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Misplaced Priorities and the Return of the Repressed

Misplaced Priorities and the Return of the Repressed

Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007 So Far is a pretty good list – see any themes? On this Larry Craig scandal in particular, I’m struck again by how destructive it is when people cannot accept themselves for who they are. There is a strange doubling of the personality. People talk about hypocrisy, but it’s worse than that. It’s worse because it’s a deeper problem than just “not walking the talk.” People who share the traits that you find irritating in…

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Dump this Congress – 109 Reasons Why

Dump this Congress – 109 Reasons Why

Great List! 109 Reasons To Dump The 109th Congress from The Progress Report Issue 11/07/2006, by Judd Legum, Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney, Amanda Terkel and Payson Schwin We need a new Congress — here’s why: 1. Congress set a record for the fewest number of days worked — 218 between the House and Senate combined. [Link] 2. The Senate voted down a measure that urged the administration to start a phased redeployment of U.S. forces out of Iraq by the…

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