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Rumsfeld with George Stephanopoulos :

Q: Let me press the question. How long will it take to get enought security forces to secure Iraq?

A: It's not knowable

Q: Why not?

A: We don't know the behavior of Iran and Syria. We don't know if the political process it going to tip people away from supporting the insurgency. We got a clue when you saw people standing in line to vote.

Next, the money flow. The people causing the trouble are Baathists, jihadists, and criminals who are doing it for money. So if money flow is restricted... you need economic progress. That will determine the level of the insurgency.

Q: But those are a lot of ifs.

A: Of course, that's life.

Q: So you can set no expectations for the Am public right now.

A: I can say that as the Iraqi security forces grow, some are well trained, others just came out, there's another 15,000 currently in training. People are trying to complexify it.

Ask Howard Dean

... who remarked at a recent New York City fund-raiser that he "hated the Republicans and everything they stand for." Hmm. Like elections in Afghanistan and Iraq?

The Republican Party stands for elections in Afghanistan and Iraq? If only. Truth is: Sadly, No! You want to know the kinds of things Howard might have in mind? Why not read the official platform of the Republican Party of Texas?

Of course Dean's remarks will fuel the RWNM and FNC. It will actaully be a hell of a hoot(not about shooting afgan's) to see Dean lay to waste to O'Reilly and Hannity.

We've also added Sadly No to our blogroll.

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By Mortimer B. Zuckerman

His Social Security reforms are neither 'social' nor 'secure'

Privatization thus gets things upside down. Social Security was not meant to re-create the free market; it was intended to insure against the vagaries and cruelties of the market and to permit Americans to count on the promise that the next generation will take care of them in their old age.

Frank Rich and Nipplegate

Robert(The Crypt Keeper) Novak said this on the Capital Gang about Howard Dean and the DNC chair:

"I will say this. This is suicidal and lunatic by the democratic party. And that's an opinion shared by a lot of democrats that I talk to"

Outside of the Crypt Keeper being in jail for treason. My question is: Besides possibly Joe Lieberman, what democrats actually talk to him, and if so, where can we find them.

Update for Oliver and here

B.S. Alert

James Wolcott weighs in here

Atrios weighs in here

Rising Hegemon here

Goldberg's excuses here

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Jeff Jarvis battles it out with Robert Knight about the role of the FCC and censorship.

Jarvis has been leading a charge against groups like CWA and PTC that want to dictate what we can and cannot see on the tube. Jeff has uncovered a huge conspiracy here: The shocking truth about the FCC: Censorship by the tyranny of the few

It is shocking enough that what tens of millions of us are permitted to see by our government can be determined by 159 ... or 90 ... or 23.

But it gets even better: I examined the complaints and found that all but two of them were virtually identical. In other words, one person took the time to write a letter and 20 other people then photocopied or merely emailed it to the FCC many times. They all came from an automated complaint factory like the one I write about here. Only two letters were not the form letter.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents launched fresh attacks, killing 21 Iraqis and two U.S. soldiers, while Iraqi militant group Army of Ansar al-Sunna said it shot dead seven abducted Iraqi National Guards and posted an Internet video of the killings on Saturday.

Meantime, partial returns from the historic elections showed a Shiite alliance with ties to Iran rolling up a strong lead over pro-U.S. Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.

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ED CONE ON WARD CHURCHILL:

I loved my friends like brothers. They died at the hands of terrorists. Their memory is insulted by this guy. They were not imperialists, or even imperialist dupes. But you know what? The slandering bastard should be allowed to speak.

Here's his first public interview. Make of it what you will. Is he a nut? Does he explain his point of view? Will he get fired? Does he deserve to get fired?(update) After watching it again, Zahn did a pretty lousy job but it is his first public appearance so we wanted it to be seen. Catch the Bill O'Reilly dig.