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    IMHO, this behavior by the government is (no surprise) just one step away from torturing our own people. It is…
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    • "Why is this so hard?" the judge, Army Col. James L. Pohl, declared in exasperation. At one point, Ramzi bin…
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    • The slogan "Forward" makes me think of the Kodos vs. Kang episodes of the Simpsons. We must go forward, not…
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    • Pity that takes precedence over civil rights and human rights and stuff, but it's the horse race that really matters.…
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    • The sad truth is that the man most responsible for the carnage of 9/11 would probably walk free if given…
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    • Woot McCain green screen Woot! I believe it was Atrios who wrote that when a gentleman of a certain age…
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    • I don't understand.  Wouldn't a deluded party that just lost an election be more likely to blame electoral conditions and…
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    • A bad electoral map for a party trying to unseat an incumbent wartime President is actually a pretty lousy reason…
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    • Captatio benevolentiae, the seizing of the audience's good will, is, according to Cicero and Quintilian, the speaker's first task. In…
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    • the first state to impose medically unneeded rape wands for abortion seekers Anyone: Why was the Virginia ultrasound bill the…
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    • Nice piece. I wonder, though, whether the cause of our higher rate of early births is more the result of…
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    • I've seen this movie before.  When Republicans accuse their Democratic opponents of something unsavory, it means they're about to do…
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    • They only squeal when they've been hurt.
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    • the main reason why we are (partially) withdrawing from Iraq is their government would not sign the typcial SOFA agreement…
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    • "Power vacuum" has a specific meaning, and it's not "replacement of one actor with another."  The question is not who…
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    • In the "battleground" states, however, a higher turnout of the base on both sides is pretty much impossible.  Both bases…
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    • The larger issue is that some hawks like Scarborough are finally questioning the timeline and cost of the fiasco in…
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    • I find it very comforting that the administration isn't setting its goals too high.  If Obama had set that as…
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    • For the same reasons that the drawdown in Iraq was gradual: to avoid a power vacuum, to facilitate the political…
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    • I didn't say it would "hurt the Democrats" - I even said that it could result in Obama increasing his…
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