Archive | 2005

31 December 2005 ~ 32 Comments

Blogging and the Canadian Political Scandal …

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“What’s written in the far, dark reaches of cyberspace is often more permanent — and damaging — than you think.”
Serious reminder of the power of the internet in this Toronto Globe and Mail story
Michael Klander’s downfall from executive vice-president of the federal Liberal party’s Ontario wing followed an on-line avalanche of condemnations over nasty remarks [...]

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30 December 2005 ~ 36 Comments

Impeachment and Clinton in the history books …

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Lots of stories about the Clinton impeachment being included in history textbooks. Clinton says the affair ought to be viewed as his principled fight against congressional abuses of power.
Well, I think he deserved it.
He was impeached but not convicted. The system worked. Clinton was no victim. He set himself up for it. It’s frustrating [...]

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29 December 2005 ~ 17 Comments

Get ready for impeachment ….

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… is the headline for a William Rusher OpEd about how the ‘06 election will more or less be a referendum on whether to impeach GWB.
Specifically, it now seems clear that, if the Democrats capture the House of Representatives next year, a number of them fully intend to launch impeachment proceedings against President Bush [...]

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29 December 2005 ~ 29 Comments

Milbloggers

War in Iraq blogs, that is. Good BBC story about how soldiers’ blogs were letting the unvarnished truth flow from the battlefield – until The Brass figured that might not be such a good thing (for them)…

The war in Vietnam is often referred to as the first war on television, and the wars in Afghanistan [...]

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28 December 2005 ~ 7 Comments

Iraq ‘incapable of running jails’

BBC story today says:
A senior Iraqi official has said the government is incapable of managing prisons, hours after an attempted jail break left at least nine people dead. Deputy Justice Minister for Prisons Bhushu Ibrahim Ali said the authorities lacked the technical and financial capacities needed to supervise prisons. The failed Baghdad escape bid was [...]

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28 December 2005 ~ 14 Comments

Kelley for Minnesota …

Just thinking that Steve Kelly’s site deserves a plug for letting the Vietnam Vet in the story below post his sign about U.S. Military casualties in Iraq next to the entrance for a recruiting station in Minnesota. Steve’s a good guy: Kelley for Governor.

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27 December 2005 ~ 30 Comments

Truth in Advertising

NYT story about a wounded Vietnam vet who posts a sign next to the entrance to an Army recruiting center that displays a running total of killed and wounded U.S. soldiers in Iraq. The sign is headed “Remember the Fallen Heroes.”
Early this month, State Senator Steve Kelley, a candidate for governor of Minnesota from [...]

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