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Friday, March 31, 2006

URGENT CALL FROM CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN, A POLITICAL SATIRE

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Feb. 6, 2002 URGENT CALL FROM CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN On the President's desk in the Oval Office, a phone's red light urgently flashes. It...

WHY REPUBLICANS HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR, A POLITICAL SATIRE

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January 19, 2002 WHY REPUBLICANS HAVE NO SENSE OF HUMOR It may have something to do with a life spent scowling, years of squeezing facial mu...

THE DEVIL AND GEORGIE BUSH: A POLITICAL SATIRE

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THE DEVIL AND GEORGIE BUSH The Real Story Behind a Possible Second Term George Bush sits quietly at his desk in the Oval Office. Suddenly, w...

AN ANGEL APPEARS AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: POLITICAL SATIRE

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January 14, 2002 AN ANGEL APPEARS AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB This morning, an angel - yes, that's right, an angel - appeared to a gather...
Saturday, March 25, 2006

SORRY, MR. PRIME MINISTER, AFGHANISTAN IS NOT OUR WAR

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March 25, 2006 SORRY, MR. PRIME MINISTER, AFGHANISTAN IS NOT OUR WAR John Chuckman Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he has trouble underst...
Thursday, March 23, 2006

LIBERAL MEDIA? IN AMERICA? YOU MUST BE KIDDING

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January 24, 2002 LIBERAL MEDIA? IN AMERICA? YOU MUST BE KIDDING How was this fine word (liberal) reduced to shabbiness? The answer is throug...

GOMER AS CLAUDIUS: PERHAPS THE BEST ARGUMENT FOR IMPROVING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IS THE LAMENTABLE QUALITY OF ITS EMPERORS

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April 20, 2002 GOMER AS CLAUDIUS There has been a fair amount written recently about whether America should just get over the inhibitions of...

DARK TALES FROM THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH: THE ROLE OF PROPAGANDA IN THE WAR ON TERROR

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January 6, 2002 DARK TALES FROM THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH The most effective propaganda theme during the Afghan phase of the War on Terror was t...

A TALE TOLD BY AN IDIOT: AN IDIOT CALLED BUSH

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July 4, 2002 A TALE TOLD BY AN IDIOT Full of sound and fury signifying nothing It's almost as though American policy in Afghanistan had ...

THE FIRST VICTIM IN THE WAR AGAINST TERROR

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December 18, 2001 THE FIRST VICTIM IN THE WAR AGAINST TERROR Mr. Bush's actions in Afghanistan have made it almost impossible for him to...

INSPIRATION FROM THE TOP: OBSERVATIONS OF BUSH ADDRESSING THE NATION IN THE WAR AGAINST TERROR

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December 23, 2001 INSPIRATION FROM THE TOP Observations on the President Addressing the Nation in the War against Terror. For some sentences...
Wednesday, March 22, 2006

THE IRAQ WAR'S TRASHIEST PIECE OF PROPAGANDA: THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL'S MARGARET WENTE DOES BAGHDAD

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April 14, 2003 THE IRAQ WAR'S TRASHIEST PIECE OF PROPAGANDA Her prize column came with a large photograph of a happy-faced Iraqi boy wal...

MONDO CANE: CNN, THE PLANET MONGOL, AND DEAD DOGS

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August 22, 2002 MONDO CANE Just how does anyone think those clean-cut, pressed-shirt boys at the Pentagon managed to build a hellish arsenal...