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Don't tax us based on bad science

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:14:07 GMT

Published: Saturday, December 5, 2009 Regarding the Sunday column by Eugene Robinson, “Purloined e-mails don’t change climate facts” and the associated article, “Climate change, how will we cope”:...
Source: HeraldNet

Civilian trial is purely political

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:14:07 GMT

Published: Saturday, December 5, 2009 Eugene Robinson’s Nov. 22 column, “Justice: battlefield in the war of ideas,” tried to justify the civilian trial in New York of the five confessed 9/11 terrorists.
Source: HeraldNet

Republicans react to Franken's anti-rape amendment vote criticism

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:48:00 GMT

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post cover the reactions of several Republican senators who voted against an anti-rape amendment introduced by Sen. Al Franken. The amendment passed 68-30 last month.
Source: MinnPost.com

Obama takes the wrong path in Afghanistan

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:52:39 GMT

President Obama should have declared victory in Afghanistan and begun a withdrawal. His escalation of the war may achieve its goals, but at too great a cost -- and without making our nation meaningfully safer from the threat of terrorist attacks.
Source: Beltway Blips

Warm thoughts, reality and the draft

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:40:38 GMT

The world's leading climatologists have been exposed attempting to hide the fact that since 1998 the planet has been cooling. Why is this important? Warming theory holds that carbon dioxide is the driving force behind climate change.
Source: Austin American-Statesman

Split message yields split verdict

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:33:40 GMT

Back in October, Eugene Robinson wrote that "the decisions on Afghanistan truly are either-or," so President Obama could not -- as is his habit -- decide to split the difference on the war.
Source: The Washington Post

Three & Out: SEC Thoughts, News & Notes 12/2

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:01:23 GMT

The pre-SEC Championship Game edition of Three & Out examines a Gator player with HORRIBLE judgment, a Tide player with injury concerns, and takes a stab at what will happen Saturday night in the Georgia Dome, in what's generally being regarded as...
Source: Scout.com

Climate-change skeptics are barking up the wrong smokestack

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:54:18 GMT

Read today's column: Target practice in Copenhagen in which Gene writes: "Climate-change skeptics are barking up the wrong smokestack.
Source: EcoEarth News

Quoted in 'Olbermann to 'House Call' Organizers: Pay 'Black Faces,' 'Brown Faces' to Attend; Says It Looked Like a 'Pro-Apartheid Rally''

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:18:16 GMT

Eugene Robinson said in Newsbusters:

Well, now this is going to sound tendentious, Keith ... But I went to the Republican National Convention last year and you did not see many minorities there. And look, this is a party that has been more and more hostile to minorities, to Latinos, to African-Americans - it's certainly perceived that way. And this didn't help that image at all. That seems to be the hand they've decided to play.

Quoted in 'Robinson: Generals Should 'Shut Up and Salute''

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:01:14 GMT

Eugene Robinson said in Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs:

How to proceed in Afghanistan will be among the most difficult and fateful decisions that President Obama ever makes. But he's the one who has to decide, not his generals

"Obama Make CNN Ed Henry His Bitch...Companion" Eugene Robinson Say on Countdown Keith Olbermann.

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:13:01 GMT

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Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 15: Politico Newspaper's Chief Political Columnist Roger Simon (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) Wall Street Journal columnist and editorial board member Kimberley Strassel, Atlantic Media Political Director and National Journal columnist R...

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Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 15: Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson speaks during a taping of "Meet the Press" at the NBC studios February 15, 2009 in Washington, DC.