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Monday, November 21, 2005

Torture By Any Other Name

"This agency does not do torture. Torture does not work. We use lawful capabilities to collect vital information, and we do it in a variety of unique and innovative ways, all of which are legal and none of which are torture." -- Porter Goss, Director, Central Intelligence Agency [Italics added] Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 18, 2005

One Of The Most Ignorant Comments I've Ever Heard

"War should never be captive to politics." -- Senator Chuck Hagel, (R) Nebraska, when commenting on Democrats attacking the Bush administration's policies regarding the war in Iraq on The O'Reilly Report. Now, peruse the Saturday, November 5 post. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 14, 2005

The Final Statement On How George W. Bush Was Elected -- Twice

"Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything." -- Frank Dane Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 11, 2005

Condoleezza Rice Justifying The Occupation With The Politics Of Fear

"If Iraq does not succeed and should Iraq become a place of despair, generations of Americans would also be condemned to fear." -- Condoleezza Rice "It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable." -- Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State Of Mind Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2005

The French Could Learn A Little From The Greek

"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime." -- Aristotle Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 5, 2005

Politics And War

"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." -- Mao Tse-Tung Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Taking Back The Country From The Politicians

"Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians." -- Chester Bowles Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 30, 2005

On How A Professor Can Be A Racist

"It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated." -- Alec Bourne Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 27, 2005

The Unexpected Desertion Of The Radical Right

"The radical right wing of the Republican Party killed the Harriet Miers nomination. They want a nominee with a proven record of supporting their skewed goals." -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 24, 2005

The Problem With Bringing Freedom To Iraq And Afghanistan

"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved." -- Franklin D. Roosevelt Sign in to see full entry.

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