Do you want to really get mad? Review what you know happened without the years of spin from the White House. Then pass it on...It's time to take back America.Lie By Lie: "Lie by Lie: Chronicle of a War Foretold: August 1990 to March 2003The first drafts of history are…
As a followup to the previous post and a commentary on the many conservative pundants who don't understand the sour attitude of the American Public on the state of the economy I would like to point to this Washington Post Editorial:Mr. Bush and Labor DayWorkers aren't benefiting from growth.Monday, September…
Whatever: Being Poor: "Being poor is people who have never been poor wondering why you choose to be so.Being poor is knowing how hard it is to stop being poor.Being poor is seeing how few options you have.Being poor is running in place.Being poor is people wondering why you didn't…
The Carpetbagger Report » Blog Archive » President Cheney: "President CheneyWe've all heard the jokes, some of them funny, about Dick Cheney being the real president, but over the weekend, Robert Kuttner made a compelling case that the jokes actually understate the case  Cheney really is the one 'running…
Fred at Fragments posted this link this morning. You should jump on over and check the article. I know I will be looking for the magazine at the B&N this week to read the rest. Scientific American.com: A Climate Repair Manual: "Translation of scientific consensus on climate change into a…
Bush Team Casts Foes as Defeatist: "When Bush and his allies accuse those favoring such a timetable of 'self-defeating pessimism,' as Cheney put it this week..."I guess that should make me proud to be an American, the land where name calling is the name of the game when you don't…
The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media: "It's the birthday of political humorist Molly Ivins, born in Monterey, California (1944)."Have a great birthday Molly...And many more. Your humor is appreciated and I marvel at your optimism.
I guess this pretty much explains the shenanigans in Florida in 2000...ORLANDO, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) said this week that God did not intend for the United States to be a 'nation of secular laws' and that the separation of church and state is a 'lie we…
Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!: "From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...What the Terrorists WantI lived for 5 years in Dusseldorf, Germany inthe late 70s when I was just a li'l nipper. Terrorism was a fact of life thereand throughout Europe. The police carried machine guns, bombs went off,…
page 40...Article II of the United States Constitution provides that any citizen of appropriate birth, age and residency may be elected to the Office of President of the United States and be vested with the executive power of this nation.48The duties and powers of the Chief Executive are carefully listed,…
The War Bush Isn't Fighting:When unsmiling agents at the airport take away your contact lens solution, your toothpaste, and your cologne or after-shave, remember Osama bin Laden. Remember the real war on terrorism that the Bush administration and its allies decided not to fight, preferring cowboy-style military adventures.The revelation yesterday…
Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: "Yglesias Award Nominee10 Aug 2006 04:37 pm'And yet, much as I'm reluctant to agree with him, Weisberg has a point: aside from kvetching about Bush's policies, the liberal blogosphere has chosen to almost unanimously sit out any substantive discussion of the fight against radical…
As for the primary election in Connecticut last night, I know there's a lot of concern and interest about that. Democratic voters in Connecticut have made their choice, and they have chosen Ned Lamont over Senator Lieberman. Just a couple of observations. Key leaders in the national Democratic Party have…
War Crimes Act Changes Would Reduce Threat Of Prosecution: "The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a war crimes law that would eliminate the risk of prosecution for political appointees, CIA officers and former military personnel for humiliating or degrading war prisoners, according to U.S. officials and a copy of…
BUSH'S BACKFIRE:As usual, Jim Hightower says it better than I can:Giving credit where credit is due, I'll concede that Bush's gang of neo-con ideological nutballs were right when they said that Bush's approach to Iraq would be held up as a model of success in the Middle East. Unfortunately, it's…
HoustonChronicle.com - Court rules GOP can't replace DeLay on ballot:"Aug. 3, 2006, 4:39PMCourt rules GOP can't replace DeLay on ballotBy R.G. RATCLIFFECopyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Austin BureauAUSTIN - A federal appeals court panel today in a bipartisan order ruled that former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay cannot be replaced on the…
