His Scary Cabinet and Other Goons
October 29, 2004
#4 - The Final Countdown: His Scary Cabinet & Other Goons
From what is surely the most neoconservative cabinet ever, a cast of characters that never ceases to appall and dismay: June 2003: It’s a flashback to September 11, 2001, and Dick Cheney is running the government. July 2003: Donald Rumsfeld is a rabid right-winger, despite his poetry prowess: Evasion Haiku . . . [more]
From what is surely the most neoconservative cabinet ever, a cast of characters that never ceases to appall and dismay: June 2003: It’s a flashback to September 11, 2001, and Dick Cheney is running the government. July 2003: Donald Rumsfeld is a rabid right-winger, despite his poetry prowess: Evasion Haiku . . . [more]
October 15, 2004
#18 - John Ashcroft Can't Tell the Difference Between Lobbying and Law Enforcement
Say, did everyone catch this little item last month? Attorney General John Ashcroft's 32-city tour last year to promote the Patriot Act kicked up fresh criticism Tuesday after a new review by congressional investigators placed the price tag at $200,000. The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee asked Justice . . . [more]
Say, did everyone catch this little item last month? Attorney General John Ashcroft's 32-city tour last year to promote the Patriot Act kicked up fresh criticism Tuesday after a new review by congressional investigators placed the price tag at $200,000. The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee asked Justice . . . [more]
October 06, 2004
#27 - Lies and Misrepresentations
Senator Edwards: Yes, Mr. Vice President, there is no connection between the attacks of Sept. 11 and Saddam Hussein. The 9/11 commission has said it. Your own secretary of state has said it. And you’ve gone around the country suggesting that there is some connection. There’s not. Vice President Cheney: . . . [more]
Senator Edwards: Yes, Mr. Vice President, there is no connection between the attacks of Sept. 11 and Saddam Hussein. The 9/11 commission has said it. Your own secretary of state has said it. And you’ve gone around the country suggesting that there is some connection. There’s not. Vice President Cheney: . . . [more]
September 26, 2004
#37 - His Defense Secretary's Version of Democracy
Mr Rumsfeld raised the possibility of partial elections publicly for the first time on Thursday in a session at the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Let's say you tried to have an election and you could have it in three quarters or four fifths of the country but some places you . . . [more]
Mr Rumsfeld raised the possibility of partial elections publicly for the first time on Thursday in a session at the Senate Armed Services Committee. "Let's say you tried to have an election and you could have it in three quarters or four fifths of the country but some places you . . . [more]
September 24, 2004
#39 - Going, Going, Gone
From "What are we bid for a clue?", by Francis Volpe in the Carlisle, PA Sentinel: There's a net loss of about a million jobs since 2001. Medicare and regular health insurance premiums are skyrocketing. Federal deficits are at a record level in absolute dollar figures. These are all signs . . . [more]
From "What are we bid for a clue?", by Francis Volpe in the Carlisle, PA Sentinel: There's a net loss of about a million jobs since 2001. Medicare and regular health insurance premiums are skyrocketing. Federal deficits are at a record level in absolute dollar figures. These are all signs . . . [more]
September 22, 2004
#41 - Maybe He Should Just Say "The Boogeyman"
President Bush might have been able to say it was simply a slip of the tongue when he confused two terrorists in a campaign speech Monday in New Hampshire. Trouble is, he's made the same misstatement at least 10 times before. During remarks in Derry, N.H., Bush said the late . . . [more]
President Bush might have been able to say it was simply a slip of the tongue when he confused two terrorists in a campaign speech Monday in New Hampshire. Trouble is, he's made the same misstatement at least 10 times before. During remarks in Derry, N.H., Bush said the late . . . [more]
September 08, 2004
#55 - Extremist Politics
