tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62270772011-04-21T14:56:20.184-06:00The Arcane RadicalA Voice of Radical Reason in the Rocky Mountain WestThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comBlogger1401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1108590792935298702005-02-16T14:52:00.000-07:002005-02-16T14:53:12.936-07:00SyriaI am quite willing to believe Syria may be behind the recent Lebanese assassination, but as so many others have observed, Bush & Co. have fed all so much bullshit, its impossible to take anything they say seriously.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1108590516942218822005-02-16T14:48:00.000-07:002005-02-16T14:48:36.943-07:00The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1094687567071115942004-09-08T17:52:00.000-06:002004-09-08T17:54:38.933-06:00The New York Times > Washington > Bush Backs Budget Authority for New Intelligence Post
"President Bush shifted his stance today on how much power a new national intelligence director should have, declaring that he supports giving the new chief full power over intelligence spending."
And still they won't call it a flip-flop!The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1093409403843659332004-08-24T22:50:00.000-06:002004-08-24T22:50:03.843-06:00One last bit of supernaturalist nonsense
Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com
Corpse to Be Buried After Fails to Rise
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African authorities will bury a 77-year-old man who has been dead seven weeks despite his family saying a "prophet" had promised them he would be resurrected, police said on Tuesday.
(More at the link...)The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1093409172351203442004-08-24T22:46:00.000-06:002004-08-24T22:46:12.350-06:00Yet more form the supernaturalists
Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com
Dead Teenager Kept in Home 36 Years
HANOI (Reuters) - The family of a 17-year-old Vietnamese boy who died 36 years ago kept his body in their home after a fortune teller told relatives they had buried the teenager alive by mistake.
The boy's family thought he had died in 1968 of illness, but a herbal medicine man said The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1093409061829765502004-08-24T22:44:00.000-06:002004-08-24T22:44:21.830-06:00Ah, once again the supernaturalists delivers
Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com
Man on Quest for Knife-Proof Body Bleeds to Death
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - A Tanzanian who went to a witch doctor in search of the power to resist bullets and knife attacks died when ritual cuts made on his body proved fatal.
He was one of four suspected robbers from a village in Kasulu district in western The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1092860272898313652004-08-18T14:17:00.000-06:002004-08-18T14:17:52.896-06:00MSNBC - Altercation
Wingnuts spew!
Name: Dave Kantor
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Protesters on one side and the rest of us on the other -- this country needs another civil war to protect from trash like you and your friends at the nation.. I care about voters in Missouri and not about the human trash across this world (or in San Francisco). Let the war begin -- purify society with violent The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1092778405580214172004-08-17T15:31:00.000-06:002004-08-17T15:33:25.580-06:00More joy of religion
From todays CNN.com
"Churchman jailed for exorcism death
A church elder was sentenced to 21/2 years in prison Tuesday for abusing an 8-year-old autistic boy who died in what prosecutors called an exorcism at a storefront church.
Prosecutors say Ray Hemphill lay on Terrance Cottrell Jr.'s chest for at least an hour while trying to release "demons" from him, before the boy The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1092536720083792782004-08-14T20:22:00.002-06:002004-08-14T20:25:20.083-06:00Another reminder of how Bush blew it
It remains painfully obvious that he turned his back on Afghanistan far too soon. This from today's LA Times
"Zabul province is so isolated that when the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment arrived in the remote districts of Arghandab and Khak-i-Afghan last month to hunt down the Taliban, the residents thought the Soviets had invaded again.
The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1092536717186685642004-08-14T20:22:00.001-06:002004-08-14T20:25:17.186-06:00Another reminder of how Bush blew it
It remains painfully obvious that he turned his back on Afghanistan far too soon. This from today's LA Times
"Zabul province is so isolated that when the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment arrived in the remote districts of Arghandab and Khak-i-Afghan last month to hunt down the Taliban, the residents thought the Soviets had invaded again.
The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1092536710556437662004-08-14T20:22:00.000-06:002004-08-14T20:25:10.556-06:00Another reminder of how Bush blew it
It remains painfully obvious that he turned his back on Afghanistan far too soon. This from today's LA Times
"Zabul province is so isolated that when the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment arrived in the remote districts of Arghandab and Khak-i-Afghan last month to hunt down the Taliban, the residents thought the Soviets had invaded again.
The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1092062614469984162004-08-09T08:42:00.000-06:002004-08-09T08:43:34.470-06:00And the crowd laughed on...
Finally, even journalists are laughing at Bush's stupidity as he tries to discuss Native American tribal sovreignty.
http://www.majorityreportradio.com/weblog/archives/000581.phpThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1091984103458245792004-08-08T10:53:00.000-06:002004-08-08T10:55:03.456-06:00Was this a miracle?
Religionists are always claiming miracles when someone is saved in a crash, is it also a miracle when "God" kills them?
