Remember the elections of 2006? That sweeping victory of protest against the republicans? Pelosi and Reid were supposed to give them hell, no more vacationing rubber stamp Congress? Apparently the exit polls weren’t the only thing we got wrong in that election. The Senate let by Democrat In Name Only Harry Reid, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bush’
We Thought Democrats Were Elected in ‘06
Posted in FISA, tagged Bush, Congress, FISA, House, Reid, Senate, Surveilance, wiretapping on February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Waterboarding is a Game of Three Card Monty
Posted in torture, tagged Bush, CIA, Michael Hayden, Mike McConnell, torture, Waterboarding on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As we reported two days ago, the CIA has admitted to the use of waterboarding. However, they qualified it by saying they’ve only used it on three high value detainees and not again over the last five years. Mike McConnell the intelligence director was quick to point out though, that waterboarding still remained [...]
The Heirarchical Equivalent to a Signing Statement
Posted in Bush Administration, tagged Bush, Department of Justice, Freedom of Information Act, Leahy, Open Government Act on February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While the president was vacationing at his ranch over the winter holiday, he signed into law the Open Government Act. This law is designed to force the government to cooperate better with the existing Freedom of Information Act, where requests for information take months or even years before they get a response if the [...]
Political Roundup: Endorsements, Jabs, & Speeches
Posted in 2008, Bush, elections, tagged Bush, Clinton, elections, Guliani, Huckabee, Kennedy, McCain, Obama, Romney on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well it’s been one hell of a Monday, and it will only get better. Tonight, as you know is the State of the Union, which will be the closing act in a day of political theater, perhaps yet unmatched in this campaign season and indeed this year. We’re going to run down all [...]
Bush Tried To Install Missile Shield Under The Radar
Posted in Bush Administration, tagged Bush, Czech Republic, Missile Shield, poland, Russia on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Way back in June we reported on Russia saying that if the US built a missile shield in East Central Europe that they might be forced into a counter attack, training their weapons on those borders. Now the president is running into a bit of trouble going forward with this plan, Poland wants to [...]
Defense Bill Veto: Constitutional Gymnastics
Posted in Bush, US Congress, tagged Bush, Congress, Constitution, Defense Bill, Pelosi, Reid on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
President Bush vetoed the sweeping 2008 defense bill after concerns were raised by Iraq over one provision that would freeze Iraqi assets in US financial institutions. The Iraqi government threatened to pull the $20-30 billion it currently has in US financial institutions if the provision were to become law. Now, democrats are contending that the [...]
The Only 2007 Look-Back That We Enjoyed
Posted in Bush Administration, tagged 2007, Bush, Scandal on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During our New Year’s hiatus, the folks at TPM Muckraker put together this list of Bush Administration officials who have faced some type of scandal over the past year. It is the only 2007 wrap up that we’ve enjoyed and we thought we’d share it with you.
Blowback In Pakistan – Assassination confirmed?
Posted in Pakistan, tagged Bhutto, Bush, Civil War, Election, elections, Musharraf, Pakistan, Sharif on December 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Al-Jazeera has this must read on Bhutto, extremists, and how westerners find the misguided notion of tribalism a comfortable way of explaining other countries. And, apparently an anonymous US official has confirmed that Bhutto was assassinated. There is still no official suspect. More on the flipside.
Dems Not Surprisingly Cave on Domestic Spending
Posted in Bush, US Congress, politics, tagged Appropriations, Bush, David Obey, idiots, Pelosi, US Congress on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pelosi and her posse of spineless, feckless, torture supporting wonders announced they plan to cave into President Bush’s temper tantrum on domestic spending, so that, as near as we can tell – they’ll be on time for Christmas vacation. Because god forbid, Congress be forced to do anything besides go on vacation. [...]
Bali Climate Change Conference: US Still in Denial
Posted in Bush, climate change, climate manipulation, environment, tagged Bali, Bush, climate change, EU, UN on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As we know, the United States is the only developed nation that refused to ratify the Kyoto Protocols. Kyoto is now near it’s tenth anniversary, as well as its end. While the rest of the world is working toward developing new, stronger policy prescriptions to stop the effects of climate manipulation, the US [...]
NIE Spin & Bush – We’re still going to war if he can swing it
Posted in Bush, Cheney, Iran, politics, tagged Bush, Iran, National Intelligence Estimate, politics, war on December 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As we all know and reported on earlier here, the new release of the National Intelligence Estimate makes the Powell UN speech look like childs play. Now the administration is saying they didn’t get the estimate until moments before it’s release, and they too where shocked by the findings. But, that doesn’t [...]
Another Ginned Up Cause For War
Posted in Bush, Bush Administration, Iran, foreign policy, intelligence community, war, tagged Bush, Iran, National Intelligence Estimate, Nukes, war on December 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Bush Administration’s attempt to doctor up a war with Iran suffered a blow yesterday with the release of the National Intelligence Estimate which lists as part of it’s key judgements the following:
Tehran’s decision to halt its nuclear weapons program suggests it is less determined to develop nuclear weapons than we have been judging [...]
The Newest Lie
Posted in Bush Administration, Iraq, foreign policy, war, war on terror, tagged , Bush, idiots, Iraq, Karl Rove, Lies, war on December 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Bush Temper Tantrum Continues, Congress Back but Still On Vacation
Posted in Bush, Bush Administration, US Congress, politics, vacation, tagged Appropriations, Bush, Congress, Congressional Session, idiots on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
President Bush went on the offensive today, in what can only be called a continuation of his nearly 7 year temper tantrum. He’s challenging congress, which has recently re-started their session, to pass more funding for his war, while not passing anything that might improve conditions here at home.
Who’s on First?
Posted in Bush, Putin, Russia, elections, tagged Bush, CFE Treaty, elections, Putin, Russia on November 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Well it looks like Putin is doing a good job of keeping all of this bases covered. The news is abuzz with stories from Russia, ranging from elections to nukes. Here’s a round up.
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