Trimming the Sith blogroll

In a move long overdue, I have removed "Comments From Left Field" from the Sith Blogroll.

For a window into why, go here.

"I'm all for serious debate & opposing views" 2

Updating a story destined for Bad Blogs Blood (a sister blog I use when I digress and pass judgment on the quality of a blog), I tried another benign post over at Fran's "Ramblings."

Fran posted an e-mail she had received providing instructions for progressives (or however people wish to label themselves--I know when I pick one for them it's a no-win scenario) who wish to apply political pressure to impeach .

I provided a brief and factual observation, keeping personal attacks to an absolute minimum:

Bryan said...

Democrats in Congress would have tabled Kucinich's bill if not for Republican support.
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/House_Dem_defends_leadership_decision_to_1109.html

November 12, 2007 7:32 PM

It kind of looked like this:



Here's what it looked like after somebody "all for serious debate & opposing views" took note:



This is too funny. I haven't updated that other blog for a bit, though.

Since I'm not being censored on my home turf, here's some commentary on the GOP maneuvering in Congress, courtesy of the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Kucinich is one of Cleveland's congressional representatives):

House Republicans began changing their votes. By the time Pelosi's leadership team figured out what was going on, the once-certain vote to kill Kucinich's resolution was doomed, 251-162. "We're going to give them their day in court," Texas Republican Pete Sessions chortled to the Associated Press.

That's precisely what Pelosi and Hoyer wanted to avoid. They didn't want the House derailed by such a sideshow, and they didn't want their members - who have no love for Cheney - forced to choose between being responsible lawmakers and mollifying a loud subset of Democrats who think the vice president is Darth Vader.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)

What will it take for Fran to figure out that impeachment isn't going anywhere, I wonder?

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True genius at the Project for the Old American Century

I got a big laugh moments ago when I checked the results for the sublovious poll--one of the longest-running polls ever ... maybe.

I'm finishing up a series at the Bad Blogs' Blood blog on the Project for the Old American Century, which is a site for those generally to the left on the political spectrum.

Over the last few days, I paid a visit to the the message board at POAC, and during introductions I mentioned that I had encountered the site through its "Counterspin" pages, where the POAC folks attempt to answer various "talking points." An argument about the "Counterspin" page ensued and I was fairly promptly banned from their message board (in spite of my traditionally courteous manner).

During that process, POACers followed a URL I provided back to Bad Blogs' Blood, and via that site (trusty profile, no doubt) found their way to this site ... and a couple of them voted in the poll. Two more votes for Bush misleading Americans about Iraq's responsibility for 9-11, even though right next to the poll I link to information that should prevent anybody except a loon from voting in the upper third of the poll choices.

Astonishingly, a total of 15 people have voted in strong agreement with the proposition that "President Bush caused a dramatic increase in the number of Americans who believe that Iraq was involved in the 9-11 attacks," compared to just one who was uncertain and one other who had strong disagreement with the same statement.