Category: Politics & World Affairs
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Is this the icing on the cake of impeachment? First George Bush told us that he would fire anyone who was "involoved" in the White House leak which made CIA agent Valerie Plame’s name public. When it became apparent that bosom buddies and close confidants of Bush, such as Rove and Cheney may be involved,…
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Flash back to Hurricane Katrina and the criminally incompetent response of the federal government. I’m just saying, if Anderson Cooper knows it’s bad, and Brian Williams knows it’s bad, and housewives in Idaho know it’s bad, and the White House doesn’t, that goes beyond your ordinary variety of incompetence. Saith the Chimperor: Again, I want…
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Beset by scandals, Tom DeLay, the powerful Congressman from District 22 of Texas has decided to resign by the end of May – June of this year. He won’t be running for the House seat he has held for 11 terms. "WASHINGTON — Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texan touched by a lobbying…
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The Bush administration and its right wing attack dogs want the media to tell us positive stories about Iraq – the slow and steady progress they claim goes unnoticed in the coverage of murder, mayhem and impending civil war. I guess what they mean is that stories such as this should go unreported. Would-be refugee…
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Check out the backwards moving clock at Various Misunderestimations – counting seconds to a Bush free world.
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When Americans feel bad about themselves – lack of healthcare, public services, educational opportunities, fair wages etc., they tend to vote Democrat. When they feel angry about others – foreigners (or enemies within) destroying their buildings, jobs or culture, they vote for Republicans. It is no wonder then that Republicans always like to talk the…
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The Bush administration has repeatedly asserted that invading Iraq was not a war of choice but one of last resort. We now know the lies, half truths and cooked intelligence that went into justifying Bush’s "war" – the one he and his cronies had probably planned even when the twin towers in NYC were still…
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The New York Times was the most conspicuous cheerleader for the Iraq war among major national news outlets. Judith Miller of NYT played the dedicated moll to the Bush administration's gangsters and the criminal Ahmed Chalabi. She was jettisoned by her patrons only after it was revealed (mostly due to the dogged reporting by bloggers)…
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On the third anniversary of the Iraq war, George Bush discussed the war in Iraq and on global terrorism in Cleveland Ohio today – part of the White House’s efforts to "set the facts straight". After his speech Bush took questions from an audience which for a change, consisted of ordinary members of the public…
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Now, here is a Democrat who is not cowed down by Bible thumpers. An exchange between Nancy Jacobs (R) and James Raskin (D) during a debate before the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in Maryland. The subject was gay marriage and civil rights. Sen. Nancy Jacobs, a Republican who represents Harford and Cecil counties, engaged in…
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What a difference a year makes! For a long time most of the world and a sizeable minority of Americans saw George Bush for what he is. But it took Iraq, Katrina and other disasters to reshape the opinion of the rest of the US. With his overall job approval rating at a dismal 33%,…
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Why not? At least Clooney has the intestinal fortitude to say what he believes. "I am a liberal. And I make no apologies for it. Hell, I’m proud of it. Too many people run away from the label. They whisper it like you’d whisper "I’m a Nazi." Like it’s dirty word. But turn away from…
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However boring you may think a speech by Bush (or one of his warmongering henchmen) is, listen carefully. Among the litany of false alarms, boastful claims, rosy scenarios and the next bogeyman they want to protect you from, there is always the germ of a new idea – for more warfare and renewed belligerence. One…
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Too little too late, wouldn’t you say? Justice Sandra Day O’Connor may in hindsight, regret the tarnished role of the Supreme Court in perpetuating the injustices of the 2000 presidential election which strengthened the hands of the extremists in the GOP. She sees the country on a slippery slope to dictatorship. Why is it that…
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