From today's CNN.com,
"A church bus filled with teens was hit by an SUV and ran off the road, plunging into a canal and killing three people, police said Sunday."The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1091766517907861672004-08-05T22:26:00.000-06:002004-08-09T09:25:23.216-06:00And again into the supernatural
From todays Reuters.com
"Nigerian police have arrested 30 witch-doctors in a raid on fetish shrines in southeast Anambra state where over 50 decomposing bodies and 20 human skulls were discovered, a police spokesman said Thursday.
The heads, genitals and other vital parts of some of the bodies, found in a teak forest in Okija village, had been severed, a sign The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1091678378127399832004-08-04T21:58:00.000-06:002004-08-04T21:59:38.126-06:00More supernaturalism
From todays' news.bbc.co.uk:
"Witchcraft-related murders seem to occur in this region during the harvest season, when some people believe that if fresh human blood or dried and powdered internal human organs are sprinkled over land and buildings then business will be successful.
In recent years, the trade in human organs has been on the increase in this southern part of The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1091513993164809362004-08-03T00:15:00.000-06:002004-08-03T00:19:53.163-06:00Two more entries for the joy of belief in the supernatural.
Both from todays (8/3/04) CNN.com
South African boy's limbs possibly severed for witchcraft
Attackers hacked off a South African boy's hand, ear and genitals and left him for dead in what police said could be part of the "muti" trade in body parts for witchcraft.
Turkmen drivers set scripture test
Knowing the highway code is no longer The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1091156791590641192004-07-29T21:05:00.000-06:002004-07-29T21:07:34.660-06:00He Nailed It!
He wasn't Clinton or Sharpton, but it was a damn good speech. I wish they had postponed this convention to August but it can't be helped. Now its a matter of crossing one's fingers and hoping.
The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1091146834221231482004-07-29T18:18:00.000-06:002004-07-29T18:20:34.220-06:00Another good speech!
Wes Clark just gave a real hell raiser. Like some commentators I am struck by the militaristic tone of this convention. I would like to hear more about what Kerry is going to do, even if I am one of the Anybody But Bush crowd.
The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1091062146459186902004-07-28T18:46:00.000-06:002004-07-28T18:50:37.063-06:00Two thoughts
This Capitol Hill Blue article is scary (if its true).
Secondly, I just finished listened to Sharpton's speech at the DNC. This is one of those times I say, "Damn I wish he was the candidate", he was great! Imagine him debating Chimpy!
The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1089401326475312212004-07-09T13:21:00.000-06:002004-07-09T13:28:46.476-06:00Long time no blog
I have been thinking about some of the differences between leftist bloggers and wingnut bloggers. I have noticed the wingnuts have avoided the following stories just about completely or have dealt with them as indicated:
Complaints from scientists of political pressure to change results.
Pressure on HHS officials to report falsely lower costs.
Bush walking out of a news The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1086740957665123752004-06-08T18:26:00.000-06:002004-06-08T18:29:17.666-06:00Sign Reagan's Guestbook now!
My entry:
"I thank you for all the memories associated with your life. I think of how I learned that trees cause air pollution, of the fact that the only people who go to bed hungry in America are those on diets, that if you call Nicaraguan terrorists "Freedom Fighters" its OK to fund them, that if Saddam Hussein is willing to attack Iran, we will look the other way The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1086469006850248252004-06-05T14:55:00.000-06:002004-06-05T14:56:46.850-06:00And a small part of the Black Breath subsides.
Unfortunately, this will probably give Bush a bump in the polls
and will also set off an orgy of naming things afer him.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1084743399311037592004-05-16T15:32:00.000-06:002004-05-16T15:36:39.310-06:00The Joys of Wal-Mart
From the Gadflyer
"(A)ccording to a report by the Democratic staff of the House Education and Workforce Committee, a Wal-Mart store with 200 employees costs the taxpayers approximately $420,750 per year in social service costs, because wages and benefits for Wal-Mart employees are so meager."The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1084564457018871362004-05-14T13:52:00.000-06:002004-05-14T13:54:17.016-06:00Wisdom from Fritz
From Today's New York times
Senator Fritz Hollings made it clear yesterday that Rummy has left us undermanned and undertrained in Iraq — another factor in the torture scandal. "Now, in a country of 25 million, you're trying to secure it with 135,000," he scolded Mr. Rumsfeld, adding: "We're trying to win the hearts and minds as we're killing them and torturing them." At least, The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1082604338702392102004-04-21T21:21:00.000-06:002004-04-21T21:29:45.373-06:00B.D.'s Leg
I have been a Doonesbury fan for far longer than I care to admit. I have beloved characters come and go, still it was a double shock today when B.D. lost his left leg. Seeing him without his helmet was the other shock, rendering him all the more vulnerable. After seeing hime come through Vietnam with only a scratch from a beercan pulltab, it was sad reminder of what real men and The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1082604060874832292004-04-21T21:18:00.000-06:002004-04-21T21:25:07.606-06:00Bush Said Flip, No, He Said Flop
From today's Washington Post
"The United States is moving to rehire former members of Iraq's ruling Baath Party and senior Iraqi military officers fired after the ouster of Saddam Hussein, in an effort to undo the damage of its two most controversial policies in Iraq, according to U.S. officials."
