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30.11.05 | 

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It’s Going To Be a Long Three Years

If I had believed a word the President
said in the first half of his speech today,
I would have been disappointed that
he didn’t announce some withdrawals.
His detailed discussion of progress
disintegrated into double talk: we can’t
leave until we win, but the “rejectionists�
won’t stop fighting while we are there.
The signs said “Plan for Victory,� but
but there was no […]

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29.11.05 | 

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Be Our Guest

Bush junks amnesty
wants to offer illegals
hospitality

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28.11.05 | 

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A New Way To Support the Troops

Newsweek says the Democrats
are recruiting vets to run for Congress.
That’s great, if they can make it work.
The magazine wisely warns that local
politicians may have other ideas that
could foment destructive primary fights.
Maybe Clinton and Carter could make up
and serve as arbitrators to direct party
funds to the candidate most likely to win.
Unfortunately that would make too much
sense […]

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27.11.05 | 

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Economists Have Better Judgment Than We Thought

Clinton listened to economists worried about
the bond market and led us to boom times.
Bush turned boom into bust by ignoring his
economic advisors, now he can’t find any.
That doesn’t say much for the nation’s future,
but it speaks well for the profession.

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26.11.05 | 

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DeLay Has Many Friends

Tom DeLay’s wife, Christine,
worked for some former staffers
determining the favorite charity
of every member of congress.
Her lawyer says she found it
“interesting, very challenging
and very worthwhile� for three
years, and earned $115,000.
One must assume the work was
challenging, the money worthwhile,
the results interesting, and perhaps
useful to an enterprising lobbyist.

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25.11.05 | 

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Free Advice for a Leader in Need

Iraq is busted, and whether or not Pottery Barn
would have made him buy it, Bush owns it,
and most Americans want him to give it back.
No one tells him how. Most don’t define when,
beyond soon, or accept responsibility for starting
the war, but will be responsible about ending it.
The President can overcome this by picking a
new course […]

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24.11.05 | 

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Haiku

Dick Cheney glowered
when the President pardoned
the other turkey.

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23.11.05 | 

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Iraqis Ask for Schedule, We Offer the Usual Bull

The Arab League and representatives
of most Iraqi political factions met
to discuss getting foreign troops out
of their country – and they agreed.
They want a timetable for departure
and suggest it start in mid-2006, and
be completed around year-end. Details
were fuzzy, determination was clear.
Of course Bush’s representative greeted
this sign of local leadership with the
usual palaver, and tired talking points
that […]

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22.11.05 | 

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Maybe Bush Has One Winner

No Child Left Behind, like most Bush programs,
has been a disaster. Schools scramble for scores,
kids learn more, but somehow it’s rarely enough.
After four years of ignoring complaints, Education
Secretary Margaret Spellings relaxed the rules
to measure progress, not just generate statistics.
Imagine, a member of Bush’s cabinet who can learn!
The President should put her in charge of Defense. […]

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21.11.05 | 

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A Gift from Michael Scanlon

Abramoff regains the headlines as
one of his partners pleads guilty,
and promises to help the prosecution.
Congress is none too happy, but Bush
appreciates any and all distractions.
Let DeLay and Ney get some action.

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20.11.05 | 

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Who Is the Real Enemy?

The sordid story of Afghanistan
seeps out slowly, staining our
nation’s standing in the world.
Corruption and ineptitude raced
to win contracts that produce
nothing but profits, and payoffs.
Bureaucrats don’t want peace.
If there were no warlords to fight
they might have to produce results.

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19.11.05 | 

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The Shout Heard ‘Round the World

Nuance, nicety and sensibility are words
Republicans apparently don’t understand.
They brand anyone not bull-headed
a coward. The only alternative they can
see to continued killing is quitting.
We will not leave until we win, but Bush
doesn’t define victory. Insurgents say we’ll
stay forever. Bush won’t deny it – though he
quickly says “we don’t torture.� That leaves
one question: how many […]

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18.11.05 | 

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Time to Get Off the Dime

Republican sloganeers decided
any alternative to “stay the course�
is “cut and run.� Unfortunately the
course is lined with “IEDs.�
It goes from one insurgent stronghold
to another and back. The Democrat’s
slogan should be: “get out of the rut,
finish the job, and come home.�
In the 40’s we trained millions of troops
in less time than we have been in Iraq.
The […]

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17.11.05 | 

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Brownie Was the Tip of the Iceberg

FEMA, inept as always, decided
Monday that cities had until
December 1 to sign three-month
apartment leases for Katrina evacuees.
The mayor of Houston said,
“We can’t get leases for three months.
Landlords won’t do that.” The city’s
leasing program came to a halt.
FEMA responded Tuesday by saying
they would stop paying for hotel
rooms November 30. That means
moving 150,000 people in 15 days.
FEMA […]

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16.11.05 | 

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Piling On

It comes as no surprise that
oil company execs met with
Cheney’s energy task force,
but after years of being secret
confirmation comes to light.
Insiders may think a wounded
VP can’t muster retribution,
or a leak too small to notice
became newsworthy with Bush
campaigning in the orient.
Whatever brought the subject
up again, it’s always fun to relive
old congressional testimony –
no longer just suspicious, […]

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15.11.05 | 

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For Once: Two Parties Have One Goal

Whether it’s a light at the end of a tunnel, or a tunnel at the end of the fog, the Senate’s new proposals for Iraq offer a flicker of hope. Warner says he’s not critical of the administration, “just forward looking.â€? Whatever. The combination has a faint glow of bipartisanship, and more than a glimmer […]

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14.11.05 | 

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It Happens All The Time

A majority of Americans think Saddam
was involved in the attacks on 9/11, but
Republicans insist Bush never said that.
Assuming they’re correct, most of us
must’ve misunderestimated what he said.

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13.11.05 | 

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Bush, with AARP’s Help, Stuck It to Us

Bush calls his drug bill the “greatest advance
in health care for seniors in 40 years.� He lies.
More likely, many of us will suffer nervous
breakdowns from worry and loss of sleep.
Medicare has a web site to help me choose
among 69 available plans, but I found the data
filled with asterisks on critical factors suggesting:
“call the company for […]

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12.11.05 | 

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Ferocious Fighters Falsify Facts

Bush and his security adviser
defended the way we went to war,
but they used the same old arguments,
and The Washington Post poked
them full of the same old holes.
If they were building a boat for
a quick getaway it would sink, but
they’re building a wall, using just
enough truth to prevent collapse
and keep out Democratic soft balls.
Since this Republican […]

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11.11.05 | 

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Whenever He’s Stumped He takes to the Stump

I hate to keep saying the same thing,
but Bush does.
He says Democrats voted to go to war,
and now they’ve changed their minds.
I say no one voted to go to war.
Congress gave Bush the right to go
as leverage to get inspectors into Iraq.
That worked,
but Bush went to war anyway.
That didn’t.
Instead of working to find a way […]

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