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Letters from Iraq: Roll the Dice and Pray

By Karoli April 5, 2008 Iraq No Comments

Attention should be paid here. While our cable news networks are sniffing around the Clinton tax return and ooohing and aaahing because they made money over the years since Bill…

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Where I tell Glenn Beck He Can Suck It

By Karoli April 4, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iraq No Comments

Glenn Beck thinks we should be grateful for Big Oil, that we’re unfairly demonizing “Big Oil” in the American quest to unearth and punish villains. Congress has picked “Big Oil”…

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Things that scare the hell out of me

By Karoli April 3, 2008 Election 2008, Iraq No Comments

Being watched by the likes of the Bush Administration: Intelligence centers run by states across the country have access to personal information about millions of Americans, including unlisted cellphone numbers,…

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County Conventions Liveblogged on Twitter

By Karoli March 29, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Today are the Texas and California county Democratic conventions (with one Texas exception, happening tomorrow), and some of my twitter buds are liveblogging via Twitter. Here’s an excerpt from @lnewcomer‘s…

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The Cease-Fire Is Over

By Karoli March 26, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq No Comments

According to VetVoice, the cease-fire is over, and violence is on the rise. Total Military Deaths in Iraq: 4,001 and counting. Unfortunately, with the end of the cease-fire, this number…

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Righting Wrongs on Iraq

By Karoli March 25, 2008 Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq No Comments

There’s a lot of breast-beating in the blogosphere this past week about how many were wrong about the war in Iraq, and why. I especially appreciated John Cole’s candid and…

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