Weblog Name: TomPaine.com
Subtitle/Tagline: Take On the News: A Running Commentary on Current Events
Focus: Politics (Left)
Author: Anonymous
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Ecosystem Rank: Playful Primate
TTLBBE Unique Inbound Links: 331
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Last Post: November 14, 2003
Posting Frequency: 5.00 posts/day
Blog Age: 51.4 months
First on Blogroll: Talking Points Memo
Blogroll Organization: Unknown
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Selected Post: Damn Iran
Excerpt:
It's inconvenient for our White House when the facts don't support their policy positions. Take Iran, one of the points on the axis of evil. President Bush likes to say nowadays that the antidote to terrorism is democracy. Recently, he praised the reformist baby steps taken by Kuwait, Bahrain, Morocco, Jordan, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. But, as Toronto Star columnist Haroon Siddiqui points out, Bush "invites mockery by holding them up as 'the stirrings of democracy,' while bearing down hard on Iran." Siddiqui argues that Iran is the most advanced in the debate on Islam and democracy. Iran has held more elections than any Arab nation. We may not like the outcome of their elections, but a lot of Americans don't like the outcome of ours, either.
Human Rights Watch comments on the same subject.
Bonus Link: Hailing Krugman (my title)
Comment: This is a popular, professionally-run site published by the son of Bill Moyers. I disagree with the blog's politics, but can understand why those on the (angry?) left find it worthwhile.
As of: November 14, 2003
Posted by oscarjr at November 14, 2003 09:51 PM | TrackBackWhy the link to vanguard news network? Aside from the neo-Borscht Belt humor, I don't see the point.
Posted by: steve risher at 10:17 PM