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Bush tells truth

In signing the defense spending bill today, Bush says America’s enemies “never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people and neither do we.”

Bruce: Chords for Change

Bruce Springsteen has an op-ed piece in today’s NY Times and on his web site about his decision to participate in the Vote for Change Tour. An excerpt:

These questions are at the heart of this election: who we are, what we stand for, why we fight. Personally, for the last 25 years I […]

Thoughts on the Cheney visit

Cheney was here yesterday. A few random thoughts based on the limited press coverage I read or saw.

Given the ethnicity of South Dakota’s press corps, I presume the Bush-Cheney campaign people didn’t ask for the race of any of the reporters and photographers. While I doubt many Democrats attended, did any one attending […]

Bruuuce part of Vote for Change tour

From an e-mail this morning from brucespringsteen.net:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND TO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF VOTE FOR CHANGE

Bruce Springsteen is excited to announce his participation in the Vote for Change concert tour. Between October 1 and October 8, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at five Vote […]

Worth a look

Jonathan Schell’s column about how peace was conspicuously absent from the DNC. Somewhat along the same lines is Bob Herbert’s column in Monday’s NY Times about how neither Kerry or Bush really want to talk about the grim facts facing the US. Billmon’s post on the recent amazing series of coincidences in the “war […]