Biden’s Zingers: Weighing the Ones that Matter and Those That Don’t

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Joe Biden, knowing everything he knows today, probably would not vote yes on that resolution make the same comments about his friend, colleague, and presidential primary competitor Barack Obama that he made the other day. Language is important.

Political Fortunes: Some Commentary in No <strike>Political</strike> Particular Order

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I helped organize a forum this morning for the distribution of a report Terrorism: A Brief for Americans by businessman Richard Vague at an early morning meeting in the Senate. Despite the ridiculousness of sending out the invite the evening before, we got a respectable audience there by 9 am.

Zbigniew Brzezinski Calls Iraq War a Historic, Strategic and Moral Calamity & Says Stop the Trappings of Colonial Tutelage

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TWN has secured testimony being offered by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski tomorrow morning in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 9:30 a.m. Brzezinski will be paired with former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft who will testify about their views on the strategic context of America’s actions in Iraq.

<em>Without Me</em>? What Syrian Ambassador Moustapha Has In Common with Eminem

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(Syrian Ambassador to the United States Imad Moustapha) Remember that snappy Eminem song that pushed a kind of edgy vulgarity that seemed, still, like it couldn’t be deleted or ignored, Without Me? These lyrics came to mind this morning when I learned that Syria’s Ambassador to Washington Imad Moustapha was not among those Arab Ambassadors…

14 cents per Iraqi Refugee per Year vs. $300 million per Day to Finance Occupation

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President Bush probably chuckled when Colin Powell left the room after advising the President about the “Pottery Barn Rule” — “you break it, you own it.” (yes, I know Pottery Barn doesn’t make you pay. . .but you get the point. . .