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Happy 4th of July (Update)
ecthompsonmd July 4, 2011

I hope that everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July. Let me share this with you: July 4, 1861 — exactly a hundred and fifty years ago — witnessed the reading aloud, on the floor of Congress, of Abraham Lincoln’s Message to Congress in Special Session. The circumstantial appeal of Lincoln’s message turned on his defense of the Union against the threat posed by secession, and that is the part most people have in mind when they recall the most famous words of the address: “This is essentially a People’s contest.” Lincoln was speaking for democracy. He was also

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New Pentagon Report: No Iraq – Al Qaeda links (updated)
ecthompsonmd September 8, 2010

It seems that everyone knows this now except for our president and vice president.  They continue to suggest (and, in Cheney’s case, outright state) that there were links between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. [display_podcast] I guess I could’ve titled this post, “What is Old is New Again.” (I originally posted the above paragraphs back in 2007.) One of my commenters has made a full throated defense of our invasion of Iraq. I think that everybody’s entitled to their opinion. Everybody is not entitled to their own facts. We did not invade Iraq based on Saddam Hussein’s violations of UN sanctions.

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Wanda Sykes gets the expected blow back (Updated)
ecthompsonmd May 11, 2009

Wanda Sykes is not known for pulling punches.  She took aim at Cheney, Limbaugh and many others on the Right and she was funny at times.  At other times, though, she missed.  That’s just Wanda.  Whoever invited her should have known that she wasn’t going to be Rich Little (who was really not funny anyway).  I’m not sure that Rich Little had been funny since the late 70s or early 80s. but that’s another story. Wanda Sykes at the Correspondents’ Dinner, Part I: MSNBC has a poll: Did Wanda Sykes go too far with her Limbaugh joke?  Please.  Sykes is joking. 

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