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@avclub-230e46d19fe78a6c8dc715659a7188d7:disqus U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq was already scheduled under the SOFA worked out between GWBush and the Iraqi government. And Obama wanted to keep more troops in Iraq longer (by use of the qualifier of withdrawing "combat troops"), but couldn't get the Iraqi government to…
No, he's just assigned himself the role of Global Lord High Executioner, but since it's all done by remote control so no Americans are at risk (no real Americans anyway), it's all good.
That, and quietly opening dozens of new U.S. military bases all over the world, increasing the Empire's footprint.
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I might have voted for the John Kerry who testified against the Vietnam War:
http://www.democracynow.org…
It seemed to me that they got rid of Agnew first for the same reason Nixon picked Agnew in the first place. Nixon wanted to make sure anyone looking to take him out would take pause, on contemplation of his replacement. Replacing him with Ford made sense, both because as House Minority Leader he was next in "rank",…
When Dick Cheney had his first cardio surgery as Veep, I posed the line-of-succession question:
If Dick Cheney dies, who's the President?
You bring up an excellent point. "Southern Pride" as commonly expressed through the flying of the (reimagined) Confederate Battle Flag is really White Southern Pride. They don't see black people as "Soutnerners". Even though of all ethnic groups in the USA today, Black people are more likely to have roots in the…
Flying the Confederate Battle Flag as an expression of "Southern Pride" is equivalent to flying the swastika banner as an expression of German Pride.
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@avclub-e129a878f7b0e5aa9ac09e0282f64ea6:disqus re: "pro-Union mountain people effectively colonizing the deep South during Reconstruction is what gave rise to the Southern Accent"
I did not know that! That's weird, wild stuff! And vaguely plausible. (I assume you're referring to the generic "Southern Accent" as…
I never watched more than a couple of either of these, but Todd's description of The Dick Cavett Show's format reminded me of Politically Incorrect.
Yeah, WTF with the way they run the show 5 min or so off the hour, just to frak with our DVRs? I completely missed the ending and have to search for a replay to watch it now. MAKE THEM STOP IT!
I wouldn't mind buying HBO, if I didn't have to buy the Home Shopping Network and the 300+ other channels you have to buy first.
OTOH, -nobody- fucks with the Jesus.
I'm really hoping the Greensboro Massacre is discussed.
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ETA: Even if he was in Arkansas.
I thought it might have something to do with the burgeoning romance with his wife. But yeah, I can see that too.
On the other hand, I pay full attention, visual as well as aural, when Saxa's involved.
Big mistake. I'm not too keen on the guy-guy stuff, but I always at least *listen* to it when they're talking, because this show has very few unimportant words in it, in any scene.
Comments like this make me want to learn more about the actual history. Anything you (or anyone else who knows) might want to share, would be welcome.