Oh So Predictable -

Did the InstaHack also say "President Bush will take advantage to attack Iraq, as he's wanted to since he got into office"? He should have...

Kerry Slogan (2)

It's the competence, stupid.

Kurds feel left out

A clever move to take the fight to our allies own turf! That'll show them!

New Kerry Campaign Slogan -

It's the execution, stupid.
That's why they call it the Executive Branch.

Bush Outmaneuvered!

This is supposed to make Bush look good... how? Because our intelligence didn't know that France had interests in Iraq and would need to be bought off? Or because he decided his American support needed to be paid back first?

Get Your American Optimism Here!

General Motors in the 1939 World's Fair in NYC presents a vision of the future in which ... surprise surprise, cars are ubiquitous.
But is that really all there is to American Optimism?
Corporate visions are fine and dandy - in fact, this was a very successful piece of envisioning. Even today few futuristic movies show anything so pedestrian as people walking... (Or the resultant obese drivers, for that matter. Perhaps this is also American Optimism?)
LINK BONUS: Lileks is not Defrosted Angry Neocon. Perhaps because today he is Defrosted Optimistic Neocon? No, turns out he's depressed. How unamerican.

One Sting To Rule Them All

Soundbites, barbs, jabs, bon mots - most political, some... not.