A Reader Responds to John Carroll’s Cluelessness

The strange dust-up over ‘Beat the Press’ – News – The Phoenix: Personally, if blogging didn’t come with any media attention of any sort, I’d be happier. I deliberately followed my heart in my English BA and avoided the Journalism concentration like the plague. I liked poetry. That sort of writing you do in a […]

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“Absolutely no one was allowed to see her smoking”

First Lady Laura Bush Smoked Cigarettes before Public Appearances During Reelection Campaign [11/16/04]: Excerpts from: Burning BushNew York Daily News [11/7/04] So that’s why the Bushes don’t like New York City: Laura can’t smoke here. The presidential campaign was stressful enough to send the First Lady, an avowed nonsmoker, back to her chain-smoking ways. “Absolutely […]

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Army is unlikely to be able to meet the next rotation of troops in Iraq without undesirable changes in its deployment practices

HaloScan.com – Comments: Didn’t hear anything yet in the mainstream media about this snippet from the ISG report: “The Army is unlikely to be able to meet the next rotation of troops in Iraq without undesirable changes in its deployment practices. The Army is now considering breaking its compact with the National Guard and Reserves […]

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Arrogant wife of an wannabe imperial ruler

HaloScan.com – Comments: WELL, you arrogant wife of an wannabe imperial ruler of the world, maybe the reason Bush’s poll numbers are so low is that his arrogance on a global scale has devastated the US in many ways, not to mention completely screwed over another nation (Iraq). Your crude and monkey-like husband, that Wizard […]

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