Archive for January, 2007
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007When I heard that Senator Schumer, the head of the DSCC, was going to be doing a live chat on TPMCafe, I was really hoping that somebody would ask him about campaign finance reform, since that would heavily impact his job. Unfortunately, as a DLC centrist Democrat, I’m afraid that he’s too invested in the […]
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
Tom Schaller thinks that Cheney is the next administration official to be sacrificed. That would be great - Cheney’s influence on American policy has arguably been more corrosive than that of any other VP in American history, and the sooner we remove him from office, the better. Things aren’t looking too great for him in […]
Things I learned this weekend:
Sunday, January 28th, 2007- 2 Liters of Diet Coke, when consumed with a pack of Mentos, don’t actually cause you to explode or become incredibly ill, they just cause a lot of discomfort (I didn’t learn this firsthand, but I was in the room at the time).
- Apparently nobody told either Kevin Smith or Susannah Grant that romantic […]
Alright, I give up
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Like it or not, the 2008 election is already happening now, and ignoring it isn’t going to make it go away, so I’m going to have to start blogging fairly regularly on that.
On that note, a couple interesting things happened today in the race. One of them was Obama’s call for universal health care, which […]
State of the Union
Thursday, January 25th, 2007Fairly boring, actually. Bush can threaten to privatize Social Security or make as many dumb health care suggestions as he wants, but there’s no way he can get any of that past Congress now and he knows it. So there was really nothing resembling news in the SOTU.
What was a real revelation was Jim Webb’s […]
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Today was kind of a weird day for the Cheney clan. Pater familias Dick Cheney is getting hammered in the Libby trial, and there’s even discussion, yet again of Cheney’s possible resignation. I don’t put much stock in that - Cheney’s far too entrenched in the White House, basically dominating the foreign policy wing of […]
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Tonight’s State of the Union is going to be an interesting one. Bush’s popularity is at its lowest point, and the Congress he will be addressing is decidedly not a friendly one. His plan for escalation in Iraq has been overwhelmingly rejected by the public, and the rumors that Bush is planning a military confrontation […]
Back
Monday, January 22nd, 2007Senior trip was awesome, a great way to recharge for the new semester. I feel completely refreshed after that. Might have pictures up eventually, if the other guys in my room get around to emailing them to me.
While I was away, I apparently missed Hillary Clinton, Sam Brownback and Bill Richardson all announcing, but none […]
Attorney General Gonzalez: All animals are created equal
Thursday, January 18th, 2007but some animals are more equal than others.
How the hell did this guy graduate from Harvard Law School?
No posting from Friday to Sunday. I’m going to be away.
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Well that was abrupt. Apparently the White House decided that requiring FISA warrants under law doesn’t endager national security after all. Obviously, national security was never really that much of a concern anyway - FISA is very much built to not get in the way of any kind of genuine counter-terrorist operation. My suspicion […]
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