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“The protests in Iran show the neocons were right”

By Eclectablog on June 18, 2009 in Republicans

“The protests in Iran show the neocons were right”

Hard to believe, isn’t it? After all the discussion about how the neocons wanted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to win the election in Iran last week (like HERE and HERE, e.g.), turns out that’s not the case at all.

According to The Times‘ neocon-in-residence Daniel Finkelstein in his article Fancy that. They want freedom. Just like us., all of the events of the past week simply prove the neocons were right all along.

[Dramatic eyeroll and heaving sigh...]

Finkelstein is the Associate Editor and Chief Leader Writer of The Times.…

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President Cool

By Eclectablog on June 17, 2009 in President Obama

There’s a metaphor in here somewhere…

I’m just sayin’…

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Well, HELLO there!

By Eclectablog on June 17, 2009 in Eclectalife

Dang. It’s been a looo-ooong time since I posted. In the past 6 weeks I’ve been to British Columbia three times and to Edmonton, Alberta as well, usually for four days at a crack. That on top of household chores, our enormous garden and, for the first time in way too long, a social life, I haven’t had time to blog much at all.

At any rate, I’m back in the saddle and all geared up for more regular blogging.

A little Garden Porn TM Update: we’ve been eating some of the most magnificent lettuce you can possibly imagine for several weeks now.…

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Elizabeth Warren: One Smart Pick

By Eclectablog on May 16, 2009 in President Obama

Say what you want. If President Obama and his administration are picking people like this to handle things, we’re in damn good shape.

Watch all 10 minutes. It’ll restore your faith that the grown-ups have taken charge.

The Republicans are sooooo wishing they had people this smart to represent them.

They don’t.

I’m just sayin’…

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It’s the Neoconservatives, Stupid!

By Eclectablog on May 16, 2009 in Politics, Republicans

The National Journal released a poll today that shows that 93% of Democrats (or is that Democrat Socialists?) and 57% of Republicans believe that “Dick” Cheney has hurt the Republican party since leaving office.

The mistake that is made is to see this as unintentional and to accept “Dick” Cheney as part of a political landscape in which you are either liberal or conservative. The fact is that this is no longer true. The political landscape is dominated by three political worldviews: The Liberal Democrats, The Conservative Republicans and The Neoconservatives.

So, yes, “Dick” Cheney is hurting the Republicans but this is most decidedly an inside job by a third group who is in a life and death struggle to stage a coup within the Republican party.…

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Michigan, the Biggest Loser: Nowhere to go but up

By Eclectablog on May 13, 2009 in Michigan

Cross-posted at The Daily Kos.

RealtyTrac today is reporting that foreclosures in America set a record in April.

Foreclosure filings in the U.S. rose to a record for the second consecutive month in April as banks increased efforts to seize homes from delinquent borrowers.

A total of 342,038 properties received a default or auction notice or were seized last month, RealtyTrac Inc. of Irvine, California, said today in a statement. One in 374 households got a filing, the highest monthly rate since the property data service began issuing such reports in 2005.

Interestingly, here in Michigan, the news was actually pretty good.…

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Obama’s Healthcare Plan is Going to be Disasterous

By Eclectablog on May 7, 2009 in Bwahahahahaha, President Obama

Well, for some folks. Like insurance company bigwigs.

And these guys:

Awesome.

I’m just sayin’…

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Arbor Brewing Company’s Dart Boards Back in Action!

By Eclectablog on May 7, 2009 in Ann Arbor, Eclectalife

Back in March, I posted a blog entry about a trip my wife and I took to our beloved Arbor Brewing Company on St. Patrick’s Day. Unbeknownst to me, it was picked up by a local online newspaper called The Ann Arbor Chronicle and was on their front page for several days under their “New Media Watch” section.

I happened to pass the link on to the owner of the Arbor Brewing Company who was delighted for the good review. One of the things I had in the review was the statement:

While most everything else at ABC is awesome, their dart boards are a bit of a disgrace and getting darts to stick in the bull is nearly impossible.…