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Entries from November 2006

George F. Will - Already Too Busy for Civility - washingtonpost.com

November 30th, 2006 · No Comments · politics

George Will has decided he will hold a newly elected Senator to a higher standard that the President and Vice-President of the United States. Go figure. I agree if Jim Webb really wanted to make a statement he should have stayed away from the reception…He could have put out a press release I suppose, but then George [...]

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E. J. Dionne Jr. - Can the GOP Find Its Center? - washingtonpost.com

November 28th, 2006 · No Comments · politics

I found the following paragraphs most telling.
In an article in the latest issue of the conservative Weekly Standard, Yuval Levin, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, explains the tension between the market and the family as clearly as anyone has:
“The market values risk-taking and creative destruction that can be very bad for [...]

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A bipartisan Bush? Not so you would notice…

November 25th, 2006 · No Comments · politics

It was pretty obvious even right after the elections that the president wasn’t changing his approach. If anything he seemed to be rubbing the fact that he wasn’t in the democrats face.
President Bush’s political fortunes have changed for the worse, but he himself is announcing that he hasn’t changed a bit.
He still hates not getting [...]

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SENSIBLE PRIORITIES

November 22nd, 2006 · No Comments · congress, politics

Jim Hightower is one of the few Texas Progressive Politicians my generation has seen. He has a real talent for cutting through the BS that most politicians sling…

Hey, how about indulging yourself with a hot new Maserati? Yeah, it’s got a sticker price that’ll make you go blind – but, wow, this baby will flat-out [...]

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