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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Buffalonian
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For all the wailing and moaning about how dumb people who voted for Bush are, progressive Democrats in this country might want to take a look in the mirror. You want to know why Kerry lost an ass-kicking contest to a one-legged man? Maybe in part it is because whatever good ideas progressive espouse don't get through because of their consistent classism and condescension.
Take for example the following: "These are the questions we keep pondering, and someday we'll park ourselves out in front of a Wal-Mart in Ohio or Florida or New Mexico or Nevada and start asking people as they come and go."
Unless Democrats want to write off the 84% (according to AC Nielsen) of US households who shop at Walmart, maybe they shoud stop looking down their noses at us.
Good Lord, it is not a moral failing to go shop at Walmart. Shrill people who think it is, have got to get a grip. If you believe Walmart workers are underpaid, then address the national minimum wage, but don't blame Walmart.
Until the coastal lefties wake up to the fact that calling people stupid and immoral for doing things like shopping where they can get the best price for toilet paper is not going to win them votes, we should all be prepared for the continuation of Republican rule in this country.
Of course Conason is correct to point out the clumsy distortions of the Drudges and Limbaughs of the world, although it is</> like shooting fish in a barrel.
Nonetheless, my question is this: does anyone know when the secret prison system described by the WP and present in popular media forever was created? Were there "black sites" extant under Clinton or earlier?
Like proverbial police corruption in New Orleans, we not only condone US mistreatment of foreigners, we've come to expect it. It is only that this warrantless spying has been conducted against American citizens that has landed the President in hot water with most of the public.
Clinton was no saint and in an effort not to become the photographic negative of Limbaugh et al, it would be good not to simply assume in a knee jerk manner that all charges against him are malicious right wing demagoguery.
Thank you to Conason for pointing out that Clinton's exceutive order re: FISA was different than Bush's. Now, what about those prisons?
Of course Conason is correct to point out the clumsy distortions of the Drudges and Limbaughs of the world, although it is like shooting fish in a barrel.
Nonetheless, my question is this: does anyone know when the secret prison system described by the WP and present in popular media forever was created? Were there "black sites" extant under Clinton or earlier?
Like proverbial police corruption in New Orleans, we not only condone US mistreatment of foreigners, we've come to expect it. It is only that this warrantless spying has been conducted against American citizens that has landed the President in hot water with most of the public.
Clinton was no saint and in an effort not to become the photographic negative of Limbaugh et al, it would be good not to simply assume in a knee jerk manner that all charges against him are malicious right wing demagoguery.
Thank you to Conason for pointing out that Clinton's exceutive order re: FISA was different than Bush's. Now, what about those prisons?
As a 6'3" man whose is very careful to keep my weight within a narrow band between 235 and 315, let me just say one thing: It’s about time the big brothers got some love.
The question for me is what is the reaction over Hastert's camp when they get the clipping? Shock? (He's not fat! He's husky!) Or do you think Hastert's chief of staff is yelling, "Somebody get on the phone to the people at Denny’s. There’s got to be an endorsement deal to be worked out here and see if they’ll throw in a daily complementary Grand Slam breakfasts for the whole office!"
I work out at a gym every morning around the same time as a large group of geriatric racquetballers & treadmill marathoners. What always impresses me about these guys is their complete comfort with their own bodies. I guess if you've had it for seventy-plus years, you might as well make peace with it.
Thanks Mr. Keillor for pointing out some positive readings of a spare tire.
Would it be possible for you to wake up earlier (or stay up later) so that you're column could be the lead story and not that incessant Ayelet Waldman crap? You seem to have a later deadline than the other regulars.
I have kids and they're up at like five in the morning. Are Buster and his sister (sorry, the name escapes me) the only late sleeping children in the world?
Anyway, it is just a suggestion. More Kaufman leads. No more Mrs. Chabon leads. To whom do we write to start a campaign?
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
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