Monthly Archives: July 2006

“When the President wants to dismantle our Constitutional system of checks and balances, what’s the moderate position? To dismantle HALF the system?” —pericles, a comment on ”The Radical Middle” …it is not that the “middle” has been forsaken. It is … Continue reading →

“The test of democracy is freedom of criticism.” —David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), Founder of Israel From “A Beautiful Friendship?: In search of the turth about the Israel lobby’s influence on Washington, The Washington Post.

“Evidently low approval ratings can be contracted by saliva.” —Steven Colbert on Joe Lieberman’s primary challenge

“Five ropes, five robes, five trees. Some assembly required.” —Mischa, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, on what to do about half of the Supreme Court ruling

“The democratization claims were a lie, an attempt to paint naked imperialism with an idealistic face.” —emptywheel, “Weakness and Lies”