[Peace-discuss] Local chapter of Progressives for War

[David Green]

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EXPLANATIONS

More from Juan Cole (thanks to David P. for the link)

http://www.juancole.com/2011/03/an-open-letter-to-the-left-on-libya.html
An Open Letter to the Left on Libya

The GOP plan: higher unemployment AND lower wages

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2011_03/028650.php

http://www.samefacts.com/2011/03/uncategorized/vote-republican-for-lower-wages/

Meanwhile: http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/03/27/koch
The Weekly Standard now has a very lengthy defense of -- including rare 
interviews with -- Charles and David Koch, the libertarian billionaires . . .

http://firedoglake.com/2011/03/27/irony-alert-koch-brothers-call-critics-extremists/


Abortion: still their core organizing issue – and Michele Bachmann is taking the 
lead

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/27/marcotte_abortion_republicans


http://www.americablog.com/2011/03/bachmann-tea-party-its-all-about.html

Laugh out loud

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/gingrich-on-bill-clinton-its-not-about-personal-behavior/

Is Newt Gingrich a hypocrite?

The former speaker of the House was asked on “Fox News Sunday” how he could have 
led the charge in 1998 to impeach President Bill Clinton for lying about an 
extramarital affair when he himself was having an affair at the time. . . . 
[read on]

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/gingrich-admits-double-flip-flop-libya-inter

Newt Gingrich can't make up his mind.

The former House speaker explained Sunday that he was actually against using 
force in Libya before his March 23 flip-flop on the no-fly zone.

In a March 7 interview with Fox News, Gingrich said, "Exercise a no-fly zone 
this evening."

After President Barack Obama committed to using U.S. forces for enforcing a 
no-fly zone in Libya, Gingrich changed his tune.

"I would not have used American and European forces," Gingrich said during a 
March 23 interview on NBC's Today Show.

The Georgia Republican attempted to explain his flip-flop Sunday by telling Fox 
News' Chris Wallace that he had actually been against intervention in a February 
interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren.

"Some are saying that whatever the president does or doesn't do, you're 
against," Wallace noted. . . . [read on]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/03/28/gingrich_says_nation_becoming_godless.html

Gingrich Says Nation Becoming Godless

http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/spirited_atheist/2011/02/eye_of_newt_gingrich_focuses_on_faith_as_presidential_wannabee.html

In a shameful lapse of attention, I missed Newt Gingrich's 2009 conversion to 
Roman Catholicism--a departure from his previous status as a somewhat lukewarm 
(by right-wing evangelical standards) Southern Baptist. [read on]

More hilarity: 
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/brit-hume-if-health-care-law-had-incorpora

Brit Hume: If the Health Care Law Had Incorporated Some Republican Ideas, They'd 
Have Voted for It

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/healthcare-in-bizarroworld.html
“Bizarroworld”

Stop using them, now

http://www.americablog.com/2011/03/tsa-admits-calculation-errors-in.html
The Transportation Security Administration is reanalyzing the radiation levels 
of X-ray body scanners installed in airports nationwide, after testing produced 
dramatically higher-than-expected results. . .

The flawed results showed radiation levels 10 times higher than expected. . .

In case you missed the Sunday talk shows

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/03/hillary-clinton-libya-missions-progress-demonstrates-really-remarkable-leadership.php


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/27/tv-soundoff-sunday-talkin_44_n_841098.html


Bonus item: NYT Editor equates Julian Assange with James O’Keefe (wrong!)

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/03/26/bill-keller-true-false-but-better-false-than-left-or-right/


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