Comments on: It’s Carrot Time… http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:19:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: peony http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-177153 peony Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:29:51 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-177153 <p>I agree too to give credit when due, but what clinched it for me was Christy saying Broder will probably get flack from the wingnuts. I just emailed thanking him for his op-ed today.</p> I agree too to give credit when due, but what clinched it for me was Christy saying Broder will probably get flack from the wingnuts. I just emailed thanking him for his op-ed today.

]]> By: wants change http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-176600 wants change Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:45:07 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-176600 <p>I just sent Broder a message thanking him for the Hamdan piece. I agree that we have to give credit where it is due and that article certainly qualifies!</p> I just sent Broder a message thanking him for the Hamdan piece. I agree that we have to give credit where it is due and that article certainly qualifies!

]]> By: AvengingAngel http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-176098 AvengingAngel Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:33:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-176098 <p>The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hamdan case wasn’t merely a defeat for the Bush administration’s system of military tribunals for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. As ThinkProgress describes, the majority’s explicit rejection of broad presidential powers claimed by the White House to be inherent in the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) also imperils Bush’s dubious arguments for the illegal NSA domestic spying program.</p> <p>For the story, see:<br /> <b><a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000423.htm">“Hamdan Deals Blow to Bush Domestic Spying.”</a></b></p> The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hamdan case wasn’t merely a defeat for the Bush administration’s system of military tribunals for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. As ThinkProgress describes, the majority’s explicit rejection of broad presidential powers claimed by the White House to be inherent in the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) also imperils Bush’s dubious arguments for the illegal NSA domestic spying program.

For the story, see:
“Hamdan Deals Blow to Bush Domestic Spying.”

]]> By: Lizzy L http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-176070 Lizzy L Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:11:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-176070 <p>I sent Mr. Broder a thank you. Thanks for the suggestion.</p> I sent Mr. Broder a thank you. Thanks for the suggestion.

]]> By: landreau http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-176009 landreau Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:21:40 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-176009 <p>Christy–</p> <p>Way OT, but WNYC.org offers podcasts of the Brian Lehrer show. I just downloaded the segment you were on yesterday. Hi Fidelity, too! </p> <p>Keep after it. You guys are changing the game. And wherever me3 is, a tip of the cap…</p> Christy–

Way OT, but WNYC.org offers podcasts of the Brian Lehrer show. I just downloaded the segment you were on yesterday. Hi Fidelity, too!

Keep after it. You guys are changing the game. And wherever me3 is, a tip of the cap…

]]> By: Mark http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-176004 Mark Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:20:20 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-176004 <p>e-mail below just went to David Broder:</p> <p>********************************<br /> Way to go, Mr. Broder. Your column on the Stevens decision was spot on, and for the first time in longer than I care to remember, you have really stretched and have written a tough, muscular smack down of an administration run amok. Please keep it up – we are desperate to have the press awaken from its half-decade slumber. Our nation is in great danger from within</p> e-mail below just went to David Broder:

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Way to go, Mr. Broder. Your column on the Stevens decision was spot on, and for the first time in longer than I care to remember, you have really stretched and have written a tough, muscular smack down of an administration run amok. Please keep it up – we are desperate to have the press awaken from its half-decade slumber. Our nation is in great danger from within

]]> By: katecontinued http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-175976 katecontinued Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:06:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-175976 <p>I sent a thanks even though I agree with so many voices here that Broder shouldn’t be applauded for doing his damn job.</p> <p>But, I am trying my best for a new Independence Day Freedom for myself - not taking myself so fucking seriously.</p> <p>Maybe next 4th of July I will attempt to free myself from my fucking trash mouth.</p> I sent a thanks even though I agree with so many voices here that Broder shouldn’t be applauded for doing his damn job.

But, I am trying my best for a new Independence Day Freedom for myself – not taking myself so fucking seriously.

Maybe next 4th of July I will attempt to free myself from my fucking trash mouth.

]]> By: Shell http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-175944 Shell Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:51:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-175944 <p>Sorry, no. I will not write to Broder. IF he keeps it up, I will. But one good article, after years (decades?) of lies and trash? Nope.</p> Sorry, no. I will not write to Broder. IF he keeps it up, I will. But one good article, after years (decades?) of lies and trash? Nope.

]]> By: Styve http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-175942 Styve Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:50:40 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-175942 <p>That was a glimmer of hope!! Sent him a short note…</p> <p>Your words were very well chosen, and I hope that they will smash the Kevlar veneer of faux patriotism that support for Bush’s every deed seems to cower behind.</p> <p>Thank you for using your wisdom in such a constructive manner!!</p> <p>Best,<br /> Styve</p> That was a glimmer of hope!! Sent him a short note…

Your words were very well chosen, and I hope that they will smash the Kevlar veneer of faux patriotism that support for Bush’s every deed seems to cower behind.

Thank you for using your wisdom in such a constructive manner!!

Best,
Styve

]]> By: James E. Thompson http://firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-175914 James E. Thompson Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:31:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/07/06/its-carrot-time/#comment-175914 <p>Thanks for heads up . Mark me down as a SENT the link made very easy helps us old timers.</p> Thanks for heads up . Mark me down as a SENT the link made very easy helps us old timers.

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