"The administration insists neither move is a policy reversal, The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1082427243680803572004-04-19T20:12:00.000-06:002004-04-19T20:18:07.763-06:00On this date in history,
A day to remember heros
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began, lasting for weeks, fought with guns, knives, cobblestones, and clubs, the Jews fought against the Nazis.
A day to remember cowards
On this date, ultra-conservative neo-nazis blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1082331616016780052004-04-18T17:37:00.000-06:002004-04-18T17:44:18.140-06:00Condeliar Again
I haven't seen anyone pick up on this yet. During an interview with Condi this morning, she indicated that the CRW alliance had not briefed Powell on the Bush's early plans for Iraq because he (Powell) wasn't in Texas during Bush's record breaking vacation. A few moments later, discussing why Cheney et al
had briefed the Saudis before Powell, she denied that Powell had been The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1082254863336499382004-04-17T20:18:00.000-06:002004-04-17T20:25:04.496-06:00Somewhere there is a disconnect.
From GEO.tv
"The negotiations in Fallujah bore some progress. U.S. mediators were pressing Fallujah leaders to get insurgents in the city to abide by a cease-fire that has been rocked by nightly battles with U.S. Marines.
The U.S. military, in turn, agreed to reposition troops to give residents better access to the hospital. But the top civilian negotiator The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1082078211465941162004-04-15T19:14:00.000-06:002004-04-15T19:20:49.873-06:00There is bad news from Iraq, then there is really, really BAD news.
From The Guardian
"Probe Shows Iraq Nuke Facilities Unguarded
Thursday April 15, 2004 8:16 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Some Iraqi nuclear facilities appear to be unguarded, and radioactive materials are being taken out of the country, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency reported after reviewing satellite images and equipment The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081907019955403572004-04-13T19:43:00.000-06:002004-04-13T19:47:35.436-06:00The Chimp's Circus Show
Just finished watching the talking chimp do his news conference. What an arrogant, scary ass. "We are changing the world!, The almighty has chosen us to spread freedom, and oh, by the way, I have not made any mistakes (hard to say for sure, he wouldn't really answer the question.)"
Still every sign that he is totally out of touch with what is going on in the US, the WorldThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081906946555789542004-04-13T19:39:00.000-06:002004-04-13T19:46:22.046-06:00The Chimp's Circus Show
Just finished watching the talking chimp do his news conference. What an arrogant, scary ass. "We are changing the world!, The almighty has chosen us to spread freedom, and oh, by the way, I have not made any mistakes (hard to say for sure, he wouldn't really answer the question.)"
Still every sign that he is totally out of touch with what is going on in the US, the The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081824008370799032004-04-12T20:36:00.000-06:002004-04-12T20:44:02.560-06:00
I have read more and more news and blog posts concerning misconduct by the US military in Iraq. Despite the illplanned enterprise they have been thrust into, I have always had the greatest respect for the American military. I have no illusions they are perfect but they have long been the best in the world. So, when I read these reports, it is disheartening. I blame the Bushies for this.
TheThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081823716046724152004-04-12T20:34:00.000-06:002004-04-12T20:39:10.280-06:00A tidbit from Foxnews.com
Last year, Scalia was criticized for refusing to allow television and radio coverage of an event in Ohio in which he received an award for supporting free speech."The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081822534061826462004-04-12T20:14:00.000-06:002004-04-12T20:19:52.590-06:00Chickenhawk in Chief
From New York Observer
"There’s No Braveheart Running the White House
by Nicholas Von Hoffman
He may run as the Fetus-Protector President or the Old-Time Religion President or the One-Man and One-Woman Marriage President or the Privatization President or the No-Medicare President or the One-Test-Fits-All-Children President, but George Bush cannot run as the The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081349727549252302004-04-07T08:42:00.000-06:002004-04-07T08:59:13.856-06:00And then things got worse
According to the NT Times, the Ukrainians have pulled out of the Iraqi city of Kut, ceding control to the Sadrists.
From the same article, the Bulgarians are demanding additional US support for their beseiged troops in Karbala.
Various reports indicate US forces bombed or rocketed a mosque in Fallujah, perhaps killing some 40 people. As some one noted, we do not needThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081348678859945032004-04-07T08:26:00.000-06:002004-04-07T08:41:45.390-06:00More "You can't make this up" stuff
Concerned that he might be booed, reports indicate that taped applause was broadcast when the Bush threw out the first pitch at the Reds game.
At a recent fundraiser ($2000 a plate) a gourmet meal was served but not eaten. The Bushies decided not to allow silverware so the prez would not be distracted by clanking forks and spoons.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081347948004779612004-04-07T08:23:00.000-06:002004-04-07T08:29:34.700-06:00A sad and bloody day is done
Let us hope today will be better although it is not looking that way. The bullshit coming out of Iraq (oddly, I started to type Vietnam) is very dismaying. My heart goes out to the families of the dead.