Apparently, the Bush administration has no record to run on, because today Dick Cheney told Americans that they better duck and cover if John Kerry becomes president: "It's absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on Nov. 2, we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice . . . [more]
Apparently, the Bush administration has no record to run on, because today Dick Cheney told Americans that they better duck and cover if John Kerry becomes president: "It's absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on Nov. 2, we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice . . . [more]
August 30, 2004
#64 - Plausible Deniability, Part I
The Bush 'hear no evil, see no evil' doctrine continues. From Rumsfeld Denies Abuses Occurred at Interrogations in the New York Times: In his first comments on the two major investigative reports issued this week at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Thursday mischaracterized one of their central . . . [more]
The Bush 'hear no evil, see no evil' doctrine continues. From Rumsfeld Denies Abuses Occurred at Interrogations in the New York Times: In his first comments on the two major investigative reports issued this week at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Thursday mischaracterized one of their central . . . [more]
August 27, 2004
#67 – Institutional Irresponsibility
Two new official reports on the treatment of foreign prisoners have dragged the Bush administration and Pentagon brass a couple of steps closer to facing the truth about how and why U.S. soldiers and interrogators committed scores of acts of torture and abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan. An Army investigation . . . [more]
Two new official reports on the treatment of foreign prisoners have dragged the Bush administration and Pentagon brass a couple of steps closer to facing the truth about how and why U.S. soldiers and interrogators committed scores of acts of torture and abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan. An Army investigation . . . [more]
August 21, 2004
#73 - He Lets John Ashcroft Run Loose
In a tightly wound city of soaring bridges, mysterious tunnels and towers that reach into the clouds, how do you make sure that terrorists won't strike again? I would focus on little things - like making sure folks can't wander onto the grounds of Kennedy Airport without permission. I would . . . [more]
In a tightly wound city of soaring bridges, mysterious tunnels and towers that reach into the clouds, how do you make sure that terrorists won't strike again? I would focus on little things - like making sure folks can't wander onto the grounds of Kennedy Airport without permission. I would . . . [more]
August 17, 2004
#77 - Dick Cheney, Master of Hypocrisy
So a couple of weeks ago at Unity 2004 John Kerry says, among other things, "I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive war on terror that reaches out to other nations and brings them to our side and lives up to . . . [more]
So a couple of weeks ago at Unity 2004 John Kerry says, among other things, "I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive war on terror that reaches out to other nations and brings them to our side and lives up to . . . [more]
July 01, 2004
#124 – A Reason Not to Hate Yankee Fans
Vice President Dick Cheney spent about 20 minutes in Manager Joe Torre's office and in the clubhouse shaking hands with players before the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 11-3, last night at Yankee Stadium. Cheney studied the photographs inside and outside Torre's office and asked Yogi Berra, the Hall . . . [more]
Vice President Dick Cheney spent about 20 minutes in Manager Joe Torre's office and in the clubhouse shaking hands with players before the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 11-3, last night at Yankee Stadium. Cheney studied the photographs inside and outside Torre's office and asked Yogi Berra, the Hall . . . [more]
June 26, 2004
#129 - Cheney's Choice Words
Now that Bush can say "condom" (see #130), Cheney blazes ahead: A brief argument between Vice President Cheney and a senior Democratic senator led Cheney to utter a big-time obscenity on the Senate floor this week. On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in . . . [more]
Now that Bush can say "condom" (see #130), Cheney blazes ahead: A brief argument between Vice President Cheney and a senior Democratic senator led Cheney to utter a big-time obscenity on the Senate floor this week. On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in . . . [more]
