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https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/11/bilbray-is-under-grand-jury.html Anglachel's Journal: Bilbray *is* under grand jury investigation It turns out that Bilbray is lying his ass off out here in San Diego. He's under Grand Jury investigation for perjury on his candidate regis... grand juryanglacheljournalinvestigation https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2004/09/el-doctorow-unfeeling-president.html Anglachel's Journal: E.L. Doctorow - The Unfeeling President Taken from the Easthampton Star Guestwords section. Please visit the Star and read the rest of the edition. "I fault this president fo... e langlacheljournaldoctorowpresident https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/06/attention-commenters.html Anglachel's Journal: Attention Commenters Update: I have weeded out the more egregious comments. Some that are left won't make a lot of sense because of the missing statements. No c... anglacheljournalattentioncommenters https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/kafka-was-optimist.html Anglachel's Journal: Kafka Was an Optimist The moral vacuum that is Guantanamo Bay is a perfect illustration of my point that the only reason the Cheney administration needs to do any... anglacheljournalkafkaoptimist https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/11/dignity.html Anglachel's Journal: Dignity The last few days of political news has a familiar ring. From the Villagers outraged at the mere idea of former Clinton administration staf... anglacheljournaldignity https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/05/fear-and-loathing.html Anglachel's Journal: Fear and Loathing What is up with the Obama campaign? Given the ostensible "insurmountable" lead that he has, given all the advantages of money, delegates, mo... anglacheljournalfearloathing https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/01/is-it-racist-to-mention-jesse-jackson.html Anglachel's Journal: UPDATED: Is It Racist to Mention Jesse Jackson? Edit: Not only did Bill Clinton not say anything wrong with the quote people have been viewing, the video has evidently been edited to elimi... anglacheljournalupdated https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/05/as-predicted.html Anglachel's Journal: As predicted... No WMDs. Not even a little one. Spreading anarchy in Iraq. Looking more like Afghanistan with every passing day. No Saddam Hussein. N... anglacheljournalpredicted https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/01/we-have-become-numenor.html Anglachel's Journal: We have become Numenor Ivo Dalder on TPM Cafe: America's power and influence in the previous century was built not just on its military and economic prowess, ... we haveanglacheljournalbecomenumenor https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/05/analyzing-connecticut-good-news.html Anglachel's Journal: Analyzing Connecticut - Good News Hat tip to my good buddy Fergus on this one. In my previous post, I said I was worried about Lieberman losing the primary and then running a... anglacheljournalanalyzingconnecticutgood https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/03/who-are-they-trying-to-convince.html Anglachel's Journal: Who Are They Trying to Convince? My own reaction to Rev. Wright I'm going to keep to myself for a while longer. For a candidate who allegedly has an insurmountable lead and ... who are theyanglacheljournaltryingconvince https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/06/plus-ca-change.html Anglachel's Journal: Plus Ca Change Jeralyn has a post up about Obama promising to make religious outreach a priority in his administration. The comment thread is long and has ... anglacheljournalpluscachange https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2004/07/send-me.html Anglachel's Journal: Send me Spent all evening watching streaming video of the Dem Convention. Yes. The speech was good. Not perfect, good. Solid, strong, clear, and ... anglacheljournalsend https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/05/speech-by-sen-robert-byrd-west.html Anglachel's Journal: Speech by Sen. Robert Byrd, West Virginia Remarks by U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd US Senate Chamber May 6, 2003 In my 50 years as a member of Congress, I have had the privilege ... robert byrdanglacheljournalspeechsen https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/tired-of-losing-stop-being-losers.html Anglachel's Journal: Tired of Losing? Stop Being Losers Josh Marshall dismisses the hand-wringing over the Democratic party's bland sloganeering, and cuts to the chase: What is this election about... anglacheljournaltiredlosingstop https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2004/09/excerpt-from-bill-moyers-journalism.html Anglachel's Journal: Excerpt from Bill Moyers - Journalism Under Fire Published on Friday, September 17, 2004 by CommonDreams.org Journalism Under Fire by Bill Moyers Address to the Society of Professional... bill moyersanglacheljournalexcerptfire https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2009/05/falsies.html Anglachel's Journal: Falsies Right on cue, The Incomparable One , serves up another excellent take down of the so-called-progressive