Month: June 2004
According to Prof. Reynolds: WHILE I WENT OUT TO GET FROZEN YOGURT, the InstaWife watched CBS news. She pronounced it "one long commercial for the Democrats." Needless to say, no examples.
I differ somewhat from Scott on the question of the draft. The draft does have a couple of positive aspects that he doesn't mention, but that I think are important..
Among Katha Pollitt's many enviable talents is the ability to cut to the heart of an issue by saying something that by all rights should be banal, but is often.
Via Atrios, a link to the Heritage Foundation page on missile defense. As Atrios cogently points out, Talking Points and Recommendations have full, and Facts and Figures is empty. This is.
Via Digby, we find Rep. Tom Davis (R, VA) indulging in demographic fantasies: If you take out the Indian reservation, we would have won," said Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), former chairman.
Kevin Drum with an excellent post on Oil. Upshot: Prices are going up. Fluctuations aside, they're not going back down. Depending on who you ask, production has peaked in the last.
Not entirely, but it looks like the Army presence there will be sharply reduced. Frankly, this is a bit overdue. There's no real compelling need to keep even skeletal forces in.
Matt Duss noted some creepy White House rhetoric.