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Bad Attitudes

As Justice Clarence Thomas flogs his million-dollar memoir, sound bites from his 1991 nomination hearings have been surfacing in the news — fragrant bubbles from the swamps of George Herbert Walker Bush’s administration.

The saddest of these golden oldies was the justice’s anguished cry that the hearings were “a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks.” Is it even remotely possible that Justice Thomas actually imagines himself to be an uppity black? Can he be unaware that he was the least uppity black that Poppy Bush had been able to find in all the land?

Of course it’s possible, and of course Thomas is unaware of it. All of us lie to ourselves, and most of us lie to others. But only a few of us get the chance to lie to the Senate Judiciary Committee under oath. Clarence Thomas is one of them. The Pubic Hair Test proves it.

Fans of political theater will recall that Professor Anita Hill had charged her former boss at the Department of Education with a pattern of sexual harassment which included showing her a Coke can with a pubic hair stuck to it.

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DownWithTyranny!

John Amato (C&L;), one of the other Blue America bloggers, and I are off now to meet with John Hall(NY-19), one of the victorious candidates we endorsed in 2006. John has been an exemplary congressman, sticking to his guns on the tough issues. His voting record is excellent when it comes to sticking with progressive values and principles, especially for someone in a Republican-leaning district with a tough re-election race. I guess he wants to explain to us why he voted against the MoveOn ad, which pissed us both off. And he probably also wants to explain his plan to prohibit the Bush Regime from sending any more mercenaries into Iraq, which sounds like a good idea to me. I'll report back in a couple hours.

While I'm away, enjoy the Jackson Browne music-- I'll explain that when I get back too-- and please donate to our candidates on Blue America before the end of quarter tonight. I'm matching whatever anyone puts in for the candidates who are facing primaries.

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BBC News | Americas | World Edition

The US opens a new military command centre for Africa it says will help poor states without launching wars.

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Emissary fails to meet main general but spends more than hour in discussions with Aung San Suu Kyi.

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· Author outlines campaign to give godless a voice · New organisation appeals to 'downtrodden' millions

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