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    0 starsjohnfargo | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 01 2006 | president, bush, bush administration, politics, music
    Rolling Stone : The Worst President in History?

    Worst...president...ever.

    Quoted: Flashback: Bush in '99 -- We Warned You! George W. Bush's presidency appears headed for colossal historical disgrace. Barring a cataclysmic event on the order of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, after which the public might rally around the White House once again, there seems to be little the administration can do to avoid being ranked on the lowest tier of U.S. presidents. And that...

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    0 starsjohnfargo | Shared With: Everyone - May 23 2006 | conservative, politics, history
    The First Conservative

    Interesting read on the origins of the conservative movement - from academia, of all places.

    Quoted: The New Yorker

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    0 starsjohnfargo | Shared With: Everyone - May 04 2006 | defense, rumsfeld, politics, news
    Rumsfeld versus Rumsfeld - Los Angeles Times

    Quoted: SUPPOSE YOU ARE a new White House chief of staff. One of the difficulties you face is an extraordinarily powerful, well-entrenched Cabinet secretary who enjoys the strong support of the president. What do you do? Not to be vague about it: How should Joshua B. Bolten, who is driving to reshape the Bush administration, deal with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, who is fast becoming a political liability and may resist any serious change of direction?

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    0 starsjohnfargo | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 27 2006 | gas, gas prices, politics, bush administration
    How high gas prices make politicians stupid. By Jacob Weisberg

    Finally, sensible commentary on gas prices.

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    0 starsjohnfargo | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 17 2006 | colbert report, daily show, stephen colbert, politics, humor
    The Colbert Report - The Word

    You're Welcome: brilliant.

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