Another BushCo Iraq War Lie — Mobile Bioweapons Labs Edition
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…
Obama’s Promise
I had the opportunity to listen to President Obama's speech to Marines in Jacksonville FL on the way home, I was struck by this quote: And while I will never…
The Iraq War is Coming to an End
And today, as President Obama was outlining the thing that so many of us wanted for so many years, I missed most of the announcement to finish a deadline document.…
February 20th, 2009 at 10:58PM
That is the moment that Barack Obama disappointed me for the first time. "They've now embraced the Bush policy that you can create prisons outside the law," said Jonathan Hafetz,…
Terrorist Attacks on US Soil After 9/11
The Republicans have said repeatedly that the US has not been attack by terrorists in 9/11. Here are some facts regarding terrorist attacks after 9/11. 2001-10--16: Anthrax mailings in US.…
A Fools Errand: Seeking Apologies
I have to hand it to Jason. He has doggedly sought an apology from anyone that he thought that we were all due one from. He wants an apology for…
The Bush Legacy: An Economic Crisis So Deep
What’s better than reading Krugman twice a week or his blog, how about an open letter to President-Elect Obama with Krugman’s ideas on how to fix the economy, What Obama Must Do.
But before you go and read Krugman’s letter, chew on this for a moment.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group that analyzes government programs, recently estimated the effects of a rise in the unemployment rate to nine percent — a worst-case scenario that now seems all too likely. So what will happen if unemployment rises to nine percent or more? As many as 10 million middle-class Americans would be pushed into poverty, and another 6 million would be pushed into “deep poverty,” the severe deprivation that happens when your income is less than half the poverty level.
You read that right, 10 million middle-class Americans would be pushed into poverty. This is the Bush Legacy. Now, go read the article and come back.
Trillion Dollar War
or, how Republicans screwed the pooch on their war estimates: Click anywhere directly on the graphic above to see the entire, utterly brilliant thing (it is huge). It tracks how…
Shudder Goes Through Bush White House
Chuckie Taylor, not this one but the son of Charles Taylor former Liberian President, "has been sentenced by a US court to 97 years in prison for committing torture". The…
What do Bush/Cheney and the Khmer Rouge share?
Nicholas Kristof knows. You'll have to read Kristof to find out. And you can go here, for more about Tuol Sleng, Pol Pot's Abu Ghraib.
So What?
When reminded that al Qaeda wasn't in Iraq until after we invaded Bush says, "So what?" [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhHamDHk-B0[/youtube] BUSH: One of the major theaters against al Qaeda turns out to have…
Subject: Bush Library – updated information!
From one of those joke emails that get sent around. Dear Fellow Constituent: The George W. Bush Presidential Library is now in the planning stages and accepting donations. The Library…
Gutter Cleaning
When I was cleaning the house this weekend, I found this button which I wore prior to March 2003. This was one of the main reason I was first interested in the candidacy of Barack Obama.