http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/ "Being an activist is the rent we pay for being on the planet." Alice Walker 2005-12-30T04:53:02-08:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/2oSPWwUro2o/end_of_hiatus.html LOOKING FOR CURRENT POSTS? COME ON OVER TO THE NEW CITIZEN'S RENT! Hello loyal readers! I'm coming off hiatus and I'm starting fresh. This URL now hosts Citizen's Rent content from its inception in 2004 and 2005. For new posts,... Kathy 2005-12-30T04:53:02-08:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/12/end_of_hiatus.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/FEkA6sQrliE/remedial_instru.html So I read in the Washington Post today what are the Bush team "lessons learned" from the last year. Before we look at those lessons, let's look at the the instructional material they had to work with. Spectacular failure in... Politics Kathy 2005-12-29T01:34:19-08:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/12/remedial_instru.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/YP86Np-Cq-U/operation_flabb.html Originally posted by Smintheus at DailyKos. (I know I'm on hiatus, but this is too important to ignore because I'm busy elsewhere.) This cannot stand. In ordering the NSA to spy secretly on America, George Bush has: overturned United States... Bush the Lawbreaker Kathy 2005-12-18T10:23:43-08:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/12/operation_flabb.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/j7B4RCPdX2o/hiatus.html For those loyal readers still returning to see if I'm posting... my apologies for the disappearing act. I'm on hiatus until the new year but I promise to return with gusto. Kathy 2005-12-04T13:39:25-08:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/12/hiatus.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/Q1H9lg29sDE/republicans_see.html Are you surprised? "Congressional Republicans, backed by the White House, say they are using relief measures for the hurricane-ravaged Gulf coast to achieve a broad range of conservative economic and social policies, both in the storm zone and beyond." (WSJ)... Politics Kathy 2005-09-17T00:27:36-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/republicans_see.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/WGZAKblcDd8/putting_dollars.html I wonder if the people bemoaning the cost of the Gulf Coast reconstruction take pride in the rebuilding we did after WWII in Europe through the Marshall Plan. If they do, and if they justify the different response by exclaiming... Politics Kathy 2005-09-17T00:06:40-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/putting_dollars.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/iIkhOORfMCE/blogs_that_make.html The following posts are ones that caught me as I surfed the web. Some are insightful, many informative, others provocative, most are partisan, and all thought provoking. I recommend them. Michael Berube skewers the modern Republican party adeptly and well.... Politics Kathy 2005-09-08T01:59:09-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/blogs_that_make.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/TOEHyBwB1pU/the_blame_game.html Here's the official white house talking point on calls for accountability: MR. McCLELLAN: What you're doing is trying to engage in a game of finger-pointing and blame-gaming. What we're trying to do is solve problems. (Press briefing 9/7/05) This is... Politics Kathy 2005-09-07T17:32:15-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/the_blame_game.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/8hJD0b5wRzk/bush_is_leading.html Yesterday morning, Bush announced that he was going to lead an investigation into the response to Katrina: What I intend to do is lead a -- to lead an investigation to find out what went right and what went wrong.... Politics Kathy 2005-09-07T17:22:44-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/bush_is_leading.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/CSqgNMQLZb4/bushrove_losing.html Undoubtedly, the administration announcement that they'll investigate what went wrong in the response to Katrina is a result of the tremendous political pressure they face in light of the suffering of our fellow citizens. I don't think the administration is... Politics Kathy 2005-09-07T17:01:54-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/bushrove_losing.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/jFe8_IV-Od8/in_defense_of_f.html For those who are leaping to the defense of the federal government, may I direct you to the following links. FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations FEMA turns away experienced firefighters FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks FEMA prevents... Politics Kathy 2005-09-06T15:46:53-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/in_defense_of_f.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/z8fnOjP7ues/parsing_the_rov.html In his Washington Post column today, Dan Froomkin provides an excellent parsing of the classic response of the Bush administration to political crisis: Multiple appearances by the president in controlled environments in which he can appear leader-like. Extensive use of... Politics Kathy 2005-09-06T14:04:38-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/parsing_the_rov.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/r6GCsor9mp4/please_point_fi.html Today, I've heard a number of local officials from the Gulf Coast as well as plenty of pundits repeat the mantra, "Now is not the time to point fingers". Are they getting their talking points from Chertoff or what? We... Politics Kathy 2005-09-06T01:33:55-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/please_point_fi.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/JuTDj-g376A/barbara_bush_ev.html So. I was channel surfing through the cable news shows and came across Larry King, suck up extraordinaire, interviewing George Sr. and Barbara. No newsworthy information of course - more of a commercial for how great their son is. He... Politics Kathy 2005-09-06T01:18:14-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/barbara_bush_ev.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/edE-_kb9QG4/saving_american.html How satisfying is it that Bush is finally taking the devastation in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast seriously. That he's sending in resources, committing the federal government to help its citizens? Well, it would be a lot more satisfying... Politics Kathy 2005-09-04T10:10:51-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/saving_american.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/-he4NFBU_lw/how_we_feel_pos.html LIke so many other citizens, I've been dismayed at the poor performance of our government in New Orleans and the Gulf. I share the shocked response of so many: "this is America?" I've read news reports and endless blog entries... Politics Kathy 2005-09-04T10:03:24-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/how_we_feel_pos.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/ssv1_Kg49h4/absent_blogger.html I've been remarkably remiss in posting here - largely because I continue to use my blog time to volunteer for a great progressive candidate. BUT - I miss blogging and I don't want this to die from disuse. So I'm... Personal Kathy 2005-09-04T09:54:34-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/09/absent_blogger.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/IVuIJWDbNl4/read_damn_liber.html I'm offlien for the next four days, so while I'm gone I recommend you go read Damn Liberals. You may know this blogger as DailyKos and MYDD commenter Michael in Chicago. He's quickly becoming a favorite for me - so... Blogs Kathy 2005-08-25T09:14:38-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/08/read_damn_liber.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/xMAPjeg7XWU/the_media_focus.html I'm tired of reading about how divided the Democrats are - when the Republicans have fissures in their party over the war in Iraq, immigration reform, the exploding deficit, and the increasing heft of the religious extremists. Google "Democrats divided"... Politics Kathy 2005-08-25T08:51:19-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/08/the_media_focus.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RandomThoughtsOnPolitics/~3/vSjMsqsESQs/w_is_for_war_no.html On a fairly regular basis, we hear Republican leaders like Bush and Cheney defend the war in Iraq on the basis of the benefits to women there. I've posted on this before, noting that I don't buy their convenient embrace... Politics Republicans Women Kathy 2005-08-22T12:46:52-07:00 http://kbonline.typepad.com/random/2005/08/w_is_for_war_no.html http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/