New York Times editorial today:
We're used to hearing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld answer questions about things that went wrong in Iraq by saying they went right. When he does that to reporters, it's annoying. When he does it to troops risking their lives in…
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[Breaking] Judge Charles W. Pickering Retiring
[verbatim] Today, Charles W. Pickering, Sr. made the following statement:
"My nomination and permanent appointment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has been pending before the full Senate for more than one year. The recess appointment given to me by President Bush on January 16, 2004…
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"My nomination and permanent appointment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has been pending before the full Senate for more than one year. The recess appointment given to me by President Bush on January 16, 2004…
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Delta to Offer Direct Service Between Jxn and D.C.
[December 6, 2004/Verbatim from Sen. Lott] U.S. Senator Trent Lott, who chairs the U.S. Senate's Aviation Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Thad Cochran have voiced praise for today's decision by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) permitting Delta Connection carrier Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) to establish direct nonstop passenger service between…
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Soldiers Challenge ‘Stop-Loss’ Extensions
AP is reporting:
Eight soldiers are challenging the Army's policy requiring them to serve longer than the terms of their enlistment contracts. In a lawsuit being filed Monday in federal court, the soldiers are seeking a judge's order requiring the Army to immediately release them…
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Eight soldiers are challenging the Army's policy requiring them to serve longer than the terms of their enlistment contracts. In a lawsuit being filed Monday in federal court, the soldiers are seeking a judge's order requiring the Army to immediately release them…
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[Lott] This Sacred Season
by Sen. Trent Lott
December 3, 2004
I urge everyone to remember our troops serving overseas during this holiday season, especially the many Mississippians who are deployed away from home and the 18 Mississippi families who have lost loved ones as a direct result of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Our prayers must start with the remembrance of those whose holidays will be tempered either by separation or bereavement. Some Mississippians have been in Iraq for almost a year or more. That’s a long time to be away from family, friends and familiar surroundings. Yet, these courageous men and women do so without hesitation or complaint.
by ladd on 12/06/04 at 08:51 AM Comments (7) -- Read More...
December 3, 2004
I urge everyone to remember our troops serving overseas during this holiday season, especially the many Mississippians who are deployed away from home and the 18 Mississippi families who have lost loved ones as a direct result of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Our prayers must start with the remembrance of those whose holidays will be tempered either by separation or bereavement. Some Mississippians have been in Iraq for almost a year or more. That’s a long time to be away from family, friends and familiar surroundings. Yet, these courageous men and women do so without hesitation or complaint.
by ladd on 12/06/04 at 08:51 AM Comments (7) -- Read More...
The Progressive Morality
Professor George Lakoff writes in The Nation:
We are the 55 million progressives who came together in this election, voted for Kerry and rejected the Bush agenda. We came together because of our moral values: care and responsibility, fairness and equality, freedom and courage, fulfillment in life, opportunity and community, cooperation and trust, honesty and openness. We united behind political principles: equality, equity (if you work for a living, you should earn a living) and government for the people – all the people.
These are traditional American values and principles, what we are proudest of in this country. The Democrats' failure was a failure to put forth our moral vision, celebrate our values and principles, and shout them out loud.
by ladd on 11/24/04 at 02:24 PM Comments (22) -- Read More...
We are the 55 million progressives who came together in this election, voted for Kerry and rejected the Bush agenda. We came together because of our moral values: care and responsibility, fairness and equality, freedom and courage, fulfillment in life, opportunity and community, cooperation and trust, honesty and openness. We united behind political principles: equality, equity (if you work for a living, you should earn a living) and government for the people – all the people.
These are traditional American values and principles, what we are proudest of in this country. The Democrats' failure was a failure to put forth our moral vision, celebrate our values and principles, and shout them out loud.
by ladd on 11/24/04 at 02:24 PM Comments (22) -- Read More...
White House, Congress Rolls Back Student Loans, Grants
New York Times is reporting:
The federal government will be able to require millions of college students to shoulder more of the cost of their education under the new spending bill approved yesterday by the House and Senate. [...] Nearly 100,000 more students may lose…
by ladd on 11/21/04 at 05:26 PM Comments (22) -- Read More...
The federal government will be able to require millions of college students to shoulder more of the cost of their education under the new spending bill approved yesterday by the House and Senate. [...] Nearly 100,000 more students may lose…
by ladd on 11/21/04 at 05:26 PM Comments (22) -- Read More...
Surreal Blog: Stories Too Incredible to Be False
Listening to NPR this morning, I decided that we need a place on the JFP site to collect all these crazy stories coming (mostly) out of Washington these days. These are true news stories that seem too unbelievable to be true -- but they are. Feel free to add your…
by ladd on 11/18/04 at 02:07 PM Comments (13) -- Read More...
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Values and Voters
by Sen. Trent Lott
November 5, 2004
The election results show that Americans are patriots, people of faith who love our nation and fully support the men and women who defend it. Voters confirmed Tuesday that we don't want to be some government-dependent, value-neutral, secular and…
by ladd on 11/11/04 at 04:26 PM Comments (119) -- Read More...
November 5, 2004
The election results show that Americans are patriots, people of faith who love our nation and fully support the men and women who defend it. Voters confirmed Tuesday that we don't want to be some government-dependent, value-neutral, secular and…
by ladd on 11/11/04 at 04:26 PM Comments (119) -- Read More...
It’s Mourning in America
Rick Perlstein of The Village Voice writes:
No matter what claims George Bush makes to another term now, we can't know without seeing Ohio's provisional ballots what voters here intended to say. By law, those ballots can't be counted until 11days after the election. Already the pundits are calling for John Kerry to let it go, to pull back from seeking a full accounting. There's a very good chance that even if the provisional ballots—perhaps 250,000 in all—are counted, Bush will still have won re-election by a very small margin. Two or three percentage points in that single state will probably have made all the difference. And if Bush manages to pull it out—maybe he won't—in the next four years a thousand theories will bloom about what factors might have made those few points fall his way instead of Kerry's.
Here is one that you probably won't be hearing on CNN, rooted in my reporting of the last two years.
by ladd on 11/03/04 at 08:52 AM Comments (194) -- Read More...
No matter what claims George Bush makes to another term now, we can't know without seeing Ohio's provisional ballots what voters here intended to say. By law, those ballots can't be counted until 11days after the election. Already the pundits are calling for John Kerry to let it go, to pull back from seeking a full accounting. There's a very good chance that even if the provisional ballots—perhaps 250,000 in all—are counted, Bush will still have won re-election by a very small margin. Two or three percentage points in that single state will probably have made all the difference. And if Bush manages to pull it out—maybe he won't—in the next four years a thousand theories will bloom about what factors might have made those few points fall his way instead of Kerry's.
Here is one that you probably won't be hearing on CNN, rooted in my reporting of the last two years.
by ladd on 11/03/04 at 08:52 AM Comments (194) -- Read More...
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Izzy: it's not enough to just study something - at some point you have to act. Systematic exclusion can be read as…
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J.T.: Wintrhop, your last sentence "I don't want a small and manageable God. I prefer one that I can't fully understand." bears…
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Wintrhop Sargent: Funny you should mention the gender issue of a deity. I was at lunch with a St. Andrews priest one…
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Izzy: I wouldn't be too sure your church doesn't preach hate if your liturgy is not gender-inclusive. Think about it - is…
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baquan2000: Goldenae - you pointed out a key element in your post, "the point is that he would even suggest…
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amoderatemississippian: check out the following link:
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It does appear, by the article written today,…
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ladd: A fail-safe principle I've always sworn by: If the Kluckers agree with me about something, I need to rethink it.
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