skippy the bush kangaroo ok, setting aside the question of what else hypocracy is, besides a moral disease, we must take offense at lt. col. peters’ assertion that those of us who invoke the welfare of our troops are those who also despise our troops. we at skippy, and most of the people we know [...]
Archive for October 14th, 2002
Skippy v. Lt. Col. Peters
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Bush has not acted on new meat tests recommendations
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Yahoo! News – Consumer Groups Blame Bush for Large Meat Recalls This is why regulation is important: “The USDA is more than one step behind,” said Karen Mitchell, executive director of Safe Tables Our Priority. “There are proposed Listeria regulations dating back to the Clinton administration that may have prevented this, but the Bush administration [...]
Let the Battle Begin
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Roll Call: Current News This is the result of the war resolution: As the 107th Congress draws to a close, House Democrats leave apparently having all but elected the first Member of their next leadership team in Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), a twice-failed candidate for Whip who is now positioned to claim the job in [...]
Dem candidate's phone bugged
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The Salt Lake Tribune — Listening Device Found on Candidate’s Phone Campaign officials for Democratic congressional candidate Dave Thomas told state investigators that a listening device was discovered on one of Thomas’ phone lines. Ryan Hawkins, campaign manager for the 1st Congressional District candidate, said a Qwest repairman found “some kind of listening device” on [...]
Max on 'Yabbos'
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Weblog Entry – 10/13/2002: “STAR WARS XVIII: ATTACK OF THE YABBOS” Max has a very good post on the real issues in the Port lockout: The vast bulk of people derive their income from their only asset — their labor. No authentic populism can oppose trade unionism and collective bargaining. High labor standards in an [...]
Army already using mercenaries
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America’s For-Profit Secret Army Looks like my concerns were already behind the times: With the war on terror already a year old and the possibility of war against Iraq growing by the day, a modern version of an ancient practice one as old as warfare itself is reasserting itself at the Pentagon. Mercenaries, [...]
Britain to sell arms at show attended by Iraq
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Guardian Unlimited Observer | International | Outrage as Iraq views UK arms Well, this is interesting: A British Minister will lead a major sales drive by UK weapons and military technology firms at an exhibition attended by high-ranking Iraqi military officials this week. Putting aside the Tom Clancy theories (“But wait! This is brilliant! We [...]
Law says "No" to reform group
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Yahoo! News – Cardinal Bars Reform Group Chapters Days like today make it very hard to continue to believe that there is any good in the Catholic hierarchy. The most corrupt Cardinal in the United States, a man whose action lead directly to dozens of children being molested, now says concerned Catholics cannot meet on [...]
Stupid Sinn Fein
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Yahoo! News – Britain to Run Northern Ireland Things were actually moving forward, a bit. The power sharing government had given Catholics a voice in their own affairs – and one that people actually felt was effective. Now this: BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) – Britain will strip power from local Catholic and Protestant politicians on [...]
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