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Monthly Archives December 2006

Iraq Study Group - Oh, The Process!

It is an old rhetorical device that when you don’t like the outcome of something and can’t attack it on its merits, then you attack the process that produced the results. The Iraq Study Group with aid from the Washington Post’s David Broder has turned this around, to wit, when your results lack merit […]

Posted 06 December 2006 † Hiram Wurf § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

Back By Popular Demand Two Candidates For Naperville Mayor

In 1995 George Pradel, known as “Officer Friendly” from his years on the Naperville Police Department, decisively beat veteran DuPage County administrator and Naperville City Councilman Jack Tenison to become mayor of Naperville. In 1999, Pradel ran for re-election and beat a less established opponent, Ric Romano, by a ratio of 7-1 according to […]

Posted 05 December 2006 † Hiram Wurf § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

Reflections on Jose Padilla - The Rule Of Law And Reason

I can’t tell you how horrified I was reading about the torturous isolation and mistreatment of Jose Padilla in the New York Times yesterday. It was on a gut level, palpable. We, the United States of America did this - and to one of our own citizens. It isn’t what America is […]

Posted 05 December 2006 † Hiram Wurf § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

Senator Barack Obama’s Race Against Time - World AIDS Day Speech -

You can read it here.
Tim Grieve in Salon Magazine sets the stage for the speech,
“As he opened his remarks Friday at a World AIDS Day summit at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, Republican Sen. Sam Brownback said he was feeling a little more ‘comfortable’ than he did the last time he shared a stage with Barack […]

Posted 04 December 2006 † Hiram Wurf § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

New York Times Covers Senator Barack Obama’s Visit To NY Tonight

You can read about Senator Barack Obama’s visit to New York here. Among other potential donors, Barack met with George Soros.

Posted 04 December 2006 † Hiram Wurf § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

Andrew Sullivan Right-Wing Iraqi Dreams Have Become Nightmare

[Hat tip to TPM.]
Andrew Sullivan takes the neo-conservatives to task for their criticism of the Iraq Study Group.
“[Their] attempt to belittle the efforts of Baker-Hamilton [aka Iraq Study Group] is therefore pure positioning. In Margaret Thatcher’s phrase, there is tragically no alternative to some sort of retrenchment and retreat right now. I agree we need […]

Posted 03 December 2006 † Hiram Wurf § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °