On this the day of the Rules and Bylaws Committee hearing on the seating of Florida and Michigan delegates I am forced to pivot the conversation from the involved complexity of America’s foreign policy principles and other matters of weight and consequence to make what I would have otherwise thought to be a wholly unnecessary [...]
Archive for May, 2008
The Freedom Fighters of Florida and Michigan
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Layered Infraction
Posted in Uncategorized on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Toots, I think your instinct to see beyond the shamefulness of Bush’s political point scoring against (apparently) Barack Obama (and perhaps Jimmy Carter?) is right on, especially when set against the media’s superficial “oh no you di’nt!” coverage of the presidential horse race. I do, however, want to dwell on that particular level of umbrage [...]
Nakba
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s a comment that President Bush made while speaking to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel’s statehood.
“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” the President said to the country’s legislative body, “We have heard this [...]