Democratic Rivals Spar Over Iraq in N.H. (AP)

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Democratic Rivals Attack Dean at Iowa
Debate

Democratic Rivals Attack Dean at Iowa
Debate 01/04/2004 06:57 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 4 2004 6:42PM ET

Democratic Rivals Attack Dean Before
Iowa Debate

Democratic Rivals Attack Dean Before
Iowa Debate 01/04/2004 01:08 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 4 2004 12:42PM ET

Bush, Annan Spar Over Iraq War at U.N.
(AP)

Bush, Annan Spar Over Iraq War at U.N.
(AP) 09/22/2004 02:23 AM
AP - After two years, the United States and the United Nations had hoped to take the spotlight off the bitterly divisive war in Iraq. It didn't happen. At the opening of the U.N. General Assembly, President Bush and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan sparred over the war that can't escape the headlines.

Australian leaders spar over Iraq

Australian leaders spar over Iraq 09/12/2004 12:37 PM
Australia's main political leaders clash over the country's role in Iraq, ahead of next month's general election.

CNN.com - Rivals hit Dean for criticism
of Democratic Party boss - Dec. 30, 2003

CNN.com - Rivals hit Dean for criticism
of Democratic Party boss - Dec. 30, 2003 12/30/2003 10:03 PM

Democratic Runners Rap Bush on Iraq, Tax
(AP)

Democratic Runners Rap Bush on Iraq, Tax
(AP) 01/22/2004 08:45 PM
AP - Democratic presidential contenders criticized President Bush over tax cuts and postwar Iraq in campaign debate Thursday night, claiming his policies have shortchanged the middle class and burdened troops called up by the thousands for overseas duty.

Allawi Says Democratic Forces Succeeding
in Iraq

Allawi Says Democratic Forces Succeeding
in Iraq 09/23/2004 01:08 PM
Reuters via Wired News Sep 23 2004 4:25PM GMT

Allawi Says Democratic Forces Succeeding
in Iraq (Reuters)

Allawi Says Democratic Forces Succeeding
in Iraq (Reuters) 09/23/2004 10:31 AM
Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi told Congress on Thursday the "overwhelming majority" of Iraqis are grateful to the United States for ousting Saddam Hussein and said democratic forces are succeeding in Iraq.

Democratic Underground Forums - I Hope
the Bloodshed Continues in Iraq

Democratic Underground Forums - I Hope
the Bloodshed Continues in Iraq 11/06/2003 04:06 AM
I Hope the Bloodshed Continues in Iraq .. this heartwarming message .. Democratic Underground .. apparently correct .. new low

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"Once upon a time, the most successful
Democratic leader of them all, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, looked south and said,
"I see one-third of a nation ill-housed,
ill-clad, ill-nourished." Today our
national Democratic leaders look south
and say, "I see..."

"Once upon a time, the most successful
Democratic leader of them all, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, looked south and said,
"I see one-third of a nation ill-housed,
ill-clad, ill-nourished." Today our
national Democratic leaders look south
and say, "I see..." 11/03/2003 09:33 PM

IBM, Logica spar for 80m MoD deal

IBM, Logica spar for 80m MoD deal 05/18/2004 06:01 AM
The Register May 18 2004 9:51AM GMT

Intel, AMD spar in court

Intel, AMD spar in court 11/11/2003 09:21 AM
Cyber India Online Nov 11 2003 8:52AM ET

IBM, Logica spar for £80m MoD deal

IBM, Logica spar for £80m MoD deal 05/18/2004 05:53 AM
Military digital medical record contract up for grabs

AOL, Microsoft Spar on Spam

AOL, Microsoft Spar on Spam 09/17/2004 12:29 PM
America Online disses Microsoft's SenderID.

ISPs, FCC Spar on Cable Access

ISPs, FCC Spar on Cable Access 09/07/2004 02:13 PM
Top court may rule on broadband issue.

Studios Spar Over Anchorman Pat O'Brien
(AP)

Studios Spar Over Anchorman Pat O'Brien
(AP) 07/13/2004 10:21 PM
AP - Two studios are in a court fight over whether anchorman Pat O'Brien can promote his upcoming TV news magazine "The Insider" while under contract to competing "Access Hollywood."

Schiavo Family, Husband Spar Over
Funeral (AP)

Schiavo Family, Husband Spar Over
Funeral (AP) 04/01/2005 08:17 PM
AP - The medical examiner completed the autopsy of Terri Schiavo on Friday, clearing the way for the release of the body to her husband, who plans to cremate her remains and bury the ashes without telling his in-laws when or where.

