Our famous linkfest offering you links to sites with MANY different viewpoints. Links do not necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its cobloggers.
A Miliblogger Has Been Injured In Iraq. DETAILS HERE.
John Edwards Is Running For President (see post below) and does this one sentence set him apart from the pack?
Incentivizing Honesty In Politics: Two of those words don’t seem to fit in the same sentence (we’ll give you a hint: we’re not talking about “inventivizing” and “in”). But should this be goal? The Anonymous Liberal looks at the issue. A tiny excerpt 4 U:
We live in an era where the outcomes of elections often hinge on the effectiveness of political advertising. For reasons I discussed in my previous post, however, it is simply not feasible (or advisable) to regulate the truthfulness of political advertising in the same way we regulate the truthfulness of commercial advertising.
But that doesn’t mean we have to resign ourselves to a system that actually encourages deceptive political advertising.
You mean we shouldn’t see a campaign ad by Senator John McCain’s primary
opponents showing a Hillary Clinton look alike, with a come hither stare, pointing to the camera and whispering seductively: “John…call me…” ? TAL looks at this issue in some detail — in a MUST READ post.
Are We In For Divided Government Or Gridlock? You can ponder the bigger issue or read a bunch of fascinating ideas at the Carnival Of Divided Goverment OCTAVUS.
If Sadaam Is Hanging Around Will That Have An Impact on Iraq’s Insurgency? The Angry Independent thinks that’s a bunch of hooey:
What in the world are these people smoking? They are still holding on to this pie in the sky nonsense. How many times have we heard about some big event that was supposed to calm the insurgency? I can count at least 5 events. None of them turned out to be the turning point towards a peaceful Iraq.
In fact, the death of Saddam Hussein will likely have the opposite impact. It will only solidify the insurgency (unfortunately). It will turn him into a Martyr. It has the potential to set off a new wave of sustained violence in Iraq. But the Bush administration seems clueless.
Read it all.
The New Rocky Movie Is Out and Donald Sensing reviews it.
Predictions For 2007 via Jon Swift.
The Shiites Are Taking Over Baghdad. Read THIS.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.