media by focusing on the casual acce... anglacheljournalfalsies https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/04/progressive-derangement-syndrome.html Anglachel's Journal: Progressive Derangement Syndrome I feel like I've stepped through the looking glass. On the one hand, I read news articles about working class voters voicing their dismay an... anglacheljournalprogressivederangementsyndrome https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/07/mahmudiyah-update-stay-this-course.html Anglachel's Journal: Mahmudiyah Update - Stay This Course? This information is gleaned from two sources: NYT - Ex-GI Accused in Slaying of 4 and Rape WaPo - Details Emerge in Alleged Army Rape,... anglacheljournalupdatestaycourse https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/nut-case-from-nutmeg-state.html Anglachel's Journal: The Nut Case From the Nutmeg State And how. I said the CT Democratic primary was Joe Lieberman's to lose. With this beyond weird ad about Wiecker and Ned Lamont, I think he's ... the nutanglacheljournalcasenutmeg https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/07/days-of-obligation.html Anglachel's Journal: Days of Obligation Let's look at Iraq right now. Is there some way we can pull out? We're going to have to pull out of there. But the hard truth is that eve... anglacheljournaldaysobligation https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/05/haditha-massacre-and-unspeakable-evil.html Anglachel's Journal: Haditha Massacre and Unspeakable Evil Why do we use the phrase "unspeakable evil"? A few things come to mind. It refers to something we don't want to bring back or recreate in th... anglacheljournalhadithamassacreunspeakable https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/08/ Anglachel's Journal: August 2008 You say I'm a bitch as if that were a bad thing... anglacheljournalaugust https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/05/impervious.html Anglachel's Journal: Impervious Yes, I was on the conference call with Hillary yesterday, just like every other pro-Hillary blogger. If you weren't on the call, Taylor Mars... anglacheljournalimpervious https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2010/11/san-diego-experiment.html Anglachel's Journal: The San Diego Experiment San Diego, California, is a place to keep an eye on as it serves as a laboratory for Movement Conservative experiments in economic malfeasan... the sananglacheljournaldiegoexperiment https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2007/01/ Anglachel's Journal: January 2007 You say I'm a bitch as if that were a bad thing... anglacheljournaljanuary https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/04/enforcement-where-it-belongs.html Anglachel's Journal: Enforcement Where it Belongs My sister-in-law is Mexican. She came legally to the country, had a baby with my younger brother, eventually married him, and is now a natur... anglacheljournalenforcementbelongs https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2005/01/spending-political-capital.html Anglachel's Journal: Spending Political Capital Just a short quote from Frank Rich's new column in the New York Times: Alas, there were no Fox News cameras to capture what may have been... anglacheljournalspendingpoliticalcapital https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/08/just-too-disgusting.html Anglachel's Journal: Just Too Disgusting The Washigton Post has an editorial making fun of the people in France who are dying becuse of the heat. The bastard who wrote it is moc... anglacheljournaldisgusting https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2010/11/on-his-head.html Anglachel's Journal: On His Head Sorry to keep quoting myself, but when you're right, you're right. On June 7, 2008, I posted The Front Lines of Democracy , an analysis if H... anglacheljournalhead https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2009/01/congratulations-madam-secretary.html Anglachel's Journal: Congratulations, Madam Secretary Hillary is confirmed as Secretary of State . Anglachel anglacheljournalcongratulationsmadamsecretary https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/09/privacy-rights-and-equal-treatment.html Anglachel's Journal: Privacy Rights and Equal Treatment Not only is Hillary on top of the financial crisis, she is front and center on defending our right to privacy and equal treatment before the... privacy rightsanglacheljournalequaltreatment https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2007/10/chili-recipie.html Anglachel's Journal: Chili Recipie We're simmering up a pot of chili to have now that the nights have turned cold. It's an amalgam of a bunch of other recipies: 2 medium onion... anglacheljournalchili https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2007/11/sorry-no-recent-posts.html Anglachel's Journal: Sorry no recent posts The kitty has been sick the last few days and needs extra cuddling. Anglachel anglacheljournalsorryrecentposts https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/05/paint-camera-action.html Anglachel's Journal: Paint, Camera, Action! Since nothing new is going to happen until Tuesday, I've been ignoring politics the last few days in favor of doing stuff around the new hou... anglacheljournalpaintcameraaction