The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081198112191445982004-04-05T14:43:00.000-06:002004-04-05T14:52:16.186-06:00FLIP-FLOP!!!
Its finally happened, a mainstream media has used the F*F* word in association with Bush. From today's MSNBC and the WaPo,
A 'Flip-Flop' on Patients' Right to Sue?
By Charles Lane
Monday, April 5, 2004; Page A15
"On Oct. 17, 2000, in a presidential debate against Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Gov. George W. Bush of Texas promised a patients' bill of rights like the one in The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081192072275209862004-04-05T13:04:00.000-06:002004-04-05T13:11:36.733-06:00There is no light at the end of this tunnel
So today, 1200 Marines and 2 battalions of Iraqi security forces are surrounding Fallujah, a town of 300,000. I haven't heard if the Iraqi security forces are the same ones who turned on US forces over the weekend, apparently inflicting some US casualties.
As many other bloggers are pointing out, there is now no good option as to handling Al-Sadr. The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081133109986240572004-04-04T20:40:00.000-06:002004-04-04T20:48:53.153-06:00Another Reason I Joined The Brights
I have followed with some sad interest the story of the woman who believes God commanded her to bash her childrens' heads in with a rock.
From CNN;
"She said she went into Aaron's room and bludgeoned his skull with a rock she had hidden under his crib, but he wouldn't quit breathing.
"I told the Lord, 'You're just going to have to do the rest. I can't do The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081118924183728682004-04-04T16:43:00.000-06:002004-04-04T16:52:44.106-06:00The Uprising
The Sadrist uprising, if such it turns out to be over the long run produces nothing but bad news for Iraq and the CPA, and of course Bush. Ordinarily I am happy for any bad news for the Bushies but this has far too many negative possibilities even if I was suddenly to stop caring how many people are dying (and that is not going to happen.)
Bremer has warned; "This will not be The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1081106905360864212004-04-04T13:20:00.000-06:002004-04-04T13:32:08.170-06:00Storm on the Horizon?
Hmmm, both Kos and Atrios are having problems. In no small amount this is due to what Atrios said so well today;
"I'd hope that eventually our team will realize that once they cave into the Right's fake outrage-of-the-week, they'll just keep coming back"
And so they will.
The extent of the problem is neatly shown by Kerry's loss of backbone,
"In light of the unacceptable The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1080746546408440142004-03-31T08:20:00.000-07:002004-03-31T08:26:03.543-07:00CNN looks at recent Bush "Reversals"
"Some previous Bush reversals in the face of criticism:
# He argued a federal Department of Homeland Security wasn't needed, then devised a plan to create one.
# He resisted a commission to investigate Iraq intelligence failures, but then relented.
# He also initially opposed the creation of the independent commission to examine if the 2001 attacks could The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1080707542693671202004-03-30T21:30:00.000-07:002004-03-30T21:35:59.076-07:00He Flipped, He Flopped,
And still the MediaWhores didn't call it that. Bush's latest flipflop over Condeliar Rice has nasty implications our subservient press won't pay any attention to or at least damn little. What is up with Bush and Cheney testifying together? Are the rumors that Cheney controls Bush true?The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1080010179576362432004-03-22T19:39:00.000-07:002004-03-22T19:53:04.653-07:00Instapundit?
I occasionally stop by to read Instapundit and am always left mystified as to why he has his reputation. Despite his occasional denials of being a conservative, its painfully clear that he his. The recent Clarke fluff-up is a case in point. He merely mouthes the Bushies lies and distortions as they are given with no obvious effort on his part to do a bit of research on the The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-108000235294508132004-03-22T17:38:00.000-07:002004-03-22T17:45:02.733-07:00I couldn't agree more.
Kerry needs a shadow administration
by kos
Mon Mar 22nd, 2004 at 21:10:13 GMT
"Kerry has been on a one-week vacation, and so, apparently, has his entire campaign.
The Republicans have a built-in advantage in running their campaign. Quite simply, there are more of them than there are of us. There's Bush and Cheney. Then you have people like Rice and Powell representing The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1080000362677374462004-03-22T17:03:00.000-07:002004-03-22T17:09:28.200-07:00Ah, Tax Time for the Bushies
The following is from Kevin Drum's new blog at Washington Monthly.
"This past Friday I got a letter from the IRS. Uh-oh; never a good thing. I open it to find that they've corrected my tax refund by $800 because of an "advance child tax credit" I received in 2003. So instead of an $864 refund, I'm getting only $64.
My initial reaction was, what the hell? I didn't The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-10795563681010262004-03-17T13:43:00.000-07:002004-03-17T13:58:05.436-07:00Kerry stalling?
Its hard for me to tell for certain, I live in a part of the country which usually doesn't get a lot of adverts, but I feel like this is the time he needs to be hitting hard and he doesn't seem to be. I realize money is a problem but it needs to be spent or else it was all in vain.
