Tag Archives: The 2000s

Associated Press: Today in History For September 11th- Remembering 9/11, 2001

Source:The Daily Review Just to give you a personal reflection about 9/11. I was working at a movie theater and not happy about it and working the nightshift and disliked that even more. Except for the people I worked with … Continue reading

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The Onion: Nathan Eckert- ‘The Iraq War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region & Set Off a Global Shockwave of Anti-Americanism’

Source:The Onion– debating the 2003 War In Iraq. Source:The Daily Review “George W. Bush may think a War In Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create more.” From The Onion  Looking … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Josh Voorhees: Lincoln Chafee Campaign Plan: Attack Hillary Clinton on Her 2002 Iraq War Vote

Source:The New Democrat Then Senator Hillary Clinton’s 2002 Iraq War vote, is just one example of why the Democratic frontrunner for president is not a lock, or slam dunk to win the Democratic nomination. That vote of hers back then … Continue reading

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Noam Scheiber: ‘What My Book Got Wrong About Obama, Summers, Geithner, Recovery’

Source:Amazon– left-wing columnist Noam Scheiber’s 2012 book about President Barack H. Obama. Source:The New Democrat  “The widely acclaimed and newsbreaking account of President Obama’s campaign to rescue America from its recession: inside the meeting rooms, the inboxes, and the minds … Continue reading

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Striker 1909: Jeff Bridges – The Contender (2000)

Source:The New Democrat Great speech from The Contender by Jeff Bridges who played the President in this movie. Not a very realistic scene as far as how they put the U.S. House chamber together for this joint session of Congress … Continue reading

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Paramount Movies: The Contender (2000)

Source:The Daily Press The Contender movie from 2000 came about almost three years after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke and two years after President Clinton was impeached in the House on a party-line vote. President Clinton was actually mentioned in … Continue reading

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President William Jefferson Clinton: Farewell Address (2001)

Source:American Rhetoric– President William J. Clinton (Democrat, Arkansas) 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001) “My fellow citizens, tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your President. I am profoundly grateful to you … Continue reading

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The Hitchens Archive: Christopher Hitchens & Eric Alterman Discussing Politics (2008)

Source:The Film Archives– left-wing columnist Eric Alterman, debating left-wing columnist Christopher Hitchens, in 2008. Source:The New Democrat “Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair, Slate, God Is Not Great) and Eric Alterman (Altercation, The Nation, Why We’re Liberals, ericalterman.com) discuss politics on Bloggingheads.” … Continue reading

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Slate Magazine: Jamelle Bouie: Neocons Already Destroyed Iraq

Slate: Opinion: Jamelle Bouie: The Neocons Already Destroyed Iraq Once There’s an old American expression “fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me”. Which basically translates if you are dumb enough to get fooled multiple times … Continue reading

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New America Foundation: Daniel Deudney- Liberal Democracy vs. Autocracy

Source:New America Foundation hosting a discussion about liberal democracy. “G. John Ikenberry and Daniel Deudney discusses their article, “The Myth of the Autocratic Revival: Why Liberal Democracy Will Prevail”. Dimitri Simes concludes the discussion.” From the New America Foundation I love … Continue reading

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