At The Grand Canyon (Between Bush And Reality)
soldiers informed of tour extensions vs. Bush recent visit to Fort.? sits with mom.
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The Soldier Referendum: Watch The Hand
The conventional wisdom I keep reading about says the Dems will not stand up to Bush, and that the country will still engaged in Iraq when Bush leaves office.... I believe the soldier has become the symbol and the conduit for expressing, from day to day, the conflict over...
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Not Liable To Help It
Mike Segar/Reuters.... April 10 Members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team at a news conference Tuesday in New Brunswick, N.J. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/sports/ncaabasketball/11rutgers.html?ex=1333944000&en=fafc760dd1129186&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss -- Spencer Platt/Getty Images Don Imus in the Rev. Al Sharpton’s radio studio on Monday.
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Your Turn: New Category Of Deserter
Ronnie and James (no last names given) were featured in a NYT article yesterday having to do with a U.S. Army crackdown on deserters.... Citing military doctors and lawyers, the article identifies these men in a new category of deserter, described as: "accomplished soldiers who abscond reluctantly, as a...
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War Is Tell
The Ministry of Defense said in a statement today that the sale of stories would strengthen its control over what the released sailors and marines had to say. Freed Britons May Sell Their Stories, Drawing Criticism not link gen'd: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/world/europe/08cnd-britain.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin (image: Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press.... April 8.... nyt.com) From left,...
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Bush In Theater
Bush talks with U.S. Army Captain Pat Armstrong during his visit to the U.S. Army National Training Center Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at Fort Irwin, Calif.... I appreciate those of you who are about to deploy in an important theater in this war against radicals and extremists, this war...
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Us Is Them
with peres United States House leader Nancy Pelosi, center, and Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison stand with Israel's Deputy Premier and Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres prior to their dinner at a restaurant in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 31, 2007. Earlier in the day Pelosi, the leader of...
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Since November (#7): Mrs. Speaker
With Pelosi's ascension to Speaker, followed shortly after by Hillary Clinton's entrance into the Presidential race, we have had a lot of discussion here at The BAG about gender politics.
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Since November (#6): Suspended Animation
One of the cleverest images documenting the mid-term election was this November 20th cover of The New Yorker. Looking back, its clear the combination of Iraq and scandal led to the toppling of the Republican Congress. That's the White House in the background, however, not the Congress.
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Since November (#5): The Look Of Lethality
What does a bad soldier look like? And, what are the limits of reading into a photo?
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Since November (#4): The Big Dog
While George Bush puppies around with Barney, here's what intimidation really looks like.
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Since November (#3): Liberal Pricks
Above is the first paragraph of a cheeky, thoroughly-stereotyped article from a February NYT Week In Review article ("Leftward Ho?") proclaiming America as undergoing "a liberal moment.” Thesis and tone aside, what I couldn't figure out was the accompanying graphic.
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Since November (#2): All Surface
Given the Administration's preoccupation with image, you would think they would at least make it look like Bush did some paperwork.
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Since November (#1): Shooting The Messengers
Following the dramatic mid-term election, Vanity Fair's "Portraits of Power" issue highlighted 14 people or groups that constituted Washington's "new ruling class." Presented high up there, after Obama, Hillary and Nancy Pelosi, were this pair. My question is: Did VF miss the boat giving Baker and Hamilton such credibility?... ...
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