This campaign has got to starting pointing out Bush lies or else it will wither away. I think The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1079555661725570832004-03-17T13:32:00.000-07:002004-03-17T13:37:39.920-07:00Bush, Kerry, and Foreign Leaders
Even though it turned out to be a misquote, Kerry's comments about more leaders supporting him was a stupid thing to say. But, I find it amusing to see
the self-riteous Republicans demanding he name names. Just out of curiosity, perhaps they could name leaders who would prefer Bush to be re-elected. The Poodle is the only one who comes to mind.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1079507173657606232004-03-17T00:03:00.000-07:002004-03-17T00:14:56.716-07:00OK, turnabout and fairplay?
Even though we now know that it was a misquote, the Bushies are still trying to make hay out of Kerry's supposed statement about foreign political leaders supporting him rather than Bush.
Suppose we ask Bush to name foreign political leaders who want him rather than Kerry to be elected?The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1079472736340304642004-03-16T14:29:00.000-07:002004-03-16T14:35:33.123-07:00Priorities
From Juan Cole's "Informed Content"
" $1.3 billion for Afghanistan. $250 billion for Iraq. Bin Laden and his supporters are in Afghanistan. What is wrong with this picture?"
The numbers speak volumes on whether or not Bush is really serious about fighting terrorism.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1079388278776413402004-03-15T15:03:00.000-07:002004-03-15T15:07:54.590-07:00This from Juan Cole's Informed Comment blog.
"I was struck by the comment of a Spaniard in Charles Sennot's Boston Globe piece on the Spanish elections. He quoted a voter who was disturbed by the way Aznar had manipulated information and public opinion, accusing him of lying about the threat posed by Iraq. He said that these tactics reminded him of the ones the dictator Franco used to use.
It The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1079064455031822462004-03-11T21:07:00.000-07:002004-03-11T21:10:45.716-07:00I like this.
“Hope has two daughters, anger and courage. They are both lovely.” (attributed to St. Augustine)
The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078943689399085812004-03-10T11:33:00.000-07:002004-03-10T11:37:57.890-07:00Getting the facts right
I just came across this group, FactCheck.org, www.factcheck.org/. They check the ads and claims made by both parties.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078943547766123912004-03-10T11:30:00.000-07:002004-03-10T11:35:36.293-07:00Another Republican lie exposed
Puncturing a Republican Tax Fable. GOP fact-twisters claim 80% of the tax relief given to the rich goes to job-creating small businesses. Don’t believe it.
"It may be true that 79% of upper-income taxpayers have some income from business, but Gillespie’s definition of “small” business actually includes big accounting firms, law firms and real-estate partnerships, The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078942285624965892004-03-10T11:08:00.000-07:002004-03-10T11:15:00.280-07:00How Bush's defense priorities are killing and maiming GIs
This is from Intel Dump;
"Inside the Army (subscription required) reports today that the Army has sent a $6 billion "unfunded requirement" ("UFR" in Pentagon-speak) list over to Capitol Hill in the hope that some of these projects might get funded with additional funds.
The remainder of the Army's unfunded priorities are largely tied The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078868238497802182004-03-09T14:35:00.000-07:002004-03-09T14:40:25.640-07:00Off to a depressing start.
The political season is looking particularly nasty this year, a fact compounded by the quality of candidates from both parties. I have always had quarrels with republicans who vote and spout the party line without thinking or caring. I think the anti-bush crowd will do the same this year, so long as their candidate is not Bush, he is good enough.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078795312354408072004-03-08T18:20:00.000-07:002004-03-08T18:24:58.543-07:00The Perfect Gift for that Hard to Buy For Friend
Lying Dubya Action FigureThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078684755493071232004-03-07T11:37:00.000-07:002004-03-07T11:42:19.700-07:00RNC tells TV stations not to run anti-Bush ads
From CNN:
"The Republican National Committee is warning television stations across the country not to run ads from the MoveOn.org Voter Fund that criticize President Bush, charging that the left-leaning political group is paying for them with money raised in violation of the new campaign-finance law."
Don't you just love it when these guys show The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078524676600613632004-03-05T15:00:00.000-07:002004-03-05T15:14:18.653-07:00So much news!
This has been a busy week for news of concern to this blogger. Too much will slide through the cracks.
Things I will be watching over the next week or so;
Will the President flip-flop on his campaign ads? Rove et al. seem to have screwed up again,time will tell how severely.
How will the latest job (non-)creation numbers play out? They were not exactly unexpected but poor The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078506904883293422004-03-05T10:14:00.000-07:002004-03-05T10:18:06.590-07:00Great quote swiped from TalkingPoints Memo
"President Bush and his team have given a new turn to John Maynard Keynes famous response when challenged for changing his opinions so often.
Quipped Keynes: “When the facts change, I change my mind – what do you do, sir?"
For the Bush White House, when the facts change, you just change them back again. Why get distracted?"The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078365308606364522004-03-03T18:35:00.000-07:002004-03-03T18:58:07.546-07:00A sustainable ranching operation
Thundering Hooves Farm
and a story at MSNBC about the operation.
