"Nobody is making the arguments he is criticizing, and the actual situation in the region is completely ignored in the column. "

If you mean the argument that settlement expansion (of existing settlements) are a primary obstacle to peace, yes that is exactly the argument that is being made. It implies Hamas is just waiting for Israel to suspend all expansion and then they'll be ready to make peace. The suggestion borders on mental illness.

For example,


http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0804_foreign_policy_ ohanlon.aspx

"...Thousands of lives have been saved, without that subjective word "torture" being used...."

"This is a lie and simply untrue. The very interrogators involved say it was untrue. Guess what though even if it were true it would still have made the enemy stronger."


Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave information after being waterboarded that preventing major terrorist attacks. That is an incontrovertible fact. Any attempt to claim otherwise is lying.

Further waterboarding is not torture. That's according to Eric Holder. He was asked whether we are torturing our own soldiers when we waterboard them as part of their training. He said no.

No reason to accept your flat assertion given with no evidence or even...

"what was the last thing republicans did for the country that americans were happy about? that is what i'm talking about. too bad you guys can't name anything, even after having total control from 2000-2006."

Dems say repeatedly that Repubs had "total control" from 2000-2006. First of all, the Dems controlled the Senate 51-49 in the first 2 years after Jeffords switched, which Dems never seem to remember. Beyond that, Republicans did not have "total control" at any time. Otherwise Dems couldn't have filibustered a bunch of things to death, like opening up Alaska to oil drilling which most Americans support.

Bush created the Medicare drug benefit which seniors seem to like. Weird how Dems don't give Bush any credit...

So Jones says they didn't destroy any original data. Obviously you and Media Matters just take whatever he says at face value.

CRU collects their own original data - not available elsewhere. That data was the main foundation for their "conclusions".

MM also took Acorn at face value when they said that Giles and O'Keefe got kicked out of other Acorn offices or at least promoted Acorn's claim, whether or not they really believed it. Undoubtedly dingbats like you believed that claim also.

Media Matters has repeatedly claimed there is a "consensus" on global warming over the years. You probably believe that too, since Media Matters says so.