Cities, Towns Spar Over Security Dollars
(AP)

Cities, Towns Spar Over Security Dollars
(AP) 06/09/2004 01:21 AM
AP - A long-simmering conflict in Congress between rural and urban lawmakers over homeland security money is coming to a head as new legislation seeks to shift money to cities more likely to be struck by terror attacks.

Eidos and Former Developer to Spar in
Video Game War (Reuters)

Eidos and Former Developer to Spar in
Video Game War (Reuters) 02/12/2004 11:29 AM
Reuters - A high-stakes video game battle has erupted on the virtual soccer pitches of Britain, with an independent British game developer announcing on Thursday it will go head-to-head with former business partner Eidos.

Bush and Kerry Spar From Afar Over Jobs
and Economy

Bush and Kerry Spar From Afar Over Jobs
and Economy 04/26/2004 05:18 PM
The president extolled job training and the entrepreneurial spirit and John Kerry accused him of failing to protect American workers.

Kerry, Edwards Spar on Trade; Dean Quits
(Reuters)

Kerry, Edwards Spar on Trade; Dean Quits
(Reuters) 02/19/2004 01:34 AM
Reuters - The Democratic presidential race narrowed to a two-man struggle between front-runner John Kerry and challenger John Edwards on Wednesday, with Howard Dean ending his faltering bid after another poor showing.

No static. Democratic.

No static. Democratic. 12/30/2004 08:00 PM
Channel 101 - Democratic "television" on the web. Shows include The 'Bu (first episode in 3-D!!!), the bizarre Ringwald and Molly, Laser Fart, the much downloaded Kicked in the Nuts!, and many more. Some shows may be NSFW.

Democratic Base Are Belong to Us

Democratic Base Are Belong to Us 01/22/2004 02:39 AM
Dick Gephardt's concession speech in Iowa was just a ruse to hide his true feelings, according to Dear God Damn Diary. The crime-fighti ng gymnast vowed, "You think you've defeated me ... but you shall know my wrath ... in 2008!" (01-20)

Democratic Convention bl0g

Democratic Convention bl0g 06/02/2004 01:27 PM
The DNC has started a convention blog. Matt Stoller, who likes to ask funny-disarming questions at conferences, is one of the bloggers, which is a very good sign. The blog is looking for a name. Any suggestions? Other than "Conventional Wisdom," of course. (Hey, Matt, turn the comments on!)...

"Democratic National Convention"

"Democratic National Convention" 06/14/2004 05:47 PM

Democratic Presidential Nomination

Democratic Presidential Nomination 01/25/2004 07:30 AM
campaign to elect Joe Lieberman .. more down-to-earth .. 2004 Campaign site .. campaign .. Joe

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Democratic Rep. Bob Matsui Dies at Age
63 (AP)

Democratic Rep. Bob Matsui Dies at Age
63 (AP) 01/02/2005 01:41 PM
AP - Democratic Rep. Bob Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.

Democratic Rep. Bob Matsui Dies at 63
(AP)

Democratic Rep. Bob Matsui Dies at 63
(AP) 01/02/2005 11:28 PM
AP - Rep. Robert T. Matsui of California, who spent time in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans as an infant during World War II and went on to serve 26 years in Congress, has died of complications from a rare disease, his family said Sunday.

2004 NH Democratic Tracking

2004 NH Democratic Tracking 01/23/2004 02:22 PM
New Hampshire Tracking Poll - Dean 35%, Clark 21%, Kerry 10% .. KERRY WITHIN 10 OF DEAN IN NH, 28 TO 18 .. The American Research Group .. 2004 NH Democratic Tracking .. every day .. ARG

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bl0ggers and the Democratic and
Republican conventions

bl0ggers and the Democratic and
Republican conventions 07/07/2004 07:58 AM
bloggers will be allowed .. an article .. today's

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"Democratic challenger Richard Morrison"

"Democratic challenger Richard Morrison" 12/10/2003 10:15 PM

Akamai Streaming Democratic Convention

Akamai Streaming Democratic Convention 07/20/2004 01:07 PM
theWHIR Jul 20 2004 5:06PM GMT

Kerry to accept Democratic ticket

Kerry to accept Democratic ticket 07/29/2004 09:59 AM
John Kerry is to wrap up the Democratic Party's convention accepting its nomination to challenge George W Bush.

White Suprematism and the Democratic
party

White Suprematism and the Democratic
party 02/10/2004 02:59 AM
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. Jim Crow Stories . Democratic Party | PBS "The South remained a one-party...