I am not a big believer that sustainability can really be done for modern America. The idea that there could be enough ranches and farms like Thundering Hooves to feed the Boston-Washington megalopolis is ludicrous. I am glad they are doing what they are doing, it buys us a little more time but inThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078363574069326622004-03-03T18:22:00.000-07:002004-03-03T18:29:13.340-07:00Chalabi strikes again?
From MSNBC:
"It’s one of the biggest postwar contracts in Iraq yet: $330 million to equip the new Iraqi army with everything from helmets and trucks to 16,000 AK-47 rifles.
Nineteen international companies bid. The victor: tiny Nour USA, headquartered in an office building in the Washington suburbs — set up only last May.
“Something is definitely wrong,” said Mark The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078363213603660562004-03-03T18:11:00.000-07:002004-03-03T18:23:12.950-07:00The end of the primaries for 2004.
I know some in the blogosphere are genuinely happy that Kerry is apparently annointed and now free to focus on Bush. I will be the first to admit there are advantages to having the primaries end so soon but I will stand by my post of Jan. 2, 2004. I don't like grouping the primaries in the way they wound up. Spreading them out allows candidates to spread The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078338351150515032004-03-03T11:23:00.000-07:002004-03-03T11:29:38.420-07:00Did Bush Know?
Take Back the Media has an interesting animation that looks at the timeline of 9/11 and what Bush was doing and saying at each moment. Their facts are suggestive but I just don't buy it. Bush could have looked very presidential, jumping into acton, giving orders, in short leading, but he doesn't. Instead he scurried from one spiderhole to another.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078336830156763332004-03-03T10:58:00.000-07:002004-03-03T11:03:29.360-07:00Consistency is everything!
Think the bible is hard on homosexuals, take a look at what's in store for shrimp eaters.
God Hates ShrimpThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1078203166507328322004-03-01T21:43:00.000-07:002004-03-01T21:55:42.856-07:00Catching Up
Ah, been gone for a while and there is lots of news to catch up on.
Haiti
It sounds as though our beloved neo-con regime has handled it in its own, special hamhanded way, probably under the direction of Undersecretary of State Noriega. Time will tell if Aristide or Bush is telling the truth about what really happened and we all know how honest Bush is.
It has reached the point for The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1077484761914305402004-02-22T14:18:00.000-07:002004-02-22T14:22:07.293-07:00Another helpful cleric
From news.bbc.co.uk, Nigerian state stops polio vaccination;
"Polio immunisation was halted by the state government last year following claims by Islamic clerics that the vaccine was contaminated with an anti-fertility agent as part of a US plot to render Muslim women infertile."The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1077470709389446312004-02-22T10:21:00.000-07:002004-02-22T10:27:54.560-07:00Nader is in
I voted for Nader last time, I did not support most of his policies but I was interested in seeing a viable 3rd party in the US and like too many people, I fell for the idea that there was an eyelash's worth of difference between George Dubious and Al Gore. I know better now. We still do not have a viable 3rd party nor are we likely to while the country is so polarized. Neither The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1077155072477187022004-02-18T18:43:00.000-07:002004-02-18T18:47:12.280-07:00And STILL, they won't call it a Flip-Flop!
This from CNN
"The White House backed away Wednesday from its own prediction that the economy will add 2.6 million new jobs before the end of this year, saying the forecast was the work of number-crunchers and that President Bush was not a statistician."The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1077064526491012862004-02-17T17:33:00.000-07:002004-02-17T17:38:33.310-07:00One Down!
The blogosphere is crowing. In Kentucky's special election, Ben Chandler (D) has beaten Kerr (R), taking a seat back from a republican in the south for the first time in years.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076992399668799972004-02-16T21:31:00.000-07:002004-02-16T21:36:28.153-07:00Still more on AWOL
A friend just sent me this URL for a document titled;
"What We Know About AWOL and Desertion: A Review of the Professional
Literature for Policy Makers and Commanders"
http://www-ari.army.mil/pdf/s51.pdf
Haven't had a chance to read it yet but it may prove interesting.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076903356938360592004-02-15T20:46:00.000-07:002004-02-15T20:52:10.186-07:00More on AWOL
Here is an interesting suggestion from Matthew Gross, recently departed from the Dean campaign.
"His transfer to Alabama was denied because he has been trained as a pilot and this is not an appropriate posting for him. A few weeks later, he fails to show up for his flight physical-- not, as Karen Hughes has asserted, because a flight surgeon wasn't available, but because every pilot The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076890736130524412004-02-15T17:03:00.000-07:002004-02-16T02:38:20.543-07:00Some thoughts inspired by the Chinese economy
A brief article in the Washington Post has led me to again consider the Chinese economy and its impact on the world. A good many years ago, while I was still in Grad School, I sat down with a variety of indicators, economic, environmental, political, and so on. I came to the conclusion that a total systems failure was likely for the world no later The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076888712095147292004-02-15T16:42:00.000-07:002004-02-15T16:48:01.140-07:00Privelege considered
Kos has a good post suggesting we should get past the whole was he AWOL or not.
