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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Bush I Had The Gulf War, Clinton Had Bosnia, Dubya Has The Iraq War...

"Every U.S. president has to have a war." -- Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, speaking on American military buildups leading to another Cold War with Russia Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Measuring Success By His Own Standards (Nonexistent As They May Be)

"And so, so long as I'm the President, my measure of success is victory and success." -- President George W. Bush, speaking about the Iraq war, April 17, 2008 Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Economic Ruin Is The Beginning Of The Downfall Of Empire...

"The private sector is the guardian of choice, both economic and political. Without a strong private sector there can be civilization, prosperity, even justice, but there can be no freedom." -- Patrick E. Kennon, The Twilight Of Democracy Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Add Another Firebrand On The Bush Bonfire Of Failure

"Iran will be a stronger nation than when he took office; Iran will be far closer to becoming a nuclear power than it was when Mr. Bush took office; and Iran, unfortunately, plays a much more prominent role in supporting the financial terror network in the region and throughout the world than it... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 28, 2008

We Lend Ourselves To Constant Roman Comparison...

"[Rome] alone received the conquered to her bosom and cherished the human race with a common name, in the fashion of a mother, not of an empress; and she called "citizens" those whom she subdued and bound with her far-reaching and pious embrace. To her pacifying customs we owe everything... that we... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 25, 2008

The Lessons Of Renditioning, Warrantless Wiretaps, Indefinite Detention

"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." -- Voltaire Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

We Ignore The Founding Fathers At Our Own Peril

"The arguments invoked by the Bush administration to justify its seizure of unlimited power -- that our security and safety require us to entrust those powers to the president -- are exactly the ones the founders repeatedly warned us would be used by those seeking to subvert our constitutional... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 21, 2008

Hillary Should Use These Lines If She's Elected... Attributed, Of Course...

"It's a first. Firsts are always in history books. I've always hoped and wanted to be that person -- to be the first female to win in history." -- Danica Patrick on winning the Indy Japan 500 Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 18, 2008

The Problem Democrats Have With National Security: A Perception Issue

"If we're not tough enough to take on Republicans who are damaging our national security, who's going to think we're tough enough to take on external threats to our security? In other words, if you're not tough enough to fight Dick Cheney, you're not tough enough to fight Osama bin Laden." -- James... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

The Drowning Of "Official" Acknowledgements In The Deluge Of Mass Media

"The descent into war is greatly smoothed by deferrals of tough news coverage. Napoleon recognized the dynamic two centuries ago when he asserted that it wasn't necessary to censor the news, it was sufficient to delay the news until it no longer mattered." -- Norman Solomon, War Made Easy: How... Sign in to see full entry.

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