Two Evils? Or flippin flop?

[Pre-Emptive]* Comments on Business and Voting
In this case {Pre-Emptive} , meaning after barely a glance at the articles but reading their briefs in my daily TruthOut .

Two Reports Assail State Department Role on Iraq Security
By Eric Schmitt and David Rohde The New York Times

GOP Team Revives Electoral Vote Initiative
By Dan Morain and Joe Mathews
The Los Angeles Times

In the first matter of the first MBA prez I took a bit longer {of a glance at a} tangent.
And reached a familiar metaphor {embedded there} : Poker. And {we can} conclude that he does not like to play the hand he is dealt and he is the dealer.

In the second matter, Electoral College aside, it seems a matter of black and white. In this case whether Californians want their candidate to be president or to dilute their vote. It is admirable that some states have proportional representation but when it is applied to a larger state and not to all states, it seems to defy some reasoning, much as voting for a third candidate on a lesser of two evils {theory}.

It should be clear that the only thing that should be black and white is ones vote. And the way the vote should work is that the winner is the one that gets the most votes. If a third candidate gets some, it should not be hard to see that the greater of two evils results.

* normally I reserve brackets for edited changes at the bottom, in this case this will mean this will be veering from that policy, and upgrade this post other than than housekeeping with {brackets}s.

Pitbully Soapbox

Why They Hate Us
by Julia E. SweigThe Los Angeles Times
senior fellow Council on Foreign Relations
www.truthout.org

Panic as Policy
by Erik Leaver
research fellow Institute for Policy Studies
www.ThomPaine.com

Hoping for Fear
by Paul Krugman
The New York Times

Democrats must stand for law and order, peace and security, not war and terror.
We really are for "war as a last resort", after exhaustive diplomacy.
War is hard work. Peace should be worked for just as hard.

Given the huge costs and the disasterous results, we have a heckuva budget, not to mention wiggle room to work with.

[This was just going to be the links to the two(then three) sites, but could not just leave them without comment.]

Democracy Battle Going Unclear

QCON- [Quick Comment On the News]

I.e. My take: Here are a few links that I have only glanced at that seem to paint the picture.

Democracy battles by George going uNclear

Democracy- by George by Juan Cole

Senate Votes to Allow Artic Drilling by Josef Hebert Associated Press

Budget Tug of War by Joel Havemann -- The Los Angeles Times

Democratic Leader Harry Reid's Letter to Bill Frist /Preserving Checks and Balance

Bush budget drilling... the iceberg or the Titanic?

Juxta-Boogey

Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman?
By Robert Scheer
The Los Angeles Times
Tuesday 11 January 2005

Let Bin Laden Stay Free, Says C.I.A. Man
By Tony Allen-Mills
The Times UK
Sunday 09 January 2005

Taken separately, they seem far fetched, yet together are they any more sensible?