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[Let Freedom Ring (Throughout the World)] The Definition of Fantasy: the war on terror. He has thinly veiled contempt for the European governments that opposed the invasion of Iraq, especially France; &, for good measure, he holds the Senate seat once occupied by the granddaddy of the American conservative movement, Barry Goldwater.

[Delusions of Grandeur] Back to School: Therefore, you’re not going to be able to get all the little people to vote for you. Half of every winning campaign is making sure that your opponent’s voters don’t actually end up voting. This works best if you can install your campaign chairs into positions that decide who gets to vote and where - governorships, secretaries of state, etc.

[Blogsforbush.com] Blogs for Bush: I like that bit - Taheri, you see, understands something that Winston Churchill observed a very long time ago: while war and politics might seem like opposite things, they are actually very similar when you raise your point of view, while at the summit true politics and military strategy are one and the same thing. The enemy may retain the tactical initiative in the sense that they can set off car bombs pretty much at will, but they are on the losing end of the strategic, political situation because wars are not decided by how many people you kill but by who attains their strategic objectives.

[Retrovsmetro.org] Retro vs. Metro : Blog : Sep 14, 2004 - Sep 08, 2004: Sep 14, 2004 One of the concepts hammered home by the GOP and its media mouthpieces is that Democrats spend, spend, spend. In recent campaign speeches, Bush has lambasted Kerry for what Bush claims is a proposed $2 trillion in long-term spending (a figure Kerry says is exaggerated).

[Unfutz.blogspot.com] ed fitzgerald's unfutz: The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History recently approved a request by the Discovery Institute to hold a private, invitation-only screening and reception at the Museum on June 23 for the film "The Privileged Planet." Upon further review we have determined that the content of the film is not consistent with the mission of the Smithsonian Institution's scientific research. Neither the Smithsonian Institution nor the National Museum of Natural History supports or endorses the views of the Discovery Institute or the film "The Privileged Planet." Given that the Discovery Institute has already issued invitations, we will honor the commitment made to provide space for the event, but will not participate or accept a donation for it.

[Blog.envirocitizen.org] EnviroCitizen Activist Blog: New Apollo Energy Act contrasts ...: plan, which in 1961 challenged the nation to put a man on the moon within the decade and return him safely to Earth. Kennedy recognized that Americans love a good challenge and are the most creative people in human history. In a similar way, New Apollo challenges Americans to harness their legendary ingenuity and technological prowess to build a clean, economically beneficial energy system on our own planet—a planet we want to keep comfortably fit for human habitation and free from global warming and conflicts arising over the control of petroleum.

[Motherjones.com] MoJo Blog: On the other hand, it's also extremely unlikely that the long-oppressed Shiite majority is ever going to let the Sunnis have anything even approaching a dominant role in Iraq. It's true that recently the Shiite governing majority backed off its demand for a strong role for Islam in the constitution, which, though not a terribly important issue in and of itself, does signal a willingness by the Shiites to try to be as accommodating as possible. But the important thing here is that they weren't giving up anything substantive.

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