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Wisdom from a Dick

On: August 9th, 2006 at 11:25 pm | Number of Comments » 0

This is what “Dick” Cheney had to say (predictably) about Lamont’s victory over Lieberman:
Vice President Dick Cheney said the race showed there is a significant segment of the Democratic Party that wants to return to “a pre-9/11 mind-set.”
“It’s an unfortunate development, I think, from the standpoint of the Democratic Party to see a man like [...]


License to be a jerk

On: August 9th, 2006 at 4:52 pm | Number of Comments » 5

Occasionally I glance through spam before deleting to see if there’s anything amusing. Today I got a new one: “The 10 Mistakes Most Men Make With Women.” While all ten have amusing points, I like #1 the best: “Being Too Much Of A ‘Nice Guy’”:

All my life I’ve tried to be a “nice guy” without [...]


That Other Bomb

On: August 9th, 2006 at 9:20 am | Number of Comments » 2

I usually post an August 6th Hiroshima A-Bomb entry, but this year I opt for an August 9th Nagasaki A-Bomb entry. My staunch, morally-informed position against the Hiroshima attack has softened some over the years, but not so with Nagasaki. It was unnnecesary and wrong. Period. And upon further reflection, the haste with which the [...]