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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/08/
Anglachel's Journal: August 2008
You say I'm a bitch as if that were a bad thing...
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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...
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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...
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https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2007/01/
Anglachel's Journal: January 2007
You say I'm a bitch as if that were a bad thing...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2009/01/congratulations-madam-secretary.html
Anglachel's Journal: Congratulations, Madam Secretary
Hillary is confirmed as Secretary of State . Anglachel
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2004/11/ot-but-real.html
Anglachel's Journal: OT, but Real
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2006/06/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics.html
Anglachel's Journal: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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: ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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-...
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https://anglachelg.blogspot.com/2011/05/
Anglachel's Journal: May 2011
You say I'm a bitch as if that were a bad thing...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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