Random, occasionally rambling thoughts with links to interesting, scandalous, or partisan news of the day.

Fair and Balanced

Dead Heroes
• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
  

Living Heroes
We owe the liberty and freedom we take for granted to the enlisted men and women in the armed forces. They sacrifice family, ease, and even life laboring in service to all of us. The least we can do for them is honor their devotion with dignified pay scales, decent education for themselves and their children, and reasonable compensation for service away from their families and death on the battlefield. Flag waving politicians who praise the troops on one hand and cut their pay and benefits with the other should be deeply ashamed of themselves.

Blogs I Read Often
• Talking Points Memo
• Atrios
• FireDogLake
• Brad DeLong
• The Daily Howler
• Daily Kos
• Glenn Greenwald
• MyDD
• The News Blog
• Oliver Willis
• Political Wire
• The Volokh Conspiracy
  

The Salt Lake Tribune -- S.L. County GOP Purge Reaffirmed
"At a recent Central Committee meeting Thompson compared the Republican officers' endorsement of a Democrat to committing acts of murder, rape or child abuse." Folks, I don't know about your political views, but I accept most Americans of both parties as decent, honest Americans. I guess Sarah Thompson wouldn't agree with that characterization of Democrats, or particularly of Republicans who could endorse a Democrat. This viewpoint is why so many would-be Republicans just can't take that final step into purist Heaven. The world isn't as black and white as Ms. Thompson so ardently wants it to be.
posted by Dave on 9:37 AM | 0 comments link

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