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Markos on Charlie Rose
ecthompsonmd August 17, 2007

Markos Moulitisas, founder of the Daily Kos, is on the Charlie Rose Show. He has some great things to say. He states that the Karl Rove has been bad for the country. He gives a great answer to the question to how he wants to win the presidency. Again, he does a great job. The best part of this discussion is he talks about the power of the blogs. Politicians can go to the Daily Kos (or other blogs) and talk to the people.  The old filters or gatekeepers aren’t necessary any more.

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After Many Years Of Pete Rose, I Can't Muster Much Anger At Barry Bonds
ecthompsonmd May 16, 2007

I’ll be attending the San Francisco Giants/Houston Astros game tomorrow night in Houston. Barry Bonds of the Giants has been booed by Houston fans each time he has come to bat for the past two days. I won’t be one of the people booing Mr. Bonds tomorrow. I lived in Cincinnati for 18 years and for much of that time I was subjected to Pete Rose. I don’t know what Mr. Bonds has done or not done, but he can’t be much worse than Pete Rose. Mr. Rose bet on his team and is a convicted tax cheat. Mr. Rose was from the West

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Pre-War Briefing uses the Rosiest of Rose colored glasses
ecthompsonmd February 16, 2007

From NYT: When Gen. Tommy R. Franks and his top officers gathered in August 2002 to review an invasion plan for Iraq, it reflected a decidedly upbeat vision of what the country would look like four years after Saddam Hussein was ousted from power. A broadly representative Iraqi government would be in place. The Iraqi Army would be working to keep the peace. And the United States would have as few as 5,000 troops in the country. Military slides obtained by the National Security Archive under the Freedom of Information Act outline the command’s PowerPoint projection of the stable, pro-American and

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