Prosecute Them (4)
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Prosecute Them (3)
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Prosecute Them (2)
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Prosecute Them
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26
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Eartha
We came home last night after a long day spent opening presents (putting them together or hooking them up, in my case), cooking, enjoying holiday dinner with friends, and put two happy, exhausted children to bed. I’d put Parker to bed, after “just one more game ” on the Nintendo Wii he/we got this holiday, when my husband gave me the news, which he’d just read online.
It’s funny, when the death of someone you didn’t know, and who didn’t know you, stops you in your tracks. But that’s what happened. “What?!” I exclaimed, as though some favorite aunt or uncle had passed away. And then uttered an “Mmph,” quietly, under my breath and to no one in particular.
It wasn’t because I knew her personally, though, but because the world lost a touch of its audacity when it lost Eartha Kitt.
Dec
24
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23
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Daily Digest for 2008-12-23
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Maryland’s Water Main Drama
What was that about investing in our crumbling infrastructure, again?
I ask because a water main somewhere in Montgomery County, Maryland, ruptured today and washed out much of my day. Though my experience was nothing compared to what some people had to deal with.
Dec
23
2008
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How It’s Done
I haven’t written much about the whole Rick Warren controversey yet, though I have something in mind. (Let’s see if I actually get time to write it.) But in the meantime, I wanted to point to a terrific appearance by Mike Rogers (of Blogactive and PageOneQ) on MSNBC.
I’m a big fan of Mike’s even moreso after his deft handling of a right wing minster, there t defend the Warren pick, etc. Mike threw him completely off his game.
Dec
22
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Bonuses We Can Believe In
So, we got punked on the bailout? Here’s an idea to keep in mind for a condition on the next $350 billion installment.
Dec
22
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The Other Shoe Drops
Never mind this guy.
If you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop in Iraq, it’s these guys you should be concerned about.
Dec
22
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It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s Meltdown
This is a man’s world
But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl
He’s lost in the wilderness
He’s lost in bitterness
~ James Brown, “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World”
It’s been written many times already that 2008 was quite a year for women. Whether it was a good year or an “annus horribilis,” may depend on whom you ask, but the financial crash and ensuing downturn suggest that if it hasn’t been a horrible year, it hasn’t exactly been an “annus mirabilis.”
Dec
19
2008
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Unpacking “Drop Dead” Conservatism
A commenter at Pam’s asked me to “unpack” some concepts I brought up in my second “‘Drop Dead’ Conservatism” post.
I’ll do my best….
Dec
19
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Who Needs Pardon?
[Ed Note: Graphic NSFW images below the fold.]
As I write this, I’m watching president George W. Bush grant pardon to Stars and Stripes in 2003, on a television show about turkey. At the same time, I’m reading about another who seeks pardon from president Bush, and pondering the irony that the prisoner should have to seek pardon from someone whose crimes — the number and nature of which vary depending on whom you ask — outnumber his own and outweigh them in seriousness.
Not to mention who has the bigger body-count.
His name is bound to inspire fits of apoplexy, and plenty of people won’t read any further once he’s mentioned, but John Walker Lindh is seeking pardon.
Dec
18
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Daily Digest for 2008-12-18
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Daily Digest for 2008-12-17
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Updated status on Facebook.
Terrance is finally getting around to doing some writing.
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Dec
17
2008
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Up With Downward Mobility
Every once in a while, an idea gels in my head and I dismiss it, thinking to myself “Nah. I gotta be missing something. It can’t be that. And then I hear someone who probably knows a lot more than I do about the subject at hand say pretty much what I’d been thinking all along.
That was the case with my long-standing suspicion that one of the main goals of conservative politics and policy is to drive as many people as possible into downward mobility.
Dec
16
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Daily Digest for 2008-12-16
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Updated status on Facebook.
Terrance is watching “Intervention” and trying to finish a blog post I’ve been working on for a week.
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2:37am | Laughing at: Bush said we’d be welcomed as heroes in Iraq. But in the end, the guy who threw a shoe at Bush become hero. ( http://tinyur … |
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