June 24, 2004
#131 - Campaigning with Lies and Scare Tactics, Because the Truth Won't Win Him an Election
From the Michigan Land Use Institute, via Helpful Reader Eric, "Bush Campaign Chair Fabricated Job Loss Number" On April 8 Marc Racicot, President George W. Bush’s national campaign chairman, startled Michigan by announcing what sounded like an ominous fact. After dedicating the Bush-Cheney campaign’s state headquarters near Detroit, Mr. Racicot . . . [more]
From the Michigan Land Use Institute, via Helpful Reader Eric, "Bush Campaign Chair Fabricated Job Loss Number" On April 8 Marc Racicot, President George W. Bush’s national campaign chairman, startled Michigan by announcing what sounded like an ominous fact. After dedicating the Bush-Cheney campaign’s state headquarters near Detroit, Mr. Racicot . . . [more]
June 19, 2004
#136 - He Takes Delegating Way Too Far
From today's AP wire via Yahoo! News: "In the White House's underground shelter, with reports of a jet closing in, Cheney authorized the Air Force to shoot down hijacked planes. Cheney said Bush earlier had given him the authority to do so. . . . [more]
From today's AP wire via Yahoo! News: "In the White House's underground shelter, with reports of a jet closing in, Cheney authorized the Air Force to shoot down hijacked planes. Cheney said Bush earlier had given him the authority to do so. . . . [more]
June 17, 2004
#138 - Still Beating a Very Dead Horse
Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that Saddam Hussein had "long-established ties" with al Qaeda, an assertion that has been repeatedly challenged by some policy experts and lawmakers. The vice president offered no details backing up his claim of a link between Saddam and al Qaida. "He was a patron . . . [more]
Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that Saddam Hussein had "long-established ties" with al Qaeda, an assertion that has been repeatedly challenged by some policy experts and lawmakers. The vice president offered no details backing up his claim of a link between Saddam and al Qaida. "He was a patron . . . [more]
June 11, 2004
#144 - Legacy
We can't pretend otherwise: if we had the Internet twenty years ago, we would have been working on 525 Reasons to Dump Reagan. It would have been in vain, but we would have done it anyway, and it would have looked something like this: #517 - Safety, Schmafety: He Just . . . [more]
We can't pretend otherwise: if we had the Internet twenty years ago, we would have been working on 525 Reasons to Dump Reagan. It would have been in vain, but we would have done it anyway, and it would have looked something like this: #517 - Safety, Schmafety: He Just . . . [more]
June 04, 2004
#151 - We're Not Even Surprised Any More
From Wednesday's Houston Chronicle, "E-mail causes Cheney critics to call for inquiry": Vice President Dick Cheney's ties to Halliburton Co. have again come under scrutiny, after a Pentagon e-mail surfaced suggesting he knew in advance about a decision to award the firm a multibillion-dollar contract without seeking bids from competitors. . . . [more]
From Wednesday's Houston Chronicle, "E-mail causes Cheney critics to call for inquiry": Vice President Dick Cheney's ties to Halliburton Co. have again come under scrutiny, after a Pentagon e-mail surfaced suggesting he knew in advance about a decision to award the firm a multibillion-dollar contract without seeking bids from competitors. . . . [more]
April 19, 2004
#197 - He Listens to the Wrong Advisors
From today's New York Times, "Airing of Powell's Misgivings Tests Ties in the Cabinet": For more than a year, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and his aides have tacitly acknowledged that he was concerned before the war about what could go wrong once American forces captured Iraq. But Mr. . . . [more]
From today's New York Times, "Airing of Powell's Misgivings Tests Ties in the Cabinet": For more than a year, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and his aides have tacitly acknowledged that he was concerned before the war about what could go wrong once American forces captured Iraq. But Mr. . . . [more]
April 18, 2004
#198 - What's Scarier Than a Picture of Vice President Dick Cheney?
