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Rude Pundit: A Quick and Easy Test to Determine Where You Stand on the Iraq War

Let’s say we line up, oh, hell, a couple hundred thousand American soldiers, fine men and women in combat uniform, officers, non-coms, grunts, and we put them on TV. Then George W. Bush walks in with a loaded glock. Now let’s say that the President puts the gun to the temple of the first soldier and says, “If I shoot this Army private dead, there’s a chance America will be victorious and democracy will bring peace to Iraq. Do you want me to do it?” There’s no guarantees, though – just the chance. What would you say?

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I have found the source piece which served as the inspiration for the tattoo you see as my default user icon. You will find it here. And the artist who designed it is also on LJ. You can find her at cissa.

Senate report questions tax status of groups linked to Abramoff

Five non-profit groups, including one of President Bush’s biggest supporters, may have broken tax laws and put their tax-exempt status at risk by helping convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a Senate Finance Committee report concludes.

The 600-page report issued Thursday was prepared by the committee’s Democratic staff. Majority Republicans, however, had agreed to its release and joined with Democrats in issuing subpoenas for documents and e-mails cited in the report.

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Olbermann Exclusive: Dissecting new Book: Tempting Faith

Tonight on Countdown–David Kuo, who was the number two guy at the Office of Faith Based initiatives in the White House writes a scathing account of how the administration used Christians to grab and maintain power. This story validates Tucker Carlson’s admission that: “The deep truth is that the elites in the Republican Party have pure contempt for the evangelicals who put their party in power.”

If you care at all about how this White House sees it’s religious faithful, you should see this.

If you aren’t Christian, you should note this excerpt.