Today's MUST READ is on Taylor Marsh's site: a guest post by Joseph Wilson on Clinton and Iran: I was pleased to see that last Monday Hillary joined Senator Jim Webb in co-sponsoring a bill that would prohibit the use of funds for military action in Iran without specific authorization from Congress. Last week, Hillary voted to support a non-binding resolution that … [Read more...] about Joseph Wilson On Hillary Clinton And Iran
This Just In!!
THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Bush Vetoes Candy for Babies Move Takes Candy From Over Four Million Babies In a move that seemed guaranteed to stir controversy, President Bush today vetoed a bill that would give candy to over four million babies. With one stroke of a pen, Mr. Bush vetoed the Candy for Babies Act, a law that would have expanded … [Read more...] about This Just In!!
Guest DVD Review: Ken Burns’ The War
NOTE: The Moderate Voice runs guest voice posts from time to time. One of the most popular guest voices is Dan Schneider, who does guest reviews for us. TMV coblogger Shaun Mullen loved Ken Burns' The War...but as you'll see below, Dan Schneider had a different reaction and he tells you exactly why. DVD Review Of Ken Burns' The War Copyright © by Dan Schneider In … [Read more...] about Guest DVD Review: Ken Burns’ The War
Thank Goodness for Security Contractors [i.e. Blackwater]
..or so states my Foreign Policy Watch co-blogger, David Dryer. While Dryer does not deny that the use of security contractors has "almost certainly been detrimental to long-term security and political goals [in Iraq]," he argues that such forces are necessary because they allow us to avoid instituting the draft here at home. Although I find his conclusions troubling, and while … [Read more...] about Thank Goodness for Security Contractors [i.e. Blackwater]
$222,000…
That's the amount a Jammie Thomas, a 30-year old single mother has to pay total to various music companies for sharing music and more music: Record companies win music sharing trial By JOSHUA FREED Associated Press Writer Fri Oct 5, 6:15 AM ET DULUTH, Minn. - The recording industry hopes $222,000 will be enough to dissuade music lovers from downloading songs from the … [Read more...] about $222,000…
Name Game, Part II
While I am largely uninformed about the inner-circle of foreign policy wonks and thus have to resort to simply making fun of people named "Slaughter", Fletcher School professor Daniel Drezner does not share my shortcomings and thus is able to offer some half-baked predictions matching foreign policy advisers to their respective positions in their chosen candidate's cabinet. … [Read more...] about Name Game, Part II
New Mexico Senate Race
Having to defend another vulnerable open seat obviously isn't a good thing for the GOP, but candidate-wise they're doing much better than the Dems thus far, a rarity in of itself this cycle. … [Read more...] about New Mexico Senate Race
The ‘Silent’ 9/11 Settlement
Four of the comparatively few families who declined to participate in the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund have settled claims against the airline and other companies involved with American Airlines Flight 77, which was flown into the Pentagon. The families assert that they opted for litigation to learn more about what went wrong. Said Irene Golinski of Columbia, … [Read more...] about The ‘Silent’ 9/11 Settlement
Fred Thompson, Lonely Guy
Jeri Thompson makes it all sound like something out of Steve Martin’s 1980s movie, “The Lonely Guy.†There is Fred, on the Fourth of July, when everybody else is at the beach or backyard barbecues getting sloshed with friends, standing on a supermarket checkout line with a pathetic pre-made half a tunafish sandwich and a can of high-cholesterol beanie-weenies. "I … [Read more...] about Fred Thompson, Lonely Guy
Center of Attention
A round up of recent posts by various bloggers who either attempt to strike a balanced note on heated debates and controversial issues, or improve our ability to find our own sense of balance by exposing us to new information and different points-of-view. -------------------------- Many people today are leaving the Republican party, but there was a time when the migration … [Read more...] about Center of Attention
Voices In the S-CHIP Veto Debate
Salt Lake City demonstrators protest veto House Democrats are about 20 votes short of a veto-proof majority to override President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Plan, which means that at least 10 Republicans — if not more — would have to change their nay votes. Although there are early indications that some GOP congressfolk are considering doing … [Read more...] about Voices In the S-CHIP Veto Debate
Deporting Iraq GI’s Spouses: When No Green Card Trumps a Yellow Ribbon
Yaderlin and Alex Jimenez Who would have thunk that among the consequences of the Iraq war are the GIs who in addition to trying to stay alive have to wonder whether their wives or girlfriends will be there when they return home. This is not a "Dear John" situation, but rather spouses who do not have green cards and face deportation at a time when there may be more … [Read more...] about Deporting Iraq GI’s Spouses: When No Green Card Trumps a Yellow Ribbon
The Joys Of Hotel Internet
If your hair has gotten too long, don't bother going to a barber or beautician. Just travel around the United States and stay in hotels and try to find reliable Internet. It'll make you pull our hair out in frustration and save you the cost of a haircut. This is being written from Visalia, California where I just completed a 305 mile drive from San Diego. When people … [Read more...] about The Joys Of Hotel Internet
…and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Last Friday I briefly addressed the ENDA bill in this post, stating: My opinion? Passing the hate crimes bill and ENDA will be long-overdue steps in the right direction. If the transgender issue will sink ENDA, take it out. We can address that another time. Well, I made a snap judgment based on what turned out to be incomplete information on a much more complex issue … [Read more...] about …and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Is Larry Craig Waiting for NCOD?
National Coming Out Day, an annual event sponsored by HRC and GLSEN, is next Thursday, October 11, 2007. Maybe that's why Senator Larry Craig has announced that he will not resign from the US Senate even though his Minnesota guilty plea to attempted bathroom sex has not been dismissed. Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has changed his mind about resigning and will remain in the … [Read more...] about Is Larry Craig Waiting for NCOD?
Burma: Act Now!
A U.N. special envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, has held talks with the totalitarian regime in Burma and has also met with Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel laureate and one of the leaders of the pro-democracy movement in that country: [Gambari] had waited four days to see Gen Than Shwe before the chairman of Burma's State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) made himself available. No … [Read more...] about Burma: Act Now!
Carter’s Africa Crusade
Whatever you think about Jimmy Carter's presidency, it's hard not to have great respect for the post-presidential work he's now doing in Africa. … [Read more...] about Carter’s Africa Crusade
Bush Kids Health Plan Veto, Republican Kool Aid And Children
Several years ago, when Hillary Clinton wrote a book suggesting it "takes a village" to raise a child, it was derided in some quarters as reaching a conclusion that it was not a certainty. But here is one certainty: It takes some financially well-off, pampered politicians who themselves receive government health insurance to sour -- or perhaps if the illnesses are grave … [Read more...] about Bush Kids Health Plan Veto, Republican Kool Aid And Children
The Party Bong of Misleading Statistics & Other News on Mess-opotamia
Parsing Iraq war statistics – be they sectarian killings, plain-vanilla killings, U.S. killings, goat and other livestock killings, and so on and so forth – is like getting high on opium. Things feel really good for a while and then you wake up. Or so I'm told. As White House and Pentagon mouthpieces and war supporters in the mainstream media and blogosphere never learn, … [Read more...] about The Party Bong of Misleading Statistics & Other News on Mess-opotamia
The S-CHIP Veto Push Back Begins
President Bush After S-CHIP Veto Within hours after George Bush signed the fourth veto of his presidency, rejecting a compromise bipartisan bill expanding the popular State Children's Health Insurance Program, Democrats and advocacy groups began pushing back. With enough votes in the Senate to override a veto, S-CHIP supporters turned their attention to House Republicans … [Read more...] about The S-CHIP Veto Push Back Begins