This picture of Dick Cheney. . . . . .at the NRA's annual convention on Saturday. . . . [more]
This picture of Dick Cheney. . . . . .at the NRA's annual convention on Saturday. . . . [more]
March 27, 2004
#220 - His Staff Can't Get Their Stories Straight
From Thursday's New York Times, "Was an Official 'in the Loop'? It All Depends": It is a strange occurrence in Washington when members of the well-ordered Bush White House publicly disagree with each other, but it happened on Wednesday. Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, took exception to Vice President . . . [more]
From Thursday's New York Times, "Was an Official 'in the Loop'? It All Depends": It is a strange occurrence in Washington when members of the well-ordered Bush White House publicly disagree with each other, but it happened on Wednesday. Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, took exception to Vice President . . . [more]
March 25, 2004
#222 - Unqualified Judicial Nominees, Part 2
From the editorial page of Wednesday's New York Times, "An Injudicious Nominee": As the Defense Department's top lawyer, William Haynes II has been an architect of some of the Bush administration's most unenlightened policies. Now he has been nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, . . . [more]
From the editorial page of Wednesday's New York Times, "An Injudicious Nominee": As the Defense Department's top lawyer, William Haynes II has been an architect of some of the Bush administration's most unenlightened policies. Now he has been nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, . . . [more]
March 24, 2004
#223 - Unqualified Judicial Nominees, Part 1
From the editorial page of Monday's Boston Globe, "A hostile judge": When the White House is in the clutches of the oil, coal, mining, and timber companies, as it is now, the best defenders of laws to protect the environment are often federal judges. Recently they have ruled against the . . . [more]
From the editorial page of Monday's Boston Globe, "A hostile judge": When the White House is in the clutches of the oil, coal, mining, and timber companies, as it is now, the best defenders of laws to protect the environment are often federal judges. Recently they have ruled against the . . . [more]
March 13, 2004
#234 - His Administration Can't Play by the Rules
From today's New York Times: A Justice Department investigation that criticized F.B.I. agents for taking relics from the Staten Island landfill that held the rubble of the World Trade Center also found that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld kept a piece of the airplane that struck the Pentagon on Sept. . . . [more]
From today's New York Times: A Justice Department investigation that criticized F.B.I. agents for taking relics from the Staten Island landfill that held the rubble of the World Trade Center also found that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld kept a piece of the airplane that struck the Pentagon on Sept. . . . [more]
March 03, 2004
#244 - Dick's Staying Put
He already told the media, and he'll be sending a memo to George any day now. . . . [more]
He already told the media, and he'll be sending a memo to George any day now. . . . [more]
February 12, 2004
#264 – Ashcroft’s Justice Department Can’t Remember What Decade it is
Americans’ civil liberties continue to be attacked by an overzealous Justice Department – even in the red states: To hear the antiwar protesters describe it, their forum at a local university last fall was like so many others they had held over the years. They talked about the nonviolent philosophies . . . [more]
Americans’ civil liberties continue to be attacked by an overzealous Justice Department – even in the red states: To hear the antiwar protesters describe it, their forum at a local university last fall was like so many others they had held over the years. They talked about the nonviolent philosophies . . . [more]
January 31, 2004
#276 - We Want to be Positive
Quick, guess which regime Condelezza Rice was referring to last Thursday: "When you are dealing with secretive regimes that want to deceive, you’re never going to be able to be positive" about intelligence, Ms Rice told NBC. (via The Scotsman) If you guessed the one that’s refusing to endorse an . . . [more]
Quick, guess which regime Condelezza Rice was referring to last Thursday: "When you are dealing with secretive regimes that want to deceive, you’re never going to be able to be positive" about intelligence, Ms Rice told NBC. (via The Scotsman) If you guessed the one that’s refusing to endorse an . . . [more]
January 27, 2004
#280 - His Administration Uses the Word "Evil" Way, Way, Way Too Much
From yesterday's AP wire, via the Boston Globe, "U.S. attorney general says Saddam's 'evil chemistry, biology' justified war": ''Weapons of mass destruction including evil chemistry and evil biology are all matters of great concern, not only to the United States but also to the world community. They were the subject . . . [more]
