BAGHDAD BOMBING
“While many news reports include the line that this attack bears all the hallmarks of Al Qaeda, the bombings should be placed into a more reasoned context that includes the merry-go-round of Iraqi politics and the similar attacks on government ministry buildings last August.’’
JAMES DENSELOW
www.huffingtonpost.com
“The attack was meant to undermine support for Maliki’s government by demonstrating that it can not protect itself, let alone Iraqi civilians . . . Yesterday’s bombings are a reminder that those opposed to a democratic Iraq remain a potent threat.’’
JIM PHILLIPS
corner.nationalreview.com
“The one point we would make, unlikely to be highlighted in the press, is that the event exposes how peripheral the US has become to Iraq’s development. For all the troops that remain in the country, despite having the largest embassy in the world, Washington now watches as political battles are played out through violence, back-room maneuvers, and public criticisms. This was exposed by the timing of the bomb: it came as Iraqi politicians were to discuss the difficulties stalling next January’s elections.’’
SCOTT LUCAS
enduringamerica.com
END OF CLT?
“The problem with Citizens for Limited Taxation was never that it claimed to want accountability for taxpayers, the problem with CLT was that accountability was a secondary goal to killing government.
“Prop 2 1/2 wasn’t about making sure cities and towns couldn’t just raise taxes as they felt like it, build whatever building they wanted, and face little electoral pressure for their decisions. Prop 2 1/2 was about killing public education, pure and simple. A few decades later and the girls - Carla Howell and Barbara Anderson - can be quite proud of what they’ve accomplished; their final mission is nearly complete, as cities and towns are falling apart across the Commonwealth.
RYAN
ryanstake.net
“CLT was responsible for Prop. 2 1/2, defeated the steep graduated income tax in 1976 and again in 1994. This group has never shied away from fighting for the tax payers of this State and unless they get some funding, Nov 16th will be the end of this most nonpartisian group of dedicted people to defend us at the state level.’’
JIM PILLSBURY
jimpillsbury.blogspot.com 
