Farewell. The Flying Pig Has Left The Building.

Steve Hynd, August 16, 2012

After four years on the Typepad site, eight years total blogging, Newshoggers is closing it's doors today. We've been coasting the last year or so, with many of us moving on to bigger projects (Hey, Eric!) or simply running out of blogging enthusiasm, and it's time to give the old flying pig a rest.

We've done okay over those eight years, although never being quite PC enough to gain wider acceptance from the partisan "party right or wrong" crowds. We like to think we moved political conversations a little, on the ever-present wish to rush to war with Iran, on the need for a real Left that isn't licking corporatist Dem boots every cycle, on America's foreign misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. We like to think we made a small difference while writing under that flying pig banner. We did pretty good for a bunch with no ties to big-party apparatuses or think tanks.

Those eight years of blogging will still exist. Because we're ending this typepad account, we've been archiving the typepad blog here. And the original blogger archive is still here. There will still be new content from the old 'hoggers crew too. Ron writes for The Moderate Voice, I post at The Agonist and Eric Martin's lucid foreign policy thoughts can be read at Democracy Arsenal.

I'd like to thank all our regular commenters, readers and the other bloggers who regularly linked to our posts over the years to agree or disagree. You all made writing for 'hoggers an amazingly fun and stimulating experience.

Thank you very much.

Note: This is an archive copy of Newshoggers. Most of the pictures are gone but the words are all here. There may be some occasional new content, John may do some posts and Ron will cross post some of his contributions to The Moderate Voice so check back.


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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Never too late to impeach

By Libby



In fact, I'm thinking it's the perfect time. It would at least keep the White House too busy to perpetrate any more of their evil plots. Dennis Kucinich agrees, and introduced thirty-five articles of impeachment into the record yesterday.

The first article Kucinich presented, and many that followed, regarded the war in Iraq: "Article 1 - Creating a secret propaganda campaign to manufacture a false case for war against Iraq."

And while it's true bloggers still don't have much power to sway the public at large, this might illustrate how much impact they have inside the Beltway.

On several occasions, Kucinich referenced RAW STORY and its noted investigative news chief, Larisa Alexandrovna, as source material for the articles.

Clearly, this probably won't go anywhere as long as Pelosi refuses to put it on the table, but you might want to contact your Congresscreatures and tell them you think it's a good idea anyway. Enough public pressure might convince Nancy we're seriously interested and while it's unlikely there's enough time left to complete the impeachment process, as I said, it would put the White House on the defense and might just prevent them from bombing Iran in the interim.



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  1. DanJune 10, 2008 at 5:24 AM

    Hi Libby. January 19th is not too late.

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  2. EarlJune 10, 2008 at 8:37 AM

    It would at least keep the White House too busy to perpetrate any more of their evil plots.What if the evil plots are being held in check or have an autopilot feature?
    Sorry, but I'm getting really good at paranoia in regards to this administration after 7 years of practice...

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  3. LibbyJune 10, 2008 at 8:56 AM

    Hey Dan, I think you're right about that but I prefer an earlier start.
    Earl, anyone who isn't at least a little paranoid, isn't paying attention.

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