[Peace-discuss] Local chapter of Progressives for War

[E. Wayne Johnson]

The Koch bros are about as libertarian as Bloody Bill Kristol and his 
arch-neocon electronic fish wrap.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/give-war-chance_555522.html


On 3/28/2011 9:41 PM, David Green wrote:
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> *From:* Nick Burbules <burbules at gmail.com>
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> *Sent:* Mon, March 28, 2011 6:50:23 AM
> *Subject:* [PBD - Progressive Blog Digest] 3/28/2011 06:47:00 AM
>
> 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 
> <http://www.americablog.com/2011/03/bachmann-tea-party-its-all-about.htmlhttp://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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> Posted By Nick Burbules to PBD - Progressive Blog Digest 
> <http://pbd.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html#4704303278167215444> 
> at 3/28/2011 06:47:00 AM
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