is profitable because investors think it’s failing, while Morgan Stanley is losing money because investors think it will survive. I am not making this up.

    This is part of the problem of  “too big [...]



    what do politicians hate more than anything else?

    Doubt. Doubt = weakness, and weakness = electoral failure.

    So it’s a minor miracle when a politician reaches the right conclusion and, despite his doubts, acts on it:

    SANTA FE — The Bill Richardson who announced a repeal of the death penalty in New Mexico on Wednesday was not the same Bill Richardson who usually shows up for face time with the news media.

    The Richardson who [...]



    time to name names and put the blame where it belongs

    On Hank Paulson’s bald head.

    When AIG started to become unwound last fall, who better to know just how much Goldman Sach’s own rape & pillage squad was going to depend on its AIG bad bet insurance than the former CEO, Paulson himself – and who else but the Treasury Secretary would be better positioned to make sure that at least his alma mater – if [...]

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