Thoughts on the Flat Tax

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Sunday November 25, 2007 · 8:07 PM PST

2007/11/25 · 20:07

With the election a year away, I am hearing once again folks on the right calling for the flat tax. And what could be fairer, right? Rich people pay X%, and poor people pay X%. How nice. The claim is that it would be simpler and fairer.

But as a matter of fact, a flat tax would no simpler and LESS fair.

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Thursday June 21, 2007 · 5:51 AM PDT

2007/06/21 · 05:51

Number 439 in a series.

As you have no doubt heard, Mike Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, quit the GOP and is now an independent. This has fueled massive speculation that he may run for President.

But what does BLOOMBERG say about running for President?

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 8:34 PM PST

2006/11/08 · 20:34

The Ultra-Right-Wing-Loonie Forum, Free Republic, has an article posted from Fox News:

Rumsfeld Has No Plans to Step Down, Despite Democrat Gains, Official Says

But when you click the accompanying link, you get an article that says:

Donald Rumsfeld Resigning as Defense Secretary

Obviously, a Bush administration official lied to Fox News, and Fox covered up for them by simply scrubbing the original article when the lie became known.

Nice.

Did Pravda use "Fair and Balanced" as a slogan, too?

You Killed My Cousin

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Tuesday May 30, 2006 · 7:27 PM PDT

2006/05/30 · 19:27

Don't see this anywhere, and hope it hasn't already been mentioned:

Iraq's new ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaidaie, just accused the United States of killing his cousin. On purpose. Unnecessarily. Right after meeting Bush.

The new Iraqi ambassador to the United States has accused US Marines of "intentionally" killing a cousin in the Iraqi town of Haditha last year.

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Monday January 23, 2006 · 1:34 PM PST

2006/01/23 · 13:34

They just don't realize that they admitted it.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. intelligence official on Monday said President George W. Bush's warrantless spying program was necessary because the war on terrorism has rendered laws governing electronic surveillance ineffective.

This is an admission that they operated outside the law.

And they don't have the authority to decide which laws they will obey, and which laws they won't. If Bush doesn't like a law, he can't unilaterally choose to ignore it. He has to ask Congress to change it.

He didn't.

The man has no defense left.

Strategery for Victory

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Wednesday November 30, 2005 · 3:36 PM PST

2005/11/30 · 15:36

Bush made another speech this morning, deciding to finally come up with a Strategy for Victory THREE YEARS into a war.

Pardon me for pointing this out, but shouldn't he have had a Strategy for Victory when he STARTED the bloody thing? I mean, since it WAS "at a time and place of our choosing," after all, he MIGHT have laid down a plan or two from the get-go. But no. That would require competence.

A couple of things I noticed, though (actually from the text of the proposal, not the speech. The speech said the same thing in nearly the same words, though):
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Give It A Rest, Merrie Gentlemen

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Wednesday November 16, 2005 · 2:58 PM PST

2005/11/16 · 14:58

It's moving toward the end of year. Holly. Mistletoe. Evergreens. The time we all look forward to. The time when we all gather together to enjoy a reliable yearly ritual:

A bunch of right-wingers whining like angry little children because some store clerk said "Happy Holidays."

I think this may be Exhibit A showing that the right-wing has gone completely insane.
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We got the tactics from Vietnam

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Monday November 14, 2005 · 8:40 AM PST

2005/11/14 · 08:40

This is more an attempt to draw attention to something than a proper diary. I don't see this mentioned anywhere on the site, and I think it's important.

According to an Op-Ed in the New York Times, America intentionally borrowed the interrogation methods used in Vietnamese prisons.

How did American interrogation tactics after 9/11 come to include abuse rising to the level of torture? Much has been said about the illegality of these tactics, but the strategic error that led to their adoption has been overlooked.
The Pentagon effectively signed off on a strategy that mimics Red Army methods. But those tactics were not only inhumane, they were ineffective. For Communist interrogators, truth was beside the point: their aim was to force compliance to the point of false confession.

Did Miers pay off DeLay?

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Monday October 03, 2005 · 5:48 AM PDT

2005/10/03 · 05:48

I didn't see this mentioned anywhere, so I thought I'd float it:

According to an article in last December's Newsweek, one of Tom Delay's "questionable contributions" came from the law firm that Miers headed.

"Among the contributions at issue: a $1,000 check in 2001 from superlobbyist Vin Weber, whose clients included Microsoft and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers; and $2,500 that same year from Locke Liddell & Sapp, the Texas law firm formerly headed by Harriet Miers (who was recently named White House counsel), which was then representing Burlington Northern Santa Fe."

That may have the potential to cause a real media stench.

Fox News Shill

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Friday September 23, 2005 · 4:09 PM PDT

2005/09/23 · 16:09

I just noticed this from yesterday's press conference. Not the "Bianca" thing, something that happened right after it:

Q Mr. President, could we talk more about --
THE PRESIDENT: Are you Bianca?
Q No, I'm not. Anita -- Fox News.
THE PRESIDENT: Okay.
Q Just a quick question --
THE PRESIDENT: Okay. I was looking for Bianca. I'm sorry.
Q -- more about the funding for -- with the devastation of Katrina, and so forth, and just more on -- I know you're going to meet with Congress, to talk about maybe offsets in spending.
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q Can you talk a little bit more about --
THE PRESIDENT: The first thing is, we're in the process of understanding how much cost the federal government is responsible for, for Katrina, and possibly Rita.

Note that the "reporter" is from Fox News, and does not actually even ask a question. Rather, she invites Bush to give a speech. And Bush actually starts to give the speech before she is even finished talking.

GOD, these propagandists are transparent.

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Tuesday September 13, 2005 · 3:45 PM PDT

2005/09/13 · 15:45

Do you realize that Bush has lowered the expectations for a President so completely that accepting responsibility is HEADLINE NEWS?

Headlines. Stop the presses! Extra, extra! Bush accepts responsibility! Polar Bears in Ecuador! Chickens grow lips!

Well, pardon me for pointing this out, but accepting responsiblity used to be EXPECTED of a President. It was part of the job description. Now, it's shocking.
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Adman-In-Chief

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Friday July 08, 2005 · 7:31 AM PDT

2005/07/08 · 07:31

Isn't it comforting to know that we are fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here?

Nice slogan, isn't it? Too bad fightng terrorists requires thinking instead of slogans. If we could just fight them with slogans and ad campaigns, they'd be dog food.

And when you ask the obvious question - "How is fighting in Iraq preventing terrorists from attacking over here?" you get no answer - the slogan just gets repeated. Such is the nature of advertising.
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