A lot of attention has been given to Rep. Pete Stark’s comments on the House floor yesterday. I decided to put the video in here for all to see. Now the question is – Should Pete Stark apologize? You can probably guess how I feel, but I want my readers pulse on this also.
Time for the RNC to find a new head: Mel Martinez, the public face of the Republican National Committee as its general chairman, announced he was stepping down from his post on Friday after serving only 10 months. “I believe that our future as a party and nation is bright and I have every intention […]
Final vote was 273-156. The sick Republicans were cheering when the override failed. Glad to see they find illness and death involving children as something to cheer for. 44 Republicans voted with Democrats and two Democrats crossed over. The most upsetting part of this is it shows that the “House of Representatives” doesn’t represent the […]
Glenn Greenwald has all the disguising details. I think most important is this part: Let’s just describe very factually and dispassionately what has happened here. Congress — led by Senators, such as Jay Rockefeller, who have received huge payments from the telecom industry, and by privatized intelligence pioneer Mike McConnell, former Chairman of the secretive […]
For years right wingers would taunt out the fact that Democrats were in the minority. That minority was very slim though. Both times Bush won the White House, it was so damn close. So these same wingnuts who so boldly reminded us of our minority status over the past several years now find themselves in […]
Bush during his press conference, talking about Russia’s diplomatic reform; “I emphasis to them that checks and balances are important”. Why yes they are Mr. Bush! Mr. Putin – to learn about these checks and balances, just watch George Bush. Whatever he does – do the opposite. Also wipe “executive privilege” from your vocabulary.
That is what this administration has been good at. The latest comes in the form of Social Security: Come January, the nation’s nearly 50 million Social Security recipients will see the smallest cost-of-living increases in their monthly checks in four years, even though they are paying significantly more for such items as food, energy and […]
Twelve Army captains that have served in Iraq penned an op-ed in today’s Washington Post calling for the immediate withdrawal of our troops. Here are some highlights from it: What does Iraq look like on the ground? It’s certainly far from being a modern, self-sustaining country. Many roads, bridges, schools and hospitals are in deplorable […]
That is exactly what this is: Verizon Communications, the nation’s second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers’ telephone records to federal authorities in emergency cases without court orders hundreds of times since 2005. The company said it does not determine the requests’ legality or necessity because to do so would slow […]
Awww – via Think Progress: From: “Michelle Malkinâ€To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXDate: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:04:58 -0400Subject: Re: Michelle no longer on the Factor?I made the decision to quit appearing on the O’Reilly show in response to the poor handling of the Geraldo Rivera matter (the staged “apology†on The Factor was a complete farce). I won’t […]