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EXCERPT: I friggin hate checking the Most Active Articles at VofAZ to catch up on the latest comments, only to find William's freakish verbal masturbations staining the pages of an otherwise interesting discussion or stimulating debate.  His random and senseless musings up to this point were tolerable, if not distracting, but now he feels he must attack our best and most prolific writer.  Forget Imus!: William is doing more to tarnish human dignity and extinguish the light of...

EXCERPT: March 19, 2007.  On this inauspicious 4th anniversary of our invasion of Iraq, I would be remiss not to mention one more fundamental difference between the occupation of Germany and Japan, and the occupation of Iraq (not already discussed in the article Not the Same Occupation).

Our troops during WWII and during the following reconstruction were well equipped, well trained, well utilized, given adequate rest between tours of duty, given exemplary care if wound, given full honors...

EXCERPT: Well at least now we know why George W. Bush sent his daughters to South America to scout out real estate in Paraguay – he just loves the food!
Yes, it seems that the leader of the free world’s recent whirlwind tour of our neighbors to the south was more than just the typical diplomatic genuflection of a lame-duck President:  It was a gastronomic tour de force.
While extolling the benefits of ethanol as an alternative fuel to President Lula of Brazil, President Bush...

EXCERPT: The article below was written by Paul Minot, a psychiatrist in Waterville, Maine.  It falls under the category of "things you wish you had written" because it so perfectly sums up what you knew all along.
My knowledge of psychiatry is limited in scope and confined to what I picked up in Psychology 401 at the University of Michigan in 1982 and in two clinical clerkships in Clinical Psychiatry and Prison Psychiatry I took in medical school 12 years later.  I am a...

EXCERPT: I came across these tables related to America’s past wars - from the American Revolution up to the Gulf War – compiled from statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.  They are posted at: 
 

    American Revolution (1775-1783) Total Servicemembers    217,000 Battle Deaths     4,435 Non-mortal Woundings    6,188 War of 1812 (1812-1815) ...

EXCERPT: Excepts from George W. Bush's speech to the nation Wednesday evening:
the armed forces of the United States are engaged in a struggle that will determine the direction of the global war on terror and our safety here at home
The situation in Iraq is unacceptable to the American people, and it is unacceptable to me
It is clear that we need to change our strategy in Iraq
Failure in Iraq would be a disaster for the United States
The consequences of failure are clear: Radical Islamic...

EXCERPT: This morning's Voice of Arizona Show was all about New Year's Resolutions.  We had no shortage of callers with their ideas for resolutions, so I held off reading from my own list.  Here is my personal top 20 for the 110th Congress, not in any particular order, and by no means comprehensive wish list.  My complements to new member Tom Carter for beating me to the punch.
1)    End US sponsored torture and illegal rendition.
2)  ...

EXCERPT: While listening to the Mike Newcomb Show this morning, I learned of this letter written by filmmaker and liberal activist Michael Moore.  It is an open letter of hope addressed to all conservatives, it is one man's covenant with conservatives, and it should be adopted by every liberal who has at one time or another paid lip service to the promises put forth below.
A Liberal's Pledge to Disheartened Conservatives ...by Michael Moore Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
To My...

EXCERPT: The morning after the midterm election, with an undeniable Democratic victory behind us, I could take the opportunity to gloat.  No doubt, I think the neocons at this site would quickly do so had the Republicans kept conrol of Congress.
I will instead use this space to admit an error.  I have made many written predictions and claims over the last few years concerning politics and policy, and so far I have had a pretty good track record.   Some of these articles...

EXCERPT: Democrats stand a very real chance of winning the House of Representatives on November 7.  As election time nears, it now appears conceivable that the Senate is within their grasp as well.  With this in mind, it would be prudent to discuss the future of a Democrat controlled Congress.  
On the surface, the general consensus is that the midterm election will boil down to a referendum on Iraq.  Do you support the occupation of Iraq and the Bush apologists in Congress...