Debate Prep
Tonight is the debate and I have a recommendation for watching it. I have done this now with a couple of press conferences and speeches. Do not watch the pre-debate debate. Turn on the TV at about 8:00 pm (Central Time) and watch it on C-Span. Take notes during the debate. When the debate is over turn off the TV. Look over your notes and reflect on what you saw. Form an opinion of what you saw and believe it to be true. Don't watch or read anything political and sleep on it. That's what I am going to do. It's always entertaining what you see the next day. If you don't like this idea, which I completely understand, this DNC Alert shows you how to get in the middle of the action when the debate is over.

Media Matters has your pre-debate roundup, Avoiding media recidivism.

A Wall Street Journal correspondent tells us what is really going on from...
From Baghdad
Being a foreign correspondent in Baghdad these days is like being under virtual house arrest. Forget about the reasons that lured me to this job: a chance to see the world, explore the exotic, meet new people in far away lands, discover their ways and tell stories that could make a difference.

When we lost Iraq
Freedom?s Just Another Word
I can tell you the week the United States lost the war in Iraq. It was 18 months ago. Baghdad had fallen with almost no resistance. The dictator Saddam Hussein had fled. A U.S. Marine draped an American flag over the tyrant?s statue and then Symbolic Saddam was dragged to the ground, proclaiming Iraq?s freedom with a photo op.

Is AsshKKKroft stalling?
Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics?
Several high-profile FBI investigations, in which substantial progress have been made, may well have been put on hold by the Bush administration for political reasons. That is, it has been alleged to me that the White House may have leaned on the FBI-- not to drop the investigations but to postpone some key arrests until after the November elections.


- posted by Mom/Dad @ 11:53 AM