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November 5, 2007

Daily Kos diarist: Declining casualty rates in Iraq are not due to the surge

Charles Johnson bravely waded into the land of Nutrootia and found this, er, nugget from Daily Kos diarist Brandon Friedman titled: The Real Story Behind the Falling Casualty Rate in Iraq. Apparently Friedman thinks we should thank Muqtada al-Sadr for the declining casualty rate, instead of the US military. Figures. The ‘bats don’t have it in them to give Bush and Petraeus any credit for anything......   [Read More]

The latest outrage on the Charlotte transit tax

For both transit tax supporters and opponents alike, tomorrow is the big day, where voters will decide whether or not to repeal the transit tax. I blogged about this some last week, but the tenacious Jeff Taylor over at The John Locke Foundation’s Meck Deck blog has more news that will outrage even further the opponents of the transit tax: The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, a part of the city government, contributed $5,000 to the “Save the Tax” campaign:.....   [Read More]