strangely_enough

• It used to take months, years even, for reality to set in. Now, it takes less than a week to have… 03/26/2008 05:25PM on Most Prescient. Op-ed. Ever.

• “the goal of leaving a stable democracy friendly to our interests”
  That assumes… 03/26/2008 05:40PM on Maliki, Sadr, and the Wages of Sin

• I think I see a pattern:
  Get huge contract from the Pentagon
  Fail to deliver, or provi… 03/27/2008 01:48PM on Nauseating Morning Read

• Bush comes into office, everyone gets a $300 check (well, everyone who works for a living…)… 03/27/2008 06:56PM on Free Cash! (And Don't Forget Us in November)

• Can DOJ prevent him from testifying? It’… 03/27/2008 07:05PM on Siegelman Released

• I guess cutting more taxes for the wealthy had been used too many times, and they’re alread… 04/02/2008 07:41PM on Economic Crisis Solution: Give Bush More Power

• It’s funny that people love Parcells, and hate Belichik, when in fact they are the same per… 04/02/2008 07:44PM on I Know That You Want the Candy

• Profiles in Courage stuff there: how dare you have the temerity to want ask questions of someone … 04/02/2008 07:48PM on GOP Silences Stupak

• I’m not sure if that is a condemnation of all “journalists” for going along wit… 04/02/2008 07:52PM on Putting it Crudely

• Nah, sounds more like “24.”

  04/04/2008 03:21PM on Somebody Get the Phone

• Catch 22. It just has to be…

  04/04/2008 03:38PM on The White House, Treasury Department And Pentagon Are Full of Terrorist Sympathizers!

• Because the dog and pony show has to be civil and bipartisan…

  04/08/2008 05:27PM on John Kerry, Please God, Shut Your Mouth

• After which Petraeus said, “thanks, I’ll be here all week, don’t forget to tip … 04/08/2008 05:30PM on Petraeus: 'We Don't Arm' The Sunnis

• The surge is still working as long as we don’t count all those dead Iraqis. And ignore all … 04/08/2008 05:33PM on A Numbers Game?

• We have secretly replaced the curmudgeonly warmongering Senator from Arizona with motivational sp… 04/08/2008 06:44PM on McCain: 'We Must Choose Instead to Succeed'

• You’ve got to love those corrupt SoCal Republicans. Just when you think they’ve run o… 04/09/2008 04:09PM on Rohrabacher to Iraqis: Pay For The Privilege Of Being Occupied Forever!

• Nothing like a good WWII analogy to bolster t… 04/09/2008 05:12PM on Biden Punks Crocker: 'I Would Therefore Pick Al Qaeda on The Afghanistan-Pakistan Border'

• This, of course, begs the $600,000,000 question…

  04/09/2008 05:22PM on Census Workers Sharpen No. 2 Pencils

• I don’t think it mattered how many questions he asked; he wasn’t getting an answer. 04/09/2008 05:27PM on How Not To Ask Questions of Petraeus And Crocker

• Chilling, in an “it’s not about ____,” when it most certainly is, sort of way. … 04/09/2008 05:33PM on Petraeus Won't Say He'd Advise on Withdrawal

• Insane, but she’s got tough competition from those CA Republicans. It’s quite fortuna… 04/09/2008 05:38PM on Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Cool Glasses, But Barking Mad

• Touched a nerve there…

  04/09/2008 05:48PM on Tancredo: Isn't Our Real Enemy In Iraq The Latino?

• “Have those talks produced any results… any concessions whatsoever?”
  Well… 04/09/2008 05:56PM on Pence Gets Crocker To Slap Obama

• So, that’s all it takes to determine the curriculum at a major university. So much for all … 04/11/2008 12:05PM on Activist Approach to Ayn Rand

• You would think that with the ridiculous cost of the occupation (that we are not acknowledging or… 04/11/2008 12:14PM on On the Topic of GI Bill Momentum...

• Well, that trillion dollars of accounted for equipment the Pentagon can’t seem to remember … 04/11/2008 12:18PM on Not Your Momma's eBay

• “”Petraeus also needs to be asked whether his apparent security assurances to the oil… 04/11/2008 12:33PM on Petraeus Plays Defense in Testimony

• “we can stipulate this was a reasonable belief at the time.”
  Umm, sorry, no … 04/11/2008 05:13PM on Rockefeller's Apology Doesn't Excuse Washington Culture

• How about- Bush to troops: drop dead, don’t expect some government handout for college.

  04/11/2008 05:31PM on STATE OF PLAY: Bush on U.S. Troops in Iraq

• 1. Invade and occupy oil-rich, Middle Eastern country that has not attacked the U.S.
  2…… 04/17/2008 02:52PM on Lights, Tunnels, Endless Repetition

• With friends like these… No wonder the Republicans love the Saudis: when that uppity woman … 04/23/2008 12:55PM on Tough to Be a Saudi Woman

• Less benefits, more bodies. Supporting the troops, one body bag at a time…

  04/23/2008 07:10PM on McCain's GI Bill Mantra: Fewer Benefits = Higher Retention

• “The change would serve to impede justice…”
  They really have a way with h… 04/23/2008 07:16PM on Senate GOPers Set to Kill Equal-Pay Bill

• But, Bush had an election to win, and what better way than to dress up in military drag, use a bu… 05/01/2008 05:39PM on Poor Baby

• Someone is looking to get called an anti-semite.
  /irony

  05/01/2008 05:41PM on Happy Birthday Israel!

• What guarantee is there that gas prices will actually go down as a result of suspension of the ta… 05/01/2008 05:48PM on Damn the Economists, Full Speed Ahead

• “the U.S. Army needs a corps of advisers to train foreign militaries.”
  I think … 05/06/2008 07:08PM on Is John Nagl an Iranian Agent?

• “But, of course, every issue needs to fit on a bumper sticker, so now the Obamapress is rep… 05/06/2008 07:13PM on There Goes the Economist Vote

• Too bad they didn’t have a hurricane to do the dirty work for them.

  05/06/2008 07:16PM on Michigan Messenger Gets the Scoop

• “5. Overhaul the census and cut its budget radically.”
  05/06/2008 07:27PM on Memo From Newt: Time for a New Contract

• “extremely costly”
  How much was that Whitewater/Starr witch-hunt again?

  05/06/2008 07:32PM on No Copies of White House Emails Near Iraq Invasion

• “And that is expressly in order to protect people like you just mentioned.”
  So,… 05/07/2008 07:04PM on 'Why Are We Bombing These People?'

• What do the “late ‘70’s” and “1999-2000” have in common? That… 05/09/2008 01:20PM on Sources Holler Back: Petraeus Edition

• ”...a 10-year pricetag of $51.8 billion.” I guess a year, or less, of funding the occ… 05/09/2008 02:05PM on GI Bill Progress Snagged

• But, will the rest of the MSM, Sunday gasbag … 05/09/2008 02:12PM on Bye-Bye Free Ride?

• I’ll stop laughing when I see Feith being sworn in…

  06/24/2008 06:40PM on Nadler Subpoenas Feith For Torture

• But, if Cheney doesn’t open his emails, did it really happen?

  07/18/2008 02:05PM on EPA Says Global Warming Is Bad For Us

• That is what he said. “[N]ot every… violation of the law, is a crime.” Let that… 08/13/2008 05:24PM on Mukasey Won't Enforce the Law -- Again