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Beltway insiders struggle to preserve the value of their Rolodexes by quoting only Republicans

Sweet Jeebus, this is getting old fast. Pravda on the Potomac's Peter Baker:

Embittered Insiders Turn Against Bush
The arc of Bush's second term has shown that the most powerful criticism originates from the inside.

(You got that. From inside. From creatures like Adelman, Perle--and Woodward, for that matter.)

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Counterparts Abroad

I'm both impressed and a little jealous- blogs are changing the government...of Red China? Shit, I guess we've got a ways to go:

Posted on Monday, June 5, 2006. From a set of regulations issued in August to the staff of China Youth Daily, a Beijing-based newspaper. Li Datong, then editor of the paper’s weekly supplement, was fired for writing an email criticizing the regulations, which tie salaries to a system of points, saying they would “enslave and emasculate and vulgarize” the newspaper. The Chinese government announced they were abandoning the system after Li’s letter was circulated on several Chinese blogs. Translated from the Chinese. Originally from Harper's Magazine, April 2006.
(1) If the Chinese Youth Communist Party’s Central Committee praises an article, the author will receive 80 extra points. Read more…

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