December 29, 2003
Holiday Blog Reads
I've been collecting links since the week before Christmas, with the full and honorable intention of posting them "tomorrow." And we all know how that tends to turn out. I hope you've all had a great holiday, and are ready for a promising New Year wherein we send the unelectable Sauron W. Bush and the Rove-King of Angmar packing back to Crawford, Texas. (Oh yeah, I saw The Return of the King. It was awesome from beginning to end, and also, they left out some bits which better be on the DVD.) So, here goes...
The Sideshow has the best cat blog I've ever seen. Who knew you could have so much fun with a lime and a patient cat. And a while ago, a link was posted on how the internet could become a tool of Big Brother. Also, many other good links can be found over there, so scroll around.
At Ruminate This, we learn about a new bill that would punish war profiteers, and how neoconservatives really feel about all those crappy little countries.
Ampersand draws our attention to Confined Space, a work safety focused blog, in this entry reviewing willful employer negligence and the gender roles that lead men to believe they should put up with being endangered. And today he posts a good blog roundup, which you should check out because he moves in somewhat different blogging circles than I do.
A Rational Animal on the human rights crisis in the Congo.
The Appalachia Alumni Association has another worthy Democrat you can help into office, and talks about the inefficient healthcare system we propagate because of an irrational fear of anything to which the word 'socialized' could possibly be attached.
Over at Kos, a diarist highlights an article on Dean's electability that asks, "if he is such a poor candidate, how is it that he has run circles around the rest of the field all year?" The Plame investigation continueth, the 9-11 commission says it was preventable, a post by Meteor Blades describing why he thinks we should let Saddam live, thousands more good jobs go to Asia.
Calpundit talks about union organizing done right.
Nathan Newman would like us to support Ro Khanna for Congress.
Go to the Whiskey Bar for a discussion of why Spain isn't such a great ally for human rights, the steep foreign policy learning curve that the US has never managed to climb, and union-busting in Iraq.
Atrios on why we need to own up proudly to being the party for gays, finds Margaret Carlson making two contradictory and outlandish predictions within moments of each other, and pointing up a bunch of people who are PR poison for the war on terror.
Air Tight Alibi points to a Bill Moyers special on Bush administration secrecy.
The Mahablog gives us a good timeline of what Bush knew and when he knew it.
Craptastic on a funeral for a soldier, and notes that when presented with the facts, most Americans oppose the recently enacted Medicare bill.
Pandagon is amazed (as are we all) to discover William Safire making sense, and brings us some humorless preaching.
Philosoraptor on patriotically incorrect degrees of happiness.
Any ROTK fans who had beefs with the movie might well find them aired here at Crooked Timber. I second the comment about the boiling pitch. Boiling anything, really. And yes, where for love of Graud were the archers? Denethor may have been crazy, but that doesn't mean all the defenders were stupid.
To the Barricades talks about Dean's foreign policy advisors.
Open Source Politics: Why paperless isn't always better. How to end hunger.
TalkLeft brings up an important story about the increase in prosecutions over legitimate pain prescriptions. Not everybody who uses narcotic pain treatments is an addict like Limbaugh, but the Justice Dept. has been increasingly uninterested in making the distinction.
The Right Christians issues a Christmas apologia on the subject of gift-based faith.
Sisyphus tells us why it's good to be Neil Bush.
Seeing The Forest tells us that while we were watching Saddam having his mouth illuminated by flashlight, Bush signed parts of PATRIOT II into law, and we get a Christmas tale that referenced Star Trek and gave me deja-vu, both at the same time.
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