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michaelmoore.com:
A Bright Spot in Bush World — Amid the Miserable Failures on the Same Planet — It has been one month and one week since I sat in a ditch in Crawford, Tx. I can hardly believe it when I think of it myself. So much has happened in that time, and really, so little.
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:Sheehan Calls For An End To The Occupation!
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Rules Out Tax Hike to Fund Recovery — President Bush on Friday ruled out raising taxes to pay for Gulf Coast reconstruction, saying other government spending must be cut. "You bet it will cost money, but I'm confident we can handle it," he said. — "It's going to cost whatever it's …
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David Stout / New York Times:
Bush Rules Out Tax Increases to Pay for Hurricane Recovery — WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 - President Bush ruled out tax increases to pay for hurricane and flood recovery today, saying instead that federal spending would have to be cut to help the Gulf Coast recover.
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Jerry Mitchell / Clarion-Ledger:
E-mail suggests government seeking to blame groups — Federal officials appear to be seeking proof to blame the flood of New Orleans on environmental groups, documents show. — The Clarion-Ledger has obtained a copy of an internal e-mail the U.S. Department of Justice sent out this week …
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The Nation:
MAX BLUMENTHAL — On the first day of hearings on Judge John G. Roberts Jr.'s nomination to Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, before a Russell Senate Office Building Caucus Room overflowing with members of the media and Congressional staffers, with klieg lights shining and flashbulbs popping all around …
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Chris Bertram / Crooked Timber:
Glorifying terrorism — There doesn't seem to be a lot of blogospheric comment yet about the more surreal aspects of the British governments intention to criminalize the "glorification" of terrorism. Saying that a particular terrorist act or event was a good thing is set to be a criminal offence unless …
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Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
Katrina a poor model for terrorism response — There has been a lot of discussion about the federal military becoming closer to first responder in domestic disasters. President Bush said last night in his national address that it should be so. … A lot of the criticism the administration …
Lou Dolinar / realclearpolitics.com:
Katrina, What Went Right — With body recovery teams in New Orleans finding far fewer than the expected 10,000 to 25,000 dead, despite the flooding of 80 percent of the city, it is time to ask: What went right? — Largely invisible to the media's radar, a broad-based rescue effort by federal …
Media Matters for America:
Bill O'Reilly's continuing obsession with inter-species marriages — On his September 14 radio show, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly insisted that the secular progressive movement "would like to have marriage abolished ... because it is not diverse enough." He explained, "That's what this gay marriage thing is all about."
Mary Ann Glendon / Opinion Journal:
Judicial Tourism — What's wrong with the U.S. Supreme Court citing foreign law. — References to foreign law in Supreme Court opinions have become controversial. Nevertheless, it was startling when Sen. Tom Coburn suggested in the Roberts confirmation hearings that justices who cite foreign authority might deserve impeachment.
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
The Net Knows More Than You: An Open Letter to the People of CBS News — It's the anniversary of the big collapse at CBS over the National Guard Memos. "People of CBS News, you've had a year to think about it. How, if you are dedicated to truthtelling, could you have permitted …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Clinton Gathers World Leaders — Nonpartisan Conference Focuses on Global Improvement — NEW YORK, Sept. 15 — The U.N. General Assembly may have failed this week to come up with a stirring plan to combat the world's ills. But there was former president Bill Clinton …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Social Security Legislation Could Be Shelved — National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Thomas M. Reynolds will recommend to the House Republican leadership that the party drop its effort to restructure Social Security, at least for this year, House Republican aides confirmed yesterday.
Tony Snow / Townhall.com:
Fear is a waste of time — WASHINGTON, D.C. — My doctor has tried manfully over the years to talk seriously about important health matters, usually with mixed success. But he really grabbed my attention when he called just before Valentine's Day and said two little words. — "It's cancer."
Scot Lehigh / Boston Globe:
Severin's phony Pulitzer — OCCASIONAL LISTENERS to ''Extreme Games" on WTKK are accustomed to host Jay Severin admiring himself in the mirror of his own imagination, a glass so vast and glittering as to rival the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. — But last Friday, the talkmaster positively outdid himself …
John Branston / Memphis Flyer:
TERRORISM TASK FORCE BUSTS BOGUS U of M STUDENT — Was Mahmoud Maawad a University of Memphis student and pilot-wannabe with a passion for flying small planes or an Arab terrorist looking to duplicate the suicide missions of 9/11? — Federal prosecutors in Memphis aren't saying …
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Deborah Mathews / 198.65.14.85:
Camp Casey Memorial Stolen — Casey Sheehan's Boots Are Gone — CRAWFORD — The Camp Casey Memorial on Prairie Chapel Road was removed by thieves earlier today. Not a single item is left at the memorial site. — Crew members working for McLennan County said they witnessed items …