From yesterday's AP wire, via the Boston Globe, "U.S. attorney general says Saddam's 'evil chemistry, biology' justified war": ''Weapons of mass destruction including evil chemistry and evil biology are all matters of great concern, not only to the United States but also to the world community. They were the subject . . . [more]
January 13, 2004
#294 - He Has Never Been in Charge of His Administration
From "Bush Disputes Ex-Official's Claim That War With Iraq Was Early Goal" in the New York Times: President Bush on Monday disputed a suggestion by Paul H. O'Neill, the former Treasury secretary, that the White House was looking for a reason to go to war with Iraq from the very . . . [more]
From "Bush Disputes Ex-Official's Claim That War With Iraq Was Early Goal" in the New York Times: President Bush on Monday disputed a suggestion by Paul H. O'Neill, the former Treasury secretary, that the White House was looking for a reason to go to war with Iraq from the very . . . [more]
January 01, 2004
#306 - Meet the New Year, Same as the Old Year
Via Reuters today, "Bush: Not Involved 'In Any Way' in CIA Leak Probe": President Bush on Thursday sought to distance himself from an investigation into whether someone in his administration illegally leaked the name of an undercover CIA officer. "I'm not involved with the investigation in any way, shape or . . . [more]
Via Reuters today, "Bush: Not Involved 'In Any Way' in CIA Leak Probe": President Bush on Thursday sought to distance himself from an investigation into whether someone in his administration illegally leaked the name of an undercover CIA officer. "I'm not involved with the investigation in any way, shape or . . . [more]
December 29, 2003
#309 - More Power for the FBI
Say, with all the fuss surrounding the capture of Saddam Hussein, did anyone happen to notice this gem from two weeks ago? President Bush signed legislation making it easier for FBI agents investigating terrorism to demand financial records from casinos, car dealerships and other businesses. The changes were included in . . . [more]
Say, with all the fuss surrounding the capture of Saddam Hussein, did anyone happen to notice this gem from two weeks ago? President Bush signed legislation making it easier for FBI agents investigating terrorism to demand financial records from casinos, car dealerships and other businesses. The changes were included in . . . [more]
December 14, 2003
#324 - Because Real People Don't Shoot Pheasants
The Humane Society is upset because Dick Cheney went "hunting" for pheasants. Fine. But where is the outrage over the fact that our elected leaders are off shooting at pheasants when they could be doing something that real people do - like working two jobs to pay for college or . . . [more]
The Humane Society is upset because Dick Cheney went "hunting" for pheasants. Fine. But where is the outrage over the fact that our elected leaders are off shooting at pheasants when they could be doing something that real people do - like working two jobs to pay for college or . . . [more]
December 13, 2003
#325 - He Favors His Big Business Friends
And they can't be trusted, either. Pentagon auditors found that Vice President Dick Cheney's former company may have overcharged the Army by as much as $61 million for gasoline in Iraq, senior defense officials said Thursday. Halliburton apparently didn't profit from the possible overcharges, the officials said, speaking on condition . . . [more]
And they can't be trusted, either. Pentagon auditors found that Vice President Dick Cheney's former company may have overcharged the Army by as much as $61 million for gasoline in Iraq, senior defense officials said Thursday. Halliburton apparently didn't profit from the possible overcharges, the officials said, speaking on condition . . . [more]
December 02, 2003
#336 - His Prize-Winning Staff
From today's Guardian (UK), "Rumsfeld's unknown unknowns take prize": The new governor of California came within a hair of victory with his observation "Gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman." A Tory party ex-chairman got close by noting "Having committed political suicide, the Conservative . . . [more]
From today's Guardian (UK), "Rumsfeld's unknown unknowns take prize": The new governor of California came within a hair of victory with his observation "Gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman." A Tory party ex-chairman got close by noting "Having committed political suicide, the Conservative . . . [more]
November 10, 2003
#358 - More Bad Behavior from the Justice Department
From Saturday's Guardian (UK - because the story isn't being covered in the American press...yet), "Fury at Bush's civil rights policing of abortion ban": The Bush administration has given the US justice department's civil rights division the job of enforcing a contentious new ban on late-term abortions, it emerged yesterday. . . . [more]
