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Miles from the Mainstream |
D.
R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor |
JANUARY 29, 2007 -- LPR IN Washington …
JANUARY 29, 2007 -- The State of the State of the Union Address … LPR was impressed by the President's delivery and, particularly on Iraq, by his accommodating, reasoned, resolute tone. JANUARY 29, 2007 -- The Democratic Response from Senator Webb … A challenge
to President Bush to follow the Democrats' lead -- or else. JANUARY 29, 2007 -- Time to Change the Names? If Senator Clinton wins the Democratic 2008 presidential nomination, LPR proposes that the Dems change their name to Team Clinton. And, of course, if Jeb Bush gets the Republican nomination. we should go from referring to Republicans as the GOP (Grand Old Party) to GOB (Grand Old Bushies). JANUARY 29, 2007 -- LPR at the Pump …
JANUARY 29, 2007 -- LPR Has Not Seen … … this
December 11, 1941 FDR quote cited in New York Times editorials on Iraq:
JANUARY 29, 2007 -- And How About This? If Senator Clinton wins the White House, next election, let's have Chelsea, on victory night, announce she is forming an exploratory committee for 2016. JANUARY 29, 2007 -- LPR wonders … … if it would have made a difference to Democrats had President Bush declared that the aim in Iraq was not to stop terrorism, but … to stop ethnic cleansing. JANUARY 29, 2007 -- LPR Doesn't Hear Anyone … … condemning attacks on civilians in Iraq.
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JANUARY 16, 2007 -- Sticker Shock Syndrome … The
sobering reality of sticker shock JANUARY 16, 2007 -- Now THAT'S some SUV …
JANUARY 16, 2007 -- Rush Caller Has a Point … Recently
a woman called Rush Limbaugh on the air JANUARY 16, 2007 -- Hazardous to Our Health … How
about a surgeon-general's warning that the parking policy of
New York City causes a great amount of stress and therefore might
result in, among other JANUARY 16, 2007 -- LPR On Moving … Beware of movers who remark, on arriving, that the move is unexpectedly difficult and they might have trouble doing it -- and end up charging about twice the fee originally agreed to, with the moving party concluding it has no choice, if the premises are to be vacated on time. JANUARY 16, 2007 -- LPR On Taxi Travel … Take down some identifying number or name as soon as you get going -- just in case you might leave something -- keys, for example -- in the cab. This could save you from being locked out of car and home. JANUARY 16, 2007 -- Finally … … some
of radio's conservative microphone-huggers have dropped the ready
response to callers, unhappy with Republican candidates, that
they should stick with Republicans, no matter what.
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JANUARY 4, 2007 -- Gates-gate … "Gates
meets with Iraqis on military aid" JANUARY 4, 2007 -- Common sense? To me
, the Iraq matter kinda seems plain JANUARY 4, 2007 -- Memo to Yahoo … Justice Brennan in New York Times v. Sullivan noted that we have a tradition of lively, even nasty political speech. He did not try to change that tradition. Why do you? JANUARY 4, 2007 -- Do we need legislation … … to stop people from crossing streets speaking on cell phones and ignoring traffic? JANUARY 4, 2007 -- LPR
Calls on Congress to Approve "The White House Is not a Family To wit:
The son, step-son, son-in-law, daughter, step-daughter, daughter-in-law,
spouse, former spouse, aunts, uncles, first cousins of a president
are eligible for the presidency or vice presidency no less than 24
four years from the November 1st of the year in which said president
was JANUARY 4, 2007 -- The World War II Comparison … Critics
of President Bush have been pointing out that the war in Iraq has lasted
longer than our involvement in World War II. LPR has not, however,
heard anyone JANUARY 4, 2007 -- LPR Requests Clarification … If we
are at war in Iraq, who is the enemy? (Beyond the concept of "terrorism," that
is.) Are we, ourselves, at war, or are we really helping one side in
a civil war? JANUARY 4, 2007 -- Rule Britannia? The Brits created Iraq a bit more than 80 years ago. Any Bush critic ready to tell Tony Blair to deal with it? Oil got your tongue?? JANUARY 4, 2007 -- No More Appeals for Saddam? Is that
it? One appeal and Saddam Hussein is out? JANUARY 4, 2007 -- LPR's Hunches … … That NATO went after Milosevic mainly because Europeans still blame Serbia for igniting World War I. … That
considering the Arabs did not cut off oil to us after President Truman
recognized the State of Israel in 1948, the 1973 oil "embargo" -sending
prices way JANUARY 4, 2007 -- LPR is not surprised … … that
House Democrats in the majority, now, are reported by The Washington
Post, in its lead story, January 2, to have decided to forget about
promises to Nor is LPR surprised … … ...that
gas prices are again zooming upward. LPR has not, however, seen the
Ford funeral cited in explanation for reinvigorated greed at the oil
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