Saturday, November 25, 2006

My Congressman

Henry Waxman. You'll be hearing a lot about him during the next few years.

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Recommended Reading

E.J. Dionne on another one of those lovely situations where an election was held and the vote totals are of questionable accuracy.

You know, a political figure or pundit could earn a lot of my respect — and I suspect that of more important folks — if he ever said, of a vote count that his side allegedly won, "We need to fix this system so that everyone can have confidence in the final totals." But no one ever says that unless their side lost, and then it gets dismissed as sour fruit of some kind.

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Today's Big Question

Why is it that about once a month, there's a news story like this one about PETA that helps convince people that those of us who care about animal rights don't care about the rights of human beings?

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Today's Video Link

It's cartoon time! This is Fresh Hare, a Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. It was released on August 22, 1942 and as you can probably guess, Mel Blanc is doing the voice of the Wabbit and Arthur Q. Bryan is doing the voice of the Fudd. Michael Maltese is credited with the story but I believe this was from the period when every gag man on the premises collaborated on the story and then they just rotated who got screen credit. Have a nice time...

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Recommended Reading

Senator Chuck Hagel on the situation in Iraq. Even if you don't agree with him, you might want a look at what I think is becoming the Conventional Wisdom.

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