From Saturday's Guardian (UK - because the story isn't being covered in the American press...yet), "Fury at Bush's civil rights policing of abortion ban": The Bush administration has given the US justice department's civil rights division the job of enforcing a contentious new ban on late-term abortions, it emerged yesterday. . . . [more]
November 07, 2003
#361 – We’ll All Be Wearing Gas Masks by 2008
More distressing news from the Environmental Pardon Agency. It just keeps coming. A change in enforcement policy will lead the Environmental Protection Agency to drop investigations into 50 power plants for past violations of the Clean Air Act, lawyers at the agency who were briefed on the decision this week . . . [more]
More distressing news from the Environmental Pardon Agency. It just keeps coming. A change in enforcement policy will lead the Environmental Protection Agency to drop investigations into 50 power plants for past violations of the Clean Air Act, lawyers at the agency who were briefed on the decision this week . . . [more]
November 05, 2003
#363 - Because We Must Stop the Apocalypse Now
From today's Washington Post: Haley Barbour, a powerful Washington lobbyist and former chairman of the Republican National Committee, won in Mississippi, getting 404,466 votes (53 percent) to 341,966 (45 percent) for incumbent Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) with 84 percent of precincts reporting. Who's next, Newt as the governor of Georgia? . . . [more]
From today's Washington Post: Haley Barbour, a powerful Washington lobbyist and former chairman of the Republican National Committee, won in Mississippi, getting 404,466 votes (53 percent) to 341,966 (45 percent) for incumbent Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) with 84 percent of precincts reporting. Who's next, Newt as the governor of Georgia? . . . [more]
November 03, 2003
#365 - A History Lesson We Don't Need
Not being old enough to remember the Vietnam War, we've often wondered how more than one administration could escalate a war while at the same time refusing to supply an adequate number of troops to accomplish the task at hand. Now we know. Can't remember the calibrated justifications put forth . . . [more]
Not being old enough to remember the Vietnam War, we've often wondered how more than one administration could escalate a war while at the same time refusing to supply an adequate number of troops to accomplish the task at hand. Now we know. Can't remember the calibrated justifications put forth . . . [more]
November 01, 2003
#367 - His Administration Lacks Mojo
Via http://www.wired.com's Furthermore: Get Yer Groove On, Don! Has Donald Rumsfeld lost his mojo? That's the question Time magazine asked in a recent article about Rumsfeld's recent difficulties with Iraq and his differences with U.S. lawmakers. That question may not be answered any time soon, because apparently Rumsfeld is not . . . [more]
Via http://www.wired.com's Furthermore: Get Yer Groove On, Don! Has Donald Rumsfeld lost his mojo? That's the question Time magazine asked in a recent article about Rumsfeld's recent difficulties with Iraq and his differences with U.S. lawmakers. That question may not be answered any time soon, because apparently Rumsfeld is not . . . [more]
October 18, 2003
#381 - His Officials Don't Respect His Authority
From Wednesday's Knight Ridder wire, "Bush orders administration officials to `stop the leaks'": Concerned about the appearance of disarray and feuding within his administration as well as growing resistance to his policies in Iraq, President Bush - living up to his recent declaration that he's in charge - told his . . . [more]
From Wednesday's Knight Ridder wire, "Bush orders administration officials to `stop the leaks'": Concerned about the appearance of disarray and feuding within his administration as well as growing resistance to his policies in Iraq, President Bush - living up to his recent declaration that he's in charge - told his . . . [more]
October 12, 2003
#387 - Donald Rumsfeld, Ambassador of Love
From the Guardian (UK), "Bush launches PR salvo on Iraq": The [Bush] administration is taking the 'good news in Iraq' message out into smalltown America. A series of speeches and interviews for Bush and top aides has been planned for this week with local newspapers and small television stations. From . . . [more]
From the Guardian (UK), "Bush launches PR salvo on Iraq": The [Bush] administration is taking the 'good news in Iraq' message out into smalltown America. A series of speeches and interviews for Bush and top aides has been planned for this week with local newspapers and small television stations. From . . . [more]
October 11, 2003
#388 - He's Still Fighting the Cold War
On the very same day that Dick "No Credibility" Cheney was repeating the already discredited notion of Saddam’s connections to al Qaeda, and shamelessly using scare tactics to justify the behavior of the Bush administration, George "The President" Bush was announcing the dilution of the mission of the Department of . . . [more]
