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
  

Torture R Us
I am ashamed that this once great nation can debate torture as a useful tool.
I am ashamed that Bush and Rove forced tortured John McCain to lose his moral compass.
I am ashamed that trials without evidence are the rule of the day.
I am ashamed that for the third election cycle in a row, the American press and American people are being played for fools. And stand for it.
I am ashamed that Bush is our President.
I am ashamed that Karl Rove is not in jail.
Most of all, I am ashamed for the media. When over 30% of people still think Saddam had something to do with 9/11, they have failed. Miserably. All of them.
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