https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/07/goreclark-2008.html Anglachel's Journal: Gore/Clark 2008 Between the heat wave engulfing the country and the debacle engulfing the Levant, I'm pretty much settled on my ticket for the 2008 presiden... anglacheljournalgoreclark https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/mirror-mirror-on-wall.html Anglachel's Journal: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall I've been reading the various posts around the blogosphere expounding on the attempts of the neocons to distance themselves from Bush becaus... on theanglacheljournalmirrorwall https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/07/haditha-redux.html Anglachel's Journal: Haditha, Redux And another atrocity commited in Iraq: The investigation is the fourth into suspected killings of unarmed Iraqis by American soldiers announ... anglacheljournalhaditharedux https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/04/party-crashers.html Anglachel's Journal: Party Crashers I have been up since 3:00 AM managing a product launch for my company and I'm blotto. I took a few minutes while trying to come down off the... anglacheljournalpartycrashers https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2004/11/ot-but-real.html Anglachel's Journal: OT, but Real anglacheljournalotreal https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2004/10/realistic-foreign-policy.html Anglachel's Journal: A Realistic Foreign Policy There are two posts by bloggers that are well worth reading. The first is by Kevin Drum, writing the "Political Animal" blog for The Washing... anglacheljournalrealisticforeignpolicy https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/latest-rasmussen-poll-on-ct-senate.html Anglachel's Journal: Latest Rasmussen Poll on CT Senate Race The latest poll that has the blogosphere a-twitter is a Rasmussen poll . It shows Ned Lamont with 40% and Joe Lieberman with 46% support. Wo... rasmussen pollanglacheljournallatestct https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/03/reality-intrudes_18.html Anglachel's Journal: Reality Intrudes My countrymen, particularly those in positions of power over the making of war, are insane. Why? Whywhywhywhywhy? What possible moral or p... anglacheljournalreality https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/07/still-out-there.html Anglachel's Journal: Still Out There Lest we forget, the Islamic fundamentalist whack-job terrorists are still out there, trying to incite Armegeddon. While the general mendacio... anglacheljournalstill https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/08/from-introduction-of-big-lies.html Anglachel's Journal: From the introduction of "Big Lies" "The most basic liberal values are political equality and economic opportunity. Liberals uphold democracy as the only form of government tha... from theanglacheljournalintroductionbig https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/entitlement-and-deserving-middle-class.html Anglachel's Journal: Entitlement and the Deserving Middle Class Or, Real Issues vs. Netroots Masturbation After a depressing evening of reading "netroots" "passion" (i.e., litmus-test hysteria, ad hominem... and theanglacheljournalentitlementdeserving https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/08/i-wonder.html Anglachel's Journal: I Wonder The snarfy Washington Post "journalist" who mocked Europeans for not being able "to take the heat" was so proud of his/her/their air conditi... anglacheljournalwonder https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/05/dead-girl-or-live-boy.html Anglachel's Journal: Dead Girl or Live Boy? Am I the only one thinking that the name "Gannon" may figure in here? This thing is huge -- that's the word from Rick Gwin, the Pentagon's t... dead girlanglacheljournalliveboy https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/05/jackals.html Anglachel's Journal: Jackals I'm reading the reports on the mendacious attacks the Bogger Boyz are making on Hillary by completely perverting her comments about RFK. Rat... anglacheljournaljackals https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/05/analyzing-connecticut.html Anglachel's Journal: Analyzing Connecticut Several blogs report that Ned Lamont has secured enough delegates at the Connecticut Democratic Part convention to trigger a primary face-of... anglacheljournalanalyzingconnecticut https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2012/01/money-morality-and-mittens.html Anglachel's Journal: Money, Morality and Mittens I've been following some of the back and forth in the MSM and the blogosphere about Mitt Romney, what did or did not happen with Bain and wh... anglacheljournalmoneymoralitymittens https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2005/11/ahnold-loses-big-time.html Anglachel's Journal: Ahnold Loses Big Time The Gropenfuerher goes down to defeat! Governing by mob rule only works whent there is a mob to be governed. The humiliating defeat of Arnol... anglacheljournallosesbigtime https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/06/at-last.html Anglachel's Journal: At Last It was a day to celebrate in San Diego today, home to one of the largest GLBT communities in America, as marriage was finally opened