NBC: Don't call it a retreat

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Wednesday April 14, 2010 · 5:35 PM PDT

2010/04/14 · 17:35

On NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams introduced a Bob Engel story entitled "Shifting Strategy," about the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan.

Here's what I learned in the report:

The U.S. has lost 42 soldiers fighting there.

The locals don't trust the U.S.

The Army is pulling out lock, stock and barrel, exploding anything they can't airlift out so the Taliban can't get it.

A U.S. soldier said on camera that after the Army pulls out, the Taliban will be onsite in "15 or 20 minutes."

Jim J

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Friday March 26, 2010 · 10:32 AM PDT

2010/03/26 · 10:32

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, angry that state Attorney General Thurbert Baker will not sign onto the lawsuit against the health care reform insurance mandate, is going rogue and appointing his own "special" attorney general specifically to pursue this case.

http://savannahnow.com/...

Apparently the state constitution allows such easily-abused chicanery.

This is the new strategy to supercede the apparently now-shelved attempt to impeach Baker, detailed here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Backstory is important: Baker, an African American Democrat, is running for governor. While Perdue is term-limited, the Republican field is crowded. The Democratic field also features the comeback attempt by Georgia's last Democratic governor, Roy Barnes, whom Perdue defeated.

Obama held the chair out for her

Jim J

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Friday February 01, 2008 · 7:45 AM PST

2008/02/01 · 07:45

As a Southerner, I'm trained to look for subtle nuances in social protocol. While it's certainly true that the South's emphasis on etiquette and manners evolved as a way to reinforce the existing order, it's also true that Southerners of all classes, races and backgrounds rely on the observation of manners as a way to sum up people quickly.

In other words, to any Southerner -- rich or poor, black or white -- your use or neglect of basic manners and proper respect indicates how seriously we should take you. It's a quick and almost infallible indicator of your relative heft, gravitas, and trustworthiness as a person -- not in a socio-economic sense, but in the big picture overall.

I noticed something last night that I found very interesting: At one point Barack Obama held the chair out for Hillary Clinton.

Jim J

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Monday January 21, 2008 · 3:29 PM PST

2008/01/21 · 15:29

This is going to be something of a short driveby because I'm in a hurry and I'm also pretty pissed off with a lot of the dialogue here lately and am having a hard time controlling my temper.

It seems to be accepted in many quarters on dKos that Latinos support Hillary because of "latent racism" against African Americans, to quote but one comment of many, many similar comments I have read here today.

(No, I'm not going to link to every comment in every diary, and you'll just have to get over it.)

Jim J

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Wednesday January 16, 2008 · 9:23 AM PST

2008/01/16 · 09:23

Many of you know me as one of the more assertive/obnoxious Hillary Clinton supporters on dKos. In mixing it up with a lot of you over the past couple of months -- nevadadem, TomP, Bob Johnson, icebergslim, et al -- I've had a lot of confrontational things said to me, and I've said a lot of confrontational things myself. Most of what I've said I still stand by, and some of it I frankly regret.

But watching the Democratic debate in Nevada last night in a relaxed frame of mind, something struck me: All three of these candidates -- Barack, John, and Hillary -- are flat-out fucking fantastic candidates.

Our party is very lucky indeed to have any of them, much less all three, running this year.

Jim J

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Thursday January 03, 2008 · 7:10 PM PST

2008/01/03 · 19:10

Congratulations to the Obama camp on a great win. As a Hillary supporter, I was convinced Obama would flame out the way Dean did in '04. I fully expected Edwards to walk away with this thing, with Clinton in a strong second and Obama in a weak third.

I was 100 percent wrong, and I'm here to admit it and own up to just how wrong I was.

The DMR poll was basically correct, the turnout was gi-normous, the youth vote did show up, and HRC -- though still with major structural advantages moving forward -- cannot realistically be considered the frontrunner anymore. I fully expect her national lead to begin dwindling, much as the big Iowa and N.H. leads did.

Again, congrats to the Obama camp on a great night.

WaPo writer: 'Who's putting you up to e-mailing nonsense?'

Jim J

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Friday December 07, 2007 · 2:02 PM PST

2007/12/07 · 14:02

Earlier today I decided I'd had enough of the amnesia in the MSM about Republican filibusters.

I was prompted to action by today's WaPo story on the energy bill, featuring the now-routine line in the lede graf, "Senate Democrats failed to muster enough votes this morning to close debate on the energy bill," etc.

In other words, what used to be known as a filibuster -- that is, when Republicans were in control and valiantly fighting those darned obstructionist Democrats. Nowadays, not so much.

So this is what I e-mailed WaPo writer Jonathan Weisman:

Jim J

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Friday November 09, 2007 · 4:10 PM PST

2007/11/09 · 16:10

I kid you not. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican re-elected with 60 percent of the vote, has made praying for rain part of his official policy to deal with the ongoing draught and water shortage in north Georgia.

atlliberal diaried on this yesterday here: http://www.dailykos.com/...

But we now have official confirmation of the rain dance. Here's the full release, which just came to my inbox:

Jim J

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Monday October 15, 2007 · 9:08 AM PDT

2007/10/15 · 09:08

As many of you know, John Barrow of Georgia's 12th District is considered one of the most vulnerable Dem members of Congress. While I personally loathe his tendency to vote with Republicans on almost all foreign policy and surveillance issues, obviously I prefer to be represented by a Dem rather than one of our particularly insipid and out-of-touch Republicans we have down here.

Much talk in the Savannah area has centered on a current Republican state representative, Buddy Carter, challenging Barrow for the seat in '08 (yes, we have a lot of guys named Buddy down here, just deal with it).

Carter would indeed have been a formidable challenger -- a strong campaigner who avoids most overtly partisan posturing. But it's not to be. More on the jump.

Jim J

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Friday September 21, 2007 · 11:31 AM PDT

2007/09/21 · 11:31

According to the twin internet pillars of the neocon propaganda establishment, Drudge and Politico, the MoveOn.org ad is not worthy of the controversy it inspired in some of the media.

How do I know? Because they told me...

Jim J

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Thursday September 20, 2007 · 3:28 PM PDT

2007/09/20 · 15:28

Let's face it: Whenever a sitting president mentions your website by name from his official podium, you've made it. Doesn't matter whether it was in a negative context or not.

No one can afford to buy that kind of publicity. There's not enough money in the world.

Especially when said sitting president is an unpopular douchebag and his attack will do nothing but make you look good.

So needless to say, MoveOn will get (is getting) a huge bump in membership and donations.

Here's why that's important:

Jim J

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Friday September 07, 2007 · 9:22 AM PDT

2007/09/07 · 09:22

OK, WaPo resident neocon shill Shailagh Murray just got done with her "chat," wherein she not only called out Kos by name, negatively, but basically repeated the same prefabricated talking point over and over: Next week will be a disaster for "anti-war people," as she calls them/us, and she strongly suspects there will be "a whole new set of calculations" on the table.

Here she is in all her Satanic majesty here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

This chat, perhaps even more than the canned propaganda from the various neocon "institutes," is proof positive to me that the whole surge/escalation kabuki dance was carefully scripted from the beginning. If you read the she-devil's responses closely, you see she has already written the narrative she intends to use in covering The Petraeus Show next week, i.e., "a whole new set of calculations" for the "antiwar people."

The only thing that disgusts me more than this is the fact that the Dems obviously have a copy of the same prewritten script.

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