Die US-Präsidentschaftswahlen 2008 werfen schon jetzt ihren Schatten voraus. In beiden Lagern, bei Demokraten und bei Republikanern, steigen in regelmäßigen Abständen neue Politiker in das Rennen um die Präsidentschaftskandidatur ein….

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The first time his subjects heard his voice, it was when he addressed them by radio to announce his government’s unconditional surrender to a foreign power. In his name, the government of his country had waged a vicious and bitter…

When do they get upset about this hijacking of their religion?

When do they get upset about this hijacking of their religion?

“Tancredo” recently soared to near the top of the search terms at Technorati.com, a search engine for blogs. At one point July 19, the name ranked third, just one notch below “Karl Rove” and one above “Harry Potter,” for top…

In case you missed it, Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado made some insane remarks early last week. Actually, insane at best, dangerous and irresponsible at worst.

It occurs to me that I've yet to comment on the now infamous (and oft misrepresented) Tom Tancredo remarks -- remarks that a number of rightwing bloggers (as well as just about every blogger on the left side of the 'sphere, given t…

I understand that Rep. Tom Tancredo recently said that in the case of a WMD attack against the US by al Qaeda forces we should respond by nuking mecca. Since I have not been watching much TV or reading any…

Browsing around Dr. Sanity’s just now (because Stacy told me to), I found her post titled “Thinking The Unthinkable”, about Congressman Tom Tancredo’s off-the-cuff remarks suggesting a nuclear strike at Mecca might be warranted in the wake of a terro…

Tom Tancredo’s tell-it-like-it-is statement on the real nuclear option is catching some heat. baldilocks and Michelle provide some much-needed perspective to some of the overblown rhetoric floating ’round the sphere.

Speaking of which, I’d like to m…

For those who counsel a restrained response I have to ask myself: Would they feel the same way if they awoke tomorrow to country in ruins, on the verge of anarchy; a collapsed economy; one million dead, and their own lives and the lives of their chil…

Maybe… all Tancredo was doing was promising the American people that, should the unthinkable happen, if he had his way, we would get our payback…. and we’d end the war. A bit late. But we’d end it.

The responsible and acceptable thing to do is to say these remarks were at best unwise, and at worse needlessly provocative and counterproductive. And also, stupid. So I’ll say that. But: Look, let’s be real. During our long nuclear standoff…

“Tancredo” has soared to near the top of the search terms at Technorati.com, a search engine for blogs. It’s now just one notch below “Karl Rove” and one above “Harry Potter.” The reason: Rep. Tom Tancredo suggested that a terrorist…