Regulation Showdown

I have a new post up at the Campaign for America's Future giving an overview of the Bush administration's last-minute efforts to strip safety and oversight regulations.

Using Justice Against Us

I have a new post up at the Campaign for America's Future about Guantánamo, John Yoo and the Bush administration. I've been kicking around this one for an embarrassingly long time, actually. But if dissecting the deceptive rhetoric used to sell monstrous villainy is your thing, it might be worth checking out.

Campaign for America's Future

I'm currently doing some guest posting over at the Campaign for America's Future, not that the crew over there needs much help - if you want some good posts on the current economic crisis or other policy discussions, it's a helpful site to visit.

In any case, this is my latest excuse for sporadic posting, although I'm planning to do some original posting here at VS and BH as well.

My one previous post over there is from almost exactly one year ago:

"Hogwash" (10/26/07)

Meanwhile, here's the current crop:

"Pre-Emptive E. Coli" (Monday, 10/20/08)

"The Cheney Rules" (Friday, 10/24/08)

"And a Power Plant in Every Home" (Wednesday, 10/29/08)

"Play Dumb and Keep Moving" (Thursday, 10/30/08)

"Karl Rove and the Atwater Legacy" (Friday, 10/31/08)

"About That Clear "Center-Right" Mandate" (Thursday, 11/6/08)

"Using Justice Against Us" (Friday, 11/7/08)

"Order To The Executive Branch" (Monday, 11/10/08)

More original pieces next week.

I may just update this post rather than linking each individual new entry, but I may change my mind on that. Ha! Just try and stop me!

What's All the Hullabaloo?

Not that you'd notice anyway, given the infrequency of my blogging, but I'm elsewhere this week. Digby and DDay of Hullabaloo are both in Denver this week for the convention. In what clearly must be an act of madness brought on by the prospect of meeting Stephen Colbert, I've been asked to do some subbing, along with the sharp Dover Bitch (read the two poems on the upper right of her site for an explanation of her great nom de blog).

And no, I'm not feeling any pressure. None at all. Why ever do you ask? (Just because currently I'm looking more like the guy in the bottom pic than the top one... Come to think of it, why would you be reassured by the top pic? I mean, he's admirable and all, but would you really want to be stuck in a room with him in full rant mode? I bet he spits.)

I'll update this post with links to my posts over there, but Digby and DDay are still posting when they can, Dover Bitch is there, and Tristero's even stopped by, plus Dennis Hartley will be coming in on Saturday to talk film.

(Oh, and I plan to work on the next RWCW after this.)

"Everything Helps McCain" (Monday, 8/25/08)

"Thomas Frank (and those Pesky Footnotes) (Monday, 8/25/08)

"The Sporting Life" (Tuesday, 8/26/08)

"The Needy Rich and the Unwashed Masses" (Wednesday, 8/27/08)

"McCain POW Bingo" (Thursday, 8/28/08)

"Cokie's World" (Thursday, 8/28/08)



Jack Lipnick: We're only interested in one thing, Bart. Can you tell a story? Can you make us laugh? Can you make us cry? Can you make us want to break out in joyous song? Is that more than one thing? Okay!