Paul Luvera Journal

I think it obvious that John Kerry was trying to be witty in his California speech, but once again flubbed his script lines as he did so many times when running for office. I think it equally obvious he would not plan to say something demeaning about the troops while helping Democractic candidates running for office, but rather said something that came out different then he intended. But, unfortunately, he unnecessarily became a huge distraction the Republicans seized upon to…

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Gary Trudeau has an amusing comic strip while courageously commenting on political issues as he sees them. His strips make fun of illogical spins. His comic strip is not only funny, but right on the mark. He recently focused on the idea that  2,700 dead and 20,000 wounded troops flies in the face of the mantra that the war is a "small price to pay to make the world a less dangerous place to live." He also attacked the idea…

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FRAMING THE ISSUES UC Berkeley linguistics professor George Lakoff has written articles and published books on the significance of using language to frame issues and in particular how the Republicans and right wing conservatives have employed this technique to conceal their true intent. Frank Luntz wrote the play book for the Republicans on framing has developed many of the popular Republican framing of issues. For example, the Republican frame for "trial lawyer" is "frivolous lawsuits" that run up the cost…

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Someone sent me an e-mail of a talk by Navy Captain Dan Ouimette given in Pensacola in 2003 entitled "America Needs to Wake Up" Captain Ouimette argues that America has failed to respond with sufficient retaliatory force to terrorist attacks starting in 1979 when the American Embassy in Tehran was targeted as well as the attacks which followed to the present time. He argues America has been under "constant attack" since then because of our lack of enough military response….

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Move on is a web site with helpful information about the political scene See Move on. Eric Alterman’s web site should be reviewed too.Eric Alterman. For balanced media reviews see Media Matters Media Matters. The daily howler has helpful information about the political scene as wellThe daily Howler