Molly Ivins - Creators.com - Creators Syndicate: "The poor man who is currently our president has reached such a point of befuddlement that he thinks stem cell research is the same as taking human lives, but that 40,000 dead Iraqi civilians are progress toward democracy." You know, I've been reading…
It's Disproportionate. . .: "I felt better when I thought the Decider didn't have a worldview, just a set of instincts about freedom and democracy. But even if you set aside the president's embarrassing open-mike performance at the Group of Eight summit, which is hard to do, events of the…
I.R.S. to Cut Tax Auditors - New York Times: "The federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who audit tax returns of some of the wealthiest Americans, specifically those who are subject to gift and estate taxes when…
Bush's Tactic of Refusing Laws Is Probed: 'The President's constitutional duty is to enforce laws he has signed into being unless and until they are held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court or a subordinate tribunal,' panel members wrote. 'The Constitution is not what the President says it is.'" Just kinda…
The People's Business: "On Tuesday it (the House) took up the gay-marriage amendment. This was a meaningless exercise, except in terms of amassing political ammunition: The Senate had already defeated the amendment. Nonetheless, some members had no trouble explaining the value of the dead-end debate. 'This is probably the best…
Daily Kos: What Did You Expect, America?: "If you put people in charge of running a project they are ideologically committed to proving a failure, it will fail. " I would normally add something here, but I don't think I can say it any better than SusanG so go read…
OpinionJournal - Peggy Noonan: "I note here what is to me a mystery. It is that people with lower IQs somehow tend, in our age, to have a greater apprehension of the meaning of things and the reality of life, than do our high-IQ professionals, who often seem, in areas…
Blowing the Whistle on Diebold -- In These Times: “The single greatest threat to our democracy is the insecurity of our voting system,” warns Kennedy. “Whoever controls the voting machines can control who wins the votes.” After reading his article in Rolling Stone I was impressed, now it looks like…
USNews.com: Washington Whispers: "To the list of those penning books about the prez add the most authoritative source of all: President Bush. Insiders say that he's been working on the project for a year. 'He's doing a memoir,' one insider says. 'He's keenly interested in it.' But here's the odd…
Let There Be Law: "Let There Be Law The Supreme Court has offered a chance to put the war on terror on solid legal ground. Will Congress rise to the occasion?" One of the basic problems I have with this administration and the Congress is the way our democratic set…
I guess one of the things that really bothers me about this country is the way everyone lives the myth. If you ask almost anyone in the USA, they will tell you they are "middle class" or "middle income". The funny thing about this is the disconnect between what people…
CNN.com - Democrats vow to block pay raises until minimum wage increased - June 27, 2006: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Democrats ratcheted up their election-year push for an increase in the federal minimum wage Tuesday by promising to block a congressional pay hike unless some of the lowest-paid hourly workers get…
In the Senate, Covering Themselves in Old Glory: "The Citizens Flag Alliance, a group pushing for the Senate this week to pass a flag-burning amendment to the Constitution, just reported an alarming, 33 percent increase in the number of flag-desecration incidents this year.The number has increased to four, from three."The…
Washington Post: House Sacrifices Revenue and Earmarks: "The legislation, which passed 269 to 156, would exempt estates worth as much as $5 million -- $10 million for couples -- from taxation indefinitely. The tax rate on estates worth more than the exemption level up to $25 million would be set…
Lawmakers' Profits Are Scrutinized: House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) made a $2 million profit last year on the sale of land 5 1/2 miles from a highway project that he helped to finance with targeted federal funds.A Republican House member from California, meanwhile, received nearly double what he paid…
The Carpetbagger Report: "It hasn't generated a great deal of attention, but congressional Dems are keeping Republicans on the defensive over a minimum-wage increase. At this point, the GOP leadership looks a little flustered.Last week, the House Appropriations Committee approved a $2.10-an-hour increase to the minimum wage, despite the demands…
