Cognitive Dissonance

The $3 Trillion War

2008-02-28T23:15:10Z

Via The Australian: Iraq war 'caused slowdown in the US' Peter Wilson, Europe correspondent | February 28, 2008 THE Iraq war has cost the US 50-60 times more than the Bush administration predicted and was a central cause of the s...

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Barack Obama's Open Letter to Gay Americans

2008-02-28T22:05:12Z

I’m running for President to build an America that lives up to our founding promise of equality for all – a promise that extends to our gay brothers and sisters. It’s wrong to have millions of Americans living as second-class citizens in this nat...

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Another example of why I love San Francisco...

2008-02-28T20:13:42Z

Because people pay attention. Seen at the corner of 14th Street and Valencia, Mission District: Just brilliant. You wouldn't see this sort of thing anywhere else in America.

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Republicans complain that they haven't gotten enough money from the Telecom industry

2008-02-28T17:06:04Z

from ThinkProgress: GOP ‘Griping’ That They Haven’t Seen ‘The Financial Gravy Train’ From Telecoms In the fight over retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies who participated in the administration’s warrantless wiretapping progra...

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On Buckley...

2008-02-27T22:41:29Z

William F. Buckley died last night. I've gone back and watched several speeches and debates of his during his heyday in the 60's and 70's (his debates with Noam Chomsky are especially interesting), and while i certainly don't agree with most of w...

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Quote of the Day (Academy Awards Edition):

2008-02-27T18:24:46Z

My favorite movie of the year was the one about the heartless con man who's obsessed with finding oil. Its called No End In Sight. -- Bill Maher

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I Got Your Public Financing Right Here:

2008-02-27T17:09:45Z

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Everyone Makes Mistakes...

2008-02-27T07:17:37Z

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The Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence Confirm President Bush Acted Illegally

2008-02-25T19:57:31Z

If the nation's top law-enforcement official and top intelligence official admit that President Bush broke the law, why can't we impeach him? ______________________________________________________________ Saturday February 23, 2008 08:46 EST McCo...

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Spreading Democracy: Bush-style...

2008-02-25T19:36:03Z

For all President Bush's high-minded talk of spreading democracy abroad, which is necessary-- according to his reading of scripture, is because "freedom is a gift from an Almighty to every man, woman and child on the face of the Earth"-- he certai...

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