"Instead of just shouting "AWOL! AWOL!," we need to begin tying the micro issue of Bush's military misadventures into a larger theme about privilege and, yes, "Two Americas." We need to make the AWOL issue part of a seamless metanarrative about the fundamentally elitist vision of the GOP. If we The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076888512035455372004-02-15T16:37:00.000-07:002004-02-15T16:44:27.810-07:00Were Bush's records purged?
It seems more and more bloggers are swinging to that point of view. Add Brad Delong (Moveable Type).
I am still ambivalent as I am about suggestions that Bush was kicked out of the ANG. It seems to me that there are only 4 possibilities for why their remains such a huge hole in his service record where Alabama is concerned;
1) The records were somehow lost.
2) They The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076864562540424192004-02-15T09:59:00.000-07:002004-02-15T10:05:18.310-07:00Tidbits from Pumpkinhead
Watching Russert this morning, I learned two things of interest;
1) The flip-flop word is already being used about Kerry (but apparently still not about Bush.)
2) A new slogan has appeared among Democrats that I hadn't heard yet; "Re-Defeat Bush in 2004!
Also, the mainstream press seems ready to let go of the AWOL issue, time will tell if it still has legs, especially The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076793612455923252004-02-14T14:17:00.000-07:002004-02-14T14:22:46.840-07:00What the fuck!
From BBC News Online
"More than a year after being captured by US troops fighting members of the Taleban and al-Qaeda, Naqibullah, 13, is back home in eastern Afghanistan.
Naqibullah wants compensation to pay for a medical education
He spent much of his time in captivity in Camp Iguana, the children's section of the US detention centre on the tropical island of Cuba. "
We have a The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076791849934480862004-02-14T13:48:00.000-07:002004-02-14T13:53:57.310-07:00George Dubious, Release it ALL!
The Bushies have released some of his military record but are still refusing to release the portion dealing with his supposed Alabama service (except for that dental exam of course).
Somehow this is supposed to stop the criticism.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076791420021789002004-02-14T13:39:00.000-07:002004-02-14T13:46:42.810-07:00Another Brick in the Wall
Once again the fascist tendencies of this paranoid white house come to the fore, this time the targets are the Deaf;
From the Palm Beach Post:
"The Bush administration has decided that people with bad hearing have bad judgment, too, and need special guidance from the federal government.
So the U.S. Department of Education is declaring about 200 television programs The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076530513712474182004-02-11T13:13:00.000-07:002004-02-11T13:19:37.263-07:00The Republican National Committee Wants Your Opinion
Atrios noted this, the poll is in the lower left corner.
And take note of the "public's" choice for Democratic nominee, of course, if you did a little deeper you see the poll is from December of last year.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076471574304239372004-02-10T20:50:00.000-07:002004-02-10T20:55:23.076-07:00Government and the Republicans
Its odd that so many republikans so hate the government and distrust it except when there is a republikan in office. Its OK to assume the Bush and Ashcroft aren't really going to use the powers congress has given them to commit evil and destroy the Bill of Rights. Sure, only the evil Hillary would do that.
What morons.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076448258937199482004-02-10T14:23:00.000-07:002004-02-10T14:26:47.796-07:00Let's break another international treaty!
From the Guardian
"Britain helped America to conduct a secret and potentially illegal spying operation at the United Nations in the run-up to the Iraq war, The Observer can reveal.
The operation, which targeted at least one permanent member of the UN Security Council, was almost certainly in breach of the Vienna conventions on diplomatic relations, whichThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076398066322741072004-02-10T00:25:00.000-07:002004-02-10T00:30:14.360-07:00Once again, history is being rewritten by the Bushies.
From Reuters.com
"In the annual Economic Report of the President, the White House said economic activity peaked in the fourth quarter of 2000, several months earlier than the March 2001 recession start cited by the National Bureau of Economic Research.".
"A spokeswoman for the NBER said there was no plan "at this time" to change the date of The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076090475543966412004-02-06T10:58:00.000-07:002004-02-06T11:03:38.920-07:00Numbers are heading in the right direction
A new AP-Ipsos poll was just published in the NYT, mostly negatives for Bush with the exception of his handling of foreign policy and terrorism. This is the one I like the best though;
6. If the election were held today, would you ... (asked of registered voters)
--Definitely vote to re-elect Bush as president, 37 (41)
--Consider voting for someone The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076086746727278992004-02-06T09:56:00.000-07:002004-02-06T10:01:30.060-07:00Can anyone support the troops and Bush?
No, unless they are total morons.
From Vanguard
Last March, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget that included a $28.8 billion 10-year reduction in funding for veterans. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and Disabled American Veterans began a letter-writing campaign to protest the reduction, so a House-Senate conference committee The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1076000026969966682004-02-05T09:51:00.000-07:002004-02-05T09:56:08.200-07:00What's Condi Hiding?