On the very same day that Dick "No Credibility" Cheney was repeating the already discredited notion of Saddam’s connections to al Qaeda, and shamelessly using scare tactics to justify the behavior of the Bush administration, George "The President" Bush was announcing the dilution of the mission of the Department of . . . [more]
October 08, 2003
#391 - Because We Should be Very Fearful of any Notion of a GOP “Realignment”
The New York Times reported this lovely tidbit in response to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s victory yesterday in California: Republicans asserted that the unseating of a Democratic governor in an overwhelmingly Democratic state was the latest phase in a realignment that began with last year's Congressional elections and would continue in 2004. . . . [more]
The New York Times reported this lovely tidbit in response to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s victory yesterday in California: Republicans asserted that the unseating of a Democratic governor in an overwhelmingly Democratic state was the latest phase in a realignment that began with last year's Congressional elections and would continue in 2004. . . . [more]
September 24, 2003
#405 - He Surrounds Himself with Rabid Right-Wingers, Part IV
AG John Ashcroft wins again with a new policy directive that furthers his drive to take control of the the U.S. judicial system by forcing federal prosecutors to operate in an ever narrower ideological box. Attorney General John Ashcroft today made it tougher for federal prosecutors to strike plea bargains . . . [more]
AG John Ashcroft wins again with a new policy directive that furthers his drive to take control of the the U.S. judicial system by forcing federal prosecutors to operate in an ever narrower ideological box. Attorney General John Ashcroft today made it tougher for federal prosecutors to strike plea bargains . . . [more]
September 15, 2003
#414 - Threat Inflation
From comments by Tom Ridge to the Christian Science Monitor: ... the fact is that our level of security at yellow today is better than it was a year ago, and our level of security at yellow today will be better a year from now. So the threshold to go . . . [more]
From comments by Tom Ridge to the Christian Science Monitor: ... the fact is that our level of security at yellow today is better than it was a year ago, and our level of security at yellow today will be better a year from now. So the threshold to go . . . [more]
September 06, 2003
#423 - The Arrogance and Outright Lies
From "Rumsfeld Hails 'Wonderful Start' to New Iraq", via Reuters Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld lauded the "wonderful start" to rebuilding Iraq on Saturday even as guerrillas attacked his troops and hundreds of protesters marched to demand jobs. We're not sure exactly what Rumsfeld's definition of "wonderful" is, but we're pretty . . . [more]
From "Rumsfeld Hails 'Wonderful Start' to New Iraq", via Reuters Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld lauded the "wonderful start" to rebuilding Iraq on Saturday even as guerrillas attacked his troops and hundreds of protesters marched to demand jobs. We're not sure exactly what Rumsfeld's definition of "wonderful" is, but we're pretty . . . [more]
August 08, 2003
#452 - The Executive Branch Rides Roughshod
More Ashcroft antics via the Washington Post: Attorney General John D. Ashcroft has ordered U.S. attorneys across the country to become much more aggressive in reporting to the Justice Department cases in which federal judges impose lighter sentences than called for in sentencing guidelines. The directive, contained in a July . . . [more]
More Ashcroft antics via the Washington Post: Attorney General John D. Ashcroft has ordered U.S. attorneys across the country to become much more aggressive in reporting to the Justice Department cases in which federal judges impose lighter sentences than called for in sentencing guidelines. The directive, contained in a July . . . [more]
August 05, 2003
#454 - Think This is Bad? It Could Get Worse. Much Worse.
Secretary of State Colin Powell has been the one moderating voice in the Bush administration. He served the liberals reasonably well during the first years of Bush II (at least well enough to keep us from killing ourselves), all the way up to the decision to go to war over . . . [more]
Secretary of State Colin Powell has been the one moderating voice in the Bush administration. He served the liberals reasonably well during the first years of Bush II (at least well enough to keep us from killing ourselves), all the way up to the decision to go to war over . . . [more]
July 30, 2003
#460 - He Surrounds Himself with Rabid Right Wingers, Part III
Paul Wolfowitz: A Man of Murky Intelligence Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is a rabid right winger. On Sunday he told anyone who would listen that the America must go on the offensive to prevent terror, even when the intelligence is “murky”. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz, defending the . . . [more]
