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The Washington Post, in an editorial, argues that there's plenty of irresponsibility to go around the controversy surrounding Jack Murtha, the Congress, the White House and Iraq policy. Highlights:It sounds like the final days of a bitter, mud-slinging political campaign. But what is at stake is not an election but a war in which American soldiers are being killed and wounded … [Read more...] about Washington Post Blasts Both Sides In Murtha/Iraq Controversy

Our occasional linkfest offering you a guidemap to good reading from DIFFERING viewpoints. Links do not necessarily reflect the opinions of TMV. What FactCheck Says About President George W. Bush And WMD via The Astute Blogger. Reaction To Murtha/House Uproar from The Boston Progressive, who was not pleased with what he saw. The Race For $$$ For The Senate and how both … [Read more...] about Around The ‘Sphere

Military blogger Citizen Smash, aka the Indepundit, is one of TMV's favorites because he just gets down to the issues with a minimum of political rhetoric and doesn't personally go after people who write things with which he disagrees. And on the controversy over calls for a withdrawal from Iraq Smash again displays why he is worth reading and his opinion worth considering. … [Read more...] about Citizen Smash On Immediate Withdrawal

...at Captain's Quarters, one of the must-read conservative weblogs on the Internet. The Captain, Ed Morrissey, has skyrocketed in popularity but it can't just be explained by his being frequently linked to by InstaPundit and other big conservative sites. The fact is, Morrissey does a couple of things that sets him far apart from many weblogs — conservative, liberal and … [Read more...] about Take A Peek…..

We wrote a lot already about the controversy surrounding Jack Murtha, the GOP and the Democrats and the fireworks in the House. But here are two more MUST-READS from Oxblog's David Adesnik on this controversy. Adesnik does balance out some of the points in this story that have gotten lost amid the media coverage, the 'vilify-him' comments from the right and the 'deify-him' … [Read more...] about More On Jack Murtha, The Democrats, The Republicans And The House

Legal history has repeated itself: actor Robert Blake, found not guilty of the murder of his wife in a criminal trial, has now lost a civil case — most likely putting on hold for a long time any hopes he had of returning to the show biz mainstream and perhaps the latest person to experience "celebrity justice." It's an interesting phenomenon: a high-profile gets … [Read more...] about Robert Blake: The New O.J.?

We feel your pain. We know we've been negligent in doing more of our highly popular Take A Peek mini-reviews of websites. So starting today, we're going to be trying to more of them each week. A reminder that we ROTATE the kinds of sites we look at. One day you'll see a liberal site, another a centrist site, another a conservative site -- or even a nonpolitical (God forbid!) … [Read more...] about We’ve Heard You…

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A NAACP official switches political parties... … [Read more...] about A High Profile Gain For The GOP In Florida

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A new "luxury" wireless phone service is coming, from a Beverly Hills-based startup with an "industry-leading parent company." The company is emphasizing quality of service and superior technical support, but it seems more likely to me this service will become a status symbol for spoiled celebrities that will overtake Sidekick-chic. Analysis here. … [Read more...] about “Luxury” wireless service coming, Paris Hilton commercials to follow shortly

Right Thinking From The West Coast's Lee:When Bush ran for president he presented himself as being a certain type of man, and once in office became something totally different, especially in his second term. (Who woulda thunk that the first MBA president could --- up the deficit this badly.) McCain is, well, McCain. You know where he stands on things. And, like (Andrew … [Read more...] about Is George Bush Actually A Gift To The Left?

The GOP baited a political hook for the Democrats. The Democrats didn't bite. And in the end independent voters who carefully watched it all unfold on C-SPAN may conclude that perhaps this was a case of the worms themselves baiting the hook... In one of the most clumsy, politically transparent and possibly counterproductive political operations since the GOP Congress … [Read more...] about Democrats Don’t Bite GOP-Baited Hook As Iraq Withdrawal Resolution Fails

If you're new to the site, you may be one of the readers emailing us asking why we link to weblogs on the right and left. Readers on the left get mad sometimes if we link to a weblog on the right. Readers on the right get mad if we link to a weblog on the left. We also get questions (including one tonight) about why we don't answer things written about TMV on other weblogs. So … [Read more...] about Lo Siento Mucho

....are also apparently within the U.S. military:WASHINGTON (CNN) — The top U.S. commander in Iraq has submitted a plan to the Pentagon for withdrawing troops in Iraq, according to a senior defense official. Gen. George Casey submitted the plan to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. It includes numerous options and recommends that brigades — usually made up of … [Read more...] about People Who Are Undercutting The War Effort And Encouraging Terrorists…

Yes, it has been launched...but it remains in the center of controversy. … [Read more...] about Pajamas Media aka Open Source Media (Or Is It?)

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The big story today is the House GOPers putting up for a vote the supposed Murtha Resolution calling for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Read the news story here. But then read this and you'll see that the GOP won't put up the original resolution — but one it has refurbished. Here's another view of what's happening, this one from a GOP perspective. This is all about trying … [Read more...] about House GOP Tries To Set Democratic Trap (UPDATED)