From Vets for Freedom: Dear Representative John Murtha, In May 2006, you accused a group of United States Marines of killing “innocent civilians in cold blood”. You made these allegations during an ongoing investigation. In fact, a Marine Corps spokesman said that you made your statement a week before you had even been briefed. You continued to accuse these eight Marines of “cold-blooded murder and war crimes”, even after the

A week after his last money plea, Obama asks everyone for another $5. To which I say, fuck that. Howsabout sending some of that scratch my way, instead? Anyway, my guess is O! saw last night’s Nielson numbers and is itching to turn his infomercial into a weekly sit-com — though if you ask me, to make it work he needs to introduce at least one wacky neighbor, a starry-eyed

Jules Crittenden was already leaning that way, but last night’s 30-minute infomercial cinched it: he’s going for Obama. And really, who can blame him? I mean, do any of you want to be stuck spending the next 8-10 years at that cafeteria table outpost? — the one with the fat kids, the troublingly pale chick with the veiny face and atrocious hair, and that one dude from India or some

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Andrew Boucher explains Obama’s tax plan (such as it is) in this preview of his weekend column for Fort Collins Now: Obama’s tax plan includes four main components: Higher marginal rates; higher estate taxes; higher corporate taxes; and higher taxes on investments. Let’s go through them, one-by-one. […] The “Joe the Plumber” tax raises taxes on small businesses, crushing entrepreneurial job creation at the most basic level. Most small businesses

This matches, I believe, nearly the precise definition of irony. Were irony to be dressed in a rumpled suit and speaking with a sneer on its wrinkled puss. Or maybe it’s parody I’m thinking of. Or tragedy. Pathos? Meh, who can keep it all straight anymore: The head of the county bureau of elections hasn’t encountered any suspected voter registration fraud, but allegations in other parts of Pennsylvania have sparked

Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post: What do Iran’s ayatollahs, Hamas terrorists, Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson and Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi have in common? They are all pulling for Barack Obama to win the US presidential election. When Israel’s disparate foes manage to rally behind a single candidate, it should set off alarm bells for anyone who cares about the Jewish state. If you think this is just Republican scaremongering, consider the

From the LA Times blog: One writer has broken ranks with Slate’s slate of writers and intends to vote for John McCain! The Republican senator from Arizona. No, really. We’re serious here. And one other Slate writer intends to vote for Bob Barr. The Libertarian former Republican representative from Georgia. Not just because Bob has a permit to carry a concealed weapon. But because the editor-at-large, Jack Shafer, explains he