From the Observer:
"National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice has agreed to be interviewed by the bipartisan 9/11 commission on Feb. 7, after weeks of resistance from the White House to the bipartisan panel’s requests, The Observer has learned.
In a Feb. 3 interview the newly minted commission member Bob Kerrey, the former Senator from Nebraska, now the president of the NewThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075928479662406282004-02-04T13:59:00.000-07:002004-02-04T14:03:40.466-07:00More on AWol
Intel Dump has a good synopsis of what journalists should be looking for to prove or disprove Dubious George was really AWol or not.The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075918128746832062004-02-04T11:07:00.000-07:002004-02-04T11:13:36.246-07:00AWol Bush website
http://awolbush.com/
The righties are getting mighty uncomfortable about all this, this is from Catholic Light:
"If you want to be intellectually honest, you might consider the possibility that his paperwork was messed up. But that's only if you want to be intellectually honest."
I think I will depend on Occam's Razor here, the simplest explanation is that Bush
was AWol and itsThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075780942901806192004-02-02T21:00:00.000-07:002004-02-02T21:04:41.340-07:00Stealthy Conservatism
Calpundit makes this point which explains a lot of what we see from Republican pseudo-conservatives today;
"This is something that I mentioned a few weeks ago: despite the supposed rightward drift of America since the early 80s, the fact is that most Americans actually have an increasingly liberal view of most issues: they like Social Security and Medicare, they like strong The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075780453404942902004-02-02T20:46:00.000-07:002004-02-02T20:56:31.140-07:00Irony so delicious!
There is an article in TNR reviewing the new translation of Hitler's Second Book. Omer Bartov rightly takes Liberals to task for too often recognizing that their enemies really mean what they say just as Hitler really meant it. Point taken. But then he goes on to rip into Hitler's anti-internationalism, his quest for economic autarky, "that Hitler never had a particularly The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075779135496055932004-02-02T20:26:00.000-07:002004-02-02T20:39:01.153-07:00Again with the Trojan Horses
From Brad Delong's Moveable Type and in turn from the WaPo.
"Bush's budget will include no additional funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan beyond Sept. 30, an omission that both Democrats and Republicans are questioning.
In all, Bush requested spending at the annual discretion of Congress to be held to $818 billion in fiscal 2005, a 4.1 percent The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075770692487053642004-02-02T18:09:00.000-07:002004-02-02T18:13:50.686-07:00More on George AWol Bush's military service (or lack thereof)
From Intervention Magazine;
"After May 1971, Bush abandoned his sworn obligation to the Texas Air National Guard and America. By May of 1972, he had only 22 flight-duty days to his credit, 14 days short of the minimum 36 he owed the Guard for that year. Then it got worse.
Bush flew for the last time in an F-102 fighter-interceptor in The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075704540042309892004-02-01T23:47:00.000-07:002004-02-01T23:51:16.810-07:00Don't Call It A Flip-Flop
From the NY Times
After a federal appeals court temporarily blocked the rules from taking effect on Christmas Eve, however, EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt abruptly took a tougher approach to the utility industry. He warned industry leaders to begin cleaning up their plants in anticipation of new administration policies that would sharply reduce their pollutants in the The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075675408631371472004-02-01T15:42:00.000-07:002004-02-01T15:45:44.840-07:00Bush Mistatement of the Day
A nice little website, http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/Bush_Mistatement_of_the_Day.htmlThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075657953059698342004-02-01T10:48:00.000-07:002004-02-01T10:54:49.640-07:00Investigate Cheney!
As we look back, its easy to demonstrate that Cheney stood up in public and flat out lied about the nature of the intelligence, easy as recently as the beginning of his European trip. We had Colin Powell and then a few days later, David Kay, saying there were no WMDs and Cheney is still bouncing around claiming there are. If I were Bush, I would fire this jerk just to shut The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075515459900910502004-01-30T19:14:00.000-07:002004-01-30T19:19:53.920-07:00Maybe its time to boycott CBS?
Tonite, CBS News had a segment dealing with the refusal by CBS to broadcast the MoveOn.org commercial during the Super Bowl. Coverage was definitely biased toward CBS' own interest, especially the last few few seconds. The reporter announced that all the controversy over CBS' refusal to air the ad had resulted in it being seen by large audience, the implication, The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075315777459594412004-01-28T11:47:00.000-07:002004-01-28T11:51:47.856-07:00Just a few links
Swiped from the Blogosphere;
Patriotic Bumper Stickers
What the SOTU should have beenThe Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227077.post-1075238246157953962004-01-27T14:12:00.000-07:002004-01-27T14:19:35.780-07:00Private Property and Welfare
A conservative friend (yes, I have them) who listens to Michael Savage reports that Savage is suggesting that people on welfare should lose the right to vote while they are on welfare. Now this does not refer to the rich corporate types or for that matter, the millions of farmers and ranchers who depend on the dole to get by, presumably it refers to the darkskinned, The Arcane Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12999088601875216080noreply@blogger.com