Tag: BushCo Legacy

Scott Bloch, Chutzpa is Thy Name

Filed in National by MJ on May 12, 2011 • 6 Comments

A few years ago, I wrote about Scott Bloch, the former head of the Office of Special Counsel under the Bush administration. The OSC was set up to protect Federal government whistleblowers, investigate prohibited personnel practices, and prosecute violations of the Hatch Act. When Bloch was appointed, one of the first things he did was […]

Another BushCo Iraq War Lie — Mobile Bioweapons Labs Edition

Filed in National by cassandra_m on February 15, 2011 • 1 Comment

It is completely amazing to me that the British press is still working to figure out how we got duped into the Iraq war. Part of this, of course, is that there have been multiple official inquiries that have been revealing the timelines, the decisions taken and the ways that the world was suckered into […]

The Aughts Were A Lost Decade — Part II

Filed in National by cassandra_m on January 3, 2010 • 2 Comments

Bloomberg notes that even though the 2009 stock market rally was pretty remarkable, it did not save investors from the single worst decade of returns. And that is the single worst since they’ve been collecting data:

Evening Read

Filed in National by nemski on October 30, 2009 • 2 Comments

No Phillies tonight, no problem. Three good articles to get those brain cells warmed up. The Nation: Why Reparations are good? It’s not what you think. The Daily Beast: The Left’s hero on Fox “News”: Shep Smith. Paul Krugman: Time to decide which side of history you are on.

Playing Politics With Our Nation’s Security

Filed in National by pandora on August 20, 2009 • 7 Comments

Of course, we already knew this. Gosh, it’s getting really hard being right all the time. Among the headlines promoted by publisher Thomas Dunne Books: Ridge was never invited to sit in on National Security Council meetings; was “blindsided” by the FBI in morning Oval Office meetings because the agency withheld critical information from him; […]

Why The US Attorney Scandal Was a Scandal

Filed in National by liberalgeek on August 20, 2009 • 5 Comments

There was a lot of chatter back when the US Attorney scandal was going on about how these guys served at the pleasure of the President, so there was nothing wrong with firing a bunch of them for potentially partisan reasons. Across the river, in New Jersey, there is a heated battle for Governor. The […]

Done

Filed in National by nemski on February 25, 2009 • 9 Comments

Just to piss of the perennial gubernotorial candidate who stops by occasionally. (h/t The Pencil Guy)

Don’t Even Think About Bailing Out These People

Filed in National by cassandra_m on February 22, 2009 • 11 Comments

…not only couldn’t they even begin to pay back what they owe their fellow citizens for the BushCo disaster; but are you really going to employ somebody with that kind of failure on their resume? See here: “This is not a great time for anyone to be job hunting, including numerous former political appointees,” said […]

A Deliberate Mess or More Incompetence?

Filed in National by pandora on January 26, 2009 • 11 Comments

How is this possible? President Obama’s plans to expeditiously determine the fates of about 245 terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and quickly close the military prison there were set back last week when incoming legal and national security officials — barred until the inauguration from examining classified material on the detainees — discovered […]