Turning Genghis Khan Into a Hedonist
Some time ago I read a fiction story about a society overrun by barbarians. The barbarians could out-fight, out-ride, and out-brutalize the good guys. The hero, from Another Planet, didn't know what...
View Article"I'll go over there and draw their fire..."
Sometimes I live in a fairy tale world, a world where people Do The Right Thing for the Right Reasons. That's why, in a moment of particular perversity, I came to the conclusion that Ralph Nader is...
View ArticleOnce Bitten, Twice Shy?
Regardless of his motivation -- whether it was for oil, a power base, or to get the man what shot his paw, by invading Iraq and throwing Saddam out of Iraq, Bush has demonstrated one thing to the...
View ArticleLetting Others Dictate U.S. Policy
Bush is on his stump today saying that he will never let another country dictate U.S. policy. I got two questions: What about the deference owed the Chinese, who hold a huge percentage of the almost...
View ArticleA Glimpse of What Might Have Been
More information is coming out about the "detailed information" that led to the warnings of attacks against fiancial and commercial targets. The basis for the warnings came from the capture of a...
View ArticleEmperor George II and Tsar Alexander Putin?
There is a clear and infallible response to a terrorist attack on the country: Those who inspire, organize and carry out terrorist acts are striving to disintegrate the country. . . . They strive for...
View ArticleThe Kossack Hordes
In the face of occasionally discouraging words in the polls and elsewhere, Markos, Atrios, Steve Soto, and many others have emphasized the need for us to do more than just cough up shekels to try to...
View ArticleHow Bush Blew the Neocon's Dream
Some time ago I wrote elsewhere that even if Kerry were elected the neocons would have won on Iraq. Why? Because the US had a hundred thousand and change troops on the ground, a plan to put fourteen...
View ArticleAn open letter to Kos.
Dear Kos: I have watched you grow from a well respected liberal blog with a paltry daily readership of one thousand, to a well respected liberal blog with a paltry readership of six bazillion. Your...
View ArticleKerry and Lower Debate Expectations
I'm intrigued that the common wisdom is that Bush will trounce Kerry in the debates this week. I would have expected the well-educated, logical, thoughtful Kerry would reason rings around the aw...
View ArticleProgressive intelligence
Not smarts. Inside knowledge. The progressive movement's intelligence of what is going on inside the neocon organization is every bit as good as what the neocons knew about Iraq. Far too often we've...
View ArticleCalling a theocracy a theocracy
It's time to use the correct terminology in discussing what happened last week and what is going to happen in the next four years. I see lots of discussion about "morals" and "we have to be more...
View ArticleWhat If I Get Activated?
My daughter, who was discharged from the Army after completing her term of service a year ago, has been notified that she is being re-activated from the Inividual Ready Reserve. This means that even...
View ArticleNebraska Governor Johanns -- New Ag Secretary
Local Boy Makes Good: Nebraska's Mike Johanns has been nominated as Bush's new Secretary of Agriculture. Bush couldn't have picked a better yes man. But does he leave any kind of vulnerability for...
View ArticleBlue Ribbon Campaign
Remember a few years ago the Internet restriction laws that were passed in Congress but thrown out in court? Remember how Internet web sites posted a blue ribbon to show their belief in free speech? I...
View ArticleMove On vs. DNC?
This is the entire quote from Marketplace (a Public Radio financial program):Today, the head of MoveOn's political action committee took aim at Democratic party leaders calling them 'election losers'....
View ArticleSince When Does George Will Set Liberal Policy?
Today's column by George Will is yet another example of the chutzpah of the right wing pundits. They have the temerity to tell the left what the left must do to win the hearts and minds of the...
View ArticleNebraska GOP: Kick 'em when they're down
The chairman of the Lancaster County (Lincoln), Nebraska GOP has shown what stuff he is made of. Terry Werner, a very liberal Democrat who just lost his seat in the Lincoln city council, received a...
View ArticleHagel protects the home turf
Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel is going to try to hold his seat in the Senate rather than pursue the Presidency. That's my prediction and I'm sticking to it. Party leaders, to whom he's...
View ArticleBigoted Nebraska Sheriff Comes Out of the Closet
The Sheriff of Platte County, Nebraska (population about 30,000; farm country) has come out of the closet in his bias against undocumented "illegal" immigrants.Seems Serviff Zavodil sent an email...
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