That’s the news for the U.K.: Britain’s six-year occupation of south Iraq will begin drawing to a close in March, and the last troops will leave Basra by June, a senior defence source disclosed yesterday. But instead of handing over to Iraqi authorities, the British will be replaced at their Basra airport base by a […]
The Huffington Post’s Jason Linkin does his best to become a Matt Drudge. Referring to this exchange from Sunday’s MTP when Obama was asked about New York’s open Senate Seat: MR. BROKAW: You still have some appointments to make coming up, and there’s also a good deal of consideration here in Illinois about who will […]
Another corrupt politician gets taken into custody: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama’s election as president. According to a federal criminal complaint, Blagojevich also was charged with illegally threatening to […]
I’m sure everyone has heard about this by now: On the chilly factory floor of the Republic Windows and Doors plant, Apolinar Cabrera and a couple hundred workers have decided to make their stand. Their jobs evaporated Friday when this Chicago company unexpectedly closed its doors, blaming lender Bank of America for cutting off its […]
The right wing conspiracy nut jobs have been having a field day bogging down our courts with claims that Obama isn’t eligible to be President, claiming he is not an actual citizen. Well the latest claim has been shot down by the SCOTUS: The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New […]
There has been a lot of complaining from the left that Obama isn’t appointing enough liberals to his cabinet. To those on our side of the blogosphere I ask; when did Obama become a Liberal? I remember supporting a candidate who was pretty much a moderate, despite my own liberal beliefs. I was also very […]
The latest in the Jack Ryan movies nearly comes to life: A mysterious night-time telephone call last week brought nuclear-armed India and Pakistan close to the brink of war at the height of the crisis over the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistani officials said Sunday. They said the “threatening” call was made, ostensibly by Indian Foreign […]
McCain is back to being a Senator and offering advice on Afghanistan: Sen. John McCain says the situation in Afghanistan will get more difficult before it gets easier — “just like the surge in Iraq was.” The former Republican presidential candidate visited the southern province of Helmand on Sunday, where he said NATO forces are […]
You’re probably wondering why I am thankful for that. Well it’s because of this: In a year when national Republican fortunes took a turn for the worse, Louisiana delivered the GOP two seats in Congress in elections delayed by Hurricane Gustav. Indicted Democratic U.S. Rep. William Jefferson was ousted Saturday from his New Orleans area […]
He is continuing to lay out his plans for getting our economy back on track. That’s much more than Bush is doing – blaming everyone else.