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If one thing can be learned from Bush’s attempt to dismantle social security, it is this: Get out of debt, save more, invest more. In other words, don’t count on the federal government to look out for you when you’re ready to retire. In his speech last night, Bush tried to put himself in the […]

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First it was the Patriot Act, which aims to limit our free speech as Americans, and now it’s the “faith-based initiative,” with a mission of creating a single Christian Right American Churchstate (hereby dubbed CRAC). Does BushCo honestly believe this CRAC is what the Founding Fathers intended? New York Times / The Disappearing Wall: The […]

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In an era when even our own government won’t take responsibility for its actions, is it any surprise that it’s more common to sue someone than to take the time to meet one’s neighbors or apologize for one’s mistakes instead of pointing the finger at someone else? Personal responsibility waning, experts say: “My first goal […]

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BlogsforTerri gives you a taste of what it’s like to see this national charade, which should be a private family matter, as “The longest public execution in American history.” I just wonder if the folks behind this blog are anti-death penalty no matter what. Or if they’re first in line to send murderers to the […]

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Is it really living to be kept alive by artificial means for 15 years? I’ll say it here and now: If I’m ever in a vegetative state like Terri Schiavo, I would not want my brain-dead body to go on without me. That is not living and that is by no means sustaining “the sanctity […]

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Want to see a visual representation of all of Bush’s State of the Union speeches? Want to compare and visually map the occurrences of a pair of words? Check out the State of the Union Parsing Tool, which is very cool technology that does exactly this. You can even mouseover your highlighted text to read […]

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Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, indeed. truthout / The Story of the Ghost: “United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam’s presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting. According to reports from Saigon, 83 percent of the 5.85 million […]

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Bush and his War Team are at it again, already planning the next war, this time in Iran. The New Yorker / The Coming Wars: “This is a war against terrorism, and Iraq is just one campaign. The Bush Administration is looking at this as a huge war zone,” the former high-level intelligence official told […]

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Bob Herbert wrote an excellent editorial in today’s New York Times — Dancing the War Away: As the well-heeled Bush crowd was laughing and dancing in tuxedos and designer gowns, the situation in Iraq was deteriorating to new levels of horror. The Black Tie and Boots Ball was held on the same day that 26 […]

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Today the biggest party ever will be thrown: Bush’s $40 million inaugural, the most ever spent on a Presidential Inauguration. Lucky for us, the taxpayers, it’s not us footing the bill (unless, of course, you happen to live in DC, in which case your tax dollars are going toward footing the $20 million security bill). […]

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