Mike's Blog Round Up
Hullabaloo: Those who think the Iraqi disaster has killed the influence of neoconservativism should follow Giuliani's campaign with interest.
Words of Power: To the Bush-Cheney national insecurity team, the Cult formerly known as the Republican party, and the US mainstream news media, the Democratic leadership should say simply, bring me the head of Osama Bin Laden, or just shut up and hire yourselves lawyers for the Hague.
Suburban Guerrilla: You already knew Chimpy wouldn't nominate a moderate for Attorney General. But it's hard to imagine three worse possible choices than this bunch.
A Tiny Revolution: If you made up a list of the top 1000 priorities of the people who run America, human life might come in as high as 997th."
Obsidian Wings: And a bit more on "priorities"
AlterNet: Humboldt County, California, became the latest, and largest, jurisdiction to abolish the disastrous legal doctrine known as "corporate personhood." (h/t Medford Tim)
oh yeah
Americans Feel Military Is Best at Ending the War
By STEVEN LEE MYERS and MEGAN THEE
Americans trust military commanders far more than the Bush
administration or Congress to bring the war in Iraq to a
successful end, according to the latest New York Times/CBS
News Poll.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/washington/10poll.html?th&emc=th
Drugs Banned, Many of World's Poor Suffer in Pain
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Millions of people are fated to die in pain because they cannot get morphine, a drug that is cheap and perfectly legal for medical uses in most countries.
"It's swatting a fly with a sledgehammer. There's no need to get rid of literally hundreds of thousands of books that are fine simply because you have a problem with an isolated book or piece of literature that presents extremism."- MARK EARLEY, president of Prison Fellowship, on a systematic purge of religious books and materials at federal prisons.
Ex-Premier Returns to Uneasy Pakistan
By SALMAN MASOOD and CARLOTTA GALL
Nawaz Sharif, a Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister, arrived in Islamabad today intent on ousting the current president. His plane was held on the runway as he negotiated with police today.
Europeans Get Terror Training Inside Pakistan
By SOUAD MEKHENNET and MICHAEL MOSS
At least five of the suspects in last week's foiled terror plot in Germany received training at camps Pakistan, according to German officials.
OT, but here's the latest "news" from Cable NEWS Network.com:
Quick Vote
Can Britney bounce back after bombing at the VMA?
Yes 21% 1275
No 79% 4766
Total Votes: 6041
Dr. Acula @ 7:
Britney who?
Exactly, Pat.
Patthemokey @ 8:
Brittney Murphey?
I understand Britain is changing their name to Ponceland.
Our next Attorney-General?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9ykXQRmnCI
I was laughing so much I had to put my coffee down reading this.....Bozzels bunch all upset at being compared to bin laden.
Apparently it's only ok to compare "the left" to Bin Laden, but it's bias to do the same to the right, and in particular to the right wing talking heads that routinely compare democrats to bin laden.
Bill Maher's job is to protect the status quo. He knows damn well that Bin Laden had nothing to do with 911 but he likes the pay.
Off topic, but did anybody get a copy of the BBC Newsworld 'Hard Talk' interview with Tom Ridge last night? It's pretty good! Over a period of ten minutes the BBC interviewer asked Ridge more tough questions than the American press did in the last six years!
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