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The Audacity of Hopelessness
by Frank Rich
WHEN people one day look back at the remarkable implosion of the Hillary Clinton campaign, they may notice that it both began and ended in the long dark shadow of Iraq.It’s not just that her candidacy’s central premise — the priceless value of “experience” — was fatally poisoned from the start by her still ill-explained vote to authorize the fiasco. Senator Clinton then compounded that 2002 misjudgment by pursuing a 2008 campaign strategy that uncannily mimicked the disastrous Bush Iraq war plan. After promising a cakewalk to the nomination — “It will be me,” Mrs. Clinton told Katie Couric in November — she was routed by an insurgency. | ¿Quién Es Less Macho?
by Maureen Dowd
If this is truly the Decline and Fall of the Clinton Empire, it is marked by one freaky stroke of bad luck and one striking historical irony. How likely is it that a woman who finally unfetters herself from one superstar then finds herself eclipsed by another? | Iran confirms president's trip to Iraq
by AP
The Iranian government announced March 2 as the date for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Iraq, confirming the landmark trip for the first time Sunday.The trip will be the first by an Iranian head of state to Iraq.Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said earlier this month that Ahmadinejad would would meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani during a two-day visit, but there had been no official confirmation from the Iranians. | Moyers: Political pork and the military-industrial complex
by Nick Langewis and Mike Aivaz
PBS' Bill Moyers Journal profiles Seattle Times investigative reporters David Heath and Hal Bernton in their investigation of congressional earmarks, and their recipients, in the Pacific Northwest.So far this year, members of Congress have appropriated 12,881 earmarks for "pet projects," some to be conducted by campaign contributors, which would cost taxpayers over $18 billion. | Nader announces another Presidential bid, but Obama isn't worried
by David Edwards
Ralph Nader is launching a third-party campaign for president. The consumer advocate made the announcement Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." He says most Americans are disenchanted with the Democratic and Republican parties, and that none of the presidential contenders are addressing ways to stem corporate crime and Pentagon waste and promote labor rights. | GM Exec Stands by Calling Global Warming a “Total Crock of Shit”
by Kevin Krolicki
General Motors Corp Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has defended remarks he made dismissing global warming as a “total crock of shit,” saying his views had no bearing on GM’s commitment to build environmentally friendly vehicles.0223 01 1 2Lutz, GM’s outspoken product development chief, has been under fire from Internet bloggers since last month when he was quoted as making the remark to reporters in Texas. | Is John McCain a Liar?
by Robert Parry
In journalism, it’s a safe bet that if you write a story with the suggestion that a prominent male politician is bedding an attractive female lobbyist, whatever other point you hoped to make will be overlooked.That appears to have been the case with the New York Times article on Feb. 21, which led with suspicions held by some McCain staffers that the Arizona senator had gotten too cozy with lobbyist Vicky Iseman. The Times story then veered off into a historical examination of McCain’s over-confidence about his own moral rectitude. | Foreclose on the White House
by David Swanson
If you've lost your house to a predatory lender and you ask your congress member to impeach Bush and Cheney for your loss, will they look at you like you're crazy? That depends entirely on how many of you are asking.If there are not enough of you, they'll look at you like you're crazy for suggesting impeachment as a response to illegal wars, lies to Congress, misappropriation of funds, rewriting bills with "signing statements," warrantless spying, extra-legal detentions, torture, war crimes, refusal to comply with subpoenas, or just about anything else. The White House could make the occupation of Iraq permanent or ignore a major hurricane or expose an undercover agent as payback for a whistleblower, and you'd get the "You've got to be nuts" look for suggesting impeachment if there weren't enough of you. As a matter of fact, many of us already have. | Ga. pair wins nine-figure prize
by AP
All those lottery players holding crumpled, worthless Mega Millions tickets can take some consolation: The couple who won the $270 million jackpot are just too nice to resent.Robert and Tonya Harris matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball in Friday night's drawing, the only such ticket in the multistate game. | Paper: DA was part of JFK movie deal
by AP
A longtime prosecutor agreed while he was in office to give filmmakers access to documents connected to President Kennedy's assassination and helped form a company to take part in the venture, a newspaper reported Sunday.New details about District Attorney Henry Wade's involvement in the proposed project about the JFK assassination and the trial of Jack Ruby were contained in long-hidden files discovered in a courthouse safe, according to The Dallas Morning News. | US “Agent Orange” Ruling Disappoints Vietnamese; Pleases Monsanto, Dow Chemical
by Grant McCool and Nguyen Nhat Lam
Vietnamese victims of wartime “agent orange” were disappointed by a U.S. court’s dismissal of a lawsuit against chemical companies but believe they have gathered more support for their cause, an official said on Saturday.0223 02“We anticipated this because it is not easy suing big and powerful U.S. companies on U.S. soil and under the U.S. court system,” said Nguyen Trong Nhan, vice chairman of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin. | Lindsay Lohan Tops Razzies
by David German
A year after his Academy Awards dream went up in smoke, Eddie Murphy has not just one consolation prize, but three: Razzie Awards as worst actor, supporting actor and supporting actress for the comedy "Norbit."The fourth acting "dis-honor" announced at Saturday's Golden Raspberry Awards went to Lindsay Lohan, who actually was voted two worst-actress trophies for the thriller "I Know Who Killed Me," the worst-picture winner in which she played dual roles. | The Relationship Between Humans and Nature: What a Little Bird Told Us
by Jonathan Rosen
Once upon a time, there were parrots living in America. Not the escaped kind we know today that steal away from airports and apartments to find improbable refuge in Brooklyn or Chicago, but wild parrots that evolved here in their own slow, mysterious way. |
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