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Sunday, June 24, 2007
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Say hello to Reliable Politics. They're looking to report in a non-partisan fashion. Welcome to the blogosphere.
"2008 pres"
9:41:08 PM 
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Victor Davis Hanson (via the National Review): "For finger-in-the-wind politicians, writing off Iraq is mere throat-clearing before moving on to any discussion of immigration reform or taxes. For ahead-of-the-curve pundits, starting out with 'The failure in Iraq' is like opening their browser before daily pontificating. No need of explanation or empiricism, one just gets things out of the way at the very beginning with our new postmodern ritual."
"2008 pres"
9:23:49 AM
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Here's the first of a four part series about Vice President Cheney from the Washington Post. From the article:
Just past the Oval Office, in the private dining room overlooking the South Lawn, Vice President Cheney joined President Bush at a round parquet table they shared once a week. Cheney brought a four-page text, written in strict secrecy by his lawyer. He carried it back out with him after lunch.
In less than an hour, the document traversed a West Wing circuit that gave its words the power of command. It changed hands four times, according to witnesses, with emphatic instructions to bypass staff review. When it returned to the Oval Office, in a blue portfolio embossed with the presidential seal, Bush pulled a felt-tip pen from his pocket and signed without sitting down. Almost no one else had seen the text.
Cheney's proposal had become a military order from the commander in chief. Foreign terrorism suspects held by the United States were stripped of access to any court -- civilian or military, domestic or foreign. They could be confined indefinitely without charges and would be tried, if at all, in closed "military commissions."
"What the hell just happened?" Secretary of State Colin L. Powell demanded, a witness said, when CNN announced the order that evening, Nov. 13, 2001. National security adviser Condoleezza Rice, incensed, sent an aide to find out. Even witnesses to the Oval Office signing said they did not know the vice president had played any part.
Read the whole article there is a lot of good journalism in there. Thanks to Talking Points Memo for the link.
"2008 pres"
9:18:26 AM
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Captain's Quarters: "According to the London Telegraph, the civil war in the Palestinian territories will get even hotter over the next few days. Mahmoud Abbas plans to shut down private organizations that support Hamas or act as front groups. Fatah militias may not bother to wait for that review, and have already started attacking Hamas assets in Islamist strongholds such as Nablus."
"2008 pres"
9:12:07 AM
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The Moderate Voice: "Now, I am a conservative and I am a big opponent of Big Government, but lets not act as if universal health care is the root of all of Europe's problems. Our health care system needs to be improved, that is for sure, but it is not as bad as Jonah thinks it is. In the end, we do not have citizens who do not receive treatment because they do not have enough money, which I consider to be a good thing."
"2008 pres"
9:10:46 AM
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