Name: David R. Mark
Weblog: jabbs.blogspot.com
Articles: 234
First Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Last Published: Friday, February 3, 2006
Currently listing articles 234-201:
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Another Key Conservative Comes Out Against Bush's Warrantless Surveillance Program— The list grows longer, and the spin that only Democrats are against warrantless surveillance grows weaker.
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Bush Administration, In Flip-Flop, Not Helping Katrina Investigation— How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't investigate?
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Should Americans Trust Bush's Call For "Goodwill And Respect"?— It all depends on how you define "bipartianship."
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Frist Implies He Trusted Discredited Doctor When Diagnosing Schiavo Via Video— Frist offers details today that suggest he was irresponsible when considering the Terri Schiavo case last year.
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Intelligent Design Proponents Lose Battles In School Districts In Four States— The tide may be turning against "intelligent design," the controversial belief championed by Christian Conservative leaders.
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Should Your Kids Drink The Water? Bush's EPA Doesn't Know— The EPA lacks data, nor does it communicate well with state and local agencies, according to a new GAO report.
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New Numbers Suggest Bush Administration Should Scratch "Deficit Reduction" From List of "Accomplishments"— Another $400 billion deficit is possible in 2006.
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Bush Administration Remains Woefully Inconsistent When Considering First Amendment Rights— Should the Secret Service visit Ann Coulter?
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Robertson's Charity Has Been Big Winner Under Bush— Operation Blessing has been criticized for years, but has nonetheless reaped millions from Bush's "faith-based initiatives."
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McCain Contradicts Key Piece Of Gonzales' Defense Of Warrantless Domestic Spying Program— Gonzales said Congress would have rejected warrantless domestic spying. McCain disagrees. Somebody's lying.
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Could The American League East See Four New Closers This Year?— Youngsters could take over the closer roles for Boston, Baltimore, and Tampa Bay this year.
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Justice Department Offers Official Talking Points On Warrantless Domestic Spying Program— Essentially, the administration's talking point is: our leap of logic was upheld before, so why not trust us this time?
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On The Radio, A Celebration Of Bush And Anti-Intellectualism— Doing poorly in school? Look stupid? Don't worry, suggests a popular conservative talk radio host.
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Has Gilmore Girls Jumped The Shark?— When a show tries to be quirky, things can go downhill fast.
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Gonzales Provides 'Defense' Of Domestic Spying Program To CNN— A stronger argument would be that post-9/11, Bush needed extraordinary surveillance powers. Instead, we get misrepresentations of fact.
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Pentagon Conducting Two-Pronged Blog Attack To Spread "Good News" About Iraq— "Good news" about Iraq, coming soon to a blog near you.
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Trent Lott Appears Poised To Make A Run For Senate Majority Leader— Lott has successfully resurrected himself as a Republican outsider... and media darling.
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Gonzales To Testify About Bush's Warrantless Domestic Spying Program— Senators from both parties are hoping Gonzales can explain the legal justification for Bush's illegal program.
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Savage, Limbaugh Use "Theater Of The Absurd" To Rant Against Liberals— Let's hope the 22 million people who listen to Savage or Limbaugh know better.
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Hannity, During Testy Radio Interview, Implies Bremer Is Disloyal To Bush Administration— In Hannity's world, there's nothing worse than a fellow Republican dissing (or dissenting from) the Bush Administration.
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The UMass Connection: Conservative Tragic Heroes Tony Rudy and Brian Darling, and On the Other Side, Me— Two guys I hung out with at UMass are now infamous. Oy!
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No Shortage Of Republican Senators Questioning Bush's Domestic Spying Program— If 11 Republicans don't receive satisfactory answers about the spying program, will a serious discussion on impeachment begin?
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Insufficient Body Armor Blamed For Significant Number Of Marine Deaths In Iraq— Now ask yourself: Why did the troops have insufficient body armor?
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DeLay Resigns As House Majority Leader— DeLay sees the writing on the wall, after some Republicans circulated a petition calling for him to permanently step aside.
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Consumer Group To Fight Bush-Era FDA's Corporate-Friendly Decision On Olestra— The battle over fat-substitute olestra continues. But why did the FDA reverse itself in 2003?
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Bush Bypasses Senate To Appoint Cronies To Key Posts— Two key appointees have no relevant experience. Apparently, Bush didn't learn from the Michael Brown experience.
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NBC News Investigating Whether Bush's Illegal Spying Program Wiretapped CNN's Amanpour— Another in the long list of questions about Bush's warrantless domestic spying program.
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New Year, Same Old Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive And Spin From McClellan— McClellan had the unenviable position of answering questions about Bush's warrantless domestic spying program.
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Administration Seeks To Raise Debt Limit For Fourth Time In Five Years— The Bush Administration keeps maxing out its credit cards, in part to pay for multiple tax cuts for the wealthy.
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Bush Administration Stops Publishing Magazine Unpopular Among Middle East Arabs— Happy stories about U.S. life didn't find an audience among Middle East Arabs. Who woulda thunk it?
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Pentagon Shutting Down Some Blogs, Raising Red Flags Among Soldiers— Is the military protecting American soldiers, or needlessly censoring personal accounts of war?
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Large Numbers Of Americans Remain Ignorant On Iraq, Al Qaeda And 9/11— A new poll finds a majority of Americans are wrong or confused about ties between Iraq, Al Qaeda and 9/11.
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McCain Belief In "Intelligent Design" Evolving ... Away From The Religious Right— McCain's view on "intelligent design" may reflect his need for an "election-ready position."
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UMass 66, St. Peter's 49 ... And A New Tradition Begins?— My son has seen seven ball games in person, and the good guys have never lost. Coincidence? I think not.