Paul Wolfowitz: A Man of Murky Intelligence Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz is a rabid right winger. On Sunday he told anyone who would listen that the America must go on the offensive to prevent terror, even when the intelligence is “murky”. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz, defending the . . . [more]
July 29, 2003
#461 - Taking Profiteering to a Whole New Level
From today’s Washington Post, "Mideast 'Futures' System Set - Pentagon Project Would Use Market to Seek Information": The Pentagon is setting up a commodity-market style trading system in which investors would be able to bet on political and economic events in the Middle East -- including the likelihood of assassinations . . . [more]
From today’s Washington Post, "Mideast 'Futures' System Set - Pentagon Project Would Use Market to Seek Information": The Pentagon is setting up a commodity-market style trading system in which investors would be able to bet on political and economic events in the Middle East -- including the likelihood of assassinations . . . [more]
July 24, 2003
#466 - He’s Creating Jobs, Alright - They’re Just Not Here
Unless you’re a regular reader of New Delhi’s Business Standard, you may have missed this from a January 31, 2003 article "Bush’s party to raise funds via Noida, Gurgaon": HCL eServe, the business process outsourcing arm of the Shiv Nadar-promoted HCL Technologies, has bagged a project to undertake a fund-raising . . . [more]
Unless you’re a regular reader of New Delhi’s Business Standard, you may have missed this from a January 31, 2003 article "Bush’s party to raise funds via Noida, Gurgaon": HCL eServe, the business process outsourcing arm of the Shiv Nadar-promoted HCL Technologies, has bagged a project to undertake a fund-raising . . . [more]
July 22, 2003
#468 - He Surrounds Himself with Rabid Right-Wingers, Part II
John Ashcroft: Slayer of Civil Liberties John Ashcroft is a rabid right-winger. His steadfast faith in the USA Patriot Act has imprisoned innocent people, done away with due process and sent legal, law-abiding immigrants high-tailing it for Canada. All in the name of national security and a self-righteous belief that . . . [more]
John Ashcroft: Slayer of Civil Liberties John Ashcroft is a rabid right-winger. His steadfast faith in the USA Patriot Act has imprisoned innocent people, done away with due process and sent legal, law-abiding immigrants high-tailing it for Canada. All in the name of national security and a self-righteous belief that . . . [more]
July 07, 2003
#483 - Profiles in Criminality, Part I: John Poindexter
Y’all remember John Poindexter from the Iran-Contra Affair, right? And you know Bush has him running the Information Awareness Office, home of the Total Information Awareness System, recently renamed (but otherwise largely unchanged) the Terrorist Information Awareness System. Did you know the IAO website pulled his bio, and any mention . . . [more]
Y’all remember John Poindexter from the Iran-Contra Affair, right? And you know Bush has him running the Information Awareness Office, home of the Total Information Awareness System, recently renamed (but otherwise largely unchanged) the Terrorist Information Awareness System. Did you know the IAO website pulled his bio, and any mention . . . [more]
July 01, 2003
#489 - He Surrounds Himself with Rabid Right-Wingers, Part I
Donald Rumsfeld: Evasion Haiku Donald Rumsfeld is a rabid right-winger. He is arrogant, evasive, dismissive of civil liberties and other legalities and downright hostile to those who disagree. Just look at his poetry: Evasion Haiku I’m working my way over to figuring out how I won’t answer. Knowing As we . . . [more]
Donald Rumsfeld: Evasion Haiku Donald Rumsfeld is a rabid right-winger. He is arrogant, evasive, dismissive of civil liberties and other legalities and downright hostile to those who disagree. Just look at his poetry: Evasion Haiku I’m working my way over to figuring out how I won’t answer. Knowing As we . . . [more]
June 30, 2003
#490 - It's the Only Way to Oust Dick Cheney
Who's actually running the show? See for yourself in this timeline of Bush's activities on September 11, 2001. . . . [more]
Who's actually running the show? See for yourself in this timeline of Bush's activities on September 11, 2001. . . . [more]
June 04, 2003
#516 - With Friends Like These, Who Needs Allies?
From Monday's entry on rushlimbaugh.com: Even socialists know that there is one economic power in this world that every other country needs: America. You ought to see Mr. Vladimir Putin, Vicente Fox, that two-timing schemer Chirac and that Canadian frenchman. Even Crowned Prince Abdullah showed up at the G8 - . . . [more]
From Monday's entry on rushlimbaugh.com: Even socialists know that there is one economic power in this world that every other country needs: America. You ought to see Mr. Vladimir Putin, Vicente Fox, that two-timing schemer Chirac and that Canadian frenchman. Even Crowned Prince Abdullah showed up at the G8 - . . . [more]
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