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My Secret Life and Tort Reform


h1 Posted 3 years, 5 months ago around lunchtime by abogado

The rumors are true. My account wasn’t really “lost” and my hard drive didn’t “crash”. I have to admit it: I’ve actually been a paid operative for the Bush administration posting on liberal blogs under the pseudonym “ImNotaRepubISwear”. Yes, it is slimy, but they pay well and it’s probably what I would have been [...]

Abogado


h1 Posted 3 years, 6 months ago in the wee hours by abogado

Abogado is known for speaking of himself in the third person. He works for “The Man” and says it turns out he’s not that bad a guy. In his spare time Abogado is known to shark old retired guys out of their soon-defunct social security money playing shuffleboard and parlaying the winnings on ping-pong matches. [...]

Hometown Pride


h1 Posted 3 years, 9 months ago in the early evening by abogado

Sometimes you see something that just makes you gush with pride. All this talk of political cynicism and voter ignorance can be frustrating; it’s good to know that at least in some places, it is absolutley true.
“Hanna, who has followed local politics for 30 years, dismissed one scenario that has been suggested, that [...]

The Road to Nihilism…


h1 Posted 3 years, 9 months ago in the early afternoon by abogado

…is long and painful. Most of us have been raised on values and beliefs, consciously or not, that compel us to act in accordance with tenets of morality and purpose. But what happens when we lose our faith? What happens when those values no longer mean anything? What can we fall back on to satisfy [...]

the ULTIMATE spin


h1 Posted 3 years, 10 months ago in the early morning by abogado

This is a truly amazing feat of intellectual acrobatics. The report that confirms that Saddam had no weapons before the war and says he was actually further from developing them than before the first Persian Gulf War, according to Cheney is justification for the war! This typifies what BC are all about: denial in [...]

factcheck.com


h1 Posted 3 years, 10 months ago mid-afternoon by abogado

Last night Vice President Cheney asked that we go to Factcheck.com to check the presidents record over the last 4 years. I think we owe the VP the respect to do just that.
I hope everyone was playing the “Iraq”- “Haliburton”-”trial lawyer” drinking game. Fun times! Overall that debate was a waste of time [...]

Why I went to Law School…


h1 Posted 3 years, 10 months ago late at night by abogado

Over the last four weeks I have been enlightened to the inner workings of the American judicial system. It is a nuanced, brilliant manifestation of thousands of the greatest minds over the centuries working to perfect a system of justice unmatched in the world.
I imagine most of you will take me at my [...]

Ashcroft is the man!


h1 Posted 3 years, 10 months ago mid-afternoon by abogado

I’d like t0 send out my heartfelt congratulations to the Bush administration and specifically the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. A.C.T. Apparently they have done such a good job of rooting out all terrorists in America that not one terrorist has been convicted since 9/11, though over 5,000 terrorists have been detained. This is fantastic news. Like many of [...]

Fear, Denial and Facing our Mortality


h1 Posted 3 years, 11 months ago mid-afternoon by abogado

Two recent articles from the Washington Post that I attempt to tie together but really just think are worth reading.

Bush logic


h1 Posted 3 years, 11 months ago around lunchtime by abogado

This would be funny if it wasn’t so tragically ironic. The exact order of CNN headlines the other day:
” Police: Nine killed in Moscow subway blast
16 killed in Israel bus bombings |  Video
Iraqi militants: 12 hostages killed |  Video
Bush says U.S. will win terror war |  Video

Of course, we [...]