Bookworm on Nov 26 2007 | Filed under: Anti-war, Bush Derangement Syndrome, Congress, Democrats
I’m not giving away anything by quoting here the concluding paragraph from Noemie Emery’s long and fascinating article about the Democrats’ desperate and, at the moment, unsuccessful anti-Surge efforts in the last year. If you read only this paragraph, good as it is, you’ll have missed all of the really interesting stuff:
As they took control [...]
Bookworm on Oct 23 2007 | Filed under: Congress, Immigration
I’ve got to run to a couple of meetings this morning, but wanted to alert you to the fact that Harry Reid is trying to get a cloture vote (that is, he’s trying to shut down debate) on the DREAM Act tomorrow. The DREAM Act is the one that mandate in-state tuition at State Colleges [...]
Bookworm on Oct 18 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Last night, Mr. Bookworm got around to watching a recent Frontline episode called “Cheney’s Law.” Here’s how PBS describes the show:
For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a [...]
Bookworm on Oct 12 2007 | Filed under: Anti-war, Congress, Democrats, World War II
During any other war, the following list that Vasko Kohlmayer complied would show treasonous conduct. In this War, it’s politics as usual:
• They have repeatedly conceded defeat in Iraq with Harry Reid claiming ‘this war is lost;’
• They purposefully downplay any and all American military successes;
• They have sought to portray our troops as [...]
Bookworm on Oct 03 2007 | Filed under: Congress, Democrats, Media matters
I’ve kept quiet about the phony “Phony Soldier” attack against Rush because others are exposing the Dem’s idiocy much better than I could and, up until about five minutes, I didn’t feel I had anything even marginally original to add. What occurred to me five minutes ago, however, was the old saw about “know your [...]
Bookworm on Oct 02 2007 | Filed under: Congress, Democrats
I’m not commenting on this piece of Legislation one way or another. However, to the extent that (1) it involves a big fight between the Democrats and one of their strongest constituencies, (2) the constituency represents only a small fraction of Americans overall, and (3) that the fight is over an even smaller subset [...]
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