DLC I actually consider myself a “New Democrat” in the Clintonian sense, and I think the Democratic Leadership Council did a lot of good for the party. Nevertheless–and I’m definitely not arguing for far-left policies–it is disturbing to see nonsense like this directed at Howard Dean: Al From, the founder of the organization and an […]

A Thought It’s a bit beyond my expertise, but one thought comes to mind when I hear Iraq compared to Vietnam or other “quagmires”. When the Soviet Union got bogged down in Afghanistan, the Unites States was arming the mujahidin. Similarly, in the Korean War, the Soviet Union and China were arming the North Koreans. […]

The Hydra Texas provides, if nothing else, outstanding theatre: Eleven of 12 Democratic state senators abruptly left the state Capitol this afternoon and headed for Albuquerque after learning that Gov. Rick Perry was about to call a second special session on congressional redistricting. In case you’ve forgotten the chronology, here it is: The Texas legistlature […]

Recall them All California is not the only state with budget trouble, which is apparently now grounds for recall. Based on this story, deficits and spending cuts are widespread. California’s is by far the largest in magnitude, but I don’t know whether it is largest on either a per capita basis or as a percentage […]

Rice Watch Day 7 Making the rounds today on the AP wire today is a story titled “9-11 Report Questions Rice’s Statements” : The congressional report on pre-Sept. 11 intelligence calls into question answers that National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice gave the public last year about the White House’s knowledge of terrorism threats. It’s a […]

Rice Watch Day 6 Remember, you first heard it here at Angry Bear. Now you can hear it in the mainstream media, U.S. News and Word Report: As White House officials try to control the latest fallout over President Bush’s flawed suggestion in the State of the Union address that Iraq was buying nuclear bomb […]

The Blue Dress Scarlet Pimpernel sends me this photo that she took on I-5, which runs through California and Washington: But what does it mean? The message could be that we’re all being screwed by the president, but which president? The current one? Or is the ClenisTM to blame? On a related note, could “wearing […]

Domain Registration How does one go about registering a parody site with a URL ending in “.gov”? Because this is clearly a parody site, right? Maybe you won’t realize that it’s a parody site just by going to the front page, but what else can explain this ? It leads with this line: Good afternoon, […]

Blogathon Go Mary Beth! Go Jesse! And Go Drinking Guys! AB UPDATE: It’s now 4:45 a.m. Eastern, Not Geniuses are still blogging strong, even if they’ve only reached their sixth beer. Jesse’s still going, and finding really weird stuff. And Mary Beth’s still going strong too; she thinks the site I talk about in the […]

Edward Kennedy Wants Money And I might have given it to him, until I read this in the solicitation: “Recently, Democrats led the successful charge to slash President Bush’s massive tax cuts for the wealthy.” AB