I'll just let Eugene Robinson say it for me...Stay the Course? What Course?: "Today's generation of jihadists was forged in Afghanistan fighting the Soviet occupation. How long will the next generation, being forged in Iraq fighting the American occupation, be with us?Iraq is just one theater in Bush's 'war.' Elsewhere,…
You know my wife hates to be around when I listen to our President. She just can't stand me screaming liar at the TV screen over and over and over and over....you get the idea. But I have to admit Jim Hightower has a real way with words...Jim Hightower THE…
Daily Kos: Texas Democrats Go To Court To Keep DeLay On Ballot: "Texas Democrats Go To Court To Keep DeLay On Ballotby georgia10Fri Jun 09, 2006 at 08:04:07 AM PDTAnd things get even more interesting in TX-22: In a surprise twist to the Tom DeLay saga, the Texas Democratic Party…
Daily Kos: State of the Nation: "The idea that the President's allies in Congress would enact legislation which expressly shields government officials, including the President, from criminal liability for past lawbreaking is so reprehensible that it is difficult to describe. To my knowledge, none of the other proposed bills --…
You know, Tom Delay had been my Congressman for most of my adult life. I have been voting against him for that entire length of time. Today I am happy to say “don’t let the door hit you, Tom.” I look forward to enjoying your retirement from politics. The Washinton…
I continue to hear and read stories about how the business analysts cannot explain the general feeling of unease that the public keeps feeling over the “Robust American Economy”. The keep quoting all of the indicators that they say should make us feel great about where the economy is going,…
You know, you can always tell when George W is in trouble with the polls, he sends out the attack dogs to split the country. What is it with today's Republicants, don't they realize that America and the World is starting to actually pay attention to what they are saying…
Daily Kos: Science Friday: Tis The Season: "Science Friday: Tis The Season by DarkSyde Fri Jun 02, 2006 at 03:41:48 AM PDT In the aftermath of the devastating 2005 hurricane season, the following soundbite was repeated incessantly, packaged in various ways, on every network news station by head meteorologists with…
Jim Hightower HEALTH CARE MORALITY: "How is it that the richest country with the most democratic ideals of any country in the history of the world has 45 million people with no health coverage and millions more with pathetic coverage? And how is it that We The People pay $1.2…
Estate Tax Lunacy: "A decades-long campaign by right-wing activists (brilliantly documented by Yale professors Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro in their book 'Death by a Thousand Cuts') has convinced many Americans that the estate tax poses a threat to countless hardworking families. That was always nonsense, and under the estate…
The Blog | Bob Burnett: Enemy of the People - Al Gore or George Bush? | The Huffington Post: "There's been a reversal of fortune. Americans are waking up to discover that they made a bad mistake electing George Bush. That he can't be trusted and isn't even that likeable.…
You know as a resident of the Texas Gulf Coast, living less than 5o miles from the Gulf of Mexico I read articles like this and I am worried, very worried... Is U.S. Ready for Hurricane Season?: "'Last year we didn't have a clue,' said the acting FEMA director, R.…
Jim Hightower | REMEMBER AFGHANISTAN: "Gosh, George W has kept us all so busy trying to deal with his disastrous Iraq war and with his build-up for a whole new war in Iran – that I'd forgotten about his war in Afghanistan! How's that going? It's an important question, since…
Creators.com - Creators Syndicate: "It would be easier to contemplate a two-year holding period if Bush hadn't already wasted so much time. Of particular note in this department is 'the inconvenient truth' -- global warming. Wasting eight years in the face of what we already knew when Bush came in…
The Carpetbagger Report » 'I don't feel he is owed any respect whatsoever': Posted 9:42 am I admit that I didn't follow the 'controversy' surrounding the Dixie Chicks very closely in 2003, but I can't help but enjoy seeing how the country group isn't backing down now. Now that [Natalie…
Elections Are Crux Of GOP's Strategy: "'The president's run into a perfect political storm where the confluence of natural disasters from last fall, gasoline prices, staff changes, the continuing war in Iraq, all are giving conservatives a defensive fatigue,' said Kenneth Khachigian, a California GOP strategist who served in Ronald…
