The Republicans keep talking about how we should let the insurance companies fix the healthcare problem. Well we have had a good test run of that when the Republican designed Medicare system went into effect last year. The results are disgusting: Tens of thousands of Medicare recipients have been victims of deceptive sales tactics and […]
How many stories have we heard about airstrikes in Iraq going bad? How many times have there been different accounts between what Iraq says and our military says? Here is the latest: American troops backed by aircraft attacked a Shiite town north of Baghdad at dawn on Friday, killing at least 25 Iraqis the military […]
Religion has to be the most corrupt part of our society. I don’t blame the people who follow it, I just blame the people who lead it.Here is the latest scandal surrounding Oral Roberts University: Now, his son, Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts, says God is speaking again, telling him to deny lurid allegations […]
We knew this was going to be the reaction by the GOP: Senator John Ensign of Nevada, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, demanded that Mr. Craig keep his initial pledge and leave the Senate. “The type of behavior we are talking about here is not exactly something that I think a senator should […]
Larry Craig – who is now staying in office until the end of his term. Of course the Republican leadership will be going after him in the ethic’s committee. This will be fun to watch!
A Minnesota judge has denied Craig’s attempt to reverse his guilty plea per MSNBC. Let’s see how he tries to blame the media for this one.
Today’s New York Times has an article explaining how torture became a method of interrogation for this administration: When the Justice Department publicly declared torture “abhorrent†in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abandoned its assertion of nearly unlimited presidential authority to order brutal interrogations. But soon after Alberto […]
And the latest asshole leaving Congress – Pete Domenici: Veteran Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) is expected to announce tomorrow that he will retire from the Senate in 2008, according to several informed sources, a decision that further complicates an already difficult playing field for Republicans next November. Domenici has struggled with health problems over the […]
Well he vetoed SCHIP this morning, effectively telling millions of children they don’t deserve healthcare. The most ironic thing about it is that he decided to do this veto without his usual “ceremony”. Why? Well he knows his decision is unpopular. I say it is time for a ballot issue saying that no elected officials […]
John McCain trying to talk his way out of his “Christian President” comment: Later, McCain said, “I would vote for a Muslim if he or she was the candidate best able to lead the country and defend our political values.” He added that “the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation.” […]