"independent Democratic convention bl0g
"

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Should we pay attention to the
Democratic Presidential candidates on TV
(or anywhere)?

Should we pay attention to the
Democratic Presidential candidates on TV
(or anywhere)? 01/22/2004 02:13 AM

Flip on the television these days and instead of an entertaining comedy one will often find news coverage of the Democratic Presidential primaries.  Should we pay attention to the speeches and commentary?  Perhaps the Web Age has relieved us of the need to sit and watch these men in real time.

Let's look at http://www.deanforamerica.com/, for example.  A quick read of the "on the issues" section is more informative than 100 hours of TV coverage.  Here are some things that I noticed...

His "job creation plan" (under "economy") proposes to make sure that broadband Internet access is "available" in rural areas.  Given that it is already possible to get two-way high-speed satellite Internet at a reasonable cost ($70/month, a touch more than the $50/month that urbanites pay for cable modems) anywhere in the Lower 48 and has been for several years, this presumably means that Dean wants to subsidize politically powerful people who live in underpopulated farm states.  So basically Dean wants to shovel more money from people who live in cities to people who live on farms... just like every other American politician.  Dean doesn't propose to invest in anything new, e.g., a wireless Internet infrastructure.

Dean has an extensive section on K-12 education.  Whenever a federal politician talks about what he is going to do for America's schools you can be sure that he is lying.  The federal government pays only about 7% of the cost of K-12 education in this country and therefore has almost no control over what happens in our classrooms.  Pity the poor teacher in her classroom.  She has to answer to the vice-principals and principal of her school.  She has to answer to the superintendent of her city or county.  She has to answer to a skyscraper full of bureaucrats in her state's central education administration.  And then all of them have to answer to the federal U.S. Department of Education, all of whose employees answer in turn to their Secretary who answers in his or her turn to the President.  There are more layers of management above a K-12 teacher than above an assembly-line worker at GM or Toyota, which makes sense until you reflect that it takes $billions in capital investment to build a car whereas plenty of brilliant people were educated at their parents' kitchen table.  Honest politicians generally start from the position that the federal Department of Education should be abolished.  Then they show up in Washington and find that this isn't political acceptable so they try to curb its growth.  The dishonest ones make a lot of promises about what they are personally going to do, sitting at their desk in the White House, for a kid in a classroom in Peoria, whose school is almost entirely funded by local taxpayers.

On foreign policy Howard Dean complains that the Bush Administration has "disengaged" from meddling in the 55-year-old war between the Arab nations and Israel.  His proposed solution?  "The Israeli government will have to work to improve the living conditions of the Palestinian people".  This is a tough goal given that the Palestinians have a 5% annual population growth rate; the Israelis would have to somehow generate more than 5% annual GDP growth among the Palestinians, many of whom are illiterate (a 5% annual GDP growth rate is something that we Americans are unable to achieve for ourselves, despite the fact that we have almost unlimited capital and a well-educated citizenry).  The U.S. meanwhile will "have to take responsibility with its international partners for helping the Palestinians establish a middle-class democratic society in which women fully participate in economic and political decision-making."  (See http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/20 01793273_honorkilling17.html for a story on women's status within present-day Palestinian society.)

Under Energy/Clean Air, Dean says "To reduce oil consumption and global warming emissions, Governor Dean believes we should increase the average fuel economy standard to approximately 40 miles per gallon for all automobiles, including SUVs and minivans."  This might have some effect on the environment circa 2020 but it doesn't do anything to discourage people from driving their 2004 model year monster SUVs.  An economist would chuck all of Dean's complex proposals in favor of a $10/barrel tax on oil, a $20/barrel tax on imported oil, and some sort of tax on pollution.

It would appear that a thoughtful voter could easily write off Howard Dean as a non-entity after spending 30 minutes at his Web site.  And perhaps this process can be repeated for the other candidates.  Are there any Dean supporters who would care to use the comments section to note brilliant ideas from the Howard Dean campaign that I've overlooked?  And would one have been more likely to discover these ideas watching Dean on TV rather than looking at his Web site?

PML government following positive
democratic traditions

PML government following positive
democratic traditions 06/17/2005 04:29 PM
Kashar Jun 17 2005 7:53PM GMT

Napsterization: Technorati is Going to
The Democratic Convention with CNN

Napsterization: Technorati is Going to
The Democratic Convention with CNN 07/22/2004 02:49 PM
Technorati is Going to The Democratic Convention with CNN .. Mary

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Official Democratic Caucus Web Site

Official Democratic Caucus Web Site 01/18/2004 11:34 PM
here in real time apparently .. this "Caucus 2004" site

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