If there is any question about what happened yeaterday, think about this...Half full: Perceptions of the economy, like its rewards, vary wildly and help to explain the election results. | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "Houston is an informative example. In a city that is home to some of the world's…
Angry Campaigns End on an Angrier Note - washingtonpost.com:"'As you go to the polls, remember we're at war,' (President Bush) told thousands of GOP supporters in Pensacola, Fla. 'And if you want this country to do everything in its power to protect you and at the same time lay a…
I think anyone who has read my post would know my political leaning, but that's beside the point. Today's lesson in democracy is Go Vote. This really is one of those things where if you don't use it, you lose it.
That's the question Eugene Robinson asks in today's column.Eugene Robinson - How Low Will Bush Go? - washingtonpost.com:"If Democrats manage to take control of one or both houses of Congress on Tuesday, the reason will be that voters were not adequately roused into a state of heart-pounding, knee-knocking, teeth-chattering fear.Not…
All I am going to say is, I agree.The Great Divider - New York Times: "As President Bush throws himself into the final days of a particularly nasty campaign season, he’s settled into a familiar pattern of ugly behavior. Since he can’t defend the real world created by his policies…
The record of this administration should be the textbook example in why corporations are not “persons”. And now, before they can’t get away with it anymore, it’s time for the payback. As if most of the laws and tax cuts haven’t done enough…Groups draft plan to protect corporate America:By STEPHEN…
No one else would have come up with the throw down quote below.Who Needs to 'Help' America Vote? - washingtonpost.com:"Having fixed Iraq and New Orleans, the federal government's healing touch is now being applied to voting. As a result, days -- perhaps weeks -- might pass after Election Day without…
No wonder they all want Hillary to run. How else can they blame it on a Clinton?Future Tax Shock - New York Times: "One of President Bush’s be-very-afraid lines this campaign season is that Democrats, if elected, will raise taxes. What he doesn’t say is that if you are one…
Those of us forced to follow George W Bush's career from the start have been saying it for years. Now the press is starting to catch on. They would have done a better job of living up to their charter had they just believed it in the beginning. Sadly they…
Instead of a GOTV the GOP has started a SOTV...GOP Aims to Scare Up Big Voter Turnout - washingtonpost.com: "With top Republican strategists now privately predicting substantial House losses, President Bush and top GOP officials plan to spend the final days of the 2006 campaign attempting to rally partisans and…
I found the following passage intriguing. It may have taken them a hundred plus years, but those “Republican editors” appear to have found the butter…But now it’s margarine, as it a imitation of the real thing.The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau's Journal: 19-Oct-1859: "Thoreau's Journal: 19-Oct-1859Some eighteen hundred years…
Do you feel safer with your lawful rights in the hands of these people?A Dangerous New Order - New York Times: "Once President Bush signed the new law on military tribunals, administration officials and Republican leaders in Congress wasted no time giving Americans a taste of the new order created…
Eugene Robinson makes a good point today.'Values' Choice for The GOP - washingtonpost.com: "The culture war is supposed to be about morality, but really it's a crusade to compel Americans to follow certain norms of private behavior that some social and religious conservatives believe are mandated by sociology, nature or…
Once again Keith Olbermann speaks strongly from the point of view a growing majority of Americans are beginning to share. Sadly, he is one of the few willing to speak directly to President Bush about the dishonesty inherent in his policies. Mr Olbermann seems to be one of the few…
You know, it is getting really old hearing time after time that had we been told Bin Laden was going to blow up the Twin Towers we would of listened but since it was so vague, you know, we can't be held responsible for not listening.Tenet Recalled Warning Rice -…
George Will spends a whole column being apologetic for the Bush administration before closing with the key paragraph...George F. Will - The Leaders We Have - washingtonpost.com: "'Where's the leader?' Bush, according to Woodward, has exclaimed in dismay about the Iraqi government's dithering. 'Where's George Washington? Where's Thomas Jefferson? Where's…
Be prepared, cause the Washington Post is on a roll this morning...Richard Cohen - Can Bush Save Bush? - washingtonpost.com: "Not too long after Franklin D. Roosevelt died, Republicans insisted on what was to become the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. It was meant to ensure that never again would…
E. J. Dionne Jr. - A Backlash Against Bickering - washingtonpost.com: "The irony is that Bush has fostered a backlash against himself, against ideology and against partisanship that, as a former governor, he should have seen coming." As Governor of Texas, Bush had a very strong democratic legislature to work…
I see I'm not the only one thinking along these lines...Safety Rule 4001 » Nightmare Scenario - Bush Jails Congressional Democrats Citing Aid to Terrorists: "Washington, DC 8/12/2007 - In a stunning move today, President Bush adjourns both houses of Congress and instructs military units to detain all democratic members…
I was sitting at the kitchen table going through my morning emails, reading the blogs I keep up with and generally doing what I do during the quiet of a Saturday morn when after checking out Fragments I started running Fred's link list. Basically, I was looking for some new…
I was sitting at the kitchen table going through my morning emails, reading the blogs I keep up with and generally doing what I do during the quiet of a Saturday morn when after checking out Fragments I started running Fred's link list. Basically, I was looking for some new…
John Scalzi started a hell of a conversation. Join in...I'm proud to be an American, but I'm tired of being ashamed of my government. I'm tired of having to count the seconds until this bilious waste of a president is shoved out the door in January of 2009. I'm tired…
I really did not think the oil companies would be this desperate to keep the Republicans in charge but I guess you keep the ones that are letting you get away with it all. I originally predicted gas at $1.98 by the week before the election...I was about a month…
The Houston Chronicle is reporting that Colin Powell is not backing down from his stand on the issue of American Principles...Nor the decision to invade Iraq.American principles are vital to terror fight, Powell says: "Former Secretary of State Colin Powell defended Wednesday the decision to invade Iraq and topple leader…
You can always tell when election season rolls around, the Republicans start warning about voter fraud. And I love the way they do it... Georgia Law Requiring Voters to Show Photo ID Is Thrown Out - washingtonpost.com: "'There have been enough reports over the years of voter fraud that it…
I guess this is what sticks in my craw most about these self-righteous leaders we are stuck with and Eugene Robinson said it pretty well...Eugene Robinson - Torture Is Torture - washingtonpost.com: "But we shouldn't have to talk about the practicalities of torture, because the real question is moral: What…
A great lady who preceded the mess we had with Gov. G W Bush died last week. Molly Ivins remembers a thing or two in her latest column. Go have a read... Creators.com - Creators Syndicate: "At a long-ago political do at Scholz Garten in Austin, everybody who was anybody…
Mr. President, this is not a Monopoly Game ('though I'm sure from your point of view, there isn't much difference). You will be held accountable by history if not by the Courts of this world. Congress will not give you a "Get Out of Jail Free" card.You have "Decided" how…
Bush's problem is he sees big issues and has simplistic responses. With his inability to expand, and unwillingness to change, his ideas he leaves even his own party scratching their heads.Tribunal Dispute Could Ruin GOP Strategy - washingtonpost.com: "The problem, Lungren said, is that the complexity of the tribunal and…
After reading this editorial this morning I had the uneasy experience of seeing the White House's Stephen Hadley on Face The Nation, try to justify their reasoning about their "Torture Amendment". His appearance after Sen. Linsey Graham (R-S.C.)who articulated the reason he is opposed to the program was a sham…
