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Quote of the day:

If we've learned anything from Iraq, it's that invading is the easy part. Occupation, nation-building, and creating a stable, progressive terrorist-free society by shooting people, stealing their shit, and turning the government over to brutal, incompetent kleptocrats are almost impossible. -- Peter Lee

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Quote of the day:

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid." -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952

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Dear Comcast spammer butthead:

You know who you are, and we all now know who you are. Have a nice life on your upcoming dial-up connection. ;-)

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Bush speaks -- Now what? -- "President Bush's second inaugural speech has been praised as a promise by his supporters and criticised as a threat by his opponents - and it has left the world wondering what it will mean in practice." [BBC]

Bush's Words On Liberty Don't Mesh With Policies -- "President Bush's soaring rhetoric yesterday that the United States will promote the growth of democratic movements and institutions worldwide is at odds with the administration's increasingly close relations with repressive governments in every corner of the world." [Washington Post]

Gary Leupp: Madness in High Places -

"Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go," wrote Shakespeare. One might add, especially when "there is a method in it" as there surely is in the painstaking war preparations, reflecting what the warmongers have learned about "politically" rationalizing their military agenda. A "document of madness" as nuts as Ophelia's ravings remains the game plan for the great ones' Greater Middle East transformation project. One must monitor these lunatics, examine and expose their methods and documents, countering them politically with the weapons of the sane.

And when they are finally on trial for their crimes, and plead insanity, we should take our cue from the Texas courts and say, "That's no excuse."

Watch What We Say, Not What We Do -- Are "aliens overseas" to be pledged the humane treatment spoken of in Bush's inaugural address? [billmon]

Byron Williams: The Accountability Moment - Was Election 2004 Our Last Chance to Hold Bush in Check?

Not drunk, brain-injured [BBC]

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