to all ... anglacheljournallast https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/mark-schmitt-parliament-lament.html Anglachel's Journal: Mark Schmitt - Parliament Lament I just got done reading Mark Schmiditt's excellent article in the current American Prospect. It is behind a subscription wall, unfortunately... anglacheljournalmarkschmittparliament https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/06/iraqs-wmd-intelligence-where-is.html Anglachel's Journal: Iraq's WMD Intelligence: Where is the Outrage? Iraq's WMD Intelligence: Where is the Outrage? by US Senator Robert Byrd Senate Floor Remarks - June 5, 2003 With each passing day, the... anglacheljournaliraqwmdintelligence https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/jamison-foser-part-3.html Anglachel's Journal: Jamison Foser - Part 3 Jamison Foser posts another excellent article about the problem of the media. If you haven't read the series, here are the links. I'll wait ... anglacheljournaljamisonpart https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2010/05/ipad-review.html Anglachel's Journal: iPad Review I was at lunch with a customer yesterday and she pulled a 3G iPad out of her purse to show it off. I've read various reviews (glowing and cr... anglacheljournalipadreview https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/11/cabinet-guesses.html Anglachel's Journal: Cabinet Guesses Provide your best guesses for what Republicans The Precious will have as part of his cabinet in the comments. Inspired by this post from Sus... anglacheljournalcabinetguesses https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/09/repair-cat-to-rescue.html Anglachel's Journal: Repair Cat to the Rescue Because we cannot live by politics alone. Repair Cat (Links to YouTube) I have to admit that this is my usual response to a malfunctioning ... to theanglacheljournalrepaircat https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/05/if-youve-sent-me-private-note-recently.html Anglachel's Journal: If you've sent me a private note recently I found out the mail server has not been sending the emails, so I have a backlog of messages to wade through. Sorry for the delay. Anglachel... if you https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/09/torture-nation-billmon-explains.html Anglachel's Journal: Torture Nation - Billmon Explains Billmon cuts to the chase and explains why the White House is so frantic to make it legal for the US to torture people: I caught Command... torture nationanglacheljournalexplains https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/10/hillary-on-healthcare.html Anglachel's Journal: Hillary on Healthcare Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Report Finding Health Care Premiums in New York Rising Much Faster than Earnings WASHINGTON, ... anglacheljournalhillaryhealthcare https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/04/tragedy-farce-and-armageddon.html Anglachel's Journal: Tragedy, Farce, and Armageddon Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first t... anglacheljournaltragedyfarcearmageddon https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics.html Anglachel's Journal: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics anglacheljournalliesdamnstatistics https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2010/11/krugman-agrees.html Anglachel's Journal: Krugman Agrees On all counts - Obama's dangerous Reagan worship, on his misrepresentation of Democratic history, and on the deep self-delusion and denial ... anglacheljournalkrugmanagrees https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/more-numbers-for-beast.html Anglachel's Journal: More Numbers for the Beast Iraqi blogger Ishtar presents the fundamental atrocity being perpetuated upon Iraq by the US: More than 300 Iraqi professors in different ki... more numbersfor theanglacheljournalbeast https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/its-corruption-stupid.html Anglachel's Journal: It's the Corruption, Stupid In all the folderol over Kos, the original issue has become somewhat buried - the news of Jerome Armstrong's SEC conviction. Neil the Ethica... journal itthe corruptionanglachelstupid https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/11/voting-reform.html Anglachel's Journal: Voting Reform I'm reading various reports about voting from around the country, paying close attention to those which document long lines at polling place... anglacheljournalvotingreform https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/05/speech-by-sen-robert-byrd-west_22.html Anglachel's Journal: Speech by Sen. Robert Byrd, West Virginia The Truth Will Emerge by US Senator Robert Byrd Senate Floor Remarks - May 21, 2003 "Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again, - - T... robert byrdanglacheljournalspeechsen https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2005/12/and-now-for-something-completely-silly.html Anglachel's Journal: And now for something completely silly... Pimp My Nutcracker - fun for the whole family! Courtesy of The Poor Man . Anglachel and nowanglacheljournalsomethingcompletely https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/walk-not-talk.html Anglachel's Journal: Walk, Not Talk Josh Marshall posts about Nancy Pelosi doing some real work to remove potentially criminal Dems from their favorite places of operation: ... anglacheljournalwalktalk https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/05/democratic-blind-spots.html Anglachel's Journal: Democratic Blind Spots At this point in the primary campaign, there isn't a lot of doubt about what the primary contests themselves will hold. Hillary has a chance... anglacheljournaldemocraticblindspots https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/07/battle-for-entrenched-power-broker.html Anglachel's Journal: Battle for the Entrenched Power Broker Positions Lieberman commited a serious tactical blunder in trying to cover all bases with his bid to stay on the November ballot at all costs. Check o... for thepower brokeranglacheljournalbattle https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/net-neutrality-its-economy-stupid.html Anglachel's Journal: Net Neutrality - It's The Economy, Stupid So, I wrote my Congress Critter (Sen. Feinstein) and gave her an earful about the need for Net Neutrality. I didn't bother with any freedom ... net neutralitythe economyanglacheljournalstupid https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/ Anglachel's Journal anglacheljournal https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/08/race-to-bottom.html Anglachel's Journal: Race to the Bottom US politics gets uglier by the day, even by the hour, as the fascist wing realizes it is losing out in public opinion. In Texas, the stateho... to theanglacheljournalracebottom https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/08/barking-up-wrong-tree.html Anglachel's Journal: Barking Up the Wrong Tree It's a bit of an old topic, but I'm going to talk about dog whistles in politics. I missed out on the debate when it was still hot, so what ... anglacheljournalbarkingwrongtree https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2007/11/masked-racism.html Anglachel's Journal: Masked Racism The recent WaPo (no, I won't give the attention whores a link to their revolting article) article breathlessly repeating "rumors" (lies) abo... anglacheljournalmaskedracism https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/05/political-front.html Anglachel's Journal: The political front Didn't think I'd forget about this, now, did you? The Chimp-in-Chief and his handlers are spinning the "victory" in Iraq as though it was V-... the politicalanglacheljournalfront https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2011/05/ Anglachel's Journal: May 2011 You say I'm a bitch as if that were a bad thing... anglacheljournalmay https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2005/10/wrong-major-bob.html Anglachel's Journal: Wrong, Major Bob Eric Alterman, Altercation blogger , has a recurring guest, Major Bob Bateman. Major Bob is a fascinating voice amid the usual shrill argume... anglacheljournalwrongmajorbob https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2003/07/white-man-unburdened.html Anglachel's Journal: The White Man Unburdened I usually find Norman Mailer a very annoying author, but his recent article in The New York Review of Books is spot on. The closing paragra... the whiteanglacheljournalman https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/kitty-news.html Anglachel's Journal: Kitty News She's definitely better because she is purring again. I'm getting her to take her antibiotic pills by mashing them up in a lump of tuna and ... anglacheljournalkittynews https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/not-that-anyone-will-give-sen-clinton.html Anglachel's Journal: Not That Anyone Will Give Sen. Clinton Credit For It... So the blogosphere is full of cheers for Sen. Harry Reid for saying the Democrats would block the Congress giving itself any more pay raises... https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/12/political-question.html Anglachel's Journal: The Political Question I was prompted to this thought by an email from a friend who sent me a link to a Joan Walsh piece on Salon . Walsh is more right than wrong ... the politicalanglacheljournalquestion https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/09/choices.html Anglachel's Journal: Choices One of my choices in life is not to have a child. Another of my choices is never to have an abortion. I am lucky enough to have been able to... anglacheljournalchoices https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/occasion-not-kos.html Anglachel's Journal: The Occasion, Not the Kos All I know of Kos I learned on the internets. That's about what I "know" of any media figure. What matters is how a person comes across onli... the occasionanglacheljournalkos https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2005/10/year-of-living-dangerously.html Anglachel's Journal: The Year of Living Dangerously From November 2004 through October 2005 has been a sobering 12 months - and we're not quite over. Undoubtedly, I will have missed a few. ... the yearanglacheljournallivingdangerously https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/volume-vs-passion.html Anglachel's Journal: Volume vs. Passion I've been doing my best to remain ignorant of whatever stupidity is consuming the self-appointed godheads of the lefty blogosphere